2018 Australian Open -- women 's singles - wikipedia 2018 Australian Open -- women 's singles Women 's Singles 2018 Australian Open Champion Caroline Wozniacki Runner - up Simona Halep Final score 7 -- 6, 3 -- 6, 6 -- 4 Events Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls Legends men women mixed WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad ← 2017 Australian Open 2019 → Main article : 2018 Australian Open Serena Williams was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, stating that she was not fully fit after giving birth to her daughter in September 2017. Caroline Wozniacki became the first Danish player to win a Grand Slam singles title, defeating Simona Halep in the final, 7 -- 6, 3 -- 6, 6 -- 4. Wozniacki also regained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2012. Both finalists saved match points earlier in the tournament : Halep saved three match points against Lauren Davis in the third round and two match points against Angelique Kerber in the semifinals, while Wozniacki saved two match points against Jana Fett in the second round. In addition to Wozniacki and Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza, Elina Svitolina, Karolína Plíšková and Jeļena Ostapenko were also in contention for the no. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament. The third round match between Halep and Davis lasted 48 games, tying Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 's 1996 quarterfinal match for the Australian Open 's record for most games played in a women 's match. At 15 years and 6 months old, Marta Kostyuk became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the Australian Open since Martina Hingis in 1996 and the youngest to reach the third round at any Grand Slam event since Mirjana Lučić - Baroni at the 1997 US Open. Kostyuk was the youngest player to qualify for a Grand Slam main draw since Sesil Karatantcheva at the 2005 Australian Open. Contents 1 Seeds 2 Qualifying 3 Wildcards 4 Draw 4.1 Key 4.2 Finals 4.3 Top half 4.3. 1 Section 1 4.3. 2 Section 2 4.3. 3 Section 3 4.3. 4 Section 4 4.4 Bottom half 4.4. 1 Section 5 4.4. 2 Section 6 4.4. 3 Section 7 4.4. 4 Section 8 5 References 6 External links Seeds 01. Simona Halep ( Final ) 02. Caroline Wozniacki ( Champion ) 03. Garbiñe Muguruza ( Second round ) 04. Elina Svitolina ( Quarterfinals ) 05. Venus Williams ( First round ) 06. Karolína Plíšková ( Quarterfinals ) 07. Jeļena Ostapenko ( Third round ) 08. Caroline Garcia ( Fourth round ) 09. Johanna Konta ( Second round ) 10. CoCo Vandeweghe ( First round ) 11. Kristina Mladenovic ( First round ) 12. Julia Görges ( Second round ) 13. Sloane Stephens ( First round ) 14. Anastasija Sevastova ( Second round ) 15. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ( Second round ) 16. Elena Vesnina ( Second round ) 17. Madison Keys ( Quarterfinals ) 18. Ashleigh Barty ( Third round ) 19. Magdaléna Rybáriková ( Fourth round ) 20. Barbora Strýcová ( Fourth round ) 21. Angelique Kerber ( Semifinals ) 22. Daria Kasatkina ( Second round ) 23. Daria Gavrilova ( Second round ) 24. Dominika Cibulková ( First round ) 25. Peng Shuai ( First round ) 26. Agnieszka Radwańska ( Third round ) 27. Petra Kvitová ( First round ) 28. Mirjana Lučić - Baroni ( Second round ) 29. Lucie Šafářová ( Third round ) 30. Kiki Bertens ( Third round ) 31. Ekaterina Makarova ( First round ) 32. Anett Kontaveit ( Fourth round ) Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section. Qualifying Main article : 2018 Australian Open -- Women 's Singles Qualifying Wildcards Main article : 2018 Australian Open -- Main Draw Wildcard Entries Draw Key Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking w / o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Simona Halep 6 6 6 Karolína Plíšková Simona Halep 6 9 21 Angelique Kerber 6 7 21 Angelique Kerber 6 6 17 Madison Keys Simona Halep 6 6 Caroline Wozniacki ( details ) 7 6 Elise Mertens 6 6 Elina Svitolina 0 Elise Mertens 6 Caroline Wozniacki 6 7 Carla Suárez Navarro 0 7 Caroline Wozniacki 6 6 6 Top half Section 1 First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round S Halep 7 6 WC D Aiava 6 S Halep 6 6 E Bouchard 6 7 E Bouchard O Dodin 6 S Halep 6 15 L Davis 6 6 6 L Davis 6 13 J Čepelová 7 L Davis 6 6 A Petkovic 6 10 A Petkovic 6 0 0 27 P Kvitová 6 8 S Halep 6 6 18 A Barty 6 6 6 N Osaka A Sabalenka 7 18 A Barty 5 6 6 C Giorgi 6 6 C Giorgi 7 Q A Kalinskaya 18 A Barty N Osaka 7 6 N Osaka 6 6 PR K Kučová 5 N Osaka 7 6 O Jabeur 16 E Vesnina 6 16 E Vesnina 6 6 Section 2 First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round 9 J Konta 6 6 M Brengle 9 J Konta 5 Q A Blinkova LL B Pera 6 7 LL B Pera 6 6 LL B Pera L Arruabarrena 6 6 20 B Strýcová 6 6 R Hogenkamp L Arruabarrena WC K Ahn 5 20 B Strýcová 6 6 20 B Strýcová 6 7 20 B Strýcová 7 29 L Šafářová 7 6 6 Ka Plíšková 6 6 6 WC A Tomljanović 5 29 L Šafářová 6 6 S Cîrstea 5 6 6 S Cîrstea Z Diyas 7 29 L Šafářová 6 5 WC L Cabrera 6 6 Ka Plíšková 7 7 B Haddad Maia 7 6 B Haddad Maia V Cepede Royg 6 Ka Plíšková 6 6 6 Ka Plíšková 6 6 Section 3 First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round G Muguruza 6 6 WC J Ponchet G Muguruza 6 S-w Hsieh 0 6 8 S-w Hsieh 7 6 Q L Zhu 6 0 6 S-w Hsieh 6 7 N Vikhlyantseva 6 26 A Radwańska 5 L Tsurenko 6 6 L Tsurenko 6 5 Kr Plíšková 6 26 A Radwańska 7 6 26 A Radwańska 6 6 S-w Hsieh 6 5 21 A Kerber 6 6 21 A Kerber 7 6 PR A-L Friedsam 0 21 A Kerber 6 6 N Hibino 5 D Vekić D Vekić 7 6 21 A Kerber 6 6 T Maria M Sharapova M Sharapova 6 6 M Sharapova 6 7 V Lepchenko 6 14 A Sevastova 6 14 A Sevastova 6 6 Section 4 First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round 11 K Mladenovic A Bogdan 6 6 A Bogdan 6 6 Y Putintseva 7 7 Y Putintseva 6 H Watson 5 6 A Bogdan P Hercog 6 17 M Keys 6 6 E Alexandrova 7 6 E Alexandrova 0 Q Wang 5 17 M Keys 6 6 17 M Keys 6 7 17 M Keys 6 6 28 M Lučić - Baroni 7 5 6 8 C Garcia S Rogers 6 7 28 M Lučić - Baroni C McHale A Sasnovich 6 6 A Sasnovich 6 6 A Sasnovich 7 K Nara 5 8 C Garcia 6 5 6 M Vondroušová 7 6 M Vondroušová 7 6 C Witthöft 5 8 C Garcia 6 6 8 8 C Garcia 7 6 Bottom half Section 5 First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round 5 V Williams 5 B Bencic 6 7 B Bencic Q L Kumkhum 6 7 Q L Kumkhum 6 6 J Larsson 5 Q L Kumkhum 6 5 A Van Uytvanck 6 P Martić 6 7 P Martić 7 6 P Martić 6 7 I-C Begu 6 8 I-C Begu 6 31 E Makarova 6 6 P Martić 6 5 23 D Gavrilova 6 6 E Mertens 7 7 Q I Falconi 23 D Gavrilova 5 Q V Kužmová E Mertens 7 6 E Mertens 6 6 E Mertens 7 6 A Cornet 6 6 A Cornet 5 WC X Wang A Cornet 6 6 S Kenin 12 J Görges 12 J Görges 6 6 Section 6 First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round 13 S Stephens 6 6 S Zhang 7 6 S Zhang 6 Q D Allertová 6 6 Q D Allertová 6 7 P Parmentier 0 Q D Allertová 6 6 J Brady 6 M Linette M Linette 6 6 M Linette 7 6 Q AK Schmiedlová 0 22 D Kasatkina 6 22 D Kasatkina 6 6 Q D Allertová 0 25 S Peng E Svitolina 6 6 Q M Kostyuk 6 6 Q M Kostyuk 6 7 WC J Fourlis 7 WC O Rogowska 5 WC O Rogowska 6 6 6 Q M Kostyuk M Sakkari 7 E Svitolina 6 6 K Siniaková 6 6 6 K Siniaková 6 Q I Jorović E Svitolina 6 6 E Svitolina 6 6 Section 7 First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round 7 J Ostapenko 6 6 F Schiavone 7 J Ostapenko 6 6 Y Duan 6 6 Y Duan 6 M Duque Mariño 0 7 J Ostapenko 6 M Niculescu 5 32 A Kontaveit 6 6 M Barthel 6 7 M Barthel 6 A Krunić 5 32 A Kontaveit 6 6 32 A Kontaveit 6 7 32 A Kontaveit 6 6 24 D Cibulková C Suárez Navarro 6 8 K Kanepi 6 6 K Kanepi 6 6 S Stosur 6 6 M Puig M Puig 7 6 K Kanepi 6 C Suárez Navarro 7 6 C Suárez Navarro 6 6 Q M Fręch 5 C Suárez Navarro 6 6 T Babos 7 6 T Babos 6 10 C Vandeweghe 6 Section 8 First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round 15 A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6 K Kozlova 6 15 A Pavlyuchenkova Q V Golubic 6 6 K Bondarenko 6 6 K Bondarenko 7 6 K Bondarenko 5 6 K Flipkens 7 6 19 M Rybáriková 7 6 A Riske 6 6 K Flipkens 6 T Townsend 0 5 19 M Rybáriková 6 0 6 19 M Rybáriková 6 7 19 M Rybáriková 0 30 K Bertens 6 6 6 C Wozniacki 6 6 C Bellis 7 30 K Bertens 7 6 N Gibbs 6 6 N Gibbs 6 0 LL V Tomova 30 K Bertens J Fett 6 6 C Wozniacki 6 6 PR M Eguchi J Fett 6 5 M Buzărnescu C Wozniacki 6 7 C Wozniacki 6 6 References General Draw Specific Jump up ^ `` Caroline Wozniacki wins Australian Open title after epic battle with Halep ''. Guardian. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018. Jump up ^ Piers Newberry ( 27 January 2018 ). `` Australian Open : Caroline Wozniacki beats Simona Halep to win first Grand Slam title ''. BBC Sport. Jump up ^ Simon Cambers ( 25 January 2018 ). `` Simona Halep to meet Caroline Wozniacki in the Australian Open final ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2018. Jump up ^ Courtney Nguyen ( 11 January 2018 ). `` No. 1 Chase : The Fab Five hunting Halep in Melbourne ''. WTA Insider. Jump up ^ `` Australian Open : Simona Halep beats Lauren Davis in a record - equalling three - set epic ''. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Australian Open 2018 : Marta Kostyuk, 15, reaches third round in Melbourne ''. BBC. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018. Jump up ^ Alex MacPherson ( 15 January 2018 ). `` 15 - year - old Kostyuk ousts Peng in Slam debut ''. wtatennis.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018. 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Question: who has won the women's singles title in the australian open 2018
Answer: Caroline Wozniacki