WTA Australian Open 2018 Draw, Results & Schedule

Caroline Wozniacki won the 2018 Australian Open, defeating Simona Halep 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 15 to January 28, 2018. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.

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Champion
def. Simona Halep , 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4
Dates
Jan 15 — Jan 28
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
$18,768,094

Results

Australian Open 2018 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Caroline Wozniacki #2 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 Simona Halep #1 H2H Match data Jan 28, 2018* F
SF (2)
Simona Halep #1 6-3 4-6 9-7 Angelique Kerber #16 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2018* SF
Caroline Wozniacki #2 6-3 7-6(2) Elise Mertens #37 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2018* SF
QF (4)
Simona Halep #1 6-3 6-2 Karolina Pliskova #6 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2018* QF
Caroline Wozniacki #2 6-0 6-7(3) 6-2 Carla Suárez Navarro #39 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2018* QF
Angelique Kerber #16 6-1 6-2 Madison Keys #20 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2018* QF
Elise Mertens #37 6-4 6-0 Elina Svitolina #4 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2018* QF
R16 (8)
Simona Halep #1 6-3 6-2 Naomi Osaka #72 H2H Match data Jan 23, 2018* R16
Caroline Wozniacki #2 6-3 6-0 Magdalena Rybarikova #21 H2H Match data Jan 23, 2018* R16
Karolina Pliskova #6 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 Barbora Strycova #24 H2H Match data Jan 23, 2018* R16
Madison Keys #20 6-3 6-2 Caroline Garcia #8 H2H Match data Jan 23, 2018* R16
Elise Mertens #37 7-6(5) 7-5 Petra Martic #81 H2H Match data Jan 23, 2018* R16
Carla Suárez Navarro #39 4-6 6-4 8-6 Anett Kontaveit #33 H2H Match data Jan 23, 2018* R16
Elina Svitolina #4 6-3 6-0 Denisa Satralova #130 H2H Match data Jan 23, 2018* R16
Angelique Kerber #16 4-6 7-5 6-2 Su-Wei Hsieh #88 H2H Match data Jan 23, 2018* R16
R32 (16)
Karolina Pliskova #6 7-6(6) 7-5 Lucie Safarova #29 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Carla Suárez Navarro #39 3-6 6-1 6-3 Kaia Kanepi #79 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Barbora Strycova #24 6-2 6-2 Bernarda Pera #123 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Elina Svitolina #4 6-2 6-2 Marta Kostyuk #521 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Caroline Garcia #8 6-3 5-7 6-2 Aliaksandra Sasnovich #56 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Su-Wei Hsieh #88 6-2 7-5 Agnieszka Radwanska #35 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Madison Keys #20 6-3 6-4 Ana Bogdan #104 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Caroline Wozniacki #2 6-4 6-3 Kiki Bertens #32 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Anett Kontaveit #33 6-3 1-6 6-3 Jelena Ostapenko #7 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Magdalena Rybarikova #21 7-5 3-6 6-1 Kateryna Volodko #94 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Angelique Kerber #16 6-1 6-3 Maria Sharapova #48 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Simona Halep #1 4-6 6-4 15-13 Lauren Davis #76 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Elise Mertens #37 7-5 6-4 Alizé Cornet #42 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Denisa Satralova #130 6-1 6-4 Magda Linette #74 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Naomi Osaka #72 6-4 6-2 Ashleigh Barty #17 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
Petra Martic #81 6-3 3-6 7-5 Luksika Kumkhum #124 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2018* R32
R64 (32)
Bernarda Pera #123 6-4 7-5 Johanna Konta #10 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Anett Kontaveit #33 6-3 4-6 6-3 Mona Barthel #53 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Angelique Kerber #16 6-4 6-1 Donna Vekic #52 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Carla Suárez Navarro #39 6-4 2-6 6-2 Timea Babos #51 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Jelena Ostapenko #7 6-3 3-6 6-4 Yingying Duan #100 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Simona Halep #1 6-2 6-2 Eugenie Bouchard #112 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Magda Linette #74 7-6(4) 6-2 Daria Kasatkina #25 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Petra Martic #81 6-4 7-6(3) Irina-Camelia Begu #40 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Marta Kostyuk #521 6-3 7-5 Olivia Rogowska #168 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Elise Mertens #37 7-5 6-3 Daria Saville #23 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Alizé Cornet #42 6-4 6-3 Julia Goerges #12 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Naomi Osaka #72 7-6(4) 6-2 Elena Vesnina #19 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Ana Bogdan #104 1-6 6-2 6-3 Yulia Putintseva #54 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Aliaksandra Sasnovich #56 6-3 6-1 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #30 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Luksika Kumkhum #124 6-1 6-3 Belinda Bencic #78 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Denisa Satralova #130 6-4 7-6(5) Shuai Zhang #34 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Karolina Pliskova #6 6-1 6-1 Beatriz Haddad Maia #70 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Lauren Davis #76 4-6 6-0 6-0 Andrea Petkovic #98 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Ashleigh Barty #17 5-7 6-4 6-1 Camila Giorgi #71 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Caroline Garcia #8 6-7(3) 6-2 8-6 Marketa Vondrousova #62 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Elina Svitolina #4 4-6 6-2 6-1 Katerina Siniakova #59 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Su-Wei Hsieh #88 7-6(1) 6-4 Garbiñe Muguruza #3 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Magdalena Rybarikova #21 6-4 0-6 6-2 Kirsten Flipkens #75 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Kaia Kanepi #79 6-4 6-3 Monica Puig #58 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Kateryna Volodko #94 6-2 6-3 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #18 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Barbora Strycova #24 6-3 6-4 Lara Arruabarrena #87 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Madison Keys #20 6-0 6-1 Ekaterina Alexandrova #92 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Agnieszka Radwanska #35 2-6 7-5 6-3 Lesia Tsurenko #43 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Lucie Safarova #29 6-2 6-4 Sorana Cirstea #36 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Caroline Wozniacki #2 3-6 6-2 7-5 Jana Fett #119 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Maria Sharapova #48 6-1 7-6(4) Anastasija Sevastova #15 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
Kiki Bertens #32 7-6(3) 6-0 Nicole Gibbs #113 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2018* R64
R128 (64)
Daria Kasatkina #25 6-0 6-3 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova #137 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Ana Bogdan #104 6-3 6-2 Kristina Mladenovic #11 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Belinda Bencic #78 6-3 7-5 Venus Williams #5 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Denisa Satralova #130 6-3 6-0 Pauline Parmentier #82 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Irina-Camelia Begu #40 3-6 6-4 8-6 Ekaterina Makarova #31 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Beatriz Haddad Maia #70 7-6(3) 6-4 Lizette Cabrera #161 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #30 7-6(6) 5-7 6-2 Shelby Rogers #67 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Lucie Safarova #29 7-5 6-3 Ajla Tomljanovic #107 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Caroline Garcia #8 7-5 6-3 Carina Witthoeft #50 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Nicole Gibbs #113 6-1 6-1 Viktoriya Tomova #139 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Simona Halep #1 7-6(5) 6-1 Destanee Aiava #193 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Elena Vesnina #19 6-3 6-4 Ons Jabeur #95 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Lesia Tsurenko #43 3-6 6-3 6-4 Natalia Vikhlyantseva #63 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Sorana Cirstea #36 5-7 6-4 6-3 Zarina Diyas #60 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Yingying Duan #100 6-0 6-1 Mariana Duque-Mariño #109 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Marketa Vondrousova #62 7-5 6-4 Kurumi Nara #101 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Kirsten Flipkens #75 2-6 7-6(6) 6-3 Alison Riske-Amritraj #84 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Kaia Kanepi #79 6-2 6-2 Dominika Cibulkova #26 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #18 3-6 6-4 6-3 Kateryna Baindl #86 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Shuai Zhang #34 2-6 7-6(2) 6-2 Sloane Stephens #13 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Maria Sharapova #48 6-1 6-4 Tatjana Maria #47 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Caroline Wozniacki #2 6-2 6-3 Mihaela Buzarnescu #44 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Johanna Konta #10 6-3 6-1 Madison Brengle #90 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Camila Giorgi #71 6-4 6-3 Anna Kalinskaya #160 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Jelena Ostapenko #7 6-1 6-4 Francesca Schiavone #93 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Elise Mertens #37 6-2 6-1 Viktoria Hruncakova #125 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Ashleigh Barty #17 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4 Aryna Sabalenka #66 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Naomi Osaka #72 7-5 6-2 Kristina Kucova #250 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Anett Kontaveit #33 6-4 7-5 Aleksandra Krunic #46 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Kiki Bertens #32 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2 Catherine Bellis #49 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Yulia Putintseva #54 7-5 7-6(6) Heather Watson #68 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Bernarda Pera #123 6-2 6-2 Anna Blinkova #138 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Ekaterina Alexandrova #92 7-6(2) 6-4 Polona Hercog #91 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Agnieszka Radwanska #35 2-6 6-3 6-2 Kristyna Pliskova #61 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Magdalena Rybarikova #21 6-0 7-5 Taylor Townsend #89 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Carla Suárez Navarro #39 7-5 6-3 Magdalena Frech #163 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Kateryna Volodko #94 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2 Viktorija Golubic #115 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Timea Babos #51 7-6(4) 6-2 Coco Vandeweghe #9 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Madison Keys #20 6-1 7-5 Qiang Wang #45 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Mona Barthel #53 6-4 7-5 Monica Niculescu #99 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Alizé Cornet #42 6-4 6-2 Xinyu Wang #641 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Julia Goerges #12 6-4 6-4 Sofia Kenin #102 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Jana Fett #119 6-3 6-2 Misa Eguchi #436 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Aliaksandra Sasnovich #56 6-3 6-2 Christina Mchale #73 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Katerina Siniakova #59 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4 Maria Sakkari #55 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Petra Martic #81 7-6(5) 6-3 Alison Van Uytvanck #77 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Elina Svitolina #4 6-3 6-2 Ivana Jorovic #279 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Garbiñe Muguruza #3 6-4 6-3 Jessika Ponchet #256 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Marta Kostyuk #521 6-2 6-2 Shuai Peng #27 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Donna Vekic #52 7-5 6-3 Nao Hibino #96 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Eugenie Bouchard #112 6-3 7-6(5) Oceane Dodin #85 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Angelique Kerber #16 6-0 6-4 Anna-Lena Friedsam #388 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Olivia Rogowska #168 6-3 6-7(3) 6-2 Jaimee Fourlis #286 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Magda Linette #74 2-6 6-4 6-3 Jennifer Brady #65 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Monica Puig #58 4-6 7-6(6) 6-4 Samantha Stosur #41 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Su-Wei Hsieh #88 0-6 6-0 8-6 Lin Zhu #114 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Anastasija Sevastova #15 3-6 6-3 6-2 Varvara Lepchenko #64 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Lauren Davis #76 6-7(4) 6-3 6-1 Jana Cepelova #110 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Lara Arruabarrena #87 6-1 6-2 Richel Hogenkamp #108 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Barbora Strycova #24 6-1 7-5 Kristie Ahn #105 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Luksika Kumkhum #124 6-3 7-5 Johanna Larsson #83 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Karolina Pliskova #6 6-3 6-4 Veronica Cepede Royg #80 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128
Andrea Petkovic #98 6-3 4-6 10-8 Petra Kvitova #28 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Daria Saville #23 6-1 6-1 Irina Falconi Hartman #131 H2H Match data Jan 17, 2018* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Australian Open.

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

  1. Venus Williams 22 appearances

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Australian Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Elena Rybakina #5 6-4 4-6 6-4 Aryna Sabalenka #1 H2H Match data 2026 Hard
Madison Keys #14 6-3 2-6 7-5 Aryna Sabalenka #1 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #2 6-3 6-2 Qinwen Zheng #15 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #5 4-6 6-3 6-4 Elena Rybakina #25 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Ashleigh Barty #1 6-3 7-6(2) Danielle Collins #30 H2H Match data 2022 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Australian Open held?
Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia.
Who won the most recent Australian Open?
The 2026 Australian Open was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?
Serena Williams has won 7 Australian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Australian Open played?
The first edition of Australian Open was held in 1905. The first women's singles edition was held in 1922.
What surface is Australian Open played on?
Australian Open is played on hard courts.