Women's singles Champion Caroline Wozniacki Runner-up Simona Halep Final score 7–6(7–2) , 3–6, 6–4 Draw 128 (12 / 8 ) Seeds 32
2018 tennis event results
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 . Wozniacki was the first Danish player to win a Grand Slam singles title.[1]
Wozniacki also regained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2012.[2] Both finalists saved match points earlier in the tournament: Halep saved three match points against Lauren Davis in the third round and two match points against Angelique Kerber in the semifinals, while Wozniacki saved two match points against Jana Fett in the second round. Halep lost in a Grand Slam final for the third time, though she would eventually win the French Open months later.[3]
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, stating that she was not fully fit after giving birth to her daughter in September 2017.
In addition to Wozniacki and Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza , Elina Svitolina , Karolína Plíšková and Jeļena Ostapenko were also in contention for the no. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament.[4]
The third round match between Halep and Davis lasted 48 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 any Grand Slam event since Mirjana Lučić-Baroni at the 1997 US Open .[6] Kostyuk was the youngest player to qualify for a Grand Slam main draw since Sesil Karatantcheva at the 2005 Australian Open .[7]
Seeds [ ]
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying [ ]
Wildcards [ ]
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
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
Finals [ ]
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
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
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
Section 2 [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
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
Section 4 [ ]
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
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
5
V Williams
3
5
B Bencic
6
7
B Bencic
1
3
Q
L Kumkhum
6
7
Q
L Kumkhum
6
6
J Larsson
3
5
Q
L Kumkhum
3
6
5
A Van Uytvanck
65
3
P Martić
6
3
7
P Martić
77
6
P Martić
6
77
I-C Begu
3
6
8
I-C Begu
4
63
31
E Makarova
6
4
6
P Martić
65
5
23
D Gavrilova
6
6
E Mertens
77
7
Q
I Falconi
1
1
23
D Gavrilova
5
3
Q
V Kužmová
2
1
E Mertens
7
6
E Mertens
6
6
E Mertens
7
6
A Cornet
6
6
A Cornet
5
4
WC
X Wang
4
2
A Cornet
6
6
S Kenin
4
4
12
J Görges
4
3
12
J Görges
6
6
Section 6 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
13
S Stephens
6
62
2
S Zhang
2
77
6
S Zhang
4
65
Q
D Allertová
6
6
Q
D Allertová
6
77
P Parmentier
3
0
Q
D Allertová
6
6
J Brady
6
4
3
M Linette
1
4
M Linette
2
6
6
M Linette
77
6
Q
AK Schmiedlová
0
3
22
D Kasatkina
64
2
22
D Kasatkina
6
6
Q
D Allertová
3
0
25
S Peng
2
2
4
E Svitolina
6
6
Q
M Kostyuk
6
6
Q
M Kostyuk
6
7
WC
J Fourlis
3
77
2
WC
O Rogowska
3
5
WC
O Rogowska
6
63
6
Q
M Kostyuk
2
2
M Sakkari
2
77
4
4
E Svitolina
6
6
K Siniaková
6
65
6
K Siniaková
6
2
1
Q
I Jorović
3
2
4
E Svitolina
4
6
6
4
E Svitolina
6
6
Section 7 [ ]
Section 8 [ ]
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
Championship match statistics [ ]
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
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