Simona Halep finished the year as world No. 1 for the second time in her career. She won three singles tournaments during the season, including a major at the French Open. She also won a Premier 5 event, and finished runner-up at another major, the Australian Open.
Details
Duration
30 December 2017 – 11 November 2018
Edition
48th
Tournaments
58
Categories
Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (31) WTA Elite Trophy
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles
Petra Kvitová (5)
Most tournament finals
Simona Halep (6)
Prize money leader
Simona Halep ($7,409,564)
Points leader
Simona Halep (6,921)
Awards
Player of the year
Simona Halep
Doubles team of the year
Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
Most improved player of the year
Kiki Bertens
Newcomer of the year
Aryna Sabalenka
Comeback player of the year
Serena Williams
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Caroline Wozniacki won her first major title at the Australian Open by defeating Simona Halep in the final, returning to the world No. 1 ranking for the first time since 2012. Halep then went on to win her first major at the French Open on her fourth appearance in a major final, defeating Sloane Stephens in three sets. Angelique Kerber won her third major singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Serena Williams in the final and becoming the first German since Steffi Graf in 1996 to lift the trophy. Naomi Osaka won her first major title at the US Open, defeating Serena Williams in the final. At the age of 20, Osaka became the first Japanese woman to win a major singles title and the youngest US Open champion since Maria Sharapova in 2006.
The 2018 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF); the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier); the WTA International tournaments; the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF) and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2018 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.[1]
^"2018 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
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Petra Kvitová (5)
Simona Halep (6)
Kiki Bertens
Aryna Sabalenka
Serena Williams
