2018 WTA Tour

2018 WTA Tour
Details
Duration	1 January – 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 ($6,359,564)
Points leader	Simona Halep (6,921)
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Caroline Wozniacki won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open by defeating Simona Halep in the final and returned to the WTA no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2012. Halep then went on to win her first major at the French Open on her fourth appearance at a Grand Slam final, defeating Sloane Stephens in three sets. Angelique Kerber won her third Grand Slam 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 Grand Slam title, defeating Serena Williams in the final. At the age of 20, Osaka became the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest US Open champion since Maria Sharapova in 2006.

The 2018 WTA Tour is 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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 1	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 Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Anastasija Sevastova Karolína Plíšková	Aleksandra Krunić Alizé Cornet Johanna Konta Kaia Kanepi
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International $750,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Irina-Camelia Begu Maria Sharapova	Aryna Sabalenka Tímea Babos Zarina Diyas Kristýna Plíšková
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Sachia Vickery Hsieh Su-wei
January 8	Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA Premier $799,000 – Hard – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Daria Gavrilova Camila Giorgi
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Lesia Tsurenko Heather Watson	Aryna Sabalenka Alison Riske Donna Vekić Monica Niculescu
January 15 January 22	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam A$25,036,000 – Hard 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	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
January 29	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA Premier $799,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Daria Kasatkina Julia Görges
	Taiwan Open Taipei, Taiwan WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Wang Yafan Sabine Lisicki

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 5	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Minsk, Belarus – Hard (i) Prague, Czech Republic – Hard (i) La Roche-sur-Yon, France – Hard (i) Asheville, 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
February 12	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 $3,198,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Garbiñe Muguruza	Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber Julia Görges Caroline Garcia Catherine Bellis
February 12		Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 6–3	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep
February 19	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier $2,623,485 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza	Naomi Osaka Karolína Plíšková Elena Vesnina Caroline Garcia
	Hungarian Ladies Open Budapest, Hungary WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Mona Barthel Viktória Kužmová
February 26	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
February 26		Tatjana Maria Heather Watson 7–5, 2–6, [10–2]	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	Rebecca Peterson Daria Gavrilova

March

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

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 2	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier $800,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Madison Keys Anastasija Sevastova
	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Ana Bogdan Sachia Vickery
April 9	Ladies Open Lugano Lugano, Switzerland WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Stefanie Vögele Vera Lapko
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Ana Bogdan Dalila Jakupović
April 16	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
April 23	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier $816,000 – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Caroline Garcia Anett Kontaveit
	İstanbul Cup İstanbul, Turkey WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Irina-Camelia Begu Maria Sakkari
April 30	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Camila Giorgi Zhang Shuai
	Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Hsieh Su-wei Aleksandra Krunić	Sara Errani Katarina Zavatska Jana Fett Paula Badosa Gibert

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 7	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory €6,685,828 – Clay (Red) – 64S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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
May 7		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 2–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	Karolína Plíšková Caroline Garcia
May 14	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $3,351,720 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elina Svitolina 6–0, 6–4	Simona Halep	Maria Sharapova Anett Kontaveit	Caroline Garcia Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki
May 14		Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs 6–3, 6–4	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	Maria Sharapova Anett Kontaveit
May 21	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Ashleigh Barty Mihaela Buzărnescu	Wang Qiang Zarina Diyas Hsieh Su-wei Samantha Stosur
	Nuremberg Cup Nürnberg, Germany WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Kirsten Flipkens Kateřina Siniaková	Sorana Cîrstea Kiki Bertens Fanny Stollár Kristýna Plíšková
May 28 June 4	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam €18,392,000 – Clay (Red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 11	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International $250,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Naomi Osaka Donna Vekić
	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA International $250,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	CoCo Vandeweghe Viktória Kužmová
June 18	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA Premier $936,128 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Barbora Strýcová Mihaela Buzărnescu
	Mallorca Open Santa Ponsa, Spain WTA International $250,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Sofia Kenin Samantha Stosur
June 25	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier $917,664 – Grass – 48S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)	Aryna Sabalenka	Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwańska	Ashleigh Barty Daria Kasatkina Jeļena Ostapenko Karolína Plíšková
June 25		Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 6–3, 7–5	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu	Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwańska

July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 2 July 9	Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam £15,950,500 – Grass 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	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
July 16	Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Polona Hercog Mihaela Buzărnescu	Sorana Cîrstea Ons Jabeur Laura Siegemund Wang Yafan
	Ladies Championship Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Eugenie Bouchard Markéta Vondroušová
July 23	Moscow River Cup Moscow, Russia WTA International $750,000 – Clay – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Tamara Zidanšek
	Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Zhu Lin Magda Linette	Zhang Shuai Xun Fangying Liang En-shuo Liu Fangzhou
July 30	Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA Premier $799,000 – Hard – 28S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Danielle Collins Elise Mertens
	Washington Open Washington D.C., United States WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Zheng Saisai Andrea Petkovic	Allie Kiick Magda Linette Yulia Putintseva Belinda Bencic

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 6	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 $2,820,000 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Simona Halep 7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 6–4	Sloane Stephens	Ashleigh Barty Elina Svitolina	Caroline Garcia Kiki Bertens Anastasija Sevastova Elise Mertens
August 6		Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Latisha Chan Ekaterina Makarova	Ashleigh Barty Elina Svitolina
August 13	Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 $2,874,299 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kiki Bertens 2–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–2	Simona Halep	Aryna Sabalenka Petra Kvitová	Lesia Tsurenko Madison Keys Elise Mertens Elina Svitolina
August 13		Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova 6–2, 7–5	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	Aryna Sabalenka Petra Kvitová	Lesia Tsurenko Madison Keys Elise Mertens Elina Svitolina
August 20	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States WTA Premier $799,000 – Hard – 30S/48Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Aryna Sabalenka 6–1, 6–4	Carla Suárez Navarro	Julia Görges Monica Puig	Belinda Bencic Ekaterina Makarova Petra Kvitová Caroline Garcia
August 20		Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–7^(7–9), [10–4]	Hsieh Su-wei Laura Siegemund	Julia Görges Monica Puig
August 27 September 3	U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $25,282,920 – Hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 10	Tournoi de Québec Quebec City, Canada WTA International $250,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Heather Watson Sofia Kenin	Varvara Lepchenko Rebecca Marino Monica Puig Petra Martić
	Japan Open Hiroshima, Japan WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Zhang Shuai Wang Qiang
September 17	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier $799,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Camila Giorgi Donna Vekić
	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Hsieh Su-wei Maria Sakkari
	Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Bernarda Pera Andrea Petkovic	Kateryna Kozlova Aleksandra Krunić Fiona Ferro Vera Lapko
September 24	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 $2,746,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Ashleigh Barty Wang Qiang
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Kateryna Kozlova Mona Barthel

October

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 1	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $8,285,274 – Hard – 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–3	Anastasija Sevastova	Naomi Osaka Wang Qiang	Dominika Cibulková Zhang Shuai Aryna Sabalenka Kateřina Siniaková
October 1		Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	Naomi Osaka Wang Qiang
October 8	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International $750,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Timea Bacsinszky Hsieh Su-wei	Katie Boulter Aryna Sabalenka Elise Mertens Petra Martić
	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International $750,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Garbiñe Muguruza Zhang Shuai
	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	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	Andrea Petkovic Alison Van Uytvanck
October 15	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier $932,866 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
	Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourg WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 22	WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships $7,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8S (RR)/8D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs
October 22		/ vs /
October 29	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships $2,349,363 – Hard (i) – 12S (RR)/6D (RR) Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		vs vs	vs vs vs vs
October 29		/ vs /		vs vs	vs vs vs vs

November

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 5	Fed Cup Final Prague, Czech Republic – Hard (i)	Czech Republic vs 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: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) 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); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) 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	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
7	Elise Mertens (BEL)							●			● ● ●	● ● ●	3	4	0
7	Demi Schuurs (NED)							● ● ●		●		● ● ●	0	7	0
5	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)		●			●		● ●			●		1	4	0
5	Petra Kvitová (CZE)				●		●		● ●		●		5	0	0
4	Simona Halep (ROU)	●					●				●	●	3	1	0
4	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)			●				●		● ●			0	3	1
4	Kiki Bertens (NED)						●		●	●	●		3	1	0
3	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	●			●				●				3	0	0
3	Tímea Babos (HUN)		●							●	●		1	2	0
3	Nicole Melichar (USA)			●								● ●	0	2	1
3	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)					● ●				●			0	3	0
3	Elina Svitolina (UKR)						●		● ●				3	0	0
3	Květa Peschke (CZE)									●		● ●	0	3	0
3	Zhang Shuai (CHN)											● ● ●	0	3	0
2	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	●			●								2	0	0
2	Angelique Kerber (GER)	●							●				2	0	0
2	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)		● ●										0	2	0
2	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)		● ●										0	2	0
2	CoCo Vandeweghe (USA)		●			●							0	2	0
2	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)		●							●			0	2	0
2	Latisha Chan (TPE)			●						●			0	1	1
2	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)					●		●					0	2	0
2	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (CZE)					●				●			0	2	0
2	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)					●					●		1	1	0
2	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)						●		●				2	0	0
2	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)								● ●				2	0	0
2	Xu Yifan (CHN)									● ●			0	2	0
2	Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU)								●			●	0	1	0
2	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)									●		●	0	2	0
2	Vera Zvonareva (RUS)									●		●	0	2	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	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	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	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	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	Julia Görges (GER)										●		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	Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)										●		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	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	S	D	X	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
11	United States (USA)		1	2	1	1				2		4	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	Russia (RUS)					1		1		2	3	3	3	7	0
9	Belgium (BEL)							1			4	4	4	5	0
8	Romania (ROU)	1					1		1		1	4	4	4	0
7	Australia (AUS)		1			1		2			1	2	1	6	0
6	Germany (GER)	1							1	1	2	1	4	2	0
6	France (FRA)		1							1	4		4	2	0
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)			1		1				2	1		1	3	1
5	Ukraine (UKR)						1		2		2		5	0	0
5	Slovenia (SLO)									1		4	0	5	0
4	Japan (JPN)	1			1					1		1	2	2	0
4	Hungary (HUN)		1							1	1	1	1	3	0
4	Canada (CAN)			1				1		2			0	3	1
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)

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

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)
Ashleigh Barty (reached place No. 17 on January 29)
Magdaléna Rybáriková (reached place No. 17 on March 5)
Jeļena Ostapenko (reached place No. 5 on March 19)
Daria Kasatkina (reached place No. 11 on March 19)
Markéta Vondroušová (reached place No. 50 on March 19)
Petra Martić (reached place No. 34 on May 21)
Aleksandra Krunić (reached place No. 32 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)
Donna Vekić (reached place No. 37 on August 6)
Elise Mertens (reached place No. 14 on August 13)
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)
Ajla Tomljanović (reached place No. 44 on September 24)
Anett Kontaveit (reached place No. 21 on October 1)
Naomi Osaka (reached place No. 4 on October 8)
Kiki Bertens (reached place No. 10 on October 8)
Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 11 on October 8)
Anastasija Sevastova (reached place No. 12 on October 8)
Wang Qiang (reached place No. 24 on October 8)
Kateřina Siniaková (reached place No. 33 on October 8)
Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 50 on October 8)

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)
Barbora Strýcová (reached place No. 7 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)
Kateřina Siniaková (reached place No. 2 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)
Makoto Ninomiya (reached place No. 22 on September 24)
Demi Schuurs (reached place No. 8 on October 1)
Irina-Camelia Begu (reached place No. 22 on October 1)
Mihaela Buzărnescu (reached place No. 28 on October 1)
Lyudmyla Kichenok (reached place No. 34 on October 1)
Lidziya Marozava (reached place No. 37 on October 1)
Barbora Krejčíková (reached place No. 2 on October 8)
Elise Mertens (reached place No. 13 on October 8)
Nicole Melichar (reached place No. 15 on October 8)

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

WTA Championships Race Rankings, as of 8 October 2018^[4]
#	Player	Points	Move^†	Tourn
1	Simona Halep	6,921		15
2	Angelique Kerber	5,375		18
3	Caroline Wozniacki	5,086	2	18
4	Naomi Osaka	4,740	1	19
5	Petra Kvitová	4,255	1	20
6	Sloane Stephens	3,943	1	18
7	Elina Svitolina	3,850	1	17
8	Karolína Plíšková	3,720		20
9	Kiki Bertens	3,710		22
10	Aryna Sabalenka	3,145	1	25
11	Anastasija Sevastova	3,060	7	21
12	Elise Mertens	3,060	2	20
13	Serena Williams	2,976	1	9
14	Daria Kasatkina	2,900	1	23
15	Madison Keys	2,817	1	16
16	Julia Görges	2,775	1	21
17	Garbiñe Muguruza	2,670	1	20
18	Caroline Garcia	2,420	1	21
19	Ashleigh Barty	2,420	2	20
20	Jeļena Ostapenko	2,363		20

WTA Rankings (Singles), as of 15 October 2018^[5]
No.	Player	Points	Move^†
1	Simona Halep (ROU)	7,421
2	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	6,461
3	Angelique Kerber (GER)	5,400
4	Naomi Osaka (JPN)	4,740
5	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	4,465	1
6	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	4,350	1
7	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	4,255
8	Sloane Stephens (USA)	4,022
9	Julia Görges (GER)	3,785
10	Kiki Bertens (NED)	3,740
11	Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)	3,240	1
12	Caroline Garcia (FRA)	3,225	4
13	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	3,225
14	Daria Kasatkina (RUS)	3,150
15	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	3,145	4
16	Elise Mertens (BEL)	3,115	1
17	Serena Williams (USA)	2,976
18	Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)	2,863
19	Madison Keys (USA)	2,816
20	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	2,605

^†Change since previous rankings

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

WTA Championships Race Rankings, as of 8 October 2018^[6]
#	Team	Points	Move^†	Tournament
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	2	17
5	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	4,025	1	14
6	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	3,715	1	6
7	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	3,545	1	21
8	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	3,505	1	20
9	Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe	3,237		7
10	Alicja Rosolska Abigail Spears	2,390	1	25

WTA Rankings (Doubles), as of 15 October 2018^[7]
No.	Player	Points	Move^‡
1	Tímea Babos (HUN)	8,045
2	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	6,880
2	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)	6,880
4	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (CZE)	6,820
5	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	6,770
6	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	6,455
7	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	6,025
8	Demi Schuurs (NED)	5,830
9	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)	5,726
10	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)	5,085
11	Elena Vesnina (RUS)	4,475
12	Xu Yifan (CHN)	4,370
13	Kveta Peschke (CZE)	4,245	1
14	Elise Mertens (BEL)	4,200	1
15	Nicole Melichar (USA)	3,890
16	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	3,705
17	Andreja Klepač (SLO)	3,690	1
17	María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)	3,690	1
19	Latisha Chan (TPE)	3,545	2
20	CoCo Vandeweghe (USA)	3,348

^‡Change since previous week's rankings

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

Prize money leaders

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Year-to-date
1	Simona Halep	$6,277,026	$44,674	$0	$6,321,700
2	Naomi Osaka	$5,797,826	$0	$0	$5,797,826
3	Angelique Kerber	$5,267,537	$0	$0	$5,267,537
4	Caroline Wozniacki	$4,138,479	$0	$0	$4,138,479
5	Serena Williams	$3,746,057	$24,113	$0	$3,770,170
6	Sloane Stephens	$3,714,192	$35,280	$4,477	$3,753,949
7	Petra Kvitova	$3,098,540	$0	$0	$3,098,540
8	Elina Svitolina	$2,802,711	$15,350	$7,238	$2,825,299
9	Kiki Bertens	$2,366,422	$137,433	$0	$2,503,855
10	Daria Kasatkina	$2,387,852	$32,730	$2,794	$2,420,582
prize money given in US$ as of September 10, 2018^[8]

Statistics leaders

as of September 10, 2018^[9]

ACES
	Player	Aces	Matches
1	Julia Görges	393	54
2	Karolína Plíšková	299	52
3	Kiki Bertens	246	52
4	Kristýna Plíšková	244	31
5	Ashleigh Barty	242	50
6	Petra Kvitová	232	54
7	Naomi Osaka	211	48
8	Madison Keys	203	37
9	Caroline Garcia	199	48
10	Johanna Konta	197	41

DOUBLE FAULTS
	Player	DFs	Matches
1	Daria Gavrilova	308	37
2	Petra Kvitová	302	54
3	Daria Kasatkina	267	55
4	Aryna Sabalenka	237	49
5	Jeļena Ostapenko	216	38
6	Elise Mertens	213	55
7	Kristina Mladenovic	208	38
8	Julia Görges	197	54
8	Maria Sharapova	196	31
9	Kiki Bertens	193	52

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	CoCo Vandeweghe	45.1	22
2	Jeļena Ostapenko	44.8	38
3	Polona Hercog	44.3	27
4	Tatjana Maria	43.9	29
5	Donna Vekić	43.8	42
6	Ajla Tomljanović	43.0	31
7	Kristýna Plíšková	42.6	31
8	Stefanie Vögele	42.6	21
9	Magdaléna Rybáriková	42.5	34
10	Mona Barthel	42.4	28

FIRST SERVE POINTS WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	74.4	24
2	Julia Görges	73.8	54
3	Kristýna Plíšková	71.6	31
4	Ashleigh Barty	71.5	50
5	Madison Keys	70.5	37
6	CoCo Vandeweghe	69.8	22
7	Viktória Kužmová	69.7	23
8	Karolína Plíšková	69.1	52
9	Tímea Babos	69.0	37
10	Petra Kvitová	68.9	54

SECOND SERVE POINTS WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Ashleigh Barty	52.0	50
2	Caroline Garcia	51.9	48
3	Lucie Šafářová	50.0	20
4	Petra Martić	49.7	35
5	Julia Görges	49.4	54
6	Sloane Stephens	49.4	43
7	Elina Svitolina	49.1	49
8	Carla Suárez Navarro	48.8	41
9	CoCo Vandeweghe	48.7	22
10	Johanna Konta	48.7	41

SERVICE POINTS WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	63.8	24
2	Ashleigh Barty	63.5	50
3	Julia Görges	63.5	54
4	Madison Keys	62.4	37
5	Caroline Garcia	61.1	48
6	Elina Svitolina	60.7	49
7	Johanna Konta	60.7	41
8	Petra Kvitová	60.7	54
9	Lucie Šafářová	60.6	20
10	Naomi Osaka	60.6	48

RETURN POINTS WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Simona Halep	49.8	53
2	Angelique Kerber	48.1	55
3	Sloane Stephens	48.1	43
4	Daria Kasatkina	47.6	55
5	Elise Mertens	47.4	55
6	Maria Sharapova	46.9	31
7	Caroline Wozniacki	46.7	46
8	Hsieh Su-wei	46.3	34
9	Elina Svitolina	46.1	49
10	Lesia Tsurenko	46.0	40

SERVICE GAMES WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Julia Görges	79.7	54
2	Serena Williams	79.1	24
3	Ashleigh Barty	78.7	50
4	Johanna Konta	76.5	41
5	Madison Keys	76.5	37
6	Naomi Osaka	76.2	48
7	Caroline Garcia	75.9	48
8	Petra Kvitová	75.4	54
9	Lucie Šafářová	74.8	20
10	Elina Svitolina	74.3	49

RETURN GAMES WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Simona Halep	49.0	53
2	Sloane Stephens	46.1	43
3	Angelique Kerber	44.9	55
4	Daria Kasatkina	44.9	55
5	Elise Mertens	44.0	55
6	Caroline Wozniacki	42.9	46
7	Maria Sharapova	42.7	31
8	Lesia Tsurenko	41.8	40
9	Kiki Bertens	41.6	52
10	Sachia Vickery	41.1	20

BREAK POINTS SAVED
	Player	%	Matches
1	Julia Görges	65.4	54
2	Polona Hercog	64.7	27
3	Johanna Konta	64.6	41
4	Aryna Sabalenka	62.4	49
5	Caroline Garcia	62.4	48
6	Petra Kvitová	61.0	54
7	Anett Kontaveit	60.2	41
8	Naomi Osaka	60.1	48
9	Dominika Cibulková	59.9	37
10	Viktória Kužmová	59.6	23

BREAK POINTS CONVERTED
	Player	%	Matches
1	Jeļena Ostapenko	53.7	38
2	Caroline Wozniacki	51.4	46
3	Sloane Stephens	51.3	43
4	Naomi Osaka	51.1	48
5	Simona Halep	50.4	53
6	Angelique Kerber	49.7	55
7	Anastasija Sevastova	49.5	52
8	Kiki Bertens	49.2	52
9	Serena Williams	48.8	24
10	Venus Williams	48.5	26

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.

Awards

Player of the month

Breakthrough of the month

Shot of the month

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 returned from retirement, 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:

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.^[27]
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, she announced her retirement in May 2018.^[28]
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.^[29]
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.^[30]
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 apeearances 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.
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.^[31]^[32]
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. 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.^[33]

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.^[34] 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.^[35]^[36]
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.^[37]

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External links

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[WTACalendar2016-1] "2018 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2017-08-27.

[SinglesRankings-2] "Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2014-02-08.

[DoublesRankings-3] "Doubles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.

[RaceSinglesRankings-4] "WTA Championships Road to Singapore Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.

[5] "WTA Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[RaceDoublesRankings-6] "WTA Championships Road to Singapore Doubles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.

[7] "WTA Rankings". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[Prizemoney-8] "WTA Prize Money" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[Matchfacts-9] "WTA MATCHFACTS" (PDF). wtatour.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

[10] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/june-2018-player-month-petra-kvitova

[11] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/july-2018-player-month-angelique-kerber

[12] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/august-2018-player-month-naomi-osaka

[13] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/september-2018-player-month-aryna-sabalenka

[14] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/june-2018-breakthrough-month-tatjana-maria

[15] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/july-2018-breakthrough-month-wang-qiang

[16] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/august-2018-breakthrough-month-aryna-sabalenka

[17] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/september-2018-breakthrough-month-anett-kontaveit

[18] "January 2018 Shot of the Month: Agnieszka Radwanska". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[19] "February 2018 WTA Shot of the Month: Maria Sharapova". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[20] "March 2018 Shot of the Month: Simona Halep". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[21] "April 2018 Shot of the Month: Maria Sharapova". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[22] "May 2018 Shot of the Month: Simona Halep". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

[23] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/june-2018-shot-month-caroline-wozniacki

[24] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/july-2018-shot-month-magda-linette

[25] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/august-2018-shot-month-maria-sharapova

[26] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/september-2018-shot-month-hsieh-su-wei

[27] "Casey Dellacqua retires from tennis for family life". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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[30] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/ukrainian-double-threat-olga-savchuk-ends-career-us-open

[31] WTA. În 2016, făcea senzație la Madrid WTA. În 2016, făcea senzație la Madrid

[32] Patricia e la răscruce. Cum gândește și se vede pe sine Patricia Țig, jucătoarea cu tenisul de viitor, dar încă neaccesat

[33] "La mia ultima partita sarà una festa. E voi siete invitati. Roma, Foro italico 2018. #R3".

[34] "Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli to return to WTA Tour in 2018". The Guardian. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[35] "Tennis: Marion Bartoli Bosse Comme Une Dingue" (in French). Le Matin. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[36] "Marion Bartoli: Former Wimbledon champion ends plan to return to tennis". BBC Sport. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[37] Fitzpatrick, Cody (6 February 2018). "Rebecca Marino Wins First Title In Five Years". Baseline Tennis. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) (42%)	Elise Mertens (BEL) (36%) Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) (20%) Bernarda Pera (USA) (2%)
February	Daria Kasatkina (RUS) (50%)	Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) (35%) Viktória Kužmová (SVK) (15%)
March	Danielle Collins (USA) (79%)	Amanda Anisimova (USA) (21%)
April	Ana Bogdan (ROU)	Marta Kostyuk (UKR) Bernarda Pera (USA)
May	Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU)	Daria Kasatkina (RUS) Anett Kontaveit (EST)
June^[14]	Tatjana Maria (GER)	Aleksandra Krunić (SRB) Sofia Kenin (USA)
July^[15]	Wang Qiang (CHN)	Olga Danilović (SRB) Maria Sakkari (GRE) Anastasia Potapova (RUS)
August^[16]	Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)	Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
September^[17]	Anett Kontaveit (EST)	Wang Qiang (CHN) Donna Vekić (CRO)
October

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January^[18]	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) (59%)	Maria Sharapova (RUS) (20%) Angelique Kerber (GER) (18%) Daria Gavrilova (AUS) (2%) Johanna Konta (GBR) (1%)
February^[19]	Maria Sharapova (RUS) (32%)	Petra Kvitová (CZE) (27%) Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) (20%) Anastasia Potapova (RUS) (13%) Angelique Kerber (GER) (8%)
March^[20]	Simona Halep (ROU) (81%)	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (7%) Naomi Osaka (JPN) (5%) Caroline Dolehide (USA) (4%) Angelique Kerber (GER) (3%)
April^[21]	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	Julia Görges (GER) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Kiki Bertens (NED) Alizé Cornet (FRA)
May^[22]	Simona Halep (ROU)	Petra Kvitová (CZE) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Angelique Kerber (GER) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
June^[23]	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	Petra Kvitová (CZE) Aleksandra Krunić (SRB) CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) Dominika Cibulková (SVK)
July^[24]	Magda Linette (POL)	Venus Williams (USA) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Sloane Stephens (USA) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
August^[25]	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	Petra Kvitová (CZE) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Caroline Garcia (FRA) Angelique Kerber (GER)
September^[26]	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)	Petra Kvitová (CZE) Naomi Osaka (JPN) Dominika Cibulková (SVK) Amanda Anisimova (USA)
October

2018 WTA Tour « 2017 2019 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D)
WTA Premier 5 tournaments	Doha (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D)
WTA Premier tournaments	Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) San Jose (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
WTA International tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Shenzhen (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Taipei (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Lugano (S, D) İstanbul (S, D) Prague (S, D) Rabat (S, D) Nuremberg (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) Santa Ponsa (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Nanchang (S, D) Washington D.C. (S, D) Hiroshima (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Hong Kong (S, D) Linz (S, D) Tianjin (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I Play-offs WG II Play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa
WTA Finals, Singapore (S, D) WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai (S, D)

2018 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP Finals Next Generation ATP Finals ATP Challenger Tour ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Premier WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup World Group Fed Cup World Group Hopman Cup Laver Cup World TeamTennis
Other events	Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Mediterranean Games South American Games Summer Youth Olympic Games

2018 WTA Tour

Schedule

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Statistical information

Key

Titles won by player

Titles won by nation

Titles information

Best ranking

WTA Rankings

Singles

Number 1 ranking

Doubles

Number 1 ranking

Prize money leaders

Statistics leaders

Points distribution

Awards

Player of the month

Breakthrough of the month

Shot of the month

Retirements

Comebacks

See also

References

External links