WTA фінал 2018

In singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Великий шолом events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and (for Top 20 players at the end of 2017) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included.
In doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand Slams or Premier-level tournaments.

The singles event features eight players in a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player meets the other three players in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player in one group meets the second-placed player in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match. The doubles event returns to a single elimination event. The winners of each quarterfinal match will advance to the semifinals and the winners of each semifinal match will advance to the final.

The final standings were made using these methods:

1. Greatest number of wins.
2. Greatest number of matches played.
3. Head-to-head results if only two players are tied, or if three players are tied then:

a. If three players each have the same number of wins, a player having played less than all three matches is automatically eliminated and the player advancing to the single elimination competition is the winner of the match-up of the two remaining tied players.

b. Highest percentage of sets won.

c. Highest percentage of games won.

#	Гравчиняs	Очки	Турнірів	Date Qualified
inj	Сімона Халеп	6,921	15	13 серпня
1	Анджелік Кербер	5,375	18	10 вересня
2	Каролін Возняцкі	5,086	18	4 жовтня
3	Наомі Осака	4,740	19	2 жовтня
4	Петра Квітова	4,255	20	4 жовтня
5	Слоун Стівенс	3,943	19	14 жовтня
6	Еліна Світоліна	3,850	18	17 жовтня
7	Кароліна Плішкова	3,840	23	17 жовтня
8	Кікі Бертенс	3,710	24	18 жовтня

On 13 серпня, Сімона Халеп became the first qualifier.[4]

Сімона Халеп began the year by winning the Шеньчжень Open, у фіналі перемігши Катерина Сінякова з рахунком in three sets. She then competed Відкритий чемпіонат Австралії and reached the finals after saving match points in her third round match against Лорен Девіс and semifinal match against Анджелік Кербер. However, she lost з рахунком to Каролін Возняцкі in three tight sets, also losing the number 1 ranking to Wozniacki. She then lost в півфіналі of her next two events, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open і BNP Paribas Open to Гарбінє Мугуруса і Наомі Осака, respectively. At the Miami Open, she fell в третьому колі to Агнешка Радванська.

At the start of the clay season, Halep did not have good results, only reaching the quarterfinals Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and the Mutua Madrid Open, with both losses coming in straight sets to Коко Вандевей і Кароліна Плішкова, respectively. Halep was able to bounce back Internazionali BNL d'Italia reaching the final but losing to Еліна Світоліна, winning only four games in the match. At the Відкритий чемпіонат Франції, Halep won the biggest title of her career and her first Grand Slam title, у фіналі перемігши reigning US Open champion Слоун Стівенс after coming back from a set down. However, Halep did not have much luck at the grass courts of Вімблдон, losing в третьому колі to Сє Шувей after failing to take advantage of a set lead.

At the American hard court season, Halep started out by reaching back-to-back finals. She won the Rogers Cup by defeating Stephens again in a rematch of the French Open final. However, she lost the final of the Western & Southern Open to Кікі Бертенс despite having a match point. This loss was a start of a bad stretch for the Romanian as she became the first top seed to lose в першому колі of the Відкритий чемпіонат США when she fell to Кая Канепі. She then lost her opening round matches Wuhan Open і China Open, giving her a four match losing streak coming into the WTA фінал. However, she announced that she would withdraw from the event because of an ongoing травма спини. Even though, Halep secured the year-end No. 1 for a second consecutive year.

On 10 вересня, Анджелік Кербер became the second qualifier.[5]

Анджелік Кербер began her season Кубок Гопмана to represent Germany with Александр Зверєв but lost з рахунком to Switzerland. At the Sydney International, Kerber claimed her first title since winning the Відкритий чемпіонат США з тенісу 2016 defeating local favorite Ешлі Барті in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Kerber was able to reach the semifinals of a slam for the first time since her US Open triumph, але не змогли захистити свій титул, оскільки у фіналі їх перемогли Сімона Халеп in three sets after failing to convert two match points she had з рахунком set. She then played in the middle east, where lost у чвертьфіналі of the Qatar Total Open losing to then World no. 1 Каролін Возняцкі in three sets and to Еліна Світоліна Dubai Tennis Championships в півфіналі. She then reached back-to-back quarterfinals at the BNP Paribas Open and Miami Open falling to Дарія Касаткіна і Слоун Стівенс, respectively.

During the clay court season, Kerber had good results reaching the quarterfinals of Internazionali BNL d'Italia and French Open losing to eventual champions Svitolina and Halep, Respectively. At the grass season, Kerber suffered an upset in the hands of Алісон Ріск в першому колі of the Mallorca Open, but she bounced back by reaching the semifinals of Eastbourne International losing to top seed Каролін Возняцкі. At Wimbledon, Kerber won her third grand slam title and her first at the event defeating Серена Вільямс з рахунком in straight sets. This means Kerber has won 3 of the 4 slams, only missing the French Open. After her slam triumph, Kerber had poor results winning only 6 of her next 11 matches, losing early in Rogers Cup, Western & Southern Open, US Open, Wuhan Open and China Open, failing to reach a single quarterfinal.

On 2 жовтня, Наомі Осака was announced to be making her debut at the event as the third qualifier.[6]

Осака Наомі|Наомі Осака began the year Hobart International with a first round loss to Юлія Путінцева. At the Australian Open, she made it to the fourth round with wins over 2 top 20 players but fell to Сімона Халеп. She suffered early loses at the Qatar Total Open and Dubai Tennis Championships. Osaka made her breakthrough at the BNP Paribas Open, winning her first title in the event defeating Дарія Касаткіна з рахунком and defeating top 5 players Кароліна Плішкова and Halep along the way. However, she fell to Еліна Світоліна second round of the Miami Open after defeating her childhood idol Серена Вільямс. Osaka did not have much success during the clay season only winning back-to-back matches Volvo Car Open and French Open, reaching the third round losing to Юлія Гергес і Медісон Кіз, respectively. During the grass season, Osaka was able to reach the semifinals of Відкритий чемпіонат Ноттінгема to eventual champion Ешлі Барті and the third round of Wimbledon losing to eventual champion Анджелік Кербер.

At the US Open Series, prior to the Відкритий чемпіонат США she suffered a three match losing streak, with her only win coming in the Citi Open. However at the US Open, Osaka claimed her first grand slam title despite her poor preparation to the tournament. In the final she — Серена Вільямс in straight sets. Osaka followed this triumph with a final showing at her home event of the Toray Pan Pacific Open losing to Кароліна Плішкова з рахунком. She then reached the semifinals of the China Open losing to Анастасія Севастова.

On 4 жовтня, Петра Квітова і Каролін Возняцкі booked their spots to the WTA фінал.[7]

Петра Квітова opened her season in Сідней, losing to qualifier Каміла Джорджі у другому колі. She followed this up with a first-round loss Відкритий чемпіонат Австралії to Андреа Петкович. She found form in St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy defeating Крістіна Младенович з рахунком before winning a second title two weeks later Qatar Total Open with a three-set victory over Гарбінє Мугуруса. She was unable to continue this form in BNP Paribas Open and Miami Open, losing у другому колі and fourth round to Аманда Анісімова і Олена Остапенко respectively. Kvitová's clay court season also began slowly, falling в першому колі of Volvo Car Open і Porsche Tennis Grand Prix to Крістина Плішкова і Анджелік Кербер, respectively. However, she quickly turned her form around, winning her third and fourth titles of the year at J&T Banka Prague Open and Mutua Madrid Open, у фіналі перемігши Міхаела Бузернеску і Кікі Бертенс in the respective finals. She then lost в третьому колі of the Відкритий чемпіонат Франції to Анетт Контавейт.

Kvitová claimed her fifth title of the season on the grass courts of Бірмінгем, у фіналі перемігши Магдалена Рибарикова з рахунком. At Вімблдон, she lost her first-round match against Олександра Соснович. Her next two tournaments in Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Open ended в третьому колі and semi-finals respectively, both at the hands of Кікі Бертенс. She made the quarterfinals of the Connecticut Open, where she знялася проти Карла Суарес Наварро. At the US Open, her slam results continue to disappoint as she lost в третьому колі to Арина Соболенко. She also lost в третьому колі of the Wuhan Open to Анастасія Павлюченкова and the first round of the China Open to Дарія Гаврилова.

Каролін Возняцкі began her season ASB Classic losing the final to Юлія Гергес. She then went on to win her first Grand Slam title Відкритий чемпіонат Австралії. She saved two match points у другому колі against Яна Фетт, before going on to defeat Сімона Халеп з рахунком. This win returned Wozniacki to 1-ша ракетка світу for the first time since 2012. After reaching the quarterfinals of St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy losing to Дарія Касаткіна and the semi-finals in Qatar Total Open losing to Петра Квітова, Wozniacki was unable to progress far in BNP Paribas Open і Маямі Open, losing in the fourth round and second round to Дарія Касаткіна і Моніка Пуїг respectively.

Wozniacki had a relatively quiet clay-court swing, suffering quarterfinal losses İstanbul Cup to Полін Пармантьє і Відкритий чемпіонат Італії to Кікі Бертенс as well as a third round loss in Mutua Madrid Open to Анетт Контавейт. At the Відкритий чемпіонат Франції, she fell in the fourth round, losing to Дарія Касаткіна for the third time on the season. Wozniacki won her другий титул за сезон in Eastbourne International, у фіналі перемігши Арина Соболенко з рахунком. She was unable to find the same success at Вімблдон, suffering a second-round loss to Катерина Макарова.

Opening round losses in Rogers Cup to Sabalenka and Western & Southern Open to Bertens were followed by an early exit Відкритий чемпіонат США, falling to Леся Цуренко у другому колі in straight sets. The poor results continued for Wozniacki in Toray Pan Pacific Open і Wuhan Open, where she lost у другому колі at both tournaments to Каміла Джорджі and Puig. However, she turned her form around in Пекін, where she — Анастасія Севастова з рахунком claiming her first Premier Mandatory title in over seven years, doing so without dropping a set all tournament.

On 14 жовтня, Слоун Стівенс was announced to be making her debut at the event as the sixth qualifier.[8]

Слоун Стівенс was unable to find her form in the opening season, losing both first rounds of Sydney International and Australian Open to Каміла Джорджі і Ч Шуай. After reaching the quarterfinals of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel losing to Стефані Фегеле and third round of the BNP Paribas Open losing to Дарія Касаткіна. She bounced back by winning her first Mandatory title at Маямі Open by defeating Олена Остапенко in straight sets. With her performance, she also made her top ten debut. It turned out that Stephens' clay court was inconsistent. She won both her Кубок Федерації matches against France, у фіналі перемігши Крістіна Младенович і Полін Пармантьє. However she compiled a 4-4 record prior to the French Open, suffering an opening round losses at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix і Нюрнберг to Коко Вандевей і Юлія Путінцева and third round losses at Mutua Madrid Open and Відкритий чемпіонат Італії to Кароліна Плішкова і Каролін Гарсія. However, she made it to the final Відкритий чемпіонат Франції, where she lost to the 1-ша ракетка світу Сімона Халеп in three sets.

Stephens did not carry any momentum into the grass-court season, losing at Вімблдон to Донна Векич в першому колі in her only event. Nonetheless, she moved up to career-high No. 3 after the tournament. During the US Open Series, she started with a second round loss to Андреа Петкович Citi Open. She bounced back by reaching the final of the Rogers Cup in a rematch of the French Open but lost to Halep ounce again. At the third round of the Western & Southern Open she lost to Елісе Мартенс. At the rematch of last years quarterfinal of the US Open against Анастасія Севастова, Stephens failed to defend her title and lost у чвертьфіналі. After losing в першому колі in both the Toray Pan Pacific Open and Wuhan Open, Stephens presented a third round performance China Open losing to Домініка Цібулкова. She then received a wildcard at the Kremlin Cup but fell у другому колі to Унс Джабір after receiving a bye.

Еліна Світоліна кваліфікувалась for the second straight year.

On 17 жовтня, Еліна Світоліна і Кароліна Плішкова became the last qualifiers.[9]

Світоліна Еліна Михайлівна|Еліна Світоліна had an excellent start to the year, claiming the Brisbane International title, у фіналі перемігши Belarussian Олександра Соснович з рахунком for the loss of just three games. Her good form continued until the Australian Open quarterfinals, where she was upset by Елісе Мартенс. A third round loss to eventual champion Петра Квітова in Доха was quickly followed by a successful defence of her title in Дубай. Her momentum stuttered at the first Premier Mandatory events of the season, losing to Карла Суарес Наварро в третьому колі of Indian Wells and Олена Остапенко у чвертьфіналі of Miami. Her clay court season began with a defeat to Каролін Гарсія у чвертьфіналі of Штутгарт, and a second defeat of the year to Suárez Navarro у другому колі of Madrid. This was followed by her третій тилул за сезон, and second consecutive in Rome, brushing aside World Number 1 Сімона Халеп з рахунком. At the French Open, however, despite her momentum she suffered a surprise defeat at the hands of Міхаела Бузернеску в третьому колі.

Svitolina's transition onto grass courts proved to be a stumbling block for her campaign, once again losing to Buzărnescu у чвертьфіналі of Бірмінгем, followed by a loss to Татьяна Марія в першому колі of Wimbledon. She did, however, regain some momentum entering the US Open Series, reaching the semifinals of the Rogers Cup, where she була чинною чемпіонкою, losing to Слоун Стівенс, and subsequently the quarterfinals in Cincinnati, losing there to eventual champion Кікі Бертенс. She rounded out her 2018 Grand Slam campaign with a second successive round of 16 appearance at the US Open, losing to Анастасія Севастова in three sets. A disappointing Asian swing ensued for Svitolina, as she lost back-to-back opening round matches in Wuhan, to eventual champion Арина Соболенко, and Beijing to Александра Крунич. A quarterfinal defeat to Ван Цян in Гонконг meant that qualification for Singapore depended on the performances of her competitors in Moscow.

Кароліна Плішкова кваліфікувалась for the third straight year.

Кароліна Плішкова began her year at the Brisbane International reaching the semifinals, losing to Еліна Світоліна. At the first slam of the year, Pliskova was able to replicate her performance the previous year by reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Сімона Халеп. At the Middle East, Pliskova received an upset loss to Кетрін Белліс в третьому колі of the Qatar Total Open and fell to Анджелік Кербер у чвертьфіналі of the Dubai Tennis Championships. At the back-to-back Mandatory events of BNP Paribas Open and Miami Open, she was able to reached the quarterfinals losing to Наомі Осака і Вікторія Азаренко, respectively. Pliskova was able to win her перший титул за сезон at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix defeating Коко Вандевей з рахунком. At the Mutua Madrid Open, she was able to continue her good run, but eventually fell to Петра Квітова в півфіналі. At the Italian Open, Pliskova suffered a controversial loss to Марія Саккарі in her opening round match. At the clay slam of the French Open, Pliskova failed to replicate her success the previous year, falling in two quick sets to Марія Шарапова.

During the grass season, Pliskova once again lost to Магдалена Рибарикова in the opening round of Birmingham Classic. Pliskova was more fortunate at the Eastbourne International reaching the quarterfinals losing to Арина Соболенко. At Wimbledon, Pliskova was able to reach the fourth round, thus breaking her streak of 5-consecutive second round exits, but fell to Кікі Бертенс. Her results at the US Open Series were disappointing, losing у другому коліs of Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Open to Bertens and Sabalenka, respectively. She then fell to Катерина Макарова in her opening round at the Connecticut Open. However, despite this results, she was able to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open without dropping a set, але не змогли захистити свій титул, оскільки у фіналі їх перемогли Серена Вільямс. She claimed her другий титул за сезон at the Toray Pan Pacific Open defeating US Open champion and local hero Наомі Осака з рахунком. However, she suffered back-to-back loses to Ван Цян у другому колі of Wuhan Open and third round of China Open. At the Tianjin Open, she was able to reach the final, але не змогли захистити свій титул, оскільки у фіналі їх перемогли Каролін Гарсія. In her last regular event of the year, the Кубок Кремля 2018, she lost to Віра Звонарьова у другому колі.

Кікі Бертенс кваліфікувалась for her first WTA фінал due to Halep's withdrawal.

On 18 жовтня, Кікі Бертенс secured the final spot after Сімона Халеп знялись.[10]

Кікі Бертенс opened the year with a first round loss at the Brisbane International to Ана Конюх. She followed this up by reaching the second round of the Sydney International, where she lost to the top seed Гарбінє Мугуруса. At the Australian Open, Bertens fell to world No. 2 and eventual winner, Каролін Возняцкі в третьому колі. She then had a poor run, losing in her opening matches at St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Dubai Tennis Championships and BNP Paribas Open, losing to Віра Звонарьова, Ван Цян і Серена Вільямс, respectively. She eventually won a match and broke her 4 match losing streak at the Miami Open but fell в третьому колі to Вінус Вільямс. She bounced back by winning her first Premier title defeating Юлія Гергес in straight sets з рахунком of the Volvo Car Open. At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, she fell в першому колі to eventual champion Кароліна Плішкова. However, Madrid Open she reached her first Premier Mandatory final but fell to Петра Квітова. Despite this, she was upset by Марія Саккарі в першому колі of the Italian Open. She tried to pick up form at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup, але не змогли захистити свій титул, оскільки у фіналі їх перемогли Кірстен Фліпкенс у чвертьфіналі. At the French Open, Bertens fell to Анджелік Кербер in two tight tie-break sets в третьому колі.

During the grass season, Bertens' preparation for Wimbledon was not ideal with back-to-back loses у другому колі of the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships and opening match at the Eastbourne International, losing to Flipkens and Міхаела Бузернеску, respectively. Despite this, Bertens impressed at Wimbledon reaching the quarterfinals, where she lost to Юлія Гергес, but achieved a career best at Wimbledon so far by reaching the last eight. During the US Open Series, Bertens reached the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup before losing to 15th seed Ешлі Барті. The following week, she won the biggest title of her career at the Western & Southern Open defeating Сімона Халеп з рахунком after saving match points in the second set. However, her US Open ended in disappointment when she lost в третьому колі to Маркета Вондроушова in a third set tie-break. She then claimed her третій тилул за сезон Korea Open defeating Айла Томлянович з рахунком. However, she suffered early loses at the second round of the Wuhan Open and third round of the China Open to Анастасія Павлюченкова і Катерина Сінякова respectively. Her poor results continued with back-to-back losses Upper Austria Ladies Linz second round and Kremlin Cup first round to Маргарита Гаспарян і Олександра Соснович, respectively.

#	Гравчиняs	Очки	Турнірів	Date Qualified
1	Барбора Крейчикова Катерина Сінякова	6,815	14	9 серпня
2	Тімеа Бабош Крістіна Младенович	6,445	14	20 серпня
3	Андреа Сестіні-Главачкова Барбора Стрицова	4,445	14	29 вересня
4	Габріела Дабровскі Сюй Іфань	4,180	17	4 жовтня
5	Елісе Мартенс Демі Схюрс	4,025	14	29 вересня
–	Катерина Макарова Олена Весніна	3,715	6	знялись
6	Ніколь Мелічар Квета Пешке	3,545	21	4 жовтня
7	Андрея Клепач Марія Хосе Мартінес Санчес	3,505	20	4 жовтня
8	Ешлі Барті Коко Вандевей	3,237	7	4 жовтня

The Czechs did the French-Wimbledon double.

On 9 серпня, the team of Барбора Крейчикова і Катерина Сінякова кваліфікувалась for the first time to the event.[11]

Барбора Крейчикова & Катерина Сінякова began the year with a final showing at the Shenzhen Open losing to the Romanian team of Begu/С Халеп in a match tiebreak. Their next final came at the Miami Open but once again fell but this time to the team of Барті/Вандевей in two quick sets. At the French Open, despite only winning one clay match during the lead up events, they were able to claim their first grand slam title defeating the Japanese duo of Ері Нодзумі|Hozumi/Ninomiya in straight sets. They followed up this victory by winning their second slam at Wimbledon defeating the team of Melichar/Peschke in three sets winning the final set in a bagel. This win comes five years after their girls doubles win at the same event. After having a poor lead up to the US Open winning only a match, they were able to reach the semifinals, however their grand slam streak was ended by Barty & Vandeweghe in two tight sets. The team is making their debut into the event.

On 20 серпня, the pairing of Тімеа Бабош і Крістіна Младенович was announced as the second qualifier.[12]

Бабош Тімеа|Тімеа Бабош & Крістіна Младенович began their 2018 campaign by winning the Australian Open defeating the Russian pairing of К Макарова/Весніна in straight sets. They did not reach another final until the clay season at the Mutua Madrid Open facing once again Makarova/Vesnina but this time they end up losing in a match tiebreak. At the French Open they lost to the unseeded Japanese team of Hozumi/Ninomiya у чвертьфіналі. However, they bounced back by claiming their second title at the Birmingham Classic defeating Mertens/Schuurs з рахунком. At Wimbledon, they suffered another upset at the quarterfinals falling to the unseeded pair Rosolska/Spears. During their US Open lead up events, they racked a record of two wins and two losses. However, they bounced back at the US Open by reaching the final but lost to Barty/Vandeweghe in three sets including two tiebreaks з рахунком two sets. Babos also reached the final of the Mixed Doubles at the Australian Open pairing with Рохан Бопанна,, але не змогли захистити свій титул, оскільки у фіналі їх перемогли Dabrowski/Pavić.

The Czech duo claimed two titles in the year.

On the 29 вересня, the teams of Андреа Сестіні-Главачкова/Барбора Стрицова і Елісе Мартенс/Демі Схюрс occupied the next two slots into the event.[13]

Андреа Сестіні-Главачкова & Барбора Стрицова did not start playing together until the Miami Open, where they lost their first match. However, they were able to make an impact as a team at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, when they reached the final but lost to the team of Barty/Schuurs. They followed that up with semifinal showing at the French Open falling to eventual champions Krejčíková/Siniaková. Their grass season was uneventful failing to win a match on the lead up tournaments to Wimbledon and falling в третьому колі of Wimbledon to Mattek-Sands/Šafářová. They struggled in the Premier 5 events of the US Open Series but bounced back with their перший титул за сезон Connecticut Open defeating Hsieh/Siegemund з рахунком. At the US Open, they suffered a third round upset to Barty/Vandeweghe. However they were able to bounce back by reaching three back-to-back finals losing the first two at the Toray Pan Pacific Open to Hozumi/Ninomiya and at the Wuhan Open to Mertens/Schuurs. However, they claimed their другий титул за сезон at the China Open defeating Dabrowski/Xu in a match tiebreak. Strýcová also won the title at the Miami Open pairing with Сє Шувей defeating Makarova/Vesnina and Sestini Hlaváčková reached the final of Sydney International with Латіша Чжань losing to Dabrowski/Xu.

Елісе Мартенс and Демі Схюрс began the year by winning the Hobart International defeating Людмила Кіченок|Kichenok/Ninomiya in straight sets. They failed to win back-to-back matches until the Miami Open when they reached the semifinals losing to Krejčíková/ Siniaková. After failing to win a match during the clay season, they followed it up by winning the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships defeating К Бертенс/Flipkens and the final of the Birmingham Classic losing to Т Бабош/Младенович. Their next final came at the hard courts of the Western & Southern Open but lost to the team of Hradecká/Makarova. They won their third and biggest title of the year at the Wuhan Open defeating the Czech team of Sestini Hlaváčková/Б Стрицова. Mertens also won the Ladies Open Lugano teaming up with compatriot Кірстен Фліпкенс defeating Belorussian team of Lapko/Sabalenka. While Schuurs on the other hand had a perfect record playing with Australian Ешлі Барті winning the Premier 5 events of Internazionali BNL d'Italia defeating Sestini Hlaváčková/Strýcová and the Rogers Cup defeating Makarova/Chan. Schuurs also won the Brisbane International with Кікі Бертенс and the Nürnberger Versicherungscup with Катарина Среботнік defeating Klepač/Martínez Sánchez і Flipkens/Larsson.

On 4 жовтня, following the withdrawal of Катерина Макарова & Олена Весніна from the event, the final four slots were occupied by the teams of Габріела Дабровскі/Сюй Іфань, Ніколь Мелічар/Квета Пешке, Андрея Клепач/Марія Хосе Мартінес Санчес і Ешлі Барті/Коко Вандевей.

Габріела Дабровскі & Сюй Іфань won their перший титул за сезон at the Sydney International defeating Chan/Sestini Hlaváčková in straight sets. They followed that up with semifinal showing at the Australian Open but lost to Makarova/Vesnina. They did not reach another semifinal until BNP Paribas Open when they lost to Hsieh/Strýcová. Their clay court season was not so good having a 3-4 result in it. However, they were able to bounce back Eastbourne International winning the title over the Romanian pairing of Begu/Buzărnescu and reaching the semifinal of Wimbledon losing to runner-ups Melichar/Peschke in three tight sets. Their next final came at the China Open when they lost to Czech duo of Sestini Hlaváčková/Strýcová. Dabrowski also won the title at the Qatar Total Open with Олена Остапенко defeating Klepač/Martínez Sánchez. She also had success in the Mixed Doubles reaching the finals twice teaming up with Мате Павич defeating Т Бабош/Bopanna Australian Open and losing to Chan/Dodig French Open.

Ніколь Мелічар & Квета Пешке did not start to have an impact this year until they reached back-to-back finals at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix losing to Atawo/Grönefeld and of the J&T Banka Prague Open defeating Buzărnescu/Marozava. Their next real breakthrough came at Wimbledon reaching the finals but came short against Krejčíková/Siniaková losing the third and final set in a bagel. They then reach the semifinal of the Rogers Cup but lost to Barty/Schuurs. They then reached back to back quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open and China Open. Peschke also won the title Silicon Valley Classic teaming up with Латіша Чжань defeating Людмила Кіченок|Kichenok/Надія Кіченок|Kichenok. Melichar also won the Mixed doubles of Wimbledon with Александер Пея defeating Murray/Вікторія Азаренко|Azarenka з рахунком.

Андрея Клепач & Марія Хосе Мартінес Санчес did not have a great start of the year with early round exits. It wasn't until the Qatar Total Open when they reached their first final but lost to Dabrowski/Олена Остапенко|Ostapenko in straight sets. Even with that result they struggled before they reached the final of the Volvo Car Open but again end up losing this time to Kudryavtseva/Srebotnik. They then reached the semifinal of the Mutua Madrid Open losing to Makarova/Vesnina. They captured their перший титул за сезон Mallorca Open defeating Czechs Šafářová/Štefková. Their next best result came at the Rogers cup with a semifinal loss to Chan/Makarova.

Ешлі Барті & Коко Вандевей did not play a lot of tournaments throughout the year only playing seven tournaments together but they ended up winning two big titles the Miami Open defeating Krejčíková/ Siniaková з рахунком and their first grand slam title as a pair and as individual when they captured the US Open defeating Babos/Mladenovic з рахунком. Barty also paired with Демі Схюрс and had a perfect record playing together winning the Premier 5 events of Internazionali BNL d'Italia defeating Sestini Hlaváčková/Strýcová and the Rogers Cup defeating Makarova/Chan.

Макарова Катерина Валеріївна|Катерина Макарова & Весніна Олена Сергіївна|Олена Весніна would have кваліфікувалась for the event but had to withdraw due to Vesnina's pregnancy. The team only played together up to the Mutua Madrid Open where they виграли титул, у фіналі перемігши Babos/Mladenovic з рахунком. They also reached two other finals but ended up losing, at the Australian Open to Babos/Mladenovic and at the BNP Paribas Open to Hsieh/Strýcová. Makarova also reached back-to-back week finals at the Rogers Cup teaming up with Латіша Чжань but lost to Barty/Schuurs and the Western & Southern Open won the title with Луціє Градецька, у фіналі перемігши Mertens/Schuurs з рахунком.

The 2018 finals featured five major champions and one finalist. The competitors were divided into two groups, representing the colors of the прапор Сінгапуру.

Red group:

Назва	Матчів W–L	Sets W–L	Sets %	Games W–L	Games %
Слоун Стівенс	3–0	6–2	75%	44–33	57%
Кікі Бертенс	2–1	5–3	62%	28–28	50%
Анджелік Кербер	1–2	3–5	37%	36–40	47%
Наомі Осака	0–3	2–6	25%	27–34	44%

Пhite group:

Назва	Матчів W–L	Sets W–L	Sets %	Games W–L	Games %
Еліна Світоліна	3–0	6–2	75%	44–33	57%
Кароліна Плішкова	2–1	5–2	71%	36–27	57%
Каролін Возняцкі	1–2	3–5	37%	37–43	46%
Петра Квітова	0–3	1–6	14%	26–40	40%

Updated станом на 20 жовтня 2018.

• Players in gold кваліфікувалась for the WTA фінал.
• Player in brown кваліфікувалась but знялись.

Місце	Athlete	Великий шолом tournament				Premier Mandatory				Best two Premier 5		Best other						Загалом очок	Турнірів	Titles
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	INW	MIA	MAD	BEI	1	2	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Сімона Халеп	F 1300	П 2000	R32 130	R128 10	SF 390	R32 65	QF 215	R64 10	W 900	F 585	F 585	ПФ 350	W 280	ЧФ 100	R32 1		6921	15	3
2	Анджелік Кербер	SF 780	QF 430	П 2000	R32 130	QF 215	QF 215	A 0	R16 120	ЧФ 190	ЧФ 190	W 470	ПФ 185	ПФ 185	R16 105	R16 105	R16 55	5375	18	2
3	Каролін Возняцкі	П 2000	R16 240	R64 70	R64 70	R16 120	R64 10	R16 120	П 1000	ПФ 350	ЧФ 190	W 470	F 180	R16 105	ЧФ 100	ЧФ 60	R16 1	5086	18	3
4	Наомі Осака	R16 240	R32 130	R32 130	П 2000	П 1000	R64 35	R64 10	SF 390	R32 90	R32 60	F 305	ПФ 110	ЧФ 100	R16 55	R16 55	R16 30	4740	19	2
5	Петра Квітова	R128 10	R32 130	R128 10	R32 130	R32 65	R16 120	П 1000	R64 10	W 900	ПФ 350	W 470	W 470	W 280	R16 105	R16 105	ЧФ 100	4255	20	5
6	Слоун Стівенс	R128 10	F 1300	R128 10	QF 430	R32 65	П 1000	R16 120	R16 120	F 585	R16 105	R16 105	ЧФ 60	R16 30	R64 1	R32 1	R32 1	3943	19	1
7	Еліна Світоліна	QF 430	R32 130	R128 10	R16 240	R32 65	QF 215	R32 65	R64 10	W 900	ПФ 350	W 470	W 470	ЧФ 190	R16 105	ЧФ 100	ЧФ 100	3850	18	3
8	Кароліна Плішкова	QF 430	R32 130	R16 240	QF 430	QF 215	QF 215	SF 390	R16 120	R16 105	R32 60	W 470	W 470	ПФ 185	F 180	ЧФ 100	ЧФ 100	3840	23	2
9	Кікі Бертенс	R32 130	R32 130	QF 430	R32 130	R64 10	R32 65	F 650	R16 120	W 900	ЧФ 190	W 470	W 280	R32 60	ЧФ 60	R16 55	R16 30	3710	24	3
Alternates
10	Дарія Касаткіна	R64 70	QF 430	QF 430	R64 70	F 650	R64 10	QF 215	R64 10	R16 105	R16 105	W 470	F 305	ПФ 185	ЧФ 100	ЧФ 100	R32 60	3315	25	1
11	Анастасія Севастова	R64 70	R128 10	R128 10	SF 780	R16 120	R32 65	R32 65	F 650	ЧФ 190	R16 105	W 280	ПФ 185	ПФ 185	ПФ 185	F 180	R16 105	3185	22	1

• Teams in gold кваліфікувалась for WTA фінал.
• Team in brown кваліфікувалась but знялись.

Рейтинг	Пара	Очки											Total Points	Турнірів	Titles
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	Барбора Крейчикова Катерина Сінякова	W 2000	W 2000	ПФ 780	F 650	ПФ 350	R16 240	ЧФ 190	ПФ 185	F 180	R16 120	R16 120	6815	14	2
2	Тімеа Бабош Крістіна Младенович	W 2000	F 1300	F 650	W 470	ЧФ 430	ЧФ 430	ПФ 390	ЧФ 215	ЧФ 190	ЧФ 190	ЧФ 190	6455	14	2
3	Андреа Сестіні-Главачкова Барбора Стрицова	W 1000	ПФ 780	F 585	F 585	W 470	ПФ 390	F 305	R16 240	R16 240	ЧФ 190	R32 10	4795	14	2
4	Габріела Дабровскі Сюй Іфань	ПФ 780	F 650	W 470	W 470	ЧФ 430	ПФ 390	R16 240	ЧФ 190	ЧФ 190	ПФ 185	ПФ 185	4180	16	2
5	Елісе Мартенс Демі Схюрс	W 900	F 585	ЧФ 430	ПФ 390	ПФ 390	F 305	W 280	W 280	R16 240	R16 120	R16 105	4025	14	3
6	Катерина Макарова Олена Весніна	F 1300	W 1000	F 650	ПФ 390	ЧФ 190	ПФ 185						3715	6	1
7	Ніколь Мелічар Квета Пешке	F 1300	ПФ 350	F 305	W 280	W 280	R16 240	R16 240	ЧФ 215	ЧФ 190	ПФ 185	R16 120	3705	21	2
8	Андрея Клепач Марія Хосе Мартінес Санчес	F 585	ЧФ 430	ПФ 390	ПФ 350	F 305	F 305	W 280	R16 240	ЧФ 215	ЧФ 215	ЧФ 190	3505	20	1
9	Ешлі Барті Коко Вандевей	W 2000	W 1000	ЧФ 215	R64 10	R32 10	R16 1	R16 1					3237	7	2
Alternates
10	Ракель Атаво Анна-Лена Гренефельд	W 470	ПФ 350	R16 240	R16 240	ЧФ 215	ПФ 185	ПФ 185	F 180	R32 130	R32 130	R16 120	2445	22	1

• Еліна Світоліна — Слоун Стівенс, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2

• Тімеа Бабош / Крістіна Младенович — Барбора Крейчикова / Катерина Сінякова, 6–4, 7–5