# 2018 Lale Cup – Singles

Başak Eraydın was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie.
Sabina Sharipova won the title, defeating Elena Rybakina in the final, 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Ekaterina Alexandrova (first round)
* Viktória Kužmová (semifinals)
* Viktoriya Tomova (first round)
* Başak Eraydın (first round)
* Vitalia Diatchenko (first round)
* Lesley Kerkhove (first round)
* Paula Badosa Gibert (withdrew)
* İpek Soylu (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | Sabina Sharipova | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | |
| Q | Olga Doroshina | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | |
| Q | Olga Doroshina | 3 | 6 | 3 | Sabina Sharipova | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | Elena Rybakina | 6$^0$ | 4 |
| | Elena Rybakina | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Elena Rybakina | 6$^0$ | 4 |
| 2 | Viktória Kužmová | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | |

### Top 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | E Alexandrova | 4 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Özgen | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | WC | P Özgen | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Danilović | 6 | 6 | | | O Danilović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Ponchet | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | O Danilović | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | S Sharipova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Sharipova | 7$^7$ | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Krejsová | 4 | 2 | | | S Sharipova | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kučová | 6 | 6 | | | K Kučová | 7$^7$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | İ Soylu | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Sharipova | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | B Eraydın | 2 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | O Doroshina | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Q | IG Ghioroaie | 6 | 5 | 6 | Q | IG Ghioroaie | 7$^7$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Kamenskaya | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | Q | O Doroshina | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Doroshina | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | O Doroshina | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | İ Öz | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | Q | N Kostić | 5 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Q | N Kostić | 6 | 6 | | Q | N Kostić | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ferrando | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | C Ferrando | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Kerkhove | 6 | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | V Diatchenko | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gorgodze | 5 | 7 | 6 | | E Gorgodze | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Smitková | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | | T Smitková | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Aksu | 6$^2$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | T Smitková | 6$^8$ | 6$^6$ | | | | |
| | H Dart | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Rybakina | 7$^{10}$ | 7$^8$ | | | | |
| Q | A Gasanova | 1 | 3 | | | H Dart | 4 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Rybakina | 6 | 6 | | | E Rybakina | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | V Tomova | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | E Rybakina | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| LL | S Tomic | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | V Kužmová | 6$^2$ | 3 |
| | A Potapova | 6 | 6 | | | A Potapova | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Poznikhirenko | 6 | 6 | | | G Poznikhirenko | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Övünç | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | A Potapova | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | B Cengiz | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | V Kužmová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| PR | R Šramková | 6 | 6 | | PR | R Šramková | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Malečková | 1 | 2 | | 2 | V Kužmová | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | V Kužmová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |