.jpg) Simona Halep finished as the year-end number 1 player for the second time in succession. She also won her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. | |
| 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 |
← 2017 2019 → | |
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Caroline Wozniacki won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open by defeating Simona Halep in the final and returned to the WTA no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2012. Halep then went on to win her first major at the French Open on her fourth appearance at a Grand Slam final, defeating Sloane Stephens in three sets. Angelique Kerber won her third Grand Slam 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 Grand Slam title, defeating Serena Williams in the final. At the age of 20, Osaka became the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam 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]
ScheduleEdit
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2018 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.
- Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Premier Mandatory |
| WTA Premier 5 |
| WTA Premier |
| WTA International |
| Team events |
JanuaryEdit
FebruaryEdit
MarchEdit
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 12 Mar |
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $8,648,508 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles |
 Naomi Osaka6–3, 6–2 |
 Daria Kasatkina |
Simona Halep Venus Williams |
 Petra Martić Karolína Plíšková  Carla Suárez Navarro  Angelique Kerber
|
 Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–4 |
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
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| 19 Mar 26 Mar |
Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $8,648,508 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles |
Sloane Stephens 7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
 Jeļena Ostapenko |
Victoria Azarenka Danielle Collins |
Karolína Plíšková Angelique Kerber  Elina Svitolina Venus Williams
|
 Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe 6–2, 6–1 |
Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
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AprilEdit
MayEdit
JuneEdit
JulyEdit
AugustEdit
SeptemberEdit
OctoberEdit
NovemberEdit
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov | Fed Cup Final Prague, Czech Republic – Hard (i) |
Czech Republic 3–0 |
United States |
Statistical informationEdit
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2018 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:
- total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
- cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins);
- a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
- alphabetical order (by family names for players).
KeyEdit
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Premier Mandatory |
| WTA Premier 5 |
| WTA Premier |
| WTA International |
Titles won by playerEdit
| Total | Player | Grand Slam | Year-end | Premier Mandatory | Premier 5 | Premier | International | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
| 7 | Demi Schuurs (NED) |
● ● ● | ● | ● ● ● | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7 |  Elise Mertens (BEL) |
● | ● ● ● | ● ● ● | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) |
● | ● | ● | ● ● | ● | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Petra Kvitová (CZE) |
● | ● | ● ● | ● | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Tímea Babos (HUN) |
● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) |
● | ● | ● ● | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Elina Svitolina (UKR) |
● | ● | ● ● | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Simona Halep (ROU) |
● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Kiki Bertens (NED) |
● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 |  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) |
● | ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) |
● | ● | ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Barbora Strýcová (CZE) |
● ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Nicole Melichar (USA) |
● | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Květa Peschke (CZE) |
● | ● ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 |  Zhang Shuai (CHN) |
● ● ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Naomi Osaka (JPN) |
● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Angelique Kerber (GER) |
● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Latisha Chan (TPE) |
● | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) |
● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (CZE) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Karolína Plíšková (CZE) |
● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Xu Yifan (CHN) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 |  Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Vera Zvonareva (RUS) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Julia Görges (GER) |
● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Pauline Parmentier (FRA) |
● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Wang Qiang (CHN) |
● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Olga Danilović (SRB) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 |  Johanna Larsson (SWE) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Tatjana Maria (GER) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) |
● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Raluca Olaru (ROU) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) |
● | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sloane Stephens (USA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Elena Vesnina (RUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Lucie Hradecká (CZE) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Daria Kasatkina (RUS) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Raquel Atawo (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Chan Hao-ching (TPE) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Miyu Kato (JPN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alexandra Panova (RUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Laura Siegemund (GER) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alizé Cornet (FRA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Caroline Garcia (FRA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Camila Giorgi (ITA) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Aleksandra Krunić (SRB) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (SVK) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Dayana Yastremska (UKR) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Monique Adamczak (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Anna Blinkova (RUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Naomi Broady (GBR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Choi Ji-hee (KOR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Duan Yingying (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sara Errani (ITA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Alexa Guarachi (CHI) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgina García Pérez (ESP) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Han Na-lae (KOR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Han Xinyun (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Eri Hozumi (JPN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Dalila Jakupović (SLO) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Jiang Xinyu (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Darija Jurak (CRO) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Irina Khromacheva (RUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Andreja Klepač (SLO) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Desirae Krawczyk (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Liang Chen (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Greet Minnen (BEL) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Andreea Mitu (ROU) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Jessica Moore (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Asia Muhammad (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Anastasia Potapova (RUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Alicja Rosolska (POL) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Maria Sanchez (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bibiane Schoofs (NED) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Abigail Spears (USA) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Fanny Stollár (HUN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Samantha Stosur (AUS) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Tang Qianhui (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wang Yafan (CHN) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Heather Watson (GBR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Tamara Zidanšek (SLO) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Titles won by nationEdit
| Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Year-end | Premier Mandatory | Premier 5 | Premier | International | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
| 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Russia (RUS) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| 11 | United States (USA) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| 11 | China (CHN) |
3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) |
1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Romania (ROU) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | Germany (GER) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | Australia (AUS) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 7 | France (FRA) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Slovenia (SLO) |
1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Canada (CAN) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Japan (JPN) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Spain (ESP) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Denmark (DEN) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Serbia (SRB) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Belarus (BLR) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Latvia (LAT) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Italy (ITA) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Switzerland (SUI) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Slovakia (SVK) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Chile (CHI) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Croatia (CRO) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Poland (POL) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Titles informationEdit
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
Naomi Osaka – Indian Wells (draw)
Aleksandra Krunić – Rosmalen (draw)
Tatjana Maria – Mallorca (draw)- Olga Danilović – Moscow International (draw)
Wang Qiang – Nanchang (draw)
Mihaela Buzărnescu – San Jose (draw)
Aryna Sabalenka – New Haven (draw)
Dayana Yastremska – Hong Kong (draw)
- Doubles
- Simona Halep – Shenzhen (draw)
Bibiane Schoofs – Auckland (draw)
Georgina García Pérez – Budapest (draw)
Fanny Stollár – Budapest (draw)
Naomi Broady – Monterrey (draw)- Sara Sorribes Tormo – Monterrey (draw)
Irina Khromacheva – Bogotá (draw)- Anna Blinkova – Rabat (draw)
- Mihaela Buzărnescu – Strasbourg (draw)
Alexa Guarachi – Gstaad (draw)
Desirae Krawczyk – Gstaad (draw)- Anastasia Potapova – Moscow International (draw)
Choi Ji-hee – Seoul (draw)- Han Na-lae – Seoul (draw)
- Olga Danilović – Tashkent (draw)
Tamara Zidanšek – Tashkent (draw)
Greet Minnen – Luxembourg City (draw)- Alison Van Uytvanck – Luxembourg City (draw)
- Mixed doubles
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
- Elise Mertens – Hobart (draw)
- Elina Svitolina – Dubai (draw), Rome (draw)
- Lesia Tsurenko – Acapulco (draw)
Petra Kvitová – Birmingham (draw)
- Doubles
- Raquel Atawo – Stuttgart (draw)
- Květa Peschke – Prague (draw)
- Irina-Camelia Begu – Bucharest (draw)
- Jiang Xinyu – Nanchang (draw)
- Tang Qianhui – Nanchang (draw)
Johanna Larsson – Linz (draw)- Tímea Babos – WTA Finals (draw)
Best rankingEdit
The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time):
- Singles
- Carina Witthöft (reached place No. 48 on January 8)
Magdaléna Rybáriková (reached place No. 17 on March 5)
Jeļena Ostapenko (reached place No. 5 on March 19)- Markéta Vondroušová (reached place No. 50 on March 19)
- Aleksandra Krunić (reached place No. 39 on June 18)
- Sloane Stephens (reached place No. 3 on July 16)
- Mihaela Buzărnescu (reached place No. 20 on August 6)
- Danielle Collins (reached place No. 35 on August 6)
- Alison Van Uytvanck (reached place No. 37 on August 13)
- Julia Görges (reached place No. 9 on August 20)
Caroline Garcia (reached place No. 4 on September 10)- Lesia Tsurenko (reached place No. 26 on September 10)
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (reached place No. 30 on September 10)
Maria Sakkari (reached place No. 29 on September 24)- Naomi Osaka (reached place No. 4 on October 8)
- Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 11 on October 8)
- Anastasija Sevastova (reached place No. 11 on October 15)
- Kiki Bertens (reached place No. 9 on October 22)
- Daria Kasatkina (reached place No. 10 on October 22)
Anett Kontaveit (reached place No. 20 on October 22)
Camila Giorgi (reached place No. 26 on October 22)- Kateřina Siniaková (reached place No. 31 on October 22)
Petra Martić (reached place No. 32 on October 22)- Donna Vekić (reached place No. 34 on October 22)
Ajla Tomljanović (reached place No. 43 on October 22)- Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 48 on October 29)
- Ashleigh Barty (reached place No. 15 on November 5)
- Wang Qiang (reached place No. 20 on November 5)
- Elise Mertens (reached place No. 12 on November 26)
- Zheng Saisai (reached place No. 39 on November 26)
- Doubles
- Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 27 on January 15)
- Nadiia Kichenok (reached place No. 36 on January 29)
- Nina Stojanović (reached place No. 50 on February 5)
- Monique Adamczak (reached place No. 44 on February 19)
Gabriela Dabrowski (reached place No. 7 on March 19)- Xu Yifan (reached place No. 9 on March 19)
- Monica Niculescu (reached place No. 11 on April 2)
- Kiki Bertens (reached place No. 16 on April 16)
- Kirsten Flipkens (reached place No. 35 on April 16)
- Ashleigh Barty (reached place No. 5 on May 21)
- Anna Smith (reached place No. 46 on May 21)
- Ekaterina Makarova (reached place No. 1 on June 11)
- Elena Vesnina (reached place No. 1 on June 11)
- Tímea Babos (reached place No. 1 on July 16)
- Andreja Klepač (reached place No. 12 on July 16)
- Yang Zhaoxuan (reached place No. 20 on August 13)
- Heather Watson (reached place No. 42 on August 20)
- Kaitlyn Christian (reached place No. 49 on August 20)
- Dalila Jakupović (reached place No. 38 on September 10)
- Irina Khromacheva (reached place No. 45 on September 10)
- Irina-Camelia Begu (reached place No. 22 on October 1)
- Lyudmyla Kichenok (reached place No. 34 on October 1)
- Nicole Melichar (reached place No. 15 on October 8)
- Lidziya Marozava (reached place No. 36 on October 15)
- Barbora Krejčíková (reached place No. 1 on October 22)
- Kateřina Siniaková (reached place No. 1 on October 22)
- Demi Schuurs (reached place No. 7 on October 22)
- Elise Mertens (reached place No. 11 on October 22)
- Makoto Ninomiya (reached place No. 20 on October 22)
- Mihaela Buzărnescu (reached place No. 24 on October 22)
Alicja Rosolska (reached place No. 29 on October 22)- Barbora Strýcová (reached place No. 5 on October 29)
- CoCo Vandeweghe (reached place No. 14 on October 29)
WTA rankingsEdit
These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the current date of the 2018 season.[2][3]
SinglesEdit
Player competed at the 2018 WTA Finals
Player withdrew from the 2018 WTA Finals
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Number 1 rankingEdit
| Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
|---|---|---|
| Simona Halep
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Year end 2017 | 28 January 2018 |
| Caroline Wozniacki
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29 January 2018 | 25 February 2018 |
| Simona Halep
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26 February 2018 | Year end 2018 |
DoublesEdit
Number 1 rankingEdit
| Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
|---|---|---|
| Latisha Chan Martina Hingis
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Year end 2017 | 11 February 2018 |
| Latisha Chan
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12 February 2018 | 18 February 2018 |
| Latisha Chan Martina Hingis
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19 February 2018 | 18 March 2018 |
| Latisha Chan
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19 March 2018 | 10 June 2018 |
| Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
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11 June 2018 | 15 July 2018 |
| Tímea Babos
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16 July 2018 | 12 August 2018 |
| Latisha Chan
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13 August 2018 | 19 August 2018 |
| Tímea Babos
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20 August 2018 | 21 October 2018 |
| Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
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22 October 2018 | Year end 2018 |
Prize money leadersEdit
| # | Player | Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Year-to-date | |
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| 1 | Simona Halep |
$6,314,890 | $44,674 | $0 | $7,409,564 | |
| 2 | Caroline Wozniacki |
$6,007,719 | $0 | $0 | $6,657,719 | |
| 3 | Naomi Osaka |
$6,394,289 | $0 | $0 | $6,394,289 | |
| 4 | Elina Svitolina |
$5,213,643 | $16,366 | $7,238 | $5,737,247 | |
| 5 | Angelique Kerber |
$5,686,362 | $0 | $0 | $5,686,362 | |
| 6 | Sloane Stephens |
$5,028,342 | $35,280 | $4,477 | $5,068,099 | |
| 7 | Serena Williams |
$3,746,057 | $24,113 | $0 | $3,770,170 | |
| 8 | Karolína Plíšková |
$3,054,150 | $34,900 | $0 | $3,539,050 | |
| 9 | Petra Kvitová |
$3,301,389 | $0 | $0 | $3,301,389 | |
| 10 | Kiki Bertens |
$3,023,982 | $139,706 | $0 | $3,163,688 | |
Statistics leadersEdit
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