2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2018 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Angelique Kerber
Runner-up	Serena Williams
Score	6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw	128 (12 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. It was her third major singles title, and she became the first German to win the title since Steffi Graf in 1996.^[1]^[2] She lost only one set during the tournament, to Claire Liu in the second round. Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 major singles titles, and to become the first mother to win a major singles title since Kim Clijsters won the 2011 Australian Open.

Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Alison Van Uytvanck.^[3]

Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki and Sloane Stephens were in contention for the WTA No. 1 singles ranking. Despite losing in the third round, Halep retained the No. 1 ranking after Wozniacki and Stephens lost in the second and first rounds, respectively.^[4]

With each of the top ten seeds losing before the quarterfinals, it was the worst overall Wimbledon performance of the top ten women's seeds in the Open Era.^[5]^[6] This was also the first time in the Open Era that none of the top four women's singles seeds reached the fourth round at Wimbledon.

Seeds edit

01.

Simona Halep (third round)

02.

Caroline Wozniacki (second round)

03.

Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)

04.

Sloane Stephens (first round)

05.

Elina Svitolina (first round)

06.

Caroline Garcia (first round)

07.

Karolína Plíšková (fourth round)

08.

Petra Kvitová (first round)

09.

Venus Williams (third round)

10.

Madison Keys (third round)

11.

Angelique Kerber (champion)

12.

Jeļena Ostapenko (semifinals)

13.

Julia Görges (semifinals)

14.

Daria Kasatkina (quarterfinals)

15.

Elise Mertens (third round)

16.

CoCo Vandeweghe (first round)

17.

Ashleigh Barty (third round)

18.

Naomi Osaka (third round)

19.

Magdaléna Rybáriková (first round)

20.

Kiki Bertens (quarterfinals)

21.

Anastasija Sevastova (first round)

22.

Johanna Konta (second round)

23.

Barbora Strýcová (third round)

24.

Maria Sharapova (first round)

25.

Serena Williams (final)

26.

Daria Gavrilova (third round)

27.

Carla Suárez Navarro (third round)

28.

Anett Kontaveit (third round)

29.

Mihaela Buzărnescu (third round)

30.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (first round)

31.

Zhang Shuai (first round)

32.

Agnieszka Radwańska (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

	Dominika Cibulková	5	4

12	Jeļena Ostapenko	7	6
					12	Jeļena Ostapenko	3	3

					11	Angelique Kerber	6	6
14	Daria Kasatkina	3	5

11	Angelique Kerber	6	7
									11	Angelique Kerber	6	6

									25/PR	Serena Williams	3	3
20	Kiki Bertens	6	5	1

13	Julia Görges	3	7	6
					13	Julia Görges	2	4

					25/PR	Serena Williams	6	6
25/PR	Serena Williams	3	6	6

	Camila Giorgi	6	3	4

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

1	S Halep	6	6
	K Nara	2	4		1	S Halep	7	6
PR	S Zheng	6	4	6	PR	S Zheng	5	0
	Q Wang	3	6	1					1	S Halep	6	4	5
	A Bogdan	1	6	6						S-w Hsieh	3	6	7
	L Arruabarrena	6	3	8		L Arruabarrena	3	3
	S-w Hsieh	6	4	6		S-w Hsieh	6	6
30	A Pavlyuchenkova	4	6	3											S-w Hsieh	4	1
22	J Konta	7	7⁹												D Cibulková	6	6
	N Vikhlyantseva	5	6⁷		22	J Konta	3	4
	A Cornet	6³	1			D Cibulková	6	6
	D Cibulková	7⁷	6							D Cibulková	6	6
	M Vondroušová	1	2						15	E Mertens	2	2
	S Vickery	6	6			S Vickery	1	3
	D Collins	3	2		15	E Mertens	6	6
15	E Mertens	6	6

Section 2 edit

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

12	J Ostapenko	6	7⁷
WC	K Dunne	3	6⁵		12	J Ostapenko	6	6
	H Watson	4	5			K Flipkens	1	3
	K Flipkens	6	7						12	J Ostapenko	6	6
	S Kenin	6	1	6					Q	V Diatchenko	0	4
	M Sakkari	4	6	1		S Kenin	4	1
Q	V Diatchenko	6³	7⁷	6	Q	V Diatchenko	6	6
24	M Sharapova	7⁷	6³	4									12	J Ostapenko	7⁷	6
26	D Gavrilova	6	6											A Sasnovich	6⁴	0
LL	C Dolehide	2	3		26	D Gavrilova	6	6
	S Peng	4	5			S Stosur	4	1
	S Stosur	6	7						26	D Gavrilova	3	1
	P Parmentier	2	4							A Sasnovich	6	6
	T Townsend	6	6			T Townsend	0	4
	A Sasnovich	6	4	6		A Sasnovich	6	6
8	P Kvitová	4	6	0

Section 3 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	G Muguruza	6	7
WC	N Broady	2	5		3	G Muguruza	7	2	1
	A Van Uytvanck	6	6			A Van Uytvanck	5	6	6
	P Hercog	2	2								A Van Uytvanck	6	6
	J Brady	6	6⁴	6						28	A Kontaveit	2	3
	K Kozlova	2	7⁷	2		J Brady	2	6⁴
	D Allertová	2	2		28	A Kontaveit	6	7⁷
28	A Kontaveit	6	6												A Van Uytvanck	7⁸	3	2
17	A Barty	7	6											14	D Kasatkina	6⁶	6	6
	S Vögele	5	3		17	A Barty	6	7
WC	G Taylor	0	6	3	Q	E Bouchard	4	5
Q	E Bouchard	6	4	6						17	A Barty	5	3
	M Linette	3	6	8						14	D Kasatkina	7	6
	Y Putintseva	6	3	10		Y Putintseva	2	3
	J Fett	2	5		14	D Kasatkina	6	6
14	D Kasatkina	6	7

Section 4 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

11	A Kerber	7	6
Q	V Zvonareva	5	3		11	A Kerber	3	6	6
	A Konjuh	2	7⁷	3	Q	C Liu	6	2	4
Q	C Liu	6	6²	6						11	A Kerber	6	6
WC	K Boulter	6	5	6						18	N Osaka	2	4
	V Cepede Royg	4	7	4	WC	K Boulter	3	4
	M Niculescu	4	1		18	N Osaka	6	6
18	N Osaka	6	6											11	A Kerber	6	7⁷
27	C Suárez Navarro	6	6												B Bencic	3	6⁵
	C Witthöft	2	4		27	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
Q	S Sorribes Tormo	7⁷	6		Q	S Sorribes Tormo	4	1
	K Kanepi	6⁵	1							27	C Suárez Navarro	1	6³
	A Riske	6	6								B Bencic	6	7⁷
LL	M Duque Mariño	1	1			A Riske	6	6¹⁰	2
	B Bencic	7⁷	6			B Bencic	1	7¹²	6
6	C Garcia	6²	3

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

7	Ka Plíšková	7⁷	2	6
WC	H Dart	6²	6	1	7	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	E Alexandrova	6⁴	3			V Azarenka	3	3
	V Azarenka	7⁷	6							7	Ka Plíšková	3	7⁷	6
	I-C Begu	2	2							29	M Buzărnescu	6	6³	1
WC	K Swan	6	6		WC	K Swan	0	3
	A Sabalenka	7⁷	1	4	29	M Buzărnescu	6	6
29	M Buzărnescu	6³	6	6											7	Ka Plíšková	3	6¹
20	K Bertens	6	6												20	K Bertens	6	7⁷
Q	B Štefková	3	2		20	K Bertens	6	6
	Y Wang	7⁷	4	4		A Blinkova	4	0
	A Blinkova	6⁴	6	6						20	K Bertens	6	6⁵	8
Q	A Dulgheru	6	1	6						9	V Williams	2	7⁷	6
	Kr Plíšková	4	6	2	Q	A Dulgheru	6	0	1
	J Larsson	7⁷	2	1	9	V Williams	4	6	6
9	V Williams	6³	6	6

Section 6 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

13	J Görges	6	7⁹
	M Puig	4	6⁷		13	J Görges	6	3	6
	V Lapko	5	7	7		V Lapko	2	6	2
	C McHale	7	5	5						13	J Görges	7⁷	3	10
	L Tsurenko	7	6							23	B Strýcová	6³	6	8
	T Babos	5	2			L Tsurenko	1	4
	S Kuznetsova	6⁶	5		23	B Strýcová	6	6
23	B Strýcová	7⁸	7												13	J Görges	6	6
31	S Zhang	4	6	2												D Vekić	3	2
	A Petkovic	6	4	6		A Petkovic	4	3
Q	M Barthel	5	4			Y Wickmayer	6	6
	Y Wickmayer	7	6								Y Wickmayer	6²	1
	V Kužmová	6³	6⁹								D Vekić	7⁷	6
	R Peterson	7⁷	7¹¹			R Peterson	5	4
	D Vekić	6	6			D Vekić	7	6
4	S Stephens	1	3

Section 7 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

5	E Svitolina	6³	6	1
	T Maria	7⁷	4	6		T Maria	2	2
	AK Schmiedlová	7	2	2		K Mladenovic	6	6
	K Mladenovic	5	6	6							K Mladenovic	5	6²
WC	T Smitková	6³	1							25/PR	S Williams	7	7⁷
Q	V Tomova	7⁷	6		Q	V Tomova	1	4
	A Rus	5	3		25/PR	S Williams	6	6
25/PR	S Williams	7	6												25/PR	S Williams	6	6
19	M Rybáriková	5	3												Q	E Rodina	2	2
	S Cîrstea	7	6			S Cîrstea	6	3	3
Q	E Rodina	3	7	6	Q	E Rodina	1	6	6
Q	A Lottner	6	5	4						Q	E Rodina	7	5	6
	L Kumkhum	4	6	6						10	M Keys	5	7	4
	B Pera	6	2	3		L Kumkhum	4	3
	A Tomljanović	4	2		10	M Keys	6	6
10	M Keys	6	6

Section 8 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

16	C Vandeweghe	7⁷	3	6
	K Siniaková	6³	6	8		K Siniaková	5	6	9
	V Golubic	6	3	3	WC	O Jabeur	7	4	7
WC	O Jabeur	2	6	6							K Siniaková	6	6⁶	2
	A Krunić	6	3	3							C Giorgi	3	7⁸	6
	M Brengle	2	6	6		M Brengle	4	4
	C Giorgi	6	2	6		C Giorgi	6	6
21	A Sevastova	1	6	4												C Giorgi	6	6
32	A Radwańska	6	4	7												E Makarova	3	4
Q	E-G Ruse	3	6	5	32	A Radwańska	5	4
	K Bondarenko	4	4			L Šafářová	7	6
	L Šafářová	6	6								L Šafářová	6	4	1
	P Martić	6⁰	6	3							E Makarova	4	6	6
	E Makarova	7⁷	2	6		E Makarova	6	1	7
	V Lepchenko	0	3		2	C Wozniacki	4	6	5
2	C Wozniacki	6	6

Championship match statistics edit

Category	Kerber	S. Williams
1st serve %	33/50 (66%)	38/51 (75%)
1st serve points won	23 of 33 = 70%	24 of 38 = 63%
2nd serve points won	10 of 17 = 59%	4 of 13 = 31%
Total service points won	33 of 50 = 66.00%	28 of 51 = 54.90%
Aces	1	4
Double faults	1	2
Winners	11	23
Unforced errors	5	24
Net points won	2 of 6 = 33%	12 of 24 = 50%
Break points converted	4 of 7 = 57%	1 of 1 = 100%
Return points won	23 of 51 = 45%	17 of 50 = 34%
Total points won	56	45
Source

References edit

^ "Kerber claims third major crown, shocks Serena at Wimbledon". wtatennis.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
^ "Angelique Kerber powers past Serena Williams to claim first Wimbledon title". Guardian. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^ "Wimbledon 2018: Champion Garbine Muguruza beaten by Alison van Uytvanck". BBC Sport. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
^ "Wimbledon Draw Insider Analysis: Serena emerges as big winner". WTA Tennis. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
^ Simon Cambers (7 July 2018). "Federer and Serena Williams remain but exodus of seeds raises questions". The Observer. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ Sonia Oxley (7 July 2018). "Wimbledon 2018: Why are so many seeds out already?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

External links edit

Preceded by 2018 French Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2018 US Open – Women's singles

[1] "Kerber claims third major crown, shocks Serena at Wimbledon". wtatennis.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[2] "Angelique Kerber powers past Serena Williams to claim first Wimbledon title". Guardian. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[3] "Wimbledon 2018: Champion Garbine Muguruza beaten by Alison van Uytvanck". BBC Sport. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

[4] "Wimbledon Draw Insider Analysis: Serena emerges as big winner". WTA Tennis. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

[5] Simon Cambers (7 July 2018). "Federer and Serena Williams remain but exodus of seeds raises questions". The Observer. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

[6] Sonia Oxley (7 July 2018). "Wimbledon 2018: Why are so many seeds out already?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

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