2018 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles

Julia Görges was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Luxembourg instead.

Women's Singles
2018 Kremlin Cup
Champion Daria Kasatkina
Runner-up Ons Jabeur
Final score2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Main article: 2018 Kremlin Cup

Daria Kasatkina won the title, defeating Ons Jabeur in the final, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4.

Jabeur became the first player representing Tunisia to reach a WTA final. With her win over Jabeur, Kasatkina broke inside the top 10 world ranking for the first time in her career, and qualified for the 2018 WTA Finals as the first alternate, replacing Aryna Sabalenka.[1]

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Simona Halep (Withdrew)
  2. Karolína Plíšková (Second round)
  3. Sloane Stephens (Second round)
  4. Kiki Bertens (Second round)
  5. Anastasija Sevastova (Semifinals)
  6. Daria Kasatkina (Champion)
  7. Elise Mertens (First round)
  8. Anett Kontaveit (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
6 Daria Kasatkina 6 6
  Johanna Konta 4 3
6 Daria Kasatkina 2 77 6
Q Ons Jabeur 6 63 4
Q Ons Jabeur 6 3 6
5 Anastasija Sevastova 3 6 3

Top Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
LL V Grammatikopoulou 5 0
A Pavlyuchenkova 7 6 A Pavlyuchenkova 7 6
A Tomljanović 5 4 A Pavlyuchenkova 4 3
A Cornet 5 6 7 6 D Kasatkina 6 6
Q N Vikhlyantseva 7 2 5 A Cornet 6 5 4
L Tsurenko 4 61 6 D Kasatkina 3 7 6
6 D Kasatkina 6 77 6 D Kasatkina 6 6
J Konta 4 3
4 K Bertens 3 6 3
A Sasnovich 6 6 A Sasnovich 6 4 6
M Buzărnescu 3 4 A Sasnovich 2 6 62
D Gavrilova 77 7 J Konta 6 2 77
LL V Diatchenko 65 5 D Gavrilova 4 6 3
J Konta 6 7 J Konta 6 3 6
7 E Mertens 3 5

Bottom Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 A Kontaveit 2 6 7
WC A Potapova 6 3 5 8 A Kontaveit 6 77
K Mladenovic 6 6 K Mladenovic 2 63
WC A Kalinskaya 1 3 8 A Kontaveit 5 1
E Makarova 1 2 Q O Jabeur 7 6
Q O Jabeur 6 6 Q O Jabeur 6 6
3/WC S Stephens 3 2
Q O Jabeur 6 3 6
5 A Sevastova 4 7 6 5 A Sevastova 3 6 3
M Rybáriková 6 5 3 5 A Sevastova 7 4 6
Y Putintseva 6 6 Y Putintseva 5 6 4
I-C Begu 2 0 5 A Sevastova 4 7 6
Q I Khromacheva 3 3 Q V Zvonareva 6 5 3
Q V Zvonareva 6 6 Q V Zvonareva 6 6
2 Ka Plíšková 1 2

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Irina-Camelia Begu (Moved to main draw)
  2. Ana Bogdan (Second round)
  3. Evgeniya Rodina (First round)
  4. Ons Jabeur (Qualified)
  5. Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Qualified)
  6. Vitalia Diatchenko (Qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
  7. Laura Siegemund (Second round)
  8. Georgina García Pérez (Second round)

Qualifiers
  1. Vera Zvonareva
  2. Natalia Vikhlyantseva
  3. Irina Khromacheva
  4. Ons Jabeur

Lucky Losers
  1. Vitalia Diatchenko
  2. Valentini Grammatikopoulou

Draw

First Qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
               
Alt Alexandra Cadanțu 6 1 2
  Vera Zvonareva 4 6 6
  Vera Zvonareva 6 6
WC Sofya Lansere 3 0
  Olga Doroshina 63 78 3
WC Sofya Lansere 77 66 6
  Vera Zvonareva 6 6
  Ivana Jorović 4 4
  Nina Stojanović 5 1
  Ivana Jorović 7 6
  Ivana Jorović 6 6
7 Laura Siegemund 2 4
WC Nigina Abduraimova 62 6 3
7 Laura Siegemund 77 3 6

Second Qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
               
2 Ana Bogdan 6 3 7
  Deborah Chiesa 3 6 5
2 Ana Bogdan 6 3 3
  Sílvia Soler Espinosa 2 6 6
  Sílvia Soler Espinosa 4 77 6
  Anna Zaja 6 65 2
  Sílvia Soler Espinosa 3 3
5 Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6 6
WC Vlada Koval 3 7 77
  Sabine Lisicki 6 5 64
WC Vlada Koval 63 3
5 Natalia Vikhlyantseva 77 6
WC Polina Monova 1 63
5 Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6 77

Third Qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
               
3 Evgeniya Rodina 3 4
  Sofya Zhuk 6 6
  Sofya Zhuk 2 0
  Irina Khromacheva 6 6
  Irina Khromacheva 77 6
  Ekaterine Gorgodze 62 3
  Irina Khromacheva 6 78
6 Vitalia Diatchenko 2 66
  Deniz Khazaniuk 714 4 0r
  Sabina Sharipova 612 6 3
  Sabina Sharipova 6 3 1
6 Vitalia Diatchenko 4 6 6
  Elena Rybakina 5 2
6 Vitalia Diatchenko 7 6

Fourth Qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
               
4 Ons Jabeur 1 6 6
  Fanny Stollár 6 4 3
4 Ons Jabeur 1 6 77
  Harriet Dart 6 3 61
  Valentyna Ivakhnenko 1 3
  Harriet Dart 6 6
4 Ons Jabeur 7 6
  Valentini Grammatikopoulou 5 1
  Valentini Grammatikopoulou 67 6 6
  Alexandra Panova 79 4 4
  Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6 6
8 Georgina García Pérez 1 2
  Varvara Flink 7 4 2
8 Georgina García Pérez 5 6 6

References
  1. 'It was my childhood dream': Home favorite Kasatkina denies Jabeur to claim Moscow crown
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