2018 WTA Tour

2018 WTA Tour

Simona Halep finished the year as world No. 1 for the second time in her career. She won three singles tournaments during the season, including a major at the French Open. She also won a Premier 5 event, and finished runner-up at another major, the Australian Open.
Details
Duration	30 December 2017 – 11 November 2018
Edition	48th
Tournaments	58
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (31) WTA Elite Trophy
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Petra Kvitová (5)
Most tournament finals	Simona Halep (6)
Prize money leader	Simona Halep ($7,409,564)
Points leader	Simona Halep (6,921)
Awards
Player of the year	Simona Halep
Doubles team of the year	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
Most improved player of the year	Kiki Bertens
Newcomer of the year	Aryna Sabalenka
Comeback player of the year	Serena Williams
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Caroline Wozniacki won her first major title at the Australian Open by defeating Simona Halep in the final, returning to the world No. 1 ranking for the first time since 2012. Halep then went on to win her first major at the French Open on her fourth appearance in a major final, defeating Sloane Stephens in three sets. Angelique Kerber won her third major singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Serena Williams in the final and becoming the first German since Steffi Graf in 1996 to lift the trophy. Naomi Osaka won her first major title at the US Open, defeating Serena Williams in the final. At the age of 20, Osaka became the first Japanese woman to win a major singles title and the youngest US Open champion since Maria Sharapova in 2006.

The 2018 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF); the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier); the WTA International tournaments; the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF) and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2018 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points. ^[1]

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2018 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Team events

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Jan	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)	Switzerland 2–1	Germany	Round robin (Group A)   Belgium   Australia   Canada	Round robin (Group B)   United States   Russia   Japan
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier $1,000,000 – hard – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 6–2, 6–1	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Anastasija Sevastova Karolína Plíšková	Aleksandra Krunić Alizé Cornet Johanna Konta Kaia Kanepi
		Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs 7–5, 6–2	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International $750,000 – hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–1, 2–6, 6–0	Kateřina Siniaková	Irina-Camelia Begu Maria Sharapova	Aryna Sabalenka Tímea Babos Zarina Diyas Kristýna Plíšková
		Irina-Camelia Begu Simona Halep 1–6, 6–1, [10–8]	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International $250,000 – hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Julia Görges 6–4, 7–6(7–4)	Caroline Wozniacki	Sachia Vickery Hsieh Su-wei	Sofia Kenin Agnieszka Radwańska Barbora Strýcová Polona Hercog
		Sara Errani Bibiane Schoofs 7–5, 6–1	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato
8 Jan	Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA Premier $799,000 – hard – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–4	Ashleigh Barty	Daria Gavrilova Camila Giorgi	Garbiñe Muguruza Barbora Strýcová Agnieszka Radwańska Dominika Cibulková
		Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 6–3, 6–1	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International $250,000 – hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Elise Mertens 6–1, 4–6, 6–3	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Lesia Tsurenko Heather Watson	Aryna Sabalenka Alison Riske Donna Vekić Monica Niculescu
		Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 6–2, 6–2	Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya
15 Jan 22 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – A$25,036,000 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles  – Doubles  – Mixed doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–4	Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber Elise Mertens	Karolína Plíšková Madison Keys Elina Svitolina Carla Suárez Navarro
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–3	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
		Gabriela Dabrowski Mate Pavić 2–6, 6–4, [11–9]	Tímea Babos Rohan Bopanna
29 Jan	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $799,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–2	Kristina Mladenovic	Daria Kasatkina Julia Görges	Caroline Wozniacki Kateřina Siniaková Elena Rybakina Jeļena Ostapenko
		Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva 2–6, 6–1, [10–3]	Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik
	Taiwan Open Taipei, Taiwan WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Tímea Babos 7–5, 6–1	Kateryna Kozlova	Wang Yafan Sabine Lisicki	Eugenie Bouchard Magda Linette Monica Niculescu Yulia Putintseva
		Duan Yingying Wang Yafan 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)	Nao Hibino Oksana Kalashnikova

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Feb	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Minsk, Belarus – hard (i) Prague, Czech Republic – hard (i) La Roche-sur-Yon, France – hard (i) Asheville, North Carolina, United States – hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners   Germany 3–2   Czech Republic 3–1   France 3–2   United States 3–1	Quarterfinals losers   Belarus    Switzerland   Belgium   Netherlands
12 Feb	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard – $3,198,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Garbiñe Muguruza	Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber Julia Görges Caroline Garcia Catherine Bellis
		Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 6–3	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez
19 Feb	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard – $2,623,485 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 6–4, 6–0	Daria Kasatkina	Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza	Naomi Osaka Karolína Plíšková Elena Vesnina Caroline Garcia
		Chan Hao-ching Yang Zhaoxuan 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
	Hungarian Ladies Open Budapest, Hungary WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Alison Van Uytvanck 6–3, 3–6, 7–5	Dominika Cibulková	Mona Barthel Viktória Kužmová	Johanna Larsson Ysaline Bonaventure Petra Martić Zhang Shuai
		Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson
26 Feb	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Lesia Tsurenko 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–2	Stefanie Vögele	Rebecca Peterson Daria Gavrilova	Sloane Stephens Zhang Shuai Verónica Cepede Royg Kristina Mladenovic
		Tatjana Maria Heather Watson 7–5, 2–6, [10–2]	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Mar 12 Mar	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $8,648,508 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Naomi Osaka 6–3, 6–2	Daria Kasatkina	Simona Halep Venus Williams	Petra Martić Karolína Plíšková Carla Suárez Navarro Angelique Kerber
		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–4	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
19 Mar 26 Mar	Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $8,648,508 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Sloane Stephens 7–6(7–5), 6–1	Jeļena Ostapenko	Victoria Azarenka Danielle Collins	Karolína Plíšková Angelique Kerber Elina Svitolina Venus Williams
		Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe 6–2, 6–1	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Apr	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $800,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Kiki Bertens 6–2, 6–1	Julia Görges	Madison Keys Anastasija Sevastova	Alizé Cornet Bernarda Pera Daria Kasatkina Kristýna Plíšková
		Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–3	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez
	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Garbiñe Muguruza 3–6, 6–4, 6–3	Tímea Babos	Ana Bogdan Sachia Vickery	Ajla Tomljanović Danielle Collins Monica Puig Magdaléna Rybáriková
		Naomi Broady Sara Sorribes Tormo 3–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos
9 Apr	Ladies Open Lugano Lugano, Switzerland WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Elise Mertens 7–5, 6–2	Aryna Sabalenka	Stefanie Vögele Vera Lapko	Tamara Korpatsch Camila Giorgi Kirsten Flipkens Mona Barthel
		Kirsten Flipkens Elise Mertens 6–1, 6–3	Vera Lapko Aryna Sabalenka
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6–2, 6–4	Lara Arruabarrena	Ana Bogdan Dalila Jakupović	Daniela Seguel Emiliana Arango Johanna Larsson Magda Linette
		Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva 6–3, 6–4	Mariana Duque Mariño Nadia Podoroska
16 Apr	Fed Cup Semifinals Stuttgart, Germany – Clay (red) (i) Aix-en-Provence, France – Clay (red) (i)	Semifinals winners   Czech Republic 4–1   United States 3–2	Semifinals losers   Germany   France
23 Apr	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $816,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 7–6(7–2), 6–4	CoCo Vandeweghe	Caroline Garcia Anett Kontaveit	Simona Halep Elina Svitolina Jeļena Ostapenko Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke
	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Pauline Parmentier 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Polona Hercog	Irina-Camelia Begu Maria Sakkari	Caroline Wozniacki Donna Vekić Arantxa Rus Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Liang Chen Zhang Shuai 6–4, 6–4	Xenia Knoll Anna Smith
30 Apr	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 4–6, 6–2, 6–3	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Camila Giorgi Zhang Shuai	Kristýna Plíšková Samantha Stosur Jasmine Paolini Kateřina Siniaková
		Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke 6–4, 6–2	Mihaela Buzărnescu Lidziya Marozava
	Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Elise Mertens 6–2, 7–6(7–4)	Ajla Tomljanović	Hsieh Su-wei Aleksandra Krunić	Sara Errani Katarina Zavatska Jana Fett Paula Badosa Gibert
		Anna Blinkova Raluca Olaru 6–4, 6–4	Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 May	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – €6,685,828 – 64S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3	Kiki Bertens	Karolína Plíšková Caroline Garcia	Simona Halep Daria Kasatkina Carla Suárez Navarro Maria Sharapova
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 2–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
14 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – $3,351,720 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 6–0, 6–4	Simona Halep	Maria Sharapova Anett Kontaveit	Caroline Garcia Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki
		Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs 6–3, 6–4	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová
21 May	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)	Dominika Cibulková	Ashleigh Barty Mihaela Buzărnescu	Wang Qiang Zarina Diyas Hsieh Su-wei Samantha Stosur
		Mihaela Buzărnescu Raluca Olaru 7–5, 7–5	Nadiia Kichenok Anastasia Rodionova
	Nuremberg Cup Nürnberg, Germany WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Johanna Larsson 7–6(7–4), 6–4	Alison Riske	Kirsten Flipkens Kateřina Siniaková	Sorana Cîrstea Kiki Bertens Fanny Stollár Kristýna Plíšková
		Demi Schuurs Katarina Srebotnik 3–6, 6–3, [10–7]	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson
28 May 4 Jun	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – €18,392,000 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Simona Halep 3–6, 6–4, 6–1	Sloane Stephens	Garbiñe Muguruza Madison Keys	Angelique Kerber Maria Sharapova Yulia Putintseva Daria Kasatkina
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–3	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya
		Latisha Chan Ivan Dodig 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]	Gabriela Dabrowski Mate Pavić

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 Jun	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Johanna Konta	Naomi Osaka Donna Vekić	Katie Boulter Mihaela Buzărnescu Dalila Jakupović Mona Barthel
		Alicja Rosolska Abigail Spears 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Mihaela Buzărnescu Heather Watson
	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Aleksandra Krunić 6–7(0–7), 7–5, 6–1	Kirsten Flipkens	CoCo Vandeweghe Viktória Kužmová	Alison Riske Veronika Kudermetova Aryna Sabalenka Antonia Lottner
		Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 3–3, retired	Kiki Bertens Kirsten Flipkens
18 Jun	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $936,128 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 4–6, 6–1, 6–2	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Barbora Strýcová Mihaela Buzărnescu	Lesia Tsurenko Dalila Jakupović Julia Görges Elina Svitolina
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs
	Mallorca Open Santa Ponsa, Spain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Tatjana Maria 6–4, 7–5	Anastasija Sevastova	Sofia Kenin Samantha Stosur	Caroline Garcia Lucie Šafářová Ajla Tomljanović Alison Riske
		Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Štefková
25 Jun	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $917,664 – 48S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 7–6(7–5)	Aryna Sabalenka	Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwańska	Ashleigh Barty Daria Kasatkina Jeļena Ostapenko Karolína Plíšková
		Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 6–3, 7–5	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Jul 9 Jul	Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – £15,950,500 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–3	Serena Williams	Jeļena Ostapenko Julia Görges	Dominika Cibulková Daria Kasatkina Kiki Bertens Camila Giorgi
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–4, 4–6, 6–0	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke
		Alexander Peya Nicole Melichar 7–6(7–1), 6–3	Jamie Murray Victoria Azarenka
16 Jul	Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anastasija Sevastova 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Petra Martić	Polona Hercog Mihaela Buzărnescu	Sorana Cîrstea Ons Jabeur Laura Siegemund Wang Yafan
		Irina-Camelia Begu Andreea Mitu 6–3, 6–4	Danka Kovinić Maryna Zanevska
	Ladies Championship Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alizé Cornet 6–4, 7–6(8–6)	Mandy Minella	Eugenie Bouchard Markéta Vondroušová	Samantha Stosur Veronika Kudermetova Evgeniya Rodina Sara Sorribes Tormo
		Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]	Lara Arruabarrena Timea Bacsinszky
23 Jul	Moscow River Cup Moscow, Russia WTA International Clay – $750,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Olga Danilović 7–5, 6–7(1–7), 6–4	Anastasia Potapova	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Tamara Zidanšek	Julia Görges Anastasija Sevastova Valentyna Ivakhnenko Laura Siegemund
		Anastasia Potapova Vera Zvonareva 6–0, 6–3	Alexandra Panova Galina Voskoboeva
	Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Wang Qiang 7–5, 4–0 ret.	Zheng Saisai	Zhu Lin Magda Linette	Zhang Shuai Xun Fangying Liang En-shuo Liu Fangzhou
		Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui 6–4, 6–4	Lu Jingjing You Xiaodi
30 Jul	Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA Premier Hard – $799,000 – 28S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Mihaela Buzărnescu 6–1, 6–0	Maria Sakkari	Danielle Collins Elise Mertens	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Johanna Konta Ajla Tomljanović
		Latisha Chan Květa Peschke 6–4, 6–1	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok
	Washington Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2	Donna Vekić	Zheng Saisai Andrea Petkovic	Allie Kiick Magda Linette Yulia Putintseva Belinda Bencic
		Han Xinyun Darija Jurak 6–3, 6–2	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Aug	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,820,000 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Simona Halep 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–4	Sloane Stephens	Ashleigh Barty Elina Svitolina	Caroline Garcia Kiki Bertens Anastasija Sevastova Elise Mertens
		Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Latisha Chan Ekaterina Makarova
13 Aug	Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,874,299 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Kiki Bertens 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2	Simona Halep	Aryna Sabalenka Petra Kvitová	Lesia Tsurenko Madison Keys Elise Mertens Elina Svitolina
		Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova 6–2, 7–5	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs
20 Aug	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $799,000 – 30S/48Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Aryna Sabalenka 6–1, 6–4	Carla Suárez Navarro	Julia Görges Monica Puig	Belinda Bencic Ekaterina Makarova Petra Kvitová Caroline Garcia
		Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–7(7–9), [10–4]	Hsieh Su-wei Laura Siegemund
27 Aug 3 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $25,282,920 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Naomi Osaka 6–2, 6–4	Serena Williams	Anastasija Sevastova Madison Keys	Karolína Plíšková Sloane Stephens Carla Suárez Navarro Lesia Tsurenko
		Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jamie Murray 2–6, 6–3, [11–9]	Alicja Rosolska Nikola Mektić

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 Sep	Tournoi de Québec Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Pauline Parmentier 7–5, 6–2	Jessica Pegula	Heather Watson Sofia Kenin	Varvara Lepchenko Rebecca Marino Monica Puig Petra Martić
		Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez 6–4, 6–3	Darija Jurak Xenia Knoll
	Japan Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Hsieh Su-wei 6–2, 6–2	Amanda Anisimova	Zhang Shuai Wang Qiang	Zarina Diyas Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Magda Linette Ajla Tomljanović
		Eri Hozumi Zhang Shuai 6–2, 6–4	Miyu Kato Makoto Ninomiya
17 Sep	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier $799,000  – Hard (i) – 28S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 6–4, 6–4	Naomi Osaka	Camila Giorgi Donna Vekić	Victoria Azarenka Barbora Strýcová Alison Riske Caroline Garcia
		Miyu Kato Makoto Ninomiya 6–4, 6–4	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová
	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Kiki Bertens 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–2	Ajla Tomljanović	Hsieh Su-wei Maria Sakkari	Ekaterina Alexandrova Mandy Minella Irina-Camelia Begu Evgeniya Rodina
		Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae 6–3, 6–2	Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei
	Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Wang Qiang 6–1, 6–2	Yulia Putintseva	Bernarda Pera Andrea Petkovic	Kateryna Kozlova Aleksandra Krunić Fiona Ferro Vera Lapko
		Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]	Danka Kovinić Vera Lapko
24 Sep	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 $2,746,000  – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Aryna Sabalenka 6–3, 6–3	Anett Kontaveit	Ashleigh Barty Wang Qiang	Dominika Cibulková Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Kateřina Siniaková Monica Puig
		Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 6–3, 6–3	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Margarita Gasparyan 6–2, 6–1	Anastasia Potapova	Kateryna Kozlova Mona Barthel	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Dalila Jakupović Fanny Stollár Vera Lapko
		Olga Danilović Tamara Zidanšek 7–5, 6–3	Irina-Camelia Begu Raluca Olaru

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Oct	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $8,285,274 – 60S/32Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–3	Anastasija Sevastova	Naomi Osaka Wang Qiang	Dominika Cibulková Zhang Shuai Aryna Sabalenka Kateřina Siniaková
		Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan
8 Oct	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International Hard – $750,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Caroline Garcia 7–6(9–7), 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Timea Bacsinszky Hsieh Su-wei	Katie Boulter Aryna Sabalenka Elise Mertens Petra Martić
		Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke 6–4, 6–2	Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore
	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $750,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Dayana Yastremska 6–2, 6–1	Wang Qiang	Garbiñe Muguruza Zhang Shuai	Elina Svitolina Luksika Kumkhum Kristína Kučová Daria Gavrilova
		Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai 6–4, 6–4	Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava
	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Camila Giorgi 6–3, 6–1	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Andrea Petkovic Alison Van Uytvanck	Kristina Mladenovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Barbora Strýcová Margarita Gasparyan
		Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]	Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld
15 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $932,866 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Daria Kasatkina 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4	Ons Jabeur	Johanna Konta Anastasija Sevastova	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Aliaksandra Sasnovich Anett Kontaveit Vera Zvonareva
		Alexandra Panova Laura Siegemund 6–2, 7–6(7–2)	Darija Jurak Raluca Olaru
	Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Julia Görges 6–4, 7–5	Belinda Bencic	Eugenie Bouchard Dayana Yastremska	Donna Vekić Andrea Petkovic Vera Lapko Margarita Gasparyan
		Greet Minnen Alison Van Uytvanck 7–6(7–3), 6–2	Vera Lapko Mandy Minella
22 Oct	WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships Hard (i) – $7,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8D Singles  – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Sloane Stephens	Karolína Plíšková Kiki Bertens	Round robin Angelique Kerber Naomi Osaka Caroline Wozniacki Petra Kvitová
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 7–5	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
29 Oct	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard – $2,349,363 – 12S (RR)/6D (RR) Singles  – Doubles	Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 6–4	Wang Qiang	Julia Görges Garbiñe Muguruza	Round robin Madison Keys Daria Kasatkina Anastasija Sevastova Zhang Shuai Aryna Sabalenka Caroline Garcia Elise Mertens Anett Kontaveit
		Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]	Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Nov	Fed Cup Final Prague, Czech Republic – Hard (i)	Czech Republic 3–0	United States

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2018 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:

• total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
• cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins);
• a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
• alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
7	Demi Schuurs  (NED)									● ● ●		●		● ● ●	0	7	0
7	Elise Mertens  (BEL)									●			● ● ●	● ● ●	3	4	0
6	Ashleigh Barty  (AUS)		●		●			●		● ●			●		2	4	0
5	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)						●		●		● ●		●		5	0	0
4	Tímea Babos  (HUN)		●			●						●	●		1	3	0
4	Gabriela Dabrowski  (CAN)			●						●		● ●			0	3	1
4	Elina Svitolina  (UKR)				●				●		● ●				4	0	0
4	Simona Halep  (ROU)	●							●				●	●	3	1	0
4	Kiki Bertens  (NED)								●		●	●	●		3	1	0
3	Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA)		●			●						●			0	3	0
3	Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)	●					●				●				3	0	0
3	Barbora Strýcová  (CZE)							● ●				●			0	3	0
3	Nicole Melichar  (USA)			●										● ●	0	2	1
3	Květa Peschke  (CZE)											●		● ●	0	3	0
3	Zhang Shuai  (CHN)													● ● ●	0	3	0
2	Barbora Krejčíková  (CZE)		● ●												0	2	0
2	Kateřina Siniaková  (CZE)		● ●												0	2	0
2	Naomi Osaka  (JPN)	●					●								2	0	0
2	CoCo Vandeweghe  (USA)		●					●							0	2	0
2	Angelique Kerber  (GER)	●									●				2	0	0
2	Latisha Chan  (TPE)			●								●			0	1	1
2	Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS)							●		●					0	2	0
2	Aryna Sabalenka  (BLR)								●		●				2	0	0
2	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková  (CZE)							●				●			0	2	0
2	Hsieh Su-wei  (TPE)							●					●		1	1	0
2	Karolína Plíšková  (CZE)										● ●				2	0	0
2	Xu Yifan  (CHN)											● ●			0	2	0
2	Mihaela Buzărnescu  (ROU)										●			●	1	1	0
2	Katarina Srebotnik  (SLO)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Vera Zvonareva  (RUS)											●		●	0	2	0
2	Julia Görges  (GER)												● ●		2	0	0
2	Pauline Parmentier  (FRA)												● ●		2	0	0
2	Wang Qiang  (CHN)												● ●		2	0	0
2	Olga Danilović  (SRB)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Johanna Larsson  (SWE)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Tatjana Maria  (GER)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Alison Van Uytvanck  (BEL)												●	●	1	1	0
2	Irina-Camelia Begu  (ROU)													● ●	0	2	0
2	Kirsten Flipkens  (BEL)													● ●	0	2	0
2	Raluca Olaru  (ROU)													● ●	0	2	0
1	Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA)			●											0	0	1
1	Lyudmyla Kichenok  (UKR)					●									0	1	0
1	Nadiia Kichenok  (UKR)					●									0	1	0
1	Sloane Stephens  (USA)						●								1	0	0
1	Elena Vesnina  (RUS)							●							0	1	0
1	Lucie Hradecká  (CZE)									●					0	1	0
1	Jeļena Ostapenko  (LAT)									●					0	1	0
1	Daria Kasatkina  (RUS)										●				1	0	0
1	Raquel Atawo  (USA)											●			0	1	0
1	Timea Bacsinszky  (SUI)											●			0	1	0
1	Chan Hao-ching  (TPE)											●			0	1	0
1	Anna-Lena Grönefeld  (GER)											●			0	1	0
1	Miyu Kato  (JPN)											●			0	1	0
1	Alla Kudryavtseva  (RUS)											●			0	1	0
1	Makoto Ninomiya  (JPN)											●			0	1	0
1	Alexandra Panova  (RUS)											●			0	1	0
1	Laura Siegemund  (GER)											●			0	1	0
1	Yang Zhaoxuan  (CHN)											●			0	1	0
1	Alizé Cornet  (FRA)												●		1	0	0
1	Caroline Garcia  (FRA)												●		1	0	0
1	Margarita Gasparyan  (RUS)												●		1	0	0
1	Camila Giorgi  (ITA)												●		1	0	0
1	Aleksandra Krunić  (SRB)												●		1	0	0
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)												●		1	0	0
1	Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)												●		1	0	0
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  (RUS)												●		1	0	0
1	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová  (SVK)												●		1	0	0
1	Anastasija Sevastova  (LAT)												●		1	0	0
1	Lesia Tsurenko  (UKR)												●		1	0	0
1	Dayana Yastremska  (UKR)												●		1	0	0
1	Monique Adamczak  (AUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Anna Blinkova  (RUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Naomi Broady  (GBR)													●	0	1	0
1	Choi Ji-hee  (KOR)													●	0	1	0
1	Duan Yingying  (CHN)													●	0	1	0
1	Sara Errani  (ITA)													●	0	1	0
1	Alexa Guarachi  (CHI)													●	0	1	0
1	Georgina García Pérez  (ESP)													●	0	1	0
1	Han Na-lae  (KOR)													●	0	1	0
1	Han Xinyun  (CHN)													●	0	1	0
1	Eri Hozumi  (JPN)													●	0	1	0
1	Dalila Jakupović  (SLO)													●	0	1	0
1	Jiang Xinyu  (CHN)													●	0	1	0
1	Darija Jurak  (CRO)													●	0	1	0
1	Irina Khromacheva  (RUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Andreja Klepač  (SLO)													●	0	1	0
1	Desirae Krawczyk  (USA)													●	0	1	0
1	Liang Chen  (CHN)													●	0	1	0
1	María José Martínez Sánchez  (ESP)													●	0	1	0
1	Greet Minnen  (BEL)													●	0	1	0
1	Andreea Mitu  (ROU)													●	0	1	0
1	Jessica Moore  (AUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Asia Muhammad  (USA)													●	0	1	0
1	Anastasia Potapova  (RUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Alicja Rosolska  (POL)													●	0	1	0
1	Maria Sanchez  (USA)													●	0	1	0
1	Bibiane Schoofs  (NED)													●	0	1	0
1	Sara Sorribes Tormo  (ESP)													●	0	1	0
1	Abigail Spears  (USA)													●	0	1	0
1	Fanny Stollár  (HUN)													●	0	1	0
1	Samantha Stosur  (AUS)													●	0	1	0
1	Tang Qianhui  (CHN)													●	0	1	0
1	Wang Yafan  (CHN)													●	0	1	0
1	Heather Watson  (GBR)													●	0	1	0
1	Tamara Zidanšek  (SLO)													●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
16	Czech Republic  (CZE)		2				1	2	1	1	4	2	1	2	7	9	0
12	Russia  (RUS)							1		1	1	3	3	3	4	8	0
11	United States  (USA)		1	2			1	1				1		5	1	8	2
11	Netherlands  (NED)								1	3	1	1	1	4	3	8	0
11	China  (CHN)											3	2	6	2	9	0
10	Belgium  (BEL)									1			4	5	4	6	0
8	Romania  (ROU)	1							1		1		1	4	4	4	0
8	Germany  (GER)	1									1	2	3	1	5	3	0
8	Australia  (AUS)		1		1			1		2			1	2	2	6	0
7	France  (FRA)		1			1						1	4		4	3	0
7	Ukraine  (UKR)				1	1			1		2		2		6	1	0
5	Hungary  (HUN)		1			1						1	1	1	1	4	0
5	Chinese Taipei  (TPE)			1				1				2	1		1	3	1
5	Slovenia  (SLO)											1		4	0	5	0
4	Canada  (CAN)			1						1		2			0	3	1
4	Japan  (JPN)	1					1					1		1	2	2	0
4	Spain  (ESP)												1	3	1	3	0
3	Denmark  (DEN)	1					1				1				3	0	0
3	Serbia  (SRB)												2	1	2	1	0
2	Belarus  (BLR)								1		1				2	0	0
2	Latvia  (LAT)									1			1		1	1	0
2	Italy  (ITA)												1	1	1	1	0
2	Sweden  (SWE)												1	1	1	1	0
2	Great Britain  (GBR)													2	0	2	0
1	Switzerland  (SUI)											1			0	1	0
1	Slovakia  (SVK)												1		1	0	0
1	Chile  (CHI)													1	0	1	0
1	Croatia  (CRO)													1	0	1	0
1	Poland  (POL)													1	0	1	0
1	South Korea  (KOR)													1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

• Naomi Osaka – Indian Wells ( draw )
• Aleksandra Krunić – Rosmalen ( draw )
• Tatjana Maria – Mallorca ( draw )
• Olga Danilović – Moscow International ( draw )
• Wang Qiang – Nanchang ( draw )
• Mihaela Buzărnescu – San Jose ( draw )
• Aryna Sabalenka – New Haven ( draw )
• Dayana Yastremska – Hong Kong ( draw )

Doubles

• Simona Halep – Shenzhen ( draw )
• Bibiane Schoofs – Auckland ( draw )
• Georgina García Pérez – Budapest ( draw )
• Fanny Stollár – Budapest ( draw )
• Naomi Broady – Monterrey ( draw )
• Sara Sorribes Tormo – Monterrey ( draw )
• Irina Khromacheva – Bogotá ( draw )
• Anna Blinkova – Rabat ( draw )
• Mihaela Buzărnescu – Strasbourg ( draw )
• Alexa Guarachi – Gstaad ( draw )
• Desirae Krawczyk – Gstaad ( draw )
• Anastasia Potapova – Moscow International ( draw )
• Choi Ji-hee – Seoul ( draw )
• Han Na-lae – Seoul ( draw )
• Olga Danilović – Tashkent ( draw )
• Tamara Zidanšek – Tashkent ( draw )
• Greet Minnen – Luxembourg City ( draw )
• Alison Van Uytvanck – Luxembourg City ( draw )

Mixed doubles

• Latisha Chan – French Open ( draw )
• Nicole Melichar – Wimbledon ( draw )

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

• Elise Mertens – Hobart ( draw )
• Elina Svitolina – Dubai ( draw ), Rome ( draw )
• Lesia Tsurenko – Acapulco ( draw )
• Petra Kvitová – Birmingham ( draw )

Doubles

• Raquel Atawo – Stuttgart ( draw )
• Květa Peschke – Prague ( draw )
• Irina-Camelia Begu – Bucharest ( draw )
• Jiang Xinyu – Nanchang ( draw )
• Tang Qianhui – Nanchang ( draw )
• Johanna Larsson – Linz ( draw )
• Tímea Babos – WTA Finals ( draw )

Best ranking

The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time):

Singles

• Carina Witthöft (reached place No. 48 on January 8)
• Magdaléna Rybáriková (reached place No. 17 on March 5)
• Jeļena Ostapenko (reached place No. 5 on March 19)
• Markéta Vondroušová (reached place No. 50 on March 19)
• Aleksandra Krunić (reached place No. 39 on June 18)
• Sloane Stephens (reached place No. 3 on July 16)
• Mihaela Buzărnescu (reached place No. 20 on August 6)
• Danielle Collins (reached place No. 35 on August 6)
• Alison Van Uytvanck (reached place No. 37 on August 13)
• Julia Görges (reached place No. 9 on August 20)
• Caroline Garcia (reached place No. 4 on September 10)
• Lesia Tsurenko (reached place No. 26 on September 10)
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich (reached place No. 30 on September 10)
• Maria Sakkari (reached place No. 29 on September 24)
• Naomi Osaka (reached place No. 4 on October 8)
• Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 11 on October 8)
• Anastasija Sevastova (reached place No. 11 on October 15)
• Kiki Bertens (reached place No. 9 on October 22)
• Daria Kasatkina (reached place No. 10 on October 22)
• Anett Kontaveit (reached place No. 20 on October 22)
• Camila Giorgi (reached place No. 26 on October 22)
• Kateřina Siniaková (reached place No. 31 on October 22)
• Petra Martić (reached place No. 32 on October 22)
• Donna Vekić (reached place No. 34 on October 22)
• Ajla Tomljanović (reached place No. 43 on October 22)
• Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 48 on October 29)
• Ashleigh Barty (reached place No. 15 on November 5)
• Wang Qiang (reached place No. 20 on November 5)
• Elise Mertens (reached place No. 12 on November 26)
• Zheng Saisai (reached place No. 39 on November 26)

Doubles

• Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 27 on January 15)
• Nadiia Kichenok (reached place No. 36 on January 29)
• Nina Stojanović (reached place No. 50 on February 5)
• Monique Adamczak (reached place No. 44 on February 19)
• Gabriela Dabrowski (reached place No. 7 on March 19)
• Xu Yifan (reached place No. 9 on March 19)
• Monica Niculescu (reached place No. 11 on April 2)
• Kiki Bertens (reached place No. 16 on April 16)
• Kirsten Flipkens (reached place No. 35 on April 16)
• Ashleigh Barty (reached place No. 5 on May 21)
• Anna Smith (reached place No. 46 on May 21)
• Ekaterina Makarova (reached place No. 1 on June 11)
• Elena Vesnina (reached place No. 1 on June 11)
• Tímea Babos (reached place No. 1 on July 16)
• Andreja Klepač (reached place No. 12 on July 16)
• Yang Zhaoxuan (reached place No. 20 on August 13)
• Heather Watson (reached place No. 42 on August 20)
• Kaitlyn Christian (reached place No. 49 on August 20)
• Dalila Jakupović (reached place No. 38 on September 10)
• Irina Khromacheva (reached place No. 45 on September 10)
• Irina-Camelia Begu (reached place No. 22 on October 1)
• Lyudmyla Kichenok (reached place No. 34 on October 1)
• Nicole Melichar (reached place No. 15 on October 8)
• Lidziya Marozava (reached place No. 36 on October 15)
• Barbora Krejčíková (reached place No. 1 on October 22)
• Kateřina Siniaková (reached place No. 1 on October 22)
• Demi Schuurs (reached place No. 7 on October 22)
• Elise Mertens (reached place No. 11 on October 22)
• Makoto Ninomiya (reached place No. 20 on October 22)
• Mihaela Buzărnescu (reached place No. 24 on October 22)
• Alicja Rosolska (reached place No. 29 on October 22)
• Barbora Strýcová (reached place No. 5 on October 29)
• CoCo Vandeweghe (reached place No. 14 on October 29)

WTA rankings

These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the current date of the 2018 season. ^{[2] [3]}

Singles

Final WTA Singles Race Rankings [4] # Player Points Tourn 1 Simona Halep 6,921 17 2 Angelique Kerber 5,375 18 3 Caroline Wozniacki 5,086 18 4 Naomi Osaka 4,740 19 5 Petra Kvitová 4,255 20 6 Sloane Stephens 3,943 19 7 Elina Svitolina 3,850 18 8 Karolína Plíšková 3,840 22 9 Kiki Bertens 3,710 24 10 Daria Kasatkina 3,315 23 11 Anastasija Sevastova 3,185 22 12 Aryna Sabalenka 3,145 26 13 Elise Mertens 3,065 22 14 Julia Görges 2,995 23 15 Serena Williams 2,976 10 16 Madison Keys 2,817 16 17 Garbiñe Muguruza 2,725 22 18 Caroline Garcia 2,600 22 19 Ashleigh Barty 2,420 20 20 Anett Kontaveit 2,375 23 Champion   Player competed at the 2018 WTA Finals   Player withdrew from the 2018 WTA Finals

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings [5] # Player Points #Trn '17 Rk High Low '17→'18 1   Simona Halep  (ROU) 6,921 17 1 1 2 2   Angelique Kerber  (GER) 5,875 19 21 2 22 19 3   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) 5,586 19 3 1 3 4   Elina Svitolina  (UKR) 5,350 19 6 3 7 2 5   Naomi Osaka  (JPN) 5,115 20 68 4 72 63 6   Sloane Stephens  (USA) 5,023 20 13 3 13 7 7   Petra Kvitová  (CZE) 4,630 21 29 4 29 22 8   Karolína Plíšková  (CZE) 4,465 23 4 5 9 4 9   Kiki Bertens  (NED) 4,335 25 31 9 32 22 10   Daria Kasatkina  (RUS) 3,415 24 21 10 25 14 11   Aryna Sabalenka  (BLR) 3,245 27 78 11 96 67 12   Anastasija Sevastova  (LAT) 3,240 23 16 11 21 4 13   Elise Mertens  (BEL) 3,165 23 35 13 37 22 14   Julia Görges  (GER) 3,055 24 14 9 14 15   Ashleigh Barty  (AUS) 2,985 21 17 15 21 2 16   Serena Williams  (USA) 2,976 10 22 15 NR 6 17   Madison Keys  (USA) 2,976 17 19 10 20 2 18   Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP) 2,910 23 2 2 18 16 19   Caroline Garcia  (FRA) 2,660 23 8 4 19 11 20   Wang Qiang  (CHN) 2,485 24 45 20 85 25

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Simona Halep	Year end 2017	28 January 2018
Caroline Wozniacki	29 January 2018	25 February 2018
Simona Halep	26 February 2018	Year end 2018

Doubles

Final WTA Doubles Team Race Rankings [6] # Team Points Move† Tourn 1 Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6,815 14 2 Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6,455 14 3 Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová 4,795 14 4 Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 4,180 17 5 Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 4,025 14 6 Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke 3,705 22 7 Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez 3,505 20 8 Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe 3,237 7 9 Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld 2,445 22 10 Alicja Rosolska Abigail Spears 2,390 27 Champion   Player competed at the 2018 WTA Finals

WTA Doubles Year-End Rankings [7] # Player Points Prev Move‡ 1   Barbora Krejčíková  (CZE) 7,775 13 12   Kateřina Siniaková  (CZE) 54 53 3   Tímea Babos  (HUN) 7,765 7 4   Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA) 26 23 5   Barbora Strýcová  (CZE) 6,535 15 10 6   Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS) 6,205 3 3 7   Ashleigh Barty  (AUS) 6,101 11 4 8   Demi Schuurs  (NED) 5,925 45 37 9   Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková  (CZE) 5,840 5 4 10   Gabriela Dabrowski  (CAN) 5,085 18 8 11   Elise Mertens  (BEL) 4,455 41 30 12   Xu Yifan  (CHN) 4,370 16 4 13   Květa Peschke  (CZE) 4,245 21 8 14   CoCo Vandeweghe  (USA) 4,097 63 49 15   Nicole Melichar  (USA) 3,960 39 24 16   Elena Vesnina  (RUS) 3,725 3 13 17   Hsieh Su-wei  (TPE) 3,705 32 15 18   María José Martínez Sánchez  (SPA) 3,690 24 6   Andreja Klepač  (SLO) 20   Makoto Ninomiya  (JPN) 2,930 46 26

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Latisha Chan Martina Hingis	Year end 2017	11 February 2018
Latisha Chan	12 February 2018	18 February 2018
Latisha Chan Martina Hingis	19 February 2018	18 March 2018
Latisha Chan	19 March 2018	10 June 2018
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	11 June 2018	15 July 2018
Tímea Babos	16 July 2018	12 August 2018
Latisha Chan	13 August 2018	19 August 2018
Tímea Babos	20 August 2018	21 October 2018
Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	22 October 2018	Year end 2018

Prize money leaders

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Year-to-date
1	Simona Halep	$6,314,890	$44,674	$0	$7,409,564
2	Caroline Wozniacki	$6,007,719	$0	$0	$6,657,719
3	Naomi Osaka	$6,394,289	$0	$0	$6,394,289
4	Elina Svitolina	$5,213,643	$16,366	$7,238	$5,737,247
5	Angelique Kerber	$5,686,362	$0	$0	$5,686,362
6	Sloane Stephens	$5,028,342	$35,280	$4,477	$5,068,099
7	Serena Williams	$3,746,057	$24,113	$0	$3,770,170
8	Karolína Plíšková	$3,054,150	$34,900	$0	$3,539,050
9	Petra Kvitová	$3,301,389	$0	$0	$3,301,389
10	Kiki Bertens	$3,023,982	$139,706	$0	$3,163,688
prize money given in US$ as of November 5,2018 [update] [8]

Statistics leaders

as of December 4,2018 ^{[update] [9]}

Aces Player Aces Matches 1 Julia Görges 492 68 2 Karolína Plíšková 393 70 3 Kiki Bertens 325 69 4 Ashleigh Barty 297 61 5 Naomi Osaka 283 60 6 Kristýna Plíšková 276 36 7 Aryna Sabalenka 266 64 8 Petra Kvitová 259 60 9 Caroline Garcia 247 61 10 Johanna Konta 231 49

Double faults Player DFs Matches 1 Daria Gavrilova 385 49 2 Petra Kvitová 339 60 3 Daria Kasatkina 321 66 4 Aryna Sabalenka 299 64 5 Kiki Bertens 287 69 6 Jeļena Ostapenko 262 44 7 Julia Görges 256 68 8 Donna Vekić 255 55 9 Kristina Mladenovic 252 46 10 Elise Mertens 248 63

First-serve percentage Player % Matches 1 Yulia Putintseva 69.0 30 2 Sloane Stephens 69.0 43 3 Daria Kasatkina 68.1 55 4 Alison Riske 67.5 27 5 Caroline Garcia 67.4 48 6 Zarina Diyas 67.2 26 7 Dominika Cibulková 66.8 37 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova 66.7 22 9 Victoria Azarenka 66.5 26 10 Sofia Kenin 66.3 23

Second-serve percentage Player % Matches 1 Jeļena Ostapenko 45.8 44 2 CoCo Vandeweghe 45.2 25 3 Polona Hercog 44.7 34 4 Donna Vekić 44.5 55 5 Tatjana Maria 43.6 35 6 Stefanie Vögele 43.2 26 7 Magdaléna Rybáriková 43.1 34 8 Kristýna Plíšková 42.9 36 9 Julia Görges 42.6 68 10 Viktória Kužmová 42.4 27

First-serve points won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 74.4 24 2 Julia Görges 73.8 68 3 Ashleigh Barty 71.6 61 4 Kristýna Plíšková 71.2 36 5 Naomi Osaka 70.1 60 6 Madison Keys 70.0 42 7 CoCo Vandeweghe 69.4 25 8 Viktória Kužmová 69.3 27 9 Aryna Sabalenka 68.4 64 10 Karolína Plíšková 68.4 70

Second-serve points won Player % Matches 1 Ashleigh Barty 52.2 61 2 Caroline Garcia 51.3 61 3 Sloane Stephens 49.1 54 4 Elina Svitolina 49.0 59 5 Petra Martić 48.9 43 6 Camila Giorgi 48.5 45 7 Carla Suárez Navarro 48.7 46 8 Julia Görges 48.7 68 9 Aryna Sabalenka 48.4 64 10 Johanna Konta 48.3 49

Service points won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 63.8 24 2 Ashleigh Barty 63.5 61 3 Julia Görges 63.1 68 4 Madison Keys 62.1 42 5 Caroline Garcia 60.7 61 6 Naomi Osaka 60.7 60 7 Aryna Sabalenka 60.4 64 8 Caroline Wozniacki 60.3 58 9 Johanna Konta 60.3 49 10 Elina Svitolina 60.2 59

Return points won Player % Matches 1 Simona Halep 49.6 55 2 Daria Kasatkina 48.3 66 3 Angelique Kerber 47.6 63 4 Sloane Stephens 47.3 54 5 Hsieh Su-wei 47.0 49 6 Maria Sharapova 46.9 31 7 Wang Qiang 46.9 58 8 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 46.8 26 9 Elise Mertens 46.7 63 10 Caroline Wozniacki 46.4 58

Service games won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 79.1 24 2 Ashleigh Barty 78.7 61 3 Julia Görges 78.6 68 4 Naomi Osaka 76.0 60 5 Madison Keys 75.8 37 6 Johanna Konta 75.5 49 7 Caroline Garcia 75.0 61 8 Elina Svitolina 74.2 59 9 Petra Kvitová 73.7 60 10 Karolína Plíšková 73.5 70

Return games won Player % Matches 1 Simona Halep 48.5 55 2 Daria Kasatkina 46.3 66 3 Sloane Stephens 44.2 54 4 Angelique Kerber 43.9 63 5 Wang Qiang 43.7 58 6 Elise Mertens 42.9 63 7 Maria Sharapova 42.7 31 8 Lesia Tsurenko 42.4 44 9 Caroline Wozniacki 42.1 58 10 Kiki Bertens 42.1 69

Break points saved Player % Matches 1 Julia Görges 63.5 68 2 Johanna Konta 63.3 49 3 Polona Hercog 61.8 34 4 Aryna Sabalenka 61.6 64 5 Caroline Garcia 61.2 61 6 Pauline Parmentier 60.8 31 7 Petra Kvitová 60.3 60 8 Petra Martić 59.3 43 9 Anett Kontaveit 59.3 56 10 Karolína Plíšková 59.3 70

Break points converted Player % Matches 1 Jeļena Ostapenko 54.1 44 2 Naomi Osaka 50.2 60 3 Simona Halep 50.1 55 4 Caroline Wozniacki 49.8 58 5 Kiki Bertens 49.8 69 6 Kateryna Kozlova 49.5 26 7 Angelique Kerber 48.8 63 8 Serena Williams 48.8 24 9 Sofia Kenin 48.7 31 10 Hsieh Su-wei 48.7 49

Points distribution

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	40	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1080*	750*	(+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500	1080	750	375	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 64Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	22	15	1
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 48/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	-	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (16D)	900	585	350	190	1	-	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	25	–	13	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	18	13	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy (S)	700*	440*	240*	(+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win)
WTA International (32S, 32Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (32S, 24/16Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	-	12	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

WTA fan polls

Player of the month

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January [10]	Simona Halep  (ROU) (71%)	Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) (25%)   Angelique Kerber  (GER) (3%)   Elina Svitolina  (UKR) (1%)
February [11]	Petra Kvitová  (CZE) (78%)	Elina Svitolina  (UKR) (19%)   Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP) (3%)
March [12]	Naomi Osaka  (JPN) (52%)	Daria Kasatkina  (RUS) (20%)   Sloane Stephens  (USA) (15%)   Jeļena Ostapenko  (LAT) (13%)
April [13]	Karolína Plíšková  (CZE)	Kiki Bertens  (NED)   Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)
May [14]	Simona Halep  (ROU)	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)   Sloane Stephens  (USA)   Elina Svitolina  (UKR)
June [15]	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)	Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)   Ashleigh Barty  (AUS)
July [16]	Angelique Kerber  (GER)	Mihaela Buzărnescu  (ROU)   Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)   Anastasija Sevastova  (LAT)   Alizé Cornet  (FRA)
August [17]	Naomi Osaka  (JPN)	Simona Halep  (ROU)   Serena Williams  (USA)   Kiki Bertens  (NED)
September [18]	Aryna Sabalenka  (BLR)	Naomi Osaka  (JPN)   Karolína Plíšková  (CZE)
October [19]	Elina Svitolina  (UKR)	Aryna Sabalenka  (BLR)   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)   Sloane Stephens  (USA)

Breakthrough of the month

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January [20]	Hsieh Su-wei  (TPE) (42%)	Elise Mertens  (BEL) (36%)   Aliaksandra Sasnovich  (BLR) (20%)   Bernarda Pera  (USA) (2%)
February [21]	Daria Kasatkina  (RUS) (50%)	Kateryna Kozlova  (UKR) (35%)   Viktória Kužmová  (SVK) (15%)
March [22]	Danielle Collins  (USA) (79%)	Amanda Anisimova  (USA) (21%)
April [23]	Ana Bogdan  (ROU)	Marta Kostyuk  (UKR)   Bernarda Pera  (USA)
May [24]	Mihaela Buzărnescu  (ROU)	Daria Kasatkina  (RUS)   Anett Kontaveit  (EST)
June [25]	Tatjana Maria  (GER)	Aleksandra Krunić  (SRB)   Sofia Kenin  (USA)
July [26]	Wang Qiang  (CHN)	Olga Danilović  (SRB)   Maria Sakkari  (GRE)   Anastasia Potapova  (RUS)
August [27]	Aryna Sabalenka  (BLR)	Anastasija Sevastova  (LAT)   Lesia Tsurenko  (UKR)   Markéta Vondroušová  (CZE)   Ashleigh Barty  (AUS)
September [28]	Anett Kontaveit  (EST)	Wang Qiang  (CHN)   Donna Vekić  (CRO)
October [29]	Ashleigh Barty  (AUS)	Kiki Bertens  (NED)   Anastasija Sevastova  (LAT)

Shot of the month

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January [30]	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) (59%)	Maria Sharapova  (RUS) (20%)   Angelique Kerber  (GER) (18%)   Daria Gavrilova  (AUS) (2%)   Johanna Konta  (GBR) (1%)
February [31]	Maria Sharapova  (RUS) (32%)	Petra Kvitová  (CZE) (27%)   Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) (20%)   Anastasia Potapova  (RUS) (13%)   Angelique Kerber  (GER) (8%)
March [32]	Simona Halep  (ROU) (81%)	Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) (7%)   Naomi Osaka  (JPN) (5%)   Caroline Dolehide  (USA) (4%)   Angelique Kerber  (GER) (3%)
April [33]	Maria Sharapova  (RUS)	Julia Görges  (GER)   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)   Kiki Bertens  (NED)   Alizé Cornet  (FRA)
May [34]	Simona Halep  (ROU)	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)   Maria Sharapova  (RUS)   Angelique Kerber  (GER)   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  (RUS)
June [35]	Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)   Aleksandra Krunić  (SRB)   CoCo Vandeweghe  (USA)   Dominika Cibulková  (SVK)
July [36]	Magda Linette  (POL)	Venus Williams  (USA)   Victoria Azarenka  (BLR)   Sloane Stephens  (USA)   Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)
August [37]	Maria Sharapova  (RUS)	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)   Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)   Caroline Garcia  (FRA)   Angelique Kerber  (GER)
September [38]	Hsieh Su-wei  (TPE)	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)   Naomi Osaka  (JPN)   Dominika Cibulková  (SVK)   Amanda Anisimova  (USA)
October [39]	Ons Jabeur  (TUN)	Elina Svitolina  (UKR)   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)   Kiki Bertens  (NED)   Ashleigh Barty  (AUS)   Wang Qiang  (CHN)

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 [singles] or top 100 [doubles] for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2018 season:

• Annika Beck (born 16 February 1994 in Gießen, Germany) joined the professional tour in 2009 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 37 in singles and no. 84 in doubles. She won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. After having not played since October 2017 (2017 ITF Poitiers) due to ongoing injuries, Beck decided to end her tennis career in October 2018 in favour of academic pursuits. ^[40]
• Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984 in Duchcov, Czechoslovakia , (modern day Czech Republic)) joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 59 in singles and no. 52 in doubles. She reached one WTA singles final in Tashkent in 2011. She also won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. After having not played in over four years, Birnerová decided to retire in November 2018.
• Chuang Chia-jung (born 10 January 1985 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan ) joined the professional tour in 2001 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 177 in singles and no. 5 in doubles. Partnering Latisha Chan, Chuang reached the final of the 2007 Australian Open and the 2007 US Open women's doubles events. She also won twenty-two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, two doubles titles in the WTA 125K series, as well as ten singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Chuang decided to retire in November 2018.
• Casey Dellacqua (born 11 February 1985 in Perth, Australia) joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 26 in singles and no. 3 in doubles. She has reached seven grand slam doubles finals and won 7 doubles titles. She also won the 2011 French Open mixed doubles event alongside Scott Lipsky. Dellacqua played her last professional match in February during a deciding Fed Cup doubles tie. ^[41]
• Marina Erakovic (born 6 March 1988 in Split, SFR Yugoslavia , (modern day Croatia)) joined the professional tour in 2005 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 39 in singles and no. 25 in doubles. She won 1 WTA Singles title in Memphis in 2013, along with 8 WTA doubles titles. She enjoyed more success at Grand Slam level in doubles, reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2011, as well as the quarterfinals at the US Open in 2008 and the French Open in 2013 and 2014. She was plagued by injury throughout her career and, after missing the entirety of the 2018 season with a back injury, she announced her retirement in December 2018. ^[42]
• Bojana Jovanovski Petrović (born 31 December 1991 in Belgrade, Serbia ) joined the professional tour in 2006 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 32 in singles and no. 203 in doubles. She won 2 WTA Tour singles titles, as well as 1 WTA 125K Series Title in 2013 and 4 ITF singles titles. She was part of the Serbian team that finished runner-up to the Czech Republic at the 2012 Fed Cup. Jovanovski Petrović underwent surgery for a shoulder injury in 2016, and despite making a limited comeback on the ITF Circuit at the beginning of the season, she decided to end her career in November 2018. ^[43]
• Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987 in Bruneck, Italy) joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 33 in singles and no. 49 in doubles. Knapp won 2 singles titles during her career. As a member of the Italian Fed Cup team, Knapp was part of the squad that won the title in 2013. After having not played tournaments since the previous year's Australian Open and due to a chronic knee injury, she announced her retirement in May 2018. ^[44]
• Anabel Medina Garrigues (born 12 April 1982 in Valencia, Spain) joined the professional tour in 1998 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 16 in singles and no. 3 in doubles. Medina Garrigues won 11 singles titles and 28 doubles titles during her career. She won two Grand Slams titles at the 2008 and 2009 French Open and an olympics silver medal alongside partner Virginia Ruano Pascual also in 2008. Later in her career, she became part of Jeļena Ostapenko's coaching staff, coaching her to win the 2017 French Open singles title. She announced that the 2018 US Open would be her final tournament. ^[45]
• Agnieszka Radwańska (born 6 March 1989 in Kraków, Poland ) joined the professional tour in 2005 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 2 in singles and no. 16 in doubles. Radwańska won 20 singles titles and 2 doubles titles during her career. She reached the final of the 2012 Wimbledon singles event, becoming the first Polish woman in the Open era to reach a grand slam singles final. Her biggest title came at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore where she again became the first Pole to lift the trophy. She also won the 2015 Hopman Cup with Jerzy Janowicz for her nation. Her other achievements include winning the WTA Fan Favourite Award six times and Shot of the Year five times. Radwańska announced her retirement on 14 November 2018 due to health issues. ^[46]
• Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983 in Dijon, France) joined the professional tour in 1999 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 16 in singles and no. 82 in doubles. Razzano won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007, as well as 1 WTA doubles title and 5 ITF singles titles. She was, however, perhaps best known for being so far the only player to defeat Serena Williams in the first round of a Grand Slam singles tournament, namely the 2012 French Open. She announced her retirement in December 2018. ^[47]
• Olga Savchuk (born 20 September 1987 in Makiivka, Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine)) joined the professional tour in 2004 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 79 in singles and no. 33 in doubles. Her greatest achievement in singles came at the 2006 Australian Open, reaching the third round as a qualifier. Savchuk was primarily a doubles specialist, winning 3 titles in her career, and reaching the quarterfinals of Roland Garros in 2017. She announced that the 2018 US Open would be her last tournament. ^[48]
• Francesca Schiavone (born 23 June 1980 in Milan, Italy) joined the professional tour in 1998 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 4 in singles and no. 8 in doubles. Schiavone won 8 singles titles and 7 doubles titles during her career, including her most prestigious, the 2010 French Open singles title. She also reached the French Open final in 2011 and made quarterfinal appearances in all the other three majors. Schiavone also reached the semifinals or better at all Grand Slam doubles events, finishing runner-up at the 2008 French Open alongside partner Casey Dellacqua. As a member of the Italian Fed Cup team, Schiavone was part of the squads that won the title in 2006, 2009 and 2010. Initially first planned to be retired after the 2017 season, she announced her retirement from tennis via a press conference during the 2018 US Open following her last tournament (Gstaad) in July. ^[49]
• Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978 in Basel, Switzerland) joined the professional tour in 1996 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 7 in singles. Schnyder was a six-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist, and won 11 singles titles and 5 doubles titles during her career. After initially retiring in 2011, Schnyder returned to the tour in 2015, playing mostly on the ITF Women's Circuit and reaching a peak of number 139 in the rankings. Schnyder retired for a second and final time in November 2018. ^[50]
• Patricia Maria Țig (born 27 July 1994 in Caransebeș, Romania) joined the professional tour in 2009 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 83 in singles and no. 155 in doubles. Țig reached 1 WTA singles final and 2 doubles finals during her career, losing all 3 of them. She also made first round appearances in all four majors. After a period of struggling with her performances in the second half of 2017 season, she decided to focus on her health, citing back pain as the main source of discomfort. Her last played tournament was the (Guangzhou Open) in September 2017. Țig became an inactive player on 24 September 2018 after not playing for 52 consecutive weeks. ^{[51] [52]}
• Roberta Vinci (born 18 February 1983 in Taranto, Italy) joined the professional tour in 1999 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 7 in singles and no. 1 in doubles. Vinci won 10 singles titles and 25 doubles titles during her career. She reached the final of the 2015 US Open singles event and won five grand slams doubles titles alongside compatriot Sara Errani, with whom she completed the Career Grand Slam ^{[ broken anchor ]}. As a member of the Italian Fed Cup team, Vinci was part of the four Italian title-winning squads in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013. Vinci announced that the 2018 Italian Open would be her final tournament. ^[53]
• Aleksandra Wozniak (born 7 September 1987 in Montreal, Canada) joined the professional tour in 2005 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 21 in singles and no. 136 in doubles. Wozniak won one WTA singles title in Stanford in 2008, as well as 11 ITF singles titles. Wozniak struggled with injuries throughout most of her career, and had played predominantly on the ITF Circuit since 2015. She announced her retirement from tennis in December 2018 at the age of 31. ^[54]

Comebacks

Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2018 WTA Tour season:

• Marion Bartoli (born 2 October 1984 in Le Puy-en-Velay, France) joined the professional tour in 2000 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 7 in singles and no. 15 in doubles. Bartoli won 8 singles titles and 3 doubles titles during her career, with her final singles title being her most prestigious, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships where she defeated Sabine Lisicki to claim her only grand slam title. In addition, she reached the final of Wimbledon in 2007 where she lost to Venus Williams, and also reached the quarterfinals or better at each of the other three majors. Bartoli announced her retirement in August 2013 after the Cincinnati Open. In December 2017 she announced that she would return to the professional tennis tour in 2018. ^[55] Bartoli was awarded a wildcard at the 2018 Mexican Open but withdrew before the tournament stating that she was injured and that she hoped to be fully fit for the grass season. However, as a result of ongoing injuries, Bartoli decided to abandon her comeback attempt in June. ^{[56] [57]}
• Rebecca Marino (born 16 December 1990 in Toronto, Canada) joined the professional tour in 2008 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 38 in singles. She reached her first and only tour-level final at the 2011 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková. She took a break from tennis to deal with mental and physical fatigue from February to August 2012. After playing some ITF and WTA tournaments, she decided in late February 2013 to take a second break from tennis with no timetable for her return. Marino started training again during the first week of September 2017 and decided to return to competition in October 2017, after being away from the game for nearly five years. She was scheduled to play an ITF 60K event in Saguenay but her comeback was delayed of three months due to ITF administrative regulations. She returned at an ITF 15K event in Antalya at the end of January 2018 and won the title in her first tournament back. ^[58]

See also

• Tennis portal

• 2018 WTA 125K series (lower tier WTA tour events)
• 2018 ATP World Tour
• 2018 ITF Women's Circuit
• Women's Tennis Association
• International Tennis Federation

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External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website