2018 French Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2018 French Open
Final
Champion	Simona Halep
Runner-up	Sloane Stephens
Score	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Details
Draw	128 (12 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Simona Halep defeated Sloane Stephens in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2018 French Open.^[1] It was her first major title, following three previous runner-up finishes. Halep became the second Romanian woman to win a major singles title after Virginia Ruzici in 1978.^[2] She also became the sixth woman to win both the junior and senior titles at the tournament, having won the former in 2008.^[2]

Jeļena Ostapenko was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Kateryna Kozlova. This made her only the second French Open champion (after Anastasia Myskina in 2005) to lose in the first round of her title defense.^[3]

Halep retained the WTA No. 1 singles ranking after defeating fellow contender Garbiñe Muguruza in the semifinals.^[4] In addition to Halep and Muguruza, Caroline Wozniacki, Elina Svitolina, Karolína Plíšková and Caroline Garcia were also in contention for the top ranking.^[5]

This was the first major singles appearance for future French Open champion Barbora Krejčíková. This also was the last major appearance of 2010 champion Francesca Schiavone, who lost to Viktória Kužmová in the first round.^[6]^[7] This was the final French Open appearance of former world No. 1 and two-time champion Maria Sharapova, who lost to Muguruza in the quarterfinals.

This tournament marked the first time that Agnieszka Radwańska did not play in the main draw of a singles major since her debut at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, ending a streak of 47 consecutive appearances.^[8]

This was Serena Williams' first major appearance since the 2017 Australian Open due to her pregnancy and maternity leave. She was unseeded in a singles major for the first time since the 2007 Australian Open.^[9] Williams reached the fourth round before withdrawing prior to her match against Sharapova due to a pectoral muscle injury, ending her streak of 10 consecutive major quarterfinals dating back to the 2014 US Open.^[10]

Seeds edit

01.

Simona Halep (champion)

02.

Caroline Wozniacki (fourth round)

03.

Garbiñe Muguruza (semifinals)

04.

Elina Svitolina (third round)

05.

Jeļena Ostapenko (first round)

06.

Karolína Plíšková (third round)

07.

Caroline Garcia (fourth round)

08.

Petra Kvitová (third round)

09.

Venus Williams (first round)

10.

Sloane Stephens (final)

11.

Julia Görges (third round)

12.

Angelique Kerber (quarterfinals)

13.

Madison Keys (semifinals)

14.

Daria Kasatkina (quarterfinals)

15.

CoCo Vandeweghe (second round)

16.

Elise Mertens (fourth round)

17.

Ashleigh Barty (second round)

18.

Kiki Bertens (third round)

19.

Magdaléna Rybáriková (third round)

20.

Anastasija Sevastova (first round)

21.

Naomi Osaka (third round)

22.

Johanna Konta (first round)

23.

Carla Suárez Navarro (second round)

24.

Daria Gavrilova (third round)

25.

Anett Kontaveit (fourth round)

26.

Barbora Strýcová (fourth round)

27.

Zhang Shuai (second round)

28.

Maria Sharapova (quarterfinals)

29.

Kristina Mladenovic (first round)

30.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (second round)

31.

Mihaela Buzărnescu (fourth round)

32.

Alizé Cornet (second round)

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

Qualifying edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Simona Halep	6²	6	6

12	Angelique Kerber	7⁷	3	2
					1	Simona Halep	6	6

					3	Garbiñe Muguruza	1	4
3	Garbiñe Muguruza	6	6

28	Maria Sharapova	2	1
									1	Simona Halep	3	6	6

									10	Sloane Stephens	6	4	1
	Yulia Putintseva	6⁵	4

13	Madison Keys	7⁷	6
					13	Madison Keys	4	4

					10	Sloane Stephens	6	6
10	Sloane Stephens	6	6

14	Daria Kasatkina	3	1

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

1	S Halep	2	6	6
	A Riske	6	1	1	1	S Halep	6	6
WC	M Georges	4	2		WC	T Townsend	3	1
WC	T Townsend	6	6							1	S Halep	7	6
PR	B Mattek-Sands	6	6								A Petkovic	5	0
	J Larsson	4	3		PR	B Mattek-Sands	0	6⁵
	A Petkovic	7¹²	6			A Petkovic	6	7⁷
29	K Mladenovic	6¹⁰	2											1	S Halep	6	6
24	D Gavrilova	4	7⁷	6										16	E Mertens	2	1
	S Cîrstea	6	6⁴	3	24	D Gavrilova	5	7	6
	B Pera	6	6			B Pera	7	5	3
	E Vesnina	3	2							24	D Gavrilova	3	1
	H Watson	6	6							16	E Mertens	6	6
	O Dodin	3	0			H Watson	3	4
	V Lepchenko	7¹¹	6⁴	0	16	E Mertens	6	6
16	E Mertens	6⁹	7⁷	6

Section 2 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

12	A Kerber	6	6
	M Barthel	2	3		12	A Kerber	6	6
	A Bogdan	6	1	6		A Bogdan	2	3
	M Vondroušová	3	6	4						12	A Kerber	7⁷	7⁷
	A Sasnovich	6	6							18	K Bertens	6⁴	6⁴
	D Allertová	4	3			A Sasnovich	4	2
	A Sabalenka	2	1		18	K Bertens	6	6
18	K Bertens	6	6											12	A Kerber	6	6
27	S Zhang	6	7											7	C Garcia	2	3
PR	K Kučová	0	5		27	S Zhang	3	4
	I-C Begu	6	5	9		I-C Begu	6	6
	AK Schmiedlová	4	7	7							I-C Begu	1	3
	S Peng	6	6							7	C Garcia	6	6
	A Krunić	3	4			S Peng	4	6	3
	Y Duan	1	0		7	C Garcia	6	3	6
7	C Garcia	6	6

Section 3 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	G Muguruza	7⁷	6
	S Kuznetsova	6⁰	2		3	G Muguruza	6	6
WC	F Ferro	6	6		WC	F Ferro	4	3
	C Witthöft	4	2							3	G Muguruza	6	6
	S Stosur	6	6								S Stosur	0	2
	Y Wickmayer	2	4			S Stosur	6	7⁷
	P Hercog	4	6¹		30	A Pavlyuchenkova	2	6¹
30	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	7⁷											3	G Muguruza	2
19	M Rybáriková	6	6												L Tsurenko	0^r
	L Kumkhum	3	0		19	M Rybáriková	6	6
	B Bencic	3	7⁷	7		B Bencic	2	4
Q	D Chiesa	6	6²	5						19	M Rybáriková	2	4
	L Tsurenko	4	6	6							L Tsurenko	6	6
	S Vögele	6	2	2		L Tsurenko	3	6	6
	L Siegemund	4	4		15	C Vandeweghe	6	4	0
15	C Vandeweghe	6	6

Section 4 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

11	J Görges	6	5	6
	D Cibulková	4	7	0	11	J Görges	7	7⁷
	A Van Uytvanck	6	6			A Van Uytvanck	5	6⁵
WC	I Wallace	1	0							11	J Görges	3	4
	Kr Plíšková	6⁴	4							PR	S Williams	6	6
PR	S Williams	7⁷	6		PR	S Williams	3	6	6
	N Vikhlyantseva	3	1		17	A Barty	6	3	4
17	A Barty	6	6											PR	S Williams
28	M Sharapova	6	4	6										28	M Sharapova	w/o
Q	R Hogenkamp	1	6	3	28	M Sharapova	7	6
	K Bondarenko	2	4			D Vekić	5	4
	D Vekić	6	6							28	M Sharapova	6	6
	L Šafářová	6	6							6	Ka Plíšková	2	1
WC	J Ponchet	4	1			L Šafářová	6	4	1
Q	B Krejčíková	6⁶	4		6	Ka Plíšková	3	6	6
6	Ka Plíšková	7⁸	6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

5	J Ostapenko	5	3
	K Kozlova	7	6			K Kozlova	7⁷	4	4
	K Siniaková	7	7			K Siniaková	6⁴	6	6
PR	V Azarenka	5	5								K Siniaková	2	3
PR	S Zheng	4	1							26	B Strýcová	6	6
	E Makarova	6	6			E Makarova	4	2
	K Nara	6	3	4	26	B Strýcová	6	6
26	B Strýcová	1	6	6											26	B Strýcová	4	3
22	J Konta	4	3													Y Putintseva	6	6
	Y Putintseva	6	6			Y Putintseva	6	6
	J Brady	6	6			J Brady	4	3
WC	A Hesse	1	1								Y Putintseva	1	7	6
	P Martić	6	6								Q Wang	6	5	4
	Y Wang	2	3			P Martić	1	1
	Q Wang	6	7			Q Wang	6	6
9	V Williams	4	5

Section 6 edit

First round				Second round				Third round				Fourth round

13	M Keys	6	6
	S Vickery	3	3	13	M Keys	6	6
Q	C Dolehide	6	6	Q	C Dolehide	4	1
Q	V Golubic	4	4					13	M Keys	6	7⁹
	M Linette	3	1					21	N Osaka	1	6⁷
	Z Diyas	6	6		Z Diyas	4	5
	S Kenin	2	5	21	N Osaka	6	7
21	N Osaka	6	7									13	M Keys	6	6
31	M Buzărnescu	6	6									31	M Buzărnescu	1	4
PR	V King	3	3	31	M Buzărnescu	6	6
Q	R Peterson	6	6	Q	R Peterson	1	2
	S-w Hsieh	4	3					31	M Buzărnescu	6	7
Q	F Schiavone	6²	6²					4	E Svitolina	3	5
	V Kužmová	7⁷	7⁷		V Kužmová	3	4
	A Tomljanović	5	3	4	E Svitolina	6	6
4	E Svitolina	7	6

Section 7 edit

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

8	P Kvitová	3	6	7
	V Cepede Royg	6	1	5	8	P Kvitová	6	6
	L Arruabarrena	7⁷	6			L Arruabarrena	0	4
	T Babos	6⁵	3						8	P Kvitová	6⁶	6⁴
Q	A Dulgheru	5	7⁷	6					25	A Kontaveit	7⁸	7⁷
	C McHale	7	6⁵	3	Q	A Dulgheru	5	2
	M Brengle	1	6	2	25	A Kontaveit	7	6
25	A Kontaveit	6	4	6										25	A Kontaveit	2	0
20	A Sevastova	6	1	3										10	S Stephens	6	6
Q	M Duque Mariño	4	6	6	Q	M Duque Mariño	0	3
	C Giorgi	6	6			C Giorgi	6	6
Q	G Min	3	2							C Giorgi	6	1	6
Q	M Fręch	6	3	6					10	S Stephens	4	6	8
	E Alexandrova	3	6	3	Q	M Fręch	2	2
LL	A Rus	2	0		10	S Stephens	6	6
10	S Stephens	6	6

Section 8 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

14	D Kasatkina	6	6
	K Kanepi	4	1		14	D Kasatkina	6	6
	T Maria	6¹	4			K Flipkens	3	3
	K Flipkens	7⁷	6							14	D Kasatkina	6	1	6
PR	M Minella	6⁵	2								M Sakkari	1	6	3
	M Sakkari	7⁷	6			M Sakkari	7	6
	A Konjuh	0	1		23	C Suárez Navarro	5	3
23	C Suárez Navarro	6	6												14	D Kasatkina	7⁷	6
32	A Cornet	2	6	6											2	C Wozniacki	6⁵	3
	S Errani	6	2	3	32	A Cornet	7⁷	4	2
WC	C Paquet	6	6⁴	2	WC	P Parmentier	6²	6	6
WC	P Parmentier	3	7⁷	6						WC	P Parmentier	0	3
LL	D Jakupović	3	4							2	C Wozniacki	6	6
Q	G García Pérez	6	6		Q	G García Pérez	1	0
	D Collins	6²	1		2	C Wozniacki	6	6
2	C Wozniacki	7⁷	6

Championship match statistics edit

Category	Halep	Stephens
1st serve %	60/79 (76%)	61/81 (75%)
1st serve points won	37 of 60 = 62%	34 of 61 = 56%
2nd serve points won	10 of 19 = 53%	9 of 20 = 45%
Total service points won	47 of 79 = 59.49%	43 of 81 = 53.09%
Aces	1	1
Double faults	0	1
Winners	18	16
Unforced errors	26	39
Net points won	8 of 10 = 80%	3 of 6 = 50%
Break points converted	5 of 6 = 83%	3 of 6 = 50%
Return points won	38 of 81 = 47%	32 of 79 = 41%
Total points won	85	75
Source

References edit

^ "Simona Halep beats Sloane Stephens to win French Open title – as it happened". Guardian. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b Jonathan Jurejko (9 June 2018). "French Open 2018: Simona Halep beats Sloane Stephens in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ "French Open 2018: Venus Williams and Jelena Ostapenko lose in first round". BBC Sport. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ "Simona Halep reaches French Open final and retains number one ranking". PA Sport. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ Courtney Nguyen (23 May 2018). "Battle for No.1: Wozniacki, Svitolina, Muguruza aim to unseat Halep in Paris". WTA Insider. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^ Bonnie D. Ford (27 May 2018). "An unhappy 'first' for Venus Williams this season". ESPN. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "Francesca Schiavone announces retirement at US Open". U.S. Open. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ "Roland Garros 2018. Agnieszka Radwańska nie zagra. 'Nie chcemy ryzykować'". Sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ Christopher Clarey (27 January 2007). "Williams shocks Sharapova to win Australian Open - Sports - International Herald Tribune". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ Christopher Clarey (4 June 2018). "Serena Williams Is Out of French Open With Injury". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

External links edit

2018 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 2018 Australian Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

[1] "Simona Halep beats Sloane Stephens to win French Open title – as it happened". Guardian. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[Halep-2] Jonathan Jurejko (9 June 2018). "French Open 2018: Simona Halep beats Sloane Stephens in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[3] "French Open 2018: Venus Williams and Jelena Ostapenko lose in first round". BBC Sport. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

[4] "Simona Halep reaches French Open final and retains number one ranking". PA Sport. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

[5] Courtney Nguyen (23 May 2018). "Battle for No.1: Wozniacki, Svitolina, Muguruza aim to unseat Halep in Paris". WTA Insider. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

[6] Bonnie D. Ford (27 May 2018). "An unhappy 'first' for Venus Williams this season". ESPN. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[7] "Francesca Schiavone announces retirement at US Open". U.S. Open. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[8] "Roland Garros 2018. Agnieszka Radwańska nie zagra. 'Nie chcemy ryzykować'". Sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[9] Christopher Clarey (27 January 2007). "Williams shocks Sharapova to win Australian Open - Sports - International Herald Tribune". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

[10] Christopher Clarey (4 June 2018). "Serena Williams Is Out of French Open With Injury". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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