2018 Miami Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2018 Miami Open
Final
Champion	Sloane Stephens
Runner-up	Jeļena Ostapenko
Score	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Events

Sloane Stephens defeated Jeļena Ostapenko in the final, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2018 Miami Open. It was Stephens' sixth career singles title, first Premier Mandatory title, and first title since winning the US Open back in September. By virtue of her victory, Stephens also made her debut in the Top 10, at No. 9.

Johanna Konta was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Venus Williams.

Danielle Collins became the first qualifier in Miami Open history to reach the semifinals.^[1]

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.

Simona Halep (third round)

02.

Caroline Wozniacki (second round)

03.

Garbiñe Muguruza (fourth round)

04.

Elina Svitolina (quarterfinals)

05.

Karolína Plíšková (quarterfinals)

06.

Jeļena Ostapenko (final)

07.

Caroline Garcia (second round)

08.

Venus Williams (quarterfinals)

09.

Petra Kvitová (fourth round)

10.

Angelique Kerber (quarterfinals)

11.

Johanna Konta (fourth round)

12.

Julia Görges (second round)

13. Sloane Stephens (champion)

14.

Madison Keys (second round, retired)

15.

Kristina Mladenovic (second round)

16.

CoCo Vandeweghe (second round)

17.

Magdaléna Rybáriková (second round)

18.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round)

19.

Daria Kasatkina (second round)

20.

Anastasija Sevastova (third round)

21.

Ashleigh Barty (fourth round)

22.

Elise Mertens (third round)

23.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)

24.

Elena Vesnina (second round)

25.

Barbora Strýcová (second round)

26.

Daria Gavrilova (third round)

27.

Carla Suárez Navarro (second round)

28.

Anett Kontaveit (second round)

29.

Kiki Bertens (third round)

30.

Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round)

31.

Zhang Shuai (second round)

32.

Sorana Cîrstea (second round)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

WC	Victoria Azarenka	7	6

5	Karolína Plíšková	5	3
				WC	Victoria Azarenka	6	2	1

				13	Sloane Stephens	3	6	6
13	Sloane Stephens	6	6

10	Angelique Kerber	1	2
									13	Sloane Stephens	7⁷	6

									6	Jeļena Ostapenko	6⁵	1
6	Jeļena Ostapenko	7⁷	7⁷

4	Elina Svitolina	6³	6⁵
				6	Jeļena Ostapenko	7⁷	6

				Q	Danielle Collins	6¹	3
8	Venus Williams	2	3

Q	Danielle Collins	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					1	S Halep	3	6	7
	V Cepede Royg	4	7⁷	3	LL	O Dodin	6	3	5
LL	O Dodin	6	6³	6						1	S Halep	6	2	3
	K Bondarenko	7⁷	5	1						30	A Radwańska	3	6	6
	A Van Uytvanck	6³	7	6		A Van Uytvanck	3	6⁴
					30	A Radwańska	6	7⁷
															30	A Radwańska	2	2
															WC	V Azarenka	6	6
					20	A Sevastova	7	6
WC	B Mattek-Sands	2	5			A Cornet	5	4
	A Cornet	6	7							20	A Sevastova	6	4	1
	C Bellis	3	0							WC	V Azarenka	3	6	6
WC	V Azarenka	6	6		WC	V Azarenka	7⁷	2
					14	M Keys	6⁵	0^r

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					12	J Görges	6²	6	4
	T Maria	3	4			C Witthöft	7⁷	4	6
	C Witthöft	6	6								C Witthöft	6	5	0
	Z Diyas	7	7¹⁰								Z Diyas	4	7	6
	J Brady	5	6⁸			Z Diyas	6	6
					18	S Kuznetsova	1	3
																Z Diyas	2	1^r
															5	Ka Plíšková	6	2
					32	S Cîrstea	5	2
Q	K Boulter	4	5			S-w Hsieh	7	6
	S-w Hsieh	6	7								S-w Hsieh	4	6	6⁴
	T Bacsinszky	2	6	4						5	Ka Plíšková	6	1	7⁷
	E Makarova	6	2	6		E Makarova	5	5
					5	Ka Plíšková	7	7

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

					3	G Muguruza	w/o
WC	A Anisimova	6	1	6	WC	A Anisimova
	Q Wang	3	6	2					3	G Muguruza	6	6
	C McHale	1								C McHale	2	1
	K Kanepi	3^r				C McHale	6	6
					25	B Strýcová	1	4
														3	G Muguruza	3	4
														13	S Stephens	6	6
					17	M Rybáriková	3	3
Q	M Niculescu	6	6		Q	M Niculescu	6	6
	Y Putintseva	2	4						Q	M Niculescu	7⁷	3	0^r
	L Tsurenko	6	4	5					13	S Stephens	6¹	6	4
WC	A Tomljanović	3	6	7	WC	A Tomljanović	1	3
					13	S Stephens	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					10	A Kerber	6	6
	J Larsson	4	7⁷	7		J Larsson	2	2
	K Siniaková	6	6⁵	5						10	A Kerber	6	6
	A Sasnovich	1	7⁷	7						23	A Pavlyuchenkova	4	4
	Kr Plíšková	6	6⁵	5		A Sasnovich	2	6	2
					23	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	3	6
															10	A Kerber	6¹	7⁷	6
															Q	Y Wang	7⁷	6⁵	3
					27	C Suárez Navarro	5	3
Q	Y Wang	6	4	7⁷	Q	Y Wang	7	6
	M Vondroušová	2	6	6⁰						Q	Y Wang	4	6	7⁷
	M Linette	6	0	2						Q	A Riske	6	3	6⁴
Q	A Riske	1	6	6	Q	A Riske	6	6
					7	C Garcia	3	1

Bottom half

Section 5

First round				Second round					Third round					Fourth round

				6	J Ostapenko	6	6
	M Barthel	6⁵	3		T Babos	4	4
	T Babos	7⁷	6						6	J Ostapenko	6	7⁷
	B Haddad Maia	7⁷	6							B Haddad Maia	2	6²
	H Watson	6³	2		B Haddad Maia	6	6
				31	S Zhang	3	2
														6	J Ostapenko	7⁷	6
														9	P Kvitová	6⁴	3
				19	D Kasatkina	6	2	2
Q	S Vögele	4	4	Q	S Kenin	3	6	6
Q	S Kenin	6	6						Q	S Kenin	6	2	4
	M Brengle	1	4						9	P Kvitová	3	6	6
	A Sabalenka	6	6		A Sabalenka	5	6	3
				9	P Kvitová	7	3	6

Section 6

First round				Second round					Third round					Fourth round

				15	K Mladenovic	6	4	2
	L Davis	1	5		P Martić	3	6	6
	P Martić	6	7							P Martić	4	3
WC	C Liu	6	6						21	A Barty	6	6
WC	W Osuigwe	3	1	WC	C Liu	0	6⁰
				21	A Barty	6	7⁷
														21	A Barty	5	4
														4	E Svitolina	7	6
				26	D Gavrilova	7⁷	6
Q	A Petkovic	6	6	Q	A Petkovic	6³	4
Q	P Hercog	2	0						26	D Gavrilova	6	0	1
WC	S Williams	3	2						4	E Svitolina	4	6	6
	N Osaka	6	6		N Osaka	4	2
				4	E Svitolina	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					8	V Williams	7	6
Q	N Vikhlyantseva	7	6		Q	N Vikhlyantseva	5	4
Q	R Peterson	5	1							8	V Williams	5	6	7
	V Lepchenko	6	5	7						29	K Bertens	7	3	5
Q	V Golubic	4	7	5		V Lepchenko	7	6⁵	1
					29	K Bertens	5	7⁷	6
															8	V Williams	5	6	6
															11	J Konta	7	1	2
					22	E Mertens	7⁷	6
WC	B Pera	7	6		WC	B Pera	6⁵	3
	L Arruabarrena	5	4							22	E Mertens	2	1
	K Flipkens	6	6							11	J Konta	6	6
	M Buzărnescu	2	3			K Flipkens	4	3
					11	J Konta	6	6

Section 8

First round				Second round					Third round					Fourth round

				16	C Vandeweghe	3	6	1
Q	D Collins	6	6	Q	D Collins	6	1	6
	I-C Begu	1	1						Q	D Collins	4	6	6
	C Giorgi	0	5							D Vekić	6	2	1
	D Vekić	6	7		D Vekić	6	6⁴	6
				24	E Vesnina	3	7⁷	1
														Q	D Collins	3	6	6
															M Puig	6	4	2
				28	A Kontaveit	4	1
	A Krunić	5	1		M Sakkari	6	6
	M Sakkari	7	6							M Sakkari	3	5
	M Puig	6	6							M Puig	6	7
	S Stosur	3	4		M Puig	0	6	6
				2	C Wozniacki	6	4	4

Qualifying

Seeds

Monica Niculescu (qualified)
Polona Hercog (qualified)
Natalia Vikhlyantseva (qualified)
Sara Errani (first round)
Pauline Parmentier (first round)
Duan Yingying (first round, retired)
Océane Dodin (qualifying competition, retired, lucky loser)
Kurumi Nara (first round)
Jana Čepelová (qualifying competition)
Sachia Vickery (first round)
Taylor Townsend (first round)
Sofia Kenin (qualified)
Andrea Petkovic (qualified)
Alison Riske (qualified)
Viktorija Golubic (qualified)
Kristie Ahn (first round)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (first round)
Evgeniya Rodina (first round)
Jana Fett (first round, retired)
Mariana Duque Mariño (first round)
Yanina Wickmayer (qualifying competition)
Eugenie Bouchard (qualifying competition)
Danielle Collins (qualified)
Nicole Gibbs (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Océane Dodin

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Monica Niculescu	6	6

	Antonia Lottner	4	0
					1	Monica Niculescu	6	6

					21	Yanina Wickmayer	1	3
	Olivia Rogowska	4	7⁷	4

21	Yanina Wickmayer	6	6³	6

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Polona Hercog	6	6

WC	Wang Xiyu	4	2
					2	Polona Hercog	6	6

						Barbora Krejčíková	4	2
	Barbora Krejčíková	4	7	3

19	Jana Fett	6	5	1^r

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6	6

WC	Emiliana Arango	3	2
				3	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	7⁷	6

				24	Nicole Gibbs	6³	4
	Sofya Zhuk	2	0

24	Nicole Gibbs	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Sara Errani	4	7	6²

	Tereza Martincová	6	5	7⁷
						Tereza Martincová	5	2

					PR	Stefanie Vögele	7	6
PR	Stefanie Vögele	7	6

16	Kristie Ahn	5	2

Fifth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

5	Pauline Parmentier	0	3

	Rebecca Peterson	6	6
					Rebecca Peterson	6	6

				22	Eugenie Bouchard	4	3
WC	Allie Kiick	2	2

22	Eugenie Bouchard	6	6

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Duan Yingying	6⁴	2^r

	Wang Yafan	7⁷	5
					Wang Yafan	6	6

					Françoise Abanda	4	3
	Françoise Abanda	6	6

18	Evgeniya Rodina	4	3

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Océane Dodin	4	7	6

	Naomi Broady	6	5	3
					7	Océane Dodin	1	0^r

					14	Alison Riske	6	0
	Ons Jabeur	5	1

14	Alison Riske	7	6

Eighth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

8	Kurumi Nara	7⁷	4	3

	Vera Lapko	6³	6	6
						Vera Lapko	6¹	2

					13	Andrea Petkovic	7⁷	6
PR	Sabine Lisicki	6	3	1^r

13	Andrea Petkovic	4	6	3

Ninth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

9	Jana Čepelová	6	7

	Viktoriya Tomova	4	5
				9	Jana Čepelová	6³	4

				23	Danielle Collins	7⁷	6
WC	Tereza Smitková	2	4

23	Danielle Collins	6	6

Tenth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

10	Sachia Vickery	7	1	2

	Roberta Vinci	5	6	6
						Roberta Vinci	4	3

					15	Viktorija Golubic	6	6
	Arina Rodionova	3	3

15	Viktorija Golubic	6	6

Eleventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

11	Taylor Townsend	6¹	2

WC	Katie Boulter	7⁷	6
				WC	Katie Boulter	3	7⁷	6

					Carol Zhao	6	6¹	2
	Carol Zhao	6	6

17	Sara Sorribes Tormo	2	2

Twelfth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

12	Sofia Kenin	6	7

WC	Ann Li	2	5
				12	Sofia Kenin	3	6	6

					Ysaline Bonaventure	6	4	3
	Ysaline Bonaventure	6	6

20	Mariana Duque Mariño	3	2

References

^ "2018 Miami SAP Stat of the Day: Danielle Collins is first qualifier to advance to the semifinals of the Miami Open". WTAtennis.com. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

External links

[1] "2018 Miami SAP Stat of the Day: Danielle Collins is first qualifier to advance to the semifinals of the Miami Open". WTAtennis.com. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

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