2018 WTA Finals – Singles
Singles | |
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2018 WTA Finals | |
Final | |
Champion | Ukraine Elina Svitolina |
Runner-up | United States Sloane Stephens |
Score | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Details | |
Draw | 8 (RR + elimination) |
Seeds | 8 |
Events | |
Elina Svitolina defeated Sloane Stephens in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2018 WTA Finals.
Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.
Naomi Osaka, Stephens, and Kiki Bertens made their debuts in the event.
This was the first time that the top four seeds were eliminated in the round robin stage, leaving the fifth to eighth seeds to qualify for the semifinals.[citation needed ]
Seeds
[edit ]- Germany Angelique Kerber (round robin)
- Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (round robin)
- Japan Naomi Osaka (round robin, retired)
- Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (round robin)
- United States Sloane Stephens (final)
- Ukraine Elina Svitolina (champion)
- Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková (semifinals)
- Netherlands Kiki Bertens (semifinals)
Notes:
- Romania Simona Halep had qualified but withdrew due to back injury
Alternates
[edit ]- Russia Daria Kasatkina (Did not play)
- Latvia Anastasija Sevastova (Did not play)
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit ]Red group
[edit ]W–L Set
W–L Game
W–L Standings
† Following WTA rules, Osaka's retirement against Bertens was counted as a straight-set loss in determining round robin standings.
White group
[edit ]W–L Set
W–L Game
W–L Standings
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings.