2018 French Open – Women's Singles

World No. 1 Simona Halep won her first Grand Slam title, defeating Sloane Stephens in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2018 French Open.[1] She became the second Romanian woman to win a Grand Slam title in Women’s Singles after the 1978 French Open champion Virginia Ruzici.[2] She also became the sixth woman to win both the senior and junior title, having won the latter in 2008.[2]

Women's Singles
2018 French Open
Champion Simona Halep
Runner-up Sloane Stephens
Final score3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Draw128 (12Q / 8WC)
Seeds32
Main article: 2018 French Open

Halep retained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking after defeating fellow contender Garbiñe Muguruza in the semifinals.[3] In addition to Halep and Muguruza, Caroline Wozniacki, Elina Svitolina, Karolína Plíšková and Caroline Garcia were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.[4]

Jeļena Ostapenko was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Kateryna Kozlova, making her only the second French Open champion (after Anastasia Myskina in 2005) to lose in the first round of her title defense.[5]

This was the final appearance of the 2010 champion Francesca Schiavone in the final Grand Slam tournament, she lost to Viktória Kužmová in the first round; she would announce her retirement months later.[6][7]

This tournament marked the first time that Agnieszka Radwańska did not play in the main draw of a Grand Slam singles event since her debut at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, ending a streak of 47 consecutive appearances.[8]

This was Serena Williams' first Grand Slam appearance since the 2017 Australian Open and giving birth to her daughter in September 2017. She was unseeded in a Grand Slam singles event for the first time since the 2007 Australian Open.[9] Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles. She was also attempting to become only the second player, after Steffi Graf, to complete a quadruple career Grand Slam, however she withdrew before her fourth round match against Maria Sharapova due to a pectoral muscle injury, ending her streak of 10 consecutive major quarterfinals dating back to the 2014 US Open (she did not play between the 2017 French Open and 2018 Australian Open due to pregnancy and maternity leave).[10]

Seeds
01.   Simona Halep (Champion)
02.   Caroline Wozniacki (Fourth round)
03.   Garbiñe Muguruza (Semifinals)
04.   Elina Svitolina (Third round)
05.   Jeļena Ostapenko (First round)
06.   Karolína Plíšková (Third round)
07.   Caroline Garcia (Fourth round)
08.   Petra Kvitová (Third round)
09.   Venus Williams (First round)
10.   Sloane Stephens (Final)
11.   Julia Görges (Third round)
12.   Angelique Kerber (Quarterfinals)
13.   Madison Keys (Semifinals)
14.   Daria Kasatkina (Quarterfinals)
15.   CoCo Vandeweghe (Second round)
16.   Elise Mertens (Fourth round)
17.   Ashleigh Barty (Second round)
18.   Kiki Bertens (Third round)
19.   Magdaléna Rybáriková (Third round)
20.   Anastasija Sevastova (First round)
21.   Naomi Osaka (Third round)
22.   Johanna Konta (First round)
23.   Carla Suárez Navarro (Second round)
24.   Daria Gavrilova (Third round)
25.   Anett Kontaveit (Fourth round)
26.   Barbora Strýcová (Fourth round)
27.   Zhang Shuai (Second round)
28.   Maria Sharapova (Quarterfinals)
29.   Kristina Mladenovic (First round)
30.   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Second round)
31.   Mihaela Buzărnescu (Fourth round)
32.   Alizé Cornet (Second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying
Main article: 2018 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Simona Halep 62 6 6
12 Angelique Kerber 77 3 2
1 Simona Halep 6 6
3 Garbiñe Muguruza 1 4
3 Garbiñe Muguruza 6 6
28 Maria Sharapova 2 1
1 Simona Halep 3 6 6
10 Sloane Stephens 6 4 1
  Yulia Putintseva 65 4
13 Madison Keys 77 6
13 Madison Keys 4 4
10 Sloane Stephens 6 6
10 Sloane Stephens 6 6
14 Daria Kasatkina 3 1

Top half

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 S Halep 2 6 6
  A Riske 6 1 1 1 S Halep 6 6
WC M Georges 4 2 WC T Townsend 3 1
WC T Townsend 6 6 1 S Halep 7 6
PR B Mattek-Sands 6 6   A Petkovic 5 0
  J Larsson 4 3 PR B Mattek-Sands 0 65
  A Petkovic 712 6   A Petkovic 6 77
29 K Mladenovic 610 2 1 S Halep 6 6
24 D Gavrilova 4 77 6 16 E Mertens 2 1
  S Cîrstea 6 64 3 24 D Gavrilova 5 7 6
  B Pera 6 6   B Pera 7 5 3
  E Vesnina 3 2 24 D Gavrilova 3 1
  H Watson 6 6 16 E Mertens 6 6
  O Dodin 3 0   H Watson 3 4
  V Lepchenko 711 64 0 16 E Mertens 6 6
16 E Mertens 69 77 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
12 A Kerber 6 6
  M Barthel 2 3 12 A Kerber 6 6
  A Bogdan 6 1 6   A Bogdan 2 3
  M Vondroušová 3 6 4 12 A Kerber 77 77
  A Sasnovich 6 6 18 K Bertens 64 64
  D Allertová 4 3   A Sasnovich 4 2
  A Sabalenka 2 1 18 K Bertens 6 6
18 K Bertens 6 6 12 A Kerber 6 6
27 S Zhang 6 7 7 C Garcia 2 3
PR K Kučová 0 5 27 S Zhang 3 4
  I-C Begu 6 5 9   I-C Begu 6 6
  AK Schmiedlová 4 7 7   I-C Begu 1 3
  S Peng 6 6 7 C Garcia 6 6
  A Krunić 3 4   S Peng 4 6 3
  Y Duan 1 0 7 C Garcia 6 3 6
7 C Garcia 6 6

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 G Muguruza 77 6
  S Kuznetsova 60 2 3 G Muguruza 6 6
WC F Ferro 6 6 WC F Ferro 4 3
  C Witthöft 4 2 3 G Muguruza 6 6
  S Stosur 6 6   S Stosur 0 2
  Y Wickmayer 2 4   S Stosur 6 77
  P Hercog 4 61 30 A Pavlyuchenkova 2 61
30 A Pavlyuchenkova 6 77 3 G Muguruza 2
19 M Rybáriková 6 6   L Tsurenko 0r
  L Kumkhum 3 0 19 M Rybáriková 6 6
  B Bencic 3 77 7   B Bencic 2 4
Q D Chiesa 6 62 5 19 M Rybáriková 2 4
  L Tsurenko 4 6 6   L Tsurenko 6 6
  S Vögele 6 2 2   L Tsurenko 3 6 6
  L Siegemund 4 4 15 C Vandeweghe 6 4 0
15 C Vandeweghe 6 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
11 J Görges 6 5 6
  D Cibulková 4 7 0 11 J Görges 7 77
  A Van Uytvanck 6 6   A Van Uytvanck 5 65
WC I Wallace 1 0 11 J Görges 3 4
  Kr Plíšková 64 4 PR S Williams 6 6
PR S Williams 77 6 PR S Williams 3 6 6
  N Vikhlyantseva 3 1 17 A Barty 6 3 4
17 A Barty 6 6 PR S Williams
28 M Sharapova 6 4 6 28 M Sharapova w/o
Q R Hogenkamp 1 6 3 28 M Sharapova 7 6
  K Bondarenko 2 4   D Vekić 5 4
  D Vekić 6 6 28 M Sharapova 6 6
  L Šafářová 6 6 6 Ka Plíšková 2 1
WC J Ponchet 4 1   L Šafářová 6 4 1
Q B Krejčíková 66 4 6 Ka Plíšková 3 6 6
6 Ka Plíšková 78 6

Bottom half

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
5 J Ostapenko 5 3
  K Kozlova 7 6   K Kozlova 77 4 4
  K Siniaková 7 7   K Siniaková 64 6 6
PR V Azarenka 5 5   K Siniaková 2 3
PR S Zheng 4 1 26 B Strýcová 6 6
  E Makarova 6 6   E Makarova 4 2
  K Nara 6 3 4 26 B Strýcová 6 6
26 B Strýcová 1 6 6 26 B Strýcová 4 3
22 J Konta 4 3   Y Putintseva 6 6
  Y Putintseva 6 6   Y Putintseva 6 6
  J Brady 6 6   J Brady 4 3
WC A Hesse 1 1   Y Putintseva 1 7 6
  P Martić 6 6   Q Wang 6 5 4
  Y Wang 2 3   P Martić 1 1
  Q Wang 6 7   Q Wang 6 6
9 V Williams 4 5

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
13 M Keys 6 6
  S Vickery 3 3 13 M Keys 6 6
Q C Dolehide 6 6 Q C Dolehide 4 1
Q V Golubic 4 4 13 M Keys 6 79
  M Linette 3 1 21 N Osaka 1 67
  Z Diyas 6 6   Z Diyas 4 5
S Kenin 2 5 21 N Osaka 6 7
21 N Osaka 6 7 13 M Keys 6 6
31 M Buzărnescu 6 6 31 M Buzărnescu 1 4
PR V King 3 3 31 M Buzărnescu 6 6
Q R Peterson 6 6 Q R Peterson 1 2
  S-w Hsieh 4 3 31 M Buzărnescu 6 7
Q F Schiavone 62 62 4 E Svitolina 3 5
  V Kužmová 77 77   V Kužmová 3 4
  A Tomljanović 5 3 4 E Svitolina 6 6
4 E Svitolina 7 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
8 P Kvitová 3 6 7
  V Cepede Royg 6 1 5 8 P Kvitová 6 6
  L Arruabarrena 77 6   L Arruabarrena 0 4
  T Babos 65 3 8 P Kvitová 66 64
Q A Dulgheru 5 77 6 25 A Kontaveit 78 77
  C McHale 7 65 3 Q A Dulgheru 5 2
  M Brengle 1 6 2 25 A Kontaveit 7 6
25 A Kontaveit 6 4 6 25 A Kontaveit 2 0
20 A Sevastova 6 1 3 10 S Stephens 6 6
Q M Duque Mariño 4 6 6 Q M Duque Mariño 0 3
  C Giorgi 6 6   C Giorgi 6 6
Q G Min 3 2   C Giorgi 6 1 6
Q M Fręch 6 3 6 10 S Stephens 4 6 8
  E Alexandrova 3 6 3 Q M Fręch 2 2
LL A Rus 2 0 10 S Stephens 6 6
10 S Stephens 6 6

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
14 D Kasatkina 6 6
  K Kanepi 4 1 14 D Kasatkina 6 6
  T Maria 61 4   K Flipkens 3 3
  K Flipkens 77 6 14 D Kasatkina 6 1 6
PR M Minella 65 2   M Sakkari 1 6 3
  M Sakkari 77 6   M Sakkari 7 6
  A Konjuh 0 1 23 C Suárez Navarro 5 3
23 C Suárez Navarro 6 6 14 D Kasatkina 77 6
32 A Cornet 2 6 6 2 C Wozniacki 65 3
  S Errani 6 2 3 32 A Cornet 77 4 2
WC C Paquet 6 64 2 WC P Parmentier 62 6 6
WC P Parmentier 3 77 6 WC P Parmentier 0 3
LL D Jakupović 3 4 2 C Wozniacki 6 6
Q G García Pérez 6 6 Q G García Pérez 1 0
  D Collins 62 1 2 C Wozniacki 6 6
2 C Wozniacki 77 6

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