Women's Singles Champion Elina Svitolina Runner-up Daria Kasatkina Final score 6–4, 6–0
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Elina Svitolina was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, beating Daria Kasatkina in the final, 6–4, 6–0.
Kasatkina through the way to her first Dubai final saved match points against Johanna Konta & Garbiñe Muguruza in her second round & semifinal matches respectively.
Since Caroline Wozniacki was defending finalist points from 2017 and chose not to participate this year, Simona Halep regained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the conclusion of the tournament.[citation needed ]
Seeds [ ]
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
Elina Svitolina (Champion)
Garbiñe Muguruza (Semifinals)
Karolína Plíšková (Quarterfinals)
Jeļena Ostapenko (Second round)
Caroline Garcia (Quarterfinals)
Angelique Kerber (Semifinals)
Johanna Konta (Second round)
Kristina Mladenovic (First round)
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 [ ]
Semifinals
Final
1
Elina Svitolina
6
6
6
Angelique Kerber
3
3
1
Elina Svitolina
6
6
Daria Kasatkina
4
0
Daria Kasatkina
3
713
6
2
Garbiñe Muguruza
6
611
1
Top Half [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
1
E Svitolina
6
5
6
LL
Q Wang
6
6
LL
Q Wang
1
7
2
K Bertens
3
0
1
E Svitolina
6
6
A Kontaveit
1
6
6
WC
N Osaka
2
4
Q
S Stosur
6
2
4
A Kontaveit
2
65
WC
N Osaka
6
6
WC
N Osaka
6
77
8
K Mladenovic
2
2
1
E Svitolina
6
6
6
A Kerber
3
3
3
Ka Plíšková
5
6
6
Q
S Zhuk
2
2
C Suárez Navarro
7
2
4
C Suárez Navarro
6
6
3
Ka Plíšková
4
3
Q
S Errani
6
6
6
A Kerber
6
6
Q
L Tsurenko
4
3
Q
S Errani
4
2
B Strýcová
2
1
6
A Kerber
6
6
6
A Kerber
6
6
Bottom Half [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
7/WC
J Konta
77
6
A Pavlyuchenkova
62
2
7/WC
J Konta
6
66
2
D Kasatkina
7
6
D Kasatkina
4
78
6
A Radwańska
5
4
D Kasatkina
77
6
E Vesnina
6
7
E Vesnina
65
1
S Peng
4
5
E Vesnina
6
78
4/WC
J Ostapenko
1
66
D Kasatkina
3
713
6
5
C Garcia
6
7
2
G Muguruza
6
611
1
L Šafářová
3
5
5
C Garcia
6
6
E Makarova
3
711
6
E Makarova
4
2
A Sevastova
6
69
3
5
C Garcia
5
2
WC
C Bellis
6
6
2
G Muguruza
7
6
E Mertens
3
3
WC
C Bellis
3
5
2
G Muguruza
6
7
Qualifying [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Carla Suárez Navarro (Moved to main draw)
Lesia Tsurenko (Qualified)
Samantha Stosur (Qualified)
Wang Qiang (Qualifying competition, Lucky loser )
Naomi Osaka (Received wildcard to main draw)
Zarina Diyas (Qualifying competition)
Markéta Vondroušová (First round)
Maria Sakkari (Qualifying competition)
Camila Giorgi (Second round, retired)
Aryna Sabalenka (Qualifying competition)
Qualifiers [ ]
Sara Errani
Lesia Tsurenko
Samantha Stosur
Sofya Zhuk
Lucky Loser [ ]
Wang Qiang
Draw [ ]
First Qualifier [ ]
Second Qualifier [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Qualifying Competition
2
Lesia Tsurenko
5
7
6
Duan Yingying
7
5
4
2
Lesia Tsurenko
6
6
WC
Ons Jabeur
3
3
WC
Ons Jabeur
65
6
6
WC
Fatma Al-Nabhani
77
0
2
2
Lesia Tsurenko
6
6
6
Zarina Diyas
1
2
Alt
Veronika Kudermetova
6
6
Alt
Katarina Zavatska
3
0
Alt
Veronika Kudermetova
0
5
6
Zarina Diyas
6
7
WC
Eden Silva
1
3
6
Zarina Diyas
6
6
Third Qualifier [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Qualifying Competition
3/WC
Samantha Stosur
6
6
Alt
Ankita Raina
4
4
3/WC
Samantha Stosur
6
6
Christina McHale
4
2
Christina McHale
7
6
Amandine Hesse
5
3
3/WC
Samantha Stosur
6
6
8
Maria Sakkari
1
4
PR
Kristína Kučová
3
6
0
Hsieh Su-wei
6
4
6
Hsieh Su-wei
5
5
8
Maria Sakkari
7
7
Wang Yafan
6
3
4
8
Maria Sakkari
4
6
6
Fourth Qualifier [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Qualifying Competition
4
Wang Qiang
6
6
Valentyna Ivakhnenko
1
0
4
Wang Qiang
6
5
6
Danka Kovinić
2
7
3
Junri Namigata
6
65
3
Danka Kovinić
4
77
6
4
Wang Qiang
1
2
Sofya Zhuk
6
6
Alexandra Dulgheru
62
67
Sofya Zhuk
77
79
Sofya Zhuk
4
4
9
Camila Giorgi
6
3r
Nao Hibino
2
3
9
Camila Giorgi
6
6
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18 WTA Titles: 16 Singles & 2 Doubles
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Marcos Baghdatis (current coach; 2020–present)
Andrew Bettles (current coach; 2018–present)
Nick Saviano (former coach; 2018)
Gabriel Urpí (former coach; 2016—2018)
Thierry Ascione (former coaching consultant; 2017—2018)
Justine Henin (former coaching consultant; 2016)
Iain Hughes (former coach; 2014—2016)
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