Women's singles Champion Kiki Bertens Runner-up Simona Halep Final score 2–6, 7–6(8–6) , 6–2 Draw 56 (12 Q / 5 WC ) Seeds 16
2018 tennis event results
Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Lesia Tsurenko .[1]
Kiki Bertens , en route to her first hard court & Premier 5 level title, defeated the world no. 2 & no. 1 players, in the second round and final respectively. She became the first Dutch woman to win a title in Cincinnati by defeating Simona Halep in the final, 2–6, 7–6(8–6) , 6–2.
Seeds [ ]
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.
0 1 . Simona Halep (Final)
0 2 . Caroline Wozniacki (Second round, retired)
0 3 . Sloane Stephens (Third round)
0 4 . Angelique Kerber (Third round)
0 5 . Elina Svitolina (Quarterfinals)
0 6 . Caroline Garcia (Third round)
0 7 . Garbiñe Muguruza (Second round)
0 8 . Petra Kvitová (Semifinals)
0 9 . Karolína Plíšková (Second round)
10 . Julia Görges (First round, retired)
11 . Jeļena Ostapenko (First round)
12 . Daria Kasatkina (First round)
13 . Madison Keys (Quarterfinals)
14. Venus Williams (Withdrew)
15 . Elise Mertens (Quarterfinals)
16 . Ashleigh Barty (Third round)
17 . Naomi Osaka (First round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
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
Lesia Tsurenko
4
1
1
Simona Halep
6
6
Aryna Sabalenka
3
4
13
Madison Keys
3
4
Aryna Sabalenka
6
6
1
Simona Halep
6
66
2
Kiki Bertens
2
78
6
8
Petra Kvitová
7
5
6
15
Elise Mertens
5
7
3
8
Petra Kvitová
6
4
2
Kiki Bertens
3
6
6
5
Elina Svitolina
4
3
Kiki Bertens
6
6
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Quarterfinals
1
S Halep
4
6
6
I-C Begu
6
3
3
Q
A Tomljanović
6
3
3
Q
A Tomljanović
4
6
6
1
S Halep
7
6
Q
K Kanepi
2
6
6
16
A Barty
5
4
Q
V Lepchenko
6
3
1
Q
K Kanepi
5
3
WC
M Vondroušová
3
5
16
A Barty
7
6
16
A Barty
6
7
1
S Halep
6
6
11
J Ostapenko
6
5
0
L Tsurenko
4
1
Q
A Cornet
1
7
6
Q
A Cornet
2
0
Q
A Bogdan
3
2
E Makarova
6
6
E Makarova
6
6
E Makarova
65
2
D Collins
0
2
L Tsurenko
77
6
L Tsurenko
6
6
L Tsurenko
2
6
6
7
G Muguruza
6
4
4
Section 2 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
Qualifying [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Qualifiers [ ]
Lucky Loser [ ]
Draw [ ]
First qualifier [ ]
Second qualifier [ ]
Third qualifier [ ]
Fourth qualifier [ ]
Fifth qualifier [ ]
Sixth qualifier [ ]
First Round
Qualifying Competition
6
Hsieh Su-wei
5
3
Tatjana Maria
7
6
Tatjana Maria
6
6
19
Jennifer Brady
3
2
Dalila Jakupović
6
0r
19
Jennifer Brady
2
4
Seventh qualifier [ ]
First Round
Qualifying Competition
7
Belinda Bencic
7
63
3
Christina McHale
5
77
6
Christina McHale
3
6
2
Varvara Lepchenko
6
2
6
Varvara Lepchenko
4
6
6
24
Sachia Vickery
6
3
4
Eighth qualifier [ ]
Ninth qualifier [ ]
First Round
Qualifying Competition
9
Kaia Kanepi
4
6
6
WC
Sabine Lisicki
6
4
3
9
Kaia Kanepi
6
6
16
Zarina Diyas
3
3
Evgeniya Rodina
5
3
16
Zarina Diyas
7
6
Tenth qualifier [ ]
Eleventh qualifier [ ]
Twelfth qualifier [ ]
References [ ]
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