2018 Italian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2018 Italian Open
Final
Champion	Elina Svitolina
Runner-up	Simona Halep
Score	6–0, 6–4
Details
Draw	56 (8 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds	16
Events

Defending champion Elina Svitolina defeated Simona Halep in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–0, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2018 Italian Open.^[1]

Halep and Caroline Wozniacki were in contention for the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Halep retained the top ranking when Wozniacki lost in the quarterfinals.

This tournament marked the retirement of former US Open finalist Roberta Vinci. She lost in the first round to Aleksandra Krunić.^[2]

Seeds

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

01.

Simona Halep (final)

02.

Caroline Wozniacki (quarterfinals)

03.

Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)

04.

Elina Svitolina (champion)

05.

Jeļena Ostapenko (quarterfinals)

06.

Karolína Plíšková (second round)

07.

Caroline Garcia (quarterfinals)

08.

Venus Williams (third round)

09.

Sloane Stephens (third round)

10.

Petra Kvitová (withdrew)

11.

Angelique Kerber (quarterfinals)

12.

CoCo Vandeweghe (first round)

13.

Madison Keys (third round, withdrew)

14.

Daria Kasatkina (third round)

15.

Anastasija Sevastova (third round)

16.

Ashleigh Barty (first round)

17.

Magdaléna Rybáriková (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Simona Halep	6	6

7	Caroline Garcia	2	3
					1	Simona Halep	4	6	6

						Maria Sharapova	6	1	4
	Maria Sharapova	6⁶	6	7

5	Jeļena Ostapenko	7⁸	4	5
										1	Simona Halep	0	4

										4	Elina Svitolina	6	6
11	Angelique Kerber	4	4

4	Elina Svitolina	6	6
					4	Elina Svitolina	6	6

						Anett Kontaveit	4	3
	Anett Kontaveit	6	6

2	Caroline Wozniacki	3	1

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	S Halep	6	6
PR	V Azarenka	0	3			N Osaka	1	0
	N Osaka	6	6							1	S Halep	w/o
	C Suárez Navarro	1	2							13	M Keys
Q	D Vekić	6	6		Q	D Vekić	6²	6⁰
	A Pavlyuchenkova	4	1		13	M Keys	7⁷	7⁷
13	M Keys	6	6											1	S Halep	6	6
9	S Stephens	6⁴	6	6										7	C Garcia	2	3
	B Strýcová	7⁷	3	1	9	S Stephens	6	5	6
Q	K Kanepi	6	6		Q	K Kanepi	0	7	4
WC	C Rosatello	1	2							9	S Stephens	1	6⁷
	T Babos	6	7⁸							7	C Garcia	6	7⁹
WC	S Errani	3	6⁶			T Babos	3	4
					7	C Garcia	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					3	G Muguruza	7	2	6⁶
	D Gavrilova	5	6	6		D Gavrilova	5	6	7⁸
Q	N Vikhlyantseva	7	4	3							D Gavrilova	3	4
WC	F Schiavone	1	7⁷	2							M Sharapova	6	6
	D Cibulková	6	6⁵	6		D Cibulková	6	4	2
	M Sharapova	7	3	6		M Sharapova	3	6	6
16	A Barty	5	6	2												M Sharapova	6⁶	6	7
17	M Rybáriková	4	3												5	J Ostapenko	7⁸	4	5
	J Konta	6	6			J Konta	6	6
Q	S-w Hsieh	6	6		Q	S-w Hsieh	0	4
LL	A Sabalenka	2	4								J Konta	6	3	4
	S Zhang	6	7⁷							5	J Ostapenko	2	6	6
	M Buzărnescu	3	6²			S Zhang	2	5
					5	J Ostapenko	6	7

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					6	Ka Plíšková	6	3	5
	K Bertens	2	6	3		M Sakkari	3	6	7
	M Sakkari	6	4	6							M Sakkari	1	1
	I-C Begu	4	6	6						11	A Kerber	6	6
	S Peng	6	4	1		I-C Begu	6	5	5
LL	Z Diyas	2	6⁶		11	A Kerber	3	7	7
11	A Kerber	6	7⁸												11	A Kerber	4	4
14	D Kasatkina	6	6												4	E Svitolina	6	6
Q	A Tomljanović	0	4		14	D Kasatkina	6	6
Q	D Collins	6	4	6	Q	D Collins	2	3
	S Cîrstea	3	6	4						14	D Kasatkina	6	3	2
	P Martić	6	6							4	E Svitolina	0	6	6
	L Tsurenko	1	2			P Martić	1	2
					4	E Svitolina	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					8	V Williams	6	4	7
	E Vesnina	7⁷	6			E Vesnina	2	6	5
PR	L Siegemund	6⁵	2							8	V Williams	2	6³
	S Kuznetsova	6	6								A Kontaveit	6	7⁷
Q	P Hercog	2	4			S Kuznetsova	5	5
	A Kontaveit	6	6			A Kontaveit	7	7
12	C Vandeweghe	1	1													A Kontaveit	6	6
15	A Sevastova	6	3												2	C Wozniacki	3	1
	K Mladenovic	3	0^r		15	A Sevastova	6	6
LL	A Krunić	2	6	6	LL	A Krunić	4	4
WC	R Vinci	6	0	3						15	A Sevastova	2	7	3
WC	S Stosur	7⁸	3	2						2	C Wozniacki	6	5	6
Q	A Van Uytvanck	6⁶	6	6	Q	A Van Uytvanck	1	4
					2	C Wozniacki	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Aleksandra Krunić (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Aryna Sabalenka (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Alison Van Uytvanck (qualified)
Danielle Collins (qualified)
Donna Vekić (qualified)
Kateřina Siniaková (qualifying competition)
Hsieh Su-wei (qualified)
Zarina Diyas (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Camila Giorgi (qualifying competition)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (first round)
Kaia Kanepi (qualified)
Monica Niculescu (withdrew)
Polona Hercog (qualified)
Wang Qiang (qualifying competition)
Monica Puig (qualifying competition, retired)
Magda Linette (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Aleksandra Krunić	6	6

	Wang Yafan	4	4
				1	Aleksandra Krunić	6⁴	4

				13	Polona Hercog	7⁷	6
WC	Federica Di Sarra	3	3

13	Polona Hercog	6	6

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Aryna Sabalenka	6	1	6

	Alison Riske	3	6	3
					2	Aryna Sabalenka	2	6	4

						Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6	1	6
	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6	5	7

Alt	Bernarda Pera	4	7	5

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Alison Van Uytvanck	7	1	6

PR	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	5	6	1
					3	Alison Van Uytvanck	3	6	6

					14	Wang Qiang	6	3	1
	Lara Arruabarrena	6⁴	1

14	Wang Qiang	7⁷	6

Fourth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

4	Danielle Collins	6	6

	Varvara Lepchenko	2	3
				4	Danielle Collins	2	6	6

				9	Camila Giorgi	6	4	2
WC	Deborah Chiesa	2	3

9	Camila Giorgi	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Donna Vekić	3	6	6

	Jennifer Brady	6	3	1
					5	Donna Vekić	4

					15	Monica Puig	1^r
WC	Martina Trevisan	2	5

15	Monica Puig	6	7

Sixth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Kateřina Siniaková	6	6

	Christina McHale	3	2
					6	Kateřina Siniaková	3	6	3

					11	Kaia Kanepi	6	3	6
	Sofia Kenin	6	2	2

11	Kaia Kanepi	2	6	6

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Hsieh Su-wei	1	7	6

	Yulia Putintseva	6	5	3
					7	Hsieh Su-wei	6	7⁷

						Mona Barthel	2	6³
	Mona Barthel	7	6

10	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	5	2

Eighth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

8	Zarina Diyas	6	7⁷

WC	Anastasia Grymalska	4	6⁴
					8	Zarina Diyas	6⁴	3

						Ajla Tomljanović	7⁷	6
	Ajla Tomljanović	6	3	6

16	Magda Linette	2	6	4

References

External links

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2018 Italian Open – Women's singles

Contents

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

References

External links