2018 Australian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2018 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Caroline Wozniacki
Runner-up	Simona Halep
Score	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (12Q / 8WC)
Seeds	32
Events
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Caroline Wozniacki defeated Simona Halep in the final, 7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2018 Australian Open. It was her first major title, becoming the first Dane to win a singles major.^[1] With the win, Wozniacki regained the world No. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2012.^[2] She saved two match points en route to the title, in the second round against Jana Fett; Halep also saved match points to reach the final, saving three against Lauren Davis in the third round and two against Angelique Kerber in the semifinals. It was Halep's third runner-up finish in as many major finals, though she would win the French Open a few months later.^[3] In addition to Wozniacki and Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza, Elina Svitolina, Karolína Plíšková and Jeļena Ostapenko were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking.^[4] The final marked the first match between the top two players in the world since the 2015 Australian Open final.

Champion

Caroline Wozniacki

Runner-up

Simona Halep

Score7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 6–4

Draw128 (12 / 8)

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Serena Williams was the reigning champion, but did not participate this year as she was not fully fit after giving birth in September 2017. As a result, she dropped out of the WTA rankings for the first time since 20 October 1997.

The third-round match between Halep and Davis lasted 28 games, tying Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario's 1996 quarterfinal match for the Australian Open's record for most games played in a women's match.^[5]

At 15 years and 6 months old, Marta Kostyuk became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the Australian Open since Martina Hingis in 1996 and the youngest to reach the third round at a major since Mirjana Lučić-Baroni at the 1997 US Open.^[6] Kostyuk was the youngest player to qualify for a major main draw since Sesil Karatantcheva at the 2005 Australian Open.^[7]

This tournament marked the first main-draw Australian Open appearance for future two-time champion and World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka; she lost to Ashleigh Barty in the first round.

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Simona Halep	6	6

6	Karolína Plíšková	3	2
					1	Simona Halep	6	4	9

					21	Angelique Kerber	3	6	7
21	Angelique Kerber	6	6

17	Madison Keys	1	2
										1	Simona Halep	6²	6	4

										2	Caroline Wozniacki	7⁷	3	6
	Elise Mertens	6	6

4	Elina Svitolina	4	0
						Elise Mertens	3	6²

					2	Caroline Wozniacki	6	7⁷
	Carla Suárez Navarro	0	7⁷	2

2	Caroline Wozniacki	6	6³	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

1	S Halep	7⁷	6
WC	D Aiava	6⁵	1		1	S Halep	6	6
	E Bouchard	6	7⁷			E Bouchard	2	2
	O Dodin	3	6⁵							1	S Halep	4	6	15
	L Davis	6⁴	6	6							L Davis	6	4	13
	J Čepelová	7⁷	3	1		L Davis	4	6	6
	A Petkovic	6	4	10		A Petkovic	6	0	0
27	P Kvitová	3	6	8											1	S Halep	6	6
18	A Barty	6²	6	6												N Osaka	3	2
	A Sabalenka	7⁷	4	4	18	A Barty	5	6	6
	C Giorgi	6	6			C Giorgi	7	4	1
Q	A Kalinskaya	4	3							18	A Barty	4	2
	N Osaka	7	6								N Osaka	6	6
PR	K Kučová	5	2			N Osaka	7⁷	6
	O Jabeur	3	4		16	E Vesnina	6⁴	2
16	E Vesnina	6	6

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

9	J Konta	6	6
	M Brengle	3	1		9	J Konta	4	5
Q	A Blinkova	2	2		LL	B Pera	6	7
LL	B Pera	6	6						LL	B Pera	2	2
	L Arruabarrena	6	6						20	B Strýcová	6	6
	R Hogenkamp	1	2			L Arruabarrena	3	4
WC	K Ahn	1	5		20	B Strýcová	6	6
20	B Strýcová	6	7										20	B Strýcová	7⁷	3	2
29	L Šafářová	7	6										6	Ka Plíšková	6⁵	6	6
WC	A Tomljanović	5	3		29	L Šafářová	6	6
	S Cîrstea	5	6	6		S Cîrstea	2	4
	Z Diyas	7	4	3					29	L Šafářová	6⁶	5
WC	L Cabrera	6³	4						6	Ka Plíšková	7⁸	7
	B Haddad Maia	7⁷	6			B Haddad Maia	1	1
	V Cepede Royg	3	4		6	Ka Plíšková	6	6
6	Ka Plíšková	6	6

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	G Muguruza	6	6
WC	J Ponchet	4	3		3	G Muguruza	6¹	4
	S-w Hsieh	0	6	8		S-w Hsieh	7⁷	6
Q	L Zhu	6	0	6							S-w Hsieh	6	7
	N Vikhlyantseva	6	3	4						26	A Radwańska	2	5
	L Tsurenko	3	6	6		L Tsurenko	6	5	3
	Kr Plíšková	6	3	2	26	A Radwańska	2	7	6
26	A Radwańska	2	6	6											S-w Hsieh	6	5	2
21	A Kerber	6	6											21	A Kerber	4	7	6
PR	A-L Friedsam	0	4		21	A Kerber	6	6
	N Hibino	5	3			D Vekić	4	1
	D Vekić	7	6							21	A Kerber	6	6
	T Maria	1	4								M Sharapova	1	3
	M Sharapova	6	6			M Sharapova	6	7⁷
	V Lepchenko	6	3	2	14	A Sevastova	1	6⁴
14	A Sevastova	3	6	6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

11	K Mladenovic	3	2
	A Bogdan	6	6			A Bogdan	1	6	6
	Y Putintseva	7	7⁸			Y Putintseva	6	2	3
	H Watson	5	6⁶								A Bogdan	3	4
	P Hercog	6²	4							17	M Keys	6	6
	E Alexandrova	7⁷	6			E Alexandrova	0	1
	Q Wang	1	5		17	M Keys	6	6
17	M Keys	6	7												17	M Keys	6	6
28	M Lučić-Baroni	7⁸	5	6											8	C Garcia	3	2
	S Rogers	6⁶	7	2	28	M Lučić-Baroni	3	1
	C McHale	3	2			A Sasnovich	6	6
	A Sasnovich	6	6								A Sasnovich	3	7	2
	K Nara	5	4							8	C Garcia	6	5	6
	M Vondroušová	7	6			M Vondroušová	7⁷	2	6
	C Witthöft	5	3		8	C Garcia	6³	6	8
8	C Garcia	7	6

2018 Australian Open – Women's singles

Seeds

Qualifying

Wildcards

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match statistics

References

External links

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Category	Wozniacki	Halep
1st serve %	59/102 (58%)	71/116 (61%)
1st serve points won	39 of 59 = 66%	46 of 71 = 65%
2nd serve points won	22 of 43 = 51%	21 of 45 = 47%
Total service points won	61 of 102 = 59.80%	67 of 116 = 57.76%
Aces	2	6
Double faults	6	1
Winners	25	40
Unforced errors	28	47
Net points won	11 of 17 = 65%	11 of 12 = 92%
Break points converted	5 of 14 = 36%	5 of 12 = 42%
Return points won	49 of 116 = 42%	41 of 102 = 40%
Total points won	110	108
Source

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

7	J Ostapenko	6	6
	F Schiavone	1	4		7	J Ostapenko	6	3	6
	Y Duan	6	6			Y Duan	3	6	4
	M Duque Mariño	0	1							7	J Ostapenko	3	6	3
	M Niculescu	4	5							32	A Kontaveit	6	1	6
	M Barthel	6	7			M Barthel	3	6	3
	A Krunić	4	5		32	A Kontaveit	6	4	6
32	A Kontaveit	6	7												32	A Kontaveit	6	4	6
24	D Cibulková	2	2													C Suárez Navarro	4	6	8
	K Kanepi	6	6			K Kanepi	6	6
	S Stosur	6	6⁶	4		M Puig	4	3
	M Puig	4	7⁸	6							K Kanepi	6	1	3
	C Suárez Navarro	7	6								C Suárez Navarro	3	6	6
Q	M Fręch	5	3			C Suárez Navarro	6	2	6
	T Babos	7⁷	6			T Babos	4	6	2
10	C Vandeweghe	6⁴	2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

15	A Pavlyuchenkova	3	6	6
	K Kozlova	6	4	3	15	A Pavlyuchenkova	2	3
Q	V Golubic	6³	6	2		K Bondarenko	6	6
	K Bondarenko	7⁷	4	6							K Bondarenko	5	6	1
	K Flipkens	2	7⁸	6						19	M Rybáriková	7	3	6
	A Riske	6	6⁶	3		K Flipkens	4	6	2
	T Townsend	0	5		19	M Rybáriková	6	0	6
19	M Rybáriková	6	7												19	M Rybáriková	3	0
30	K Bertens	6⁵	6	6											2	C Wozniacki	6	6
	C Bellis	7⁷	4	2	30	K Bertens	7⁷	6
	N Gibbs	6	6			N Gibbs	6³	0
LL	V Tomova	1	1							30	K Bertens	4	3
	J Fett	6	6							2	C Wozniacki	6	6
PR	M Eguchi	3	2			J Fett	6	2	5
	M Buzărnescu	2	3		2	C Wozniacki	3	6	7
2	C Wozniacki	6	6