Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2018 / Women

This article shows the women's results at the 2018 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships ; for the results of the men see Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2018 / Men .

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2018
date	February 19, 2018 - February 24, 2018
Edition	18th
navigation	2017  ◄  2018  ►  2019
WTA tour
venue	Dubai United Arab Emirates
Tournament number	718
category	WTA Premier
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	28E / 32Q / 16D
Financial. Obligation	US $ 733,900
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Elina Switolina
Last year's winner (double)	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina
Winner (singles)	Elina Switolina
Winner (doubles)	Chan Hao-ching Yang Zhaoxuan
Status: February 24, 2018

The 2018 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships were a women's tennis tournament in Dubai . The Premier category hard court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 2018 and took place from February 19 to 24, 2018.

The defending champions were Elina Switolina in singles and the pairing Jekaterina Makarowa / Jelena Wesnina in doubles.

qualification

The qualification for the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2018 took place from February 17th to 19th, 2018.

→ Main article : Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2018 / Women / Qualification

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Lesja Zurenko	Wang Qiang
Samantha Stosur
Sofja Schuk
Sara Errani

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Elina Switolina victory 02.  Garbiñe Muguruza Semifinals 03.  Karolína Plíšková Quarter finals 04th  Jeļena Ostapenko Round of 16

No. Player Round reached 05.  Caroline Garcia Quarter finals 06th  Angelique Kerber Semifinals 07th  Johanna Konta Round of 16 08th.  Kristina Mladenovic 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

E. Switolina

6th

5

6th

LL

Q. Wang

6th

6th

LL

Q. Wang

1

7th

2

K. Bertens

3

0

1

E. Switolina

6th

6th

A. Accountability

1

6th

6th

WC

N. Osaka

2

4th

Q

S. Stosur

6th

2

4th

A. Accountability

2

6 5

WC

N. Osaka

6th

6th

WC

N. Osaka

6th

7th

8th

K. Mladenovic

2

2

1

E. Switolina

6th

6th

6th

A. Kerber

3

3

3

Ka. Plíšková

5

6th

6th

Q

S. Schuk

2

2

C. Suarez Navarro

7th

2

4th

C. Suarez Navarro

6th

6th

3

Ka. Plíšková

4th

3

Q

S. Errani

6th

6th

6th

A. Kerber

6th

6th

Q

L. Zurenko

4th

3

Q

S. Errani

4th

2

B. Strýcová

2

1

6th

A. Kerber

6th

6th

6th

A. Kerber

6th

6th

1

E. Switolina

6th

6th

7 toilets

J. Konta

7th

6th

D. Kassatkina

4th

0

A. Pavlyuchenkova

6 2

2

7 toilets

J. Konta

6th

6 6

2

D. Kassatkina

7th

6th

D. Kassatkina

4th

7th

6th

A. Radwańska

5

4th

D. Kassatkina

7th

6th

J. Wesnina

6th

7th

J. Wesnina

6 5

1

S. Peng

4th

5

J. Wesnina

6th

7th

4 toilets

J. Ostapenko

1

6 6

D. Kassatkina

3

7th

6th

5

C. Garcia

6th

7th

2

G. Muguruza

6th

6 11

1

L. Šafářová

3

5

5

C. Garcia

6th

6th

J. Makarova

3

7th

6th

J. Makarova

4th

2

A. Sevastova

6th

6 9

3

5

C. Garcia

5

2

WC

C. Bellis

6th

6th

2

G. Muguruza

7th

6th

E. Mertens

3

3

WC

C. Bellis

3

5

2

G. Muguruza

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina   Semifinals 02.  Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková   Quarter finals 03.  Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová   Quarter finals 04th  Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai   final

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

J. Makarova J. Wesnina

6th

6th

S. Aoyama K. Srebotnik

1

2

1

J. Makarova J. Wesnina

6th

6th

M. Katō, M. Ninomiya

6th

6 2

[10]

M. Katō, M. Ninomiya

4th

1

WC

L. Ponomar E. Silva

2

7th

[7]

1

J. Makarova J. Wesnina

1

6th

[7]

4th

S.-w. Hsieh S. Peng

6th

6th

4th

S.-w. Hsieh S. Peng

6th

3

[10]

K. Bertens D. Schuurs

1

0

4th

S.-w. Hsieh S. Peng

6th

0

[10]

J. Ostapenko A. Sevastova

2

3

N. Melichar K. Peschke

4th

0

[7]

N. Melichar K. Peschke

6th

6th

4th

S.-w. Hsieh S. Peng

6th

2

[6]

A. Klepač, M. J. Martínez Sánchez

6th

1

[5]

H.-c. Chan Z. Yang

4th

6th

[10]

H.-c. Chan Z. Yang

4th

6th

[10]

H.-c. Chan Z. Yang

w.

O.

R. Atawo A.-L. Grönefeld

4th

4th

3

L. Šafářová B. Strýcová

3

L. Šafářová B. Strýcová

6th

6th

H.-c. Chan Z. Yang

6th

7th

A. Rosolska A. Spears

6th

6th

A. Rosolska A. Spears

4th

5

A. Pavlyuchenkova O. Savchuk

2

0

A. Rosolska A. Spears

1

7th

[10]

N. Kitschenok An. Rodionova

3

1

2

L. Chan A. Sestini Hlaváčková

6th

6 5

[8th]

2

L. Chan A. Sestini Hlaváčková

6th

6th

Web links

• Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage