WTA Cincinnati Open 2018 Draw, Results & Schedule

Kiki Bertens won the 2018 Cincinnati Open, defeating Simona Halep 2-6 7-6(6) 6-2 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played on hard courts in Cincinnati, United States, from August 13 to August 19, 2018. The match log contains 90 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Cincinnati Open is a combined ATP and WTA event in the North American hard-court swing before the US Open.

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Champion
Kiki Bertens
def. Simona Halep , 2-6 7-6(6) 6-2
Dates
Aug 13 — Aug 19
Location
Cincinnati, United States
Category
WTA 1000
Surface
Hard
Prize money
$2,573,549
Cincinnati Open 2018 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Kiki Bertens #17 2-6 7-6(6) 6-2 Simona Halep #1 H2H Match data Aug 19, 2018* F
SF (2)
Simona Halep #1 6-3 6-4 Aryna Sabalenka #34 H2H Match data Aug 18, 2018* SF
Kiki Bertens #17 3-6 6-4 6-2 Petra Kvitova #6 H2H Match data Aug 18, 2018* SF
QF (4)
Kiki Bertens #17 6-4 6-3 Elina Svitolina #7 H2H Match data Aug 18, 2018* QF
Petra Kvitova #6 7-5 5-7 6-3 Elise Mertens #14 H2H Match data Aug 18, 2018* QF
Simona Halep #1 6-4 6-1 Lesia Tsurenko #44 H2H Match data Aug 18, 2018* QF
Aryna Sabalenka #34 6-3 6-4 Madison Keys #13 H2H Match data Aug 18, 2018* QF
R16 (8)
Petra Kvitova #6 6-4 6-2 Kristina Mladenovic #57 H2H Match data Aug 17, 2018* R16
Simona Halep #1 7-5 6-4 Ashleigh Barty #16 H2H Match data Aug 17, 2018* R16
Elina Svitolina #7 6-4 6-4 Amanda Anisimova #173 H2H Match data Aug 17, 2018* R16
Elise Mertens #14 7-6(8) 6-2 Sloane Stephens #3 H2H Match data Aug 17, 2018* R16
Lesia Tsurenko #44 7-6(5) 6-2 Ekaterina Makarova #49 H2H Match data Aug 17, 2018* R16
Aryna Sabalenka #34 6-4 3-6 7-5 Caroline Garcia #5 H2H Match data Aug 17, 2018* R16
Kiki Bertens #17 6-3 2-6 6-3 Anett Kontaveit #30 H2H Match data Aug 17, 2018* R16
Madison Keys #13 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 Angelique Kerber #4 H2H Match data Aug 17, 2018* R16
R32 (16)
Kiki Bertens #17 6-4 0-0 (ret.) Caroline Wozniacki #2 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Caroline Garcia #5 6-4 7-5 Victoria Azarenka #87 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Simona Halep #1 4-6 6-3 6-3 Ajla Tomljanovic #58 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Madison Keys #13 6-2 6-2 Camila Giorgi #40 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Sloane Stephens #3 6-3 6-2 Tatjana Maria #85 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Elina Svitolina #7 7-6(1) 4-6 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova #88 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Ekaterina Makarova #49 6-2 6-0 Alizé Cornet #33 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Lesia Tsurenko #44 2-6 6-4 6-4 Garbiñe Muguruza #9 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Kristina Mladenovic #57 6-3 6-0 Viktoria Hruncakova #56 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Petra Kvitova #6 6-3 2-6 6-3 Serena Williams #27 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Amanda Anisimova #173 6-4 6-3 Petra Martic #51 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Elise Mertens #14 3-6 6-2 7-6(1) Rebecca Peterson #72 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Aryna Sabalenka #34 2-6 6-3 7-5 Karolina Pliskova #8 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Anett Kontaveit #30 6-1 6-3 Maria Sakkari #31 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Ashleigh Barty #16 7-5 6-3 Kaia Kanepi #46 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
Angelique Kerber #4 4-6 7-5 6-4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #28 H2H Match data Aug 16, 2018* R32
R64 (24)
Karolina Pliskova #8 6-3 6-3 Agnieszka Radwanska #38 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Serena Williams #27 6-1 6-2 Daria Saville #23 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Kristina Mladenovic #57 6-4 3-2 (ret.) Julia Goerges #10 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Amanda Anisimova #173 6-3 6-4 Timea Babos #41 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #28 6-1 6-0 Aleksandra Krunic #47 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Lesia Tsurenko #44 6-0 6-2 Danielle Collins #35 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Alizé Cornet #33 1-6 7-5 6-0 Jelena Ostapenko #11 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Ekaterina Makarova #49 6-3 6-2 Ana Bogdan #78 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Elise Mertens #14 6-4 6-2 Magdalena Rybarikova #29 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Anett Kontaveit #30 6-3 6-0 Barbora Strycova #22 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Kiki Bertens #17 6-2 6-0 Coco Vandeweghe #24 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Ashleigh Barty #16 6-3 7-5 Marketa Vondrousova #102 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Camila Giorgi #40 6-2 6-3 Anastasija Sevastova #18 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Aryna Sabalenka #34 4-6 6-3 6-4 Johanna Konta #39 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Ajla Tomljanovic #58 4-6 6-3 6-3 Irina-Camelia Begu #55 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Kaia Kanepi #46 2-6 6-3 6-1 Varvara Lepchenko #120 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Tatjana Maria #85 5-7 6-3 6-3 Allie Kiick #175 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Rebecca Peterson #72 2-6 6-4 6-1 Katerina Siniakova #54 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Victoria Azarenka #87 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 Carla Suárez Navarro #25 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Maria Sakkari #31 6-3 7-6(8) Naomi Osaka #19 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Viktoria Hruncakova #56 6-0 4-6 6-1 Aliaksandra Sasnovich #36 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Madison Keys #13 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #378 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Svetlana Kuznetsova #88 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) Stefanie Voegele #77 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Petra Martic #51 4-6 6-4 6-3 Daria Kasatkina #12 H2H Match data Aug 15, 2018* R64
Q2 Q (12)
Alizé Cornet #34 6-1 6-3 Sofia Kenin #68 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Ajla Tomljanovic #60 6-3 6-2 Sorana Cirstea #54 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Tatjana Maria #81 6-3 6-2 Jennifer Brady #67 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Petra Martic #51 6-2 6-1 Bernarda Pera #96 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Allie Kiick #174 7-5 6-1 Natalia Vikhlyantseva #107 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Aliaksandra Sasnovich #36 7-6(5) 6-2 Vera Lapko #66 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Viktoria Hruncakova #57 3-6 6-3 7-5 Camila Giorgi #40 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Stefanie Voegele #76 6-4 6-1 Jamie Loeb #166 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Ana Bogdan #82 6-3 6-2 Donna Vekic #37 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Kaia Kanepi #48 6-3 6-3 Zarina Diyas #63 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Rebecca Peterson #72 6-4 6-1 Yulia Putintseva #50 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Varvara Lepchenko #105 6-3 2-6 6-2 Christina Mchale #98 H2H Match data Aug 12, 2018 Q2 Q
Q1 Q (23)
Sofia Kenin #68 6-3 6-3 Francesca Di Lorenzo #194 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Sorana Cirstea #54 2-6 6-2 6-3 Vania King #908 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Petra Martic #51 7-5 6-2 Lauren Davis #201 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Ajla Tomljanovic #60 6-4 6-3 Kurumi Nara #100 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Alizé Cornet #34 6-2 6-1 Nicole Gibbs #117 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Bernarda Pera #96 6-4 3-6 6-3 Magda Linette #61 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Tatjana Maria #81 7-5 6-3 Su-Wei Hsieh #42 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Natalia Vikhlyantseva #107 6-3 6-3 Kirsten Flipkens #47 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Aliaksandra Sasnovich #36 2-6 7-5 6-2 Alison Riske-Amritraj #77 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Allie Kiick #174 7-6(4) 6-1 Samantha Stosur #65 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Viktoria Hruncakova #57 6-4 6-4 Caroline Dolehide #124 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Stefanie Voegele #76 6-2 6-0 Monica Puig #70 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Camila Giorgi #40 6-3 6-4 Lara Arruabarrena #78 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Vera Lapko #66 6-3 7-5 Anna Blinkova #102 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Jamie Loeb #166 1-6 6-2 3-0 (ret.) Alison Van Uytvanck #41 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Ana Bogdan #82 6-2 7-6(8) Monica Niculescu #69 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Kaia Kanepi #48 4-6 6-4 6-3 Sabine Lisicki #230 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Rebecca Peterson #72 6-4 6-2 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova #83 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Donna Vekic #37 6-3 6-3 Andrea Petkovic #90 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Zarina Diyas #63 7-5 6-3 Evgeniya Rodina #79 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Christina Mchale #98 5-7 7-6(3) 6-3 Belinda Bencic #44 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Yulia Putintseva #50 7-5 3-6 6-0 Johanna Larsson #85 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q
Varvara Lepchenko #105 4-6 6-3 6-4 Sachia Vickery #73 H2H Match data Aug 11, 2018 Q1 Q

Most Titles

Players with the most Cincinnati Open titles
PlayerTitles
Barbara Potter 2
Serena Williams 2
Victoria Azarenka 2

Recent Finals

Recent Cincinnati Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Iga Swiatek #3 7-5 6-4 Jasmine Paolini #9 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #2 6-3 7-5 Jessica Pegula #6 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Coco Gauff #7 6-3 6-4 Karolina Muchova #17 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Caroline Garcia #35 6-2 6-4 Petra Kvitova #28 H2H Match data 2022 Hard
Ashleigh Barty #1 6-3 6-1 Jil Teichmann #76 H2H Match data 2021 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Cincinnati Open held?
Cincinnati Open is held in Cincinnati, United States.
Who won the most recent Cincinnati Open?
The 2025 Cincinnati Open was won by Iga Swiatek 7-5 6-4.
Who has won the most Cincinnati Open titles?
Barbara Potter has won 2 Cincinnati Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Cincinnati Open played?
The first edition of Cincinnati Open was held in 1899.
What surface is Cincinnati Open played on?
Cincinnati Open is played on hard courts.