# 2018 ASB Classic – Women's singles

Lauren Davis was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Sachia Vickery.
Julia Görges won the title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$.
Wozniacki was in contention for the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament. She was eliminated from contention when Simona Halep reached the quarterfinals in Shenzhen.

## Seeds

* Caroline Wozniacki (final)
* Julia Görges (champion)
* Barbora Strýcová (quarterfinals)
* Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals)
* Lauren Davis (first round)
* Yulia Putintseva (first round)
* Mona Barthel (first round)
* Donna Vekić (first round)

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Sachia Vickery | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | Sachia Vickery | 4 | 4 | 1 | Caroline Wozniacki | 4 | 6$^4$ |
| | | | | 2 | Julia Görges | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Hsieh Su-wei | 1 | 4 | 2 | Julia Görges | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 2 | Julia Görges | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Brengle | 3 | 0 | | 1 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martić | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | P Martić | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Vondroušová | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | 1 | C Wozniacki | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Kenin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | S Kenin | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | J Fett | 4 | 4 | | WC | S Kenin | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Lepchenko | 6 | 6 | | | V Lepchenko | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Barthel | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Wozniacki | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | A Radwańska | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Q | S Vickery | 4 | 4 |
| | B Haddad Maia | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | A Radwańska | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C McHale | 6 | 4 | 4 | | T Townsend | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Townsend | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | A Radwańska | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | V Cepede Royg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | S Vickery | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena | 3 | 3 | | | V Cepede Royg | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Vickery | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Vickery | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | L Davis | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | Y Putintseva | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Bonaventure | 6 | 6 | | Q | Y Bonaventure | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Hibino | 0 | 3 | | | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S-w Hsieh | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Nara | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | B Strýcová | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Larsson | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | J Larsson | 1 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Errani | 4 | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | B Strýcová | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Strýcová | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S-w Hsieh | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | D Vekić | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Görges | 6 | 6 |
| | K Flipkens | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | K Flipkens | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hercog | 6 | 7 | | | P Hercog | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Van Uytvanck | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | P Hercog | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | J Lewis | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | J Görges | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | V Kužmová | 6 | 6 | | Q | V Kužmová | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Puig | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | J Görges | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Görges | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Jana Fett (qualified)
* Richèl Hogenkamp (first round)
* Viktorija Golubic (first round)
* Naomi Broady (second round)
* Risa Ozaki (second round)
* Arina Rodionova (qualifying competition)
* Sachia Vickery (qualified)
* Miyu Kato (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Jana Fett
* Ysaline Bonaventure
* Sachia Vickery
* Viktória Kužmová

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Jana Fett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elitsa Kostova | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elitsa Kostova | 2 | 1 | | 1 | Jana Fett | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bibiane Schoofs | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Paige Mary Hourigan | 3 | 4 | | | Bibiane Schoofs | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Bibiane Schoofs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bibiane Schoofs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Jana Fett | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Miyu Kato | 3 | 4 |
| | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Miyu Kato | 3 | 4 |
| | Eri Hozumi | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Eri Hozumi | 2 | 3 | | | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Miyu Kato | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| | Miharu Imanishi | 1 | 7$^7$ | 1 | 8 | Miyu Kato | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Miyu Kato | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Richèl Hogenkamp | 1 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ysaline Bonaventure | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ysaline Bonaventure | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | Ysaline Bonaventure | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Katie Boulter | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Sacha Jones | 6 | 1 | 1 | | Katie Boulter | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | Katie Boulter | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Katie Boulter | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Ysaline Bonaventure | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Arina Rodionova | 3 | 4 |
| WC | Erin Routliffe | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 6 | Arina Rodionova | 3 | 4 |
| | Jamie Loeb | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Jamie Loeb | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Jamie Loeb | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Arina Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Julia Glushko | 1 | 5 | | 6 | Arina Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Arina Rodionova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Viktorija Golubic | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Tereza Mrdeža | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Tereza Mrdeža | 3 | 7 | 6 | | Tereza Mrdeža | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Deborah Chiesa | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Deborah Chiesa | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Deborah Chiesa | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Alt | Suzy Larkin | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | Suzy Larkin | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | Deborah Chiesa | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | Sachia Vickery | 6 | 6 |
| | Conny Perrin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Sachia Vickery | 6 | 6 |
| | Maryna Zanevska | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Maryna Zanevska | 4 | 3 | | | Conny Perrin | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Sachia Vickery | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Magdalena Fręch | 5 | 3 | | 7 | Sachia Vickery | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Sachia Vickery | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Naomi Broady | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Louisa Chirico | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Louisa Chirico | 3 | 3 | 4 | Naomi Broady | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Viktória Kužmová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Viktória Kužmová | 6 | 6 | | Viktória Kužmová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | Barbora Štefková | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | Barbora Štefková | 3 | 3 | | | | | | Viktória Kužmová | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Arantxa Rus | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| | Arantxa Rus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Arantxa Rus | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| WC | Joanna Carswell | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Joanna Carswell | 1 | 0 | | Arantxa Rus | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | Risa Ozaki | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | Asia Muhammad | 3 | 4 | 5 | Risa Ozaki | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | Risa Ozaki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |