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2018 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Defending champion Elina Svitolina defeated Daria Kasatkina in the final, 6–4, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2018 Dubai Tennis Championships. En route to the final, Kasatkina saved match points in two different matches: against Johanna Konta and Garbiñe Muguruza in her second-round and semifinal matches, respectively. Since Caroline Wozniacki was defending finalist points from 2017 and chose not to participate this year, Simona Halep regained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the conclusion of the tournament. Seeds The top four seeds In botany, a seed is a plant structure containing an embryo and stored nutrients in a protective coat called a ''testa''. More generally, the term "seed" means anything that can be sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds are the ... received a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky loser Draw First qualifier Second qualifier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA rankings, WTA. Svitolina has won 18 WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2018 WTA Finals – Singles, 2018 WTA Finals, and has reached three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles semifinals. Svitolina first broke into the world's top 50 in July 2013, reached the top 20 in June 2015, and then the top 10 in May 2017, making her the List of highest ranked tennis players per country, first Ukrainian woman to reach the top 10 in rankings after surpassing compatriot Alona Bondarenko. After winning her first WTA Tour title in 2013, she won three additional titles until 2017, during which she won five titles that same year to propel her into the top 10. Among her titles are the 2018 WTA Finals and three WTA Premier tournaments, Premier 5-level tournaments: the 2017 Dubai Tennis Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Stosur
Samantha Jane Stosur (born 30 March 1984) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former WTA rankings#Players with highest career rank 2–5, top ten singles player, Stosur reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on 21 February 2011 and spent a total of 165 weeks ranked inside the top ten, between March 2010 and June 2013. Stosur was also the top-ranked Australian singles player for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017, and was ranked inside the top 25 for a period of nine straight years. She won a combined total of 40 career titles (9 in singles, 28 in doubles, and 3 in mixed doubles), including 8 major titles, and amassed more than $20 million in prize money. Stosur won a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam singles title at the 2011 US Open – Women's si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in October 2018, after reaching a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open. Sevastova has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Sevastova is best known for her success at the US Open, particularly during the second half of her career. In 2016, she defeated the reigning French Open champion and world No. 3, Garbiñe Muguruza, as well as Australian Open semifinalist Johanna Konta, en route to her first major quarterfinal. In 2018, she reached her first major semifinal, defeating defending champion and world No. 3, Sloane Stephens (whom she had lost to at that same stage in 2017), in the quarterfinals, before losing to Serena Williams. Early life and background Anastasija Sevastova was born on 13 April 1990 in Liepāja, Latvia. She was raised by her mother Diāna Golovano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova (; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles. She is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open – Women's doubles, 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open – Women's doubles, 2014 US Open and 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles, all alongside compatriot Elena Vesnina, as well as the 2012 US Open – Mixed doubles, 2012 US Open in mixed doubles with Bruno Soares. Makarova and Vesnina also finished runners-up at the 2014 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2014 and 2018 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2018 Australian Opens, 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 French Open – Women's doubles, 2016 French Open. She and Jaroslav Levinský reached the mixed d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Šafářová
Lucie Šafářová (; born 4 February 1987) is a Czech professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, and No. 5 in singles. She is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, 2016 US Open – Women's doubles, 2016 US Open, 2017 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 French Open – Women's doubles, 2017 French Open, all alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Šafářová won 15 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including five at WTA Premier tournaments, Premier Mandatory/Premier 5-level, and also finished runner-up at the 2016 WTA Finals – Doubles, 2016 WTA Finals with Mattek-Sands. She became world No. 1 for the first time in August 2017, holding the top ranking for the next six weeks. In singles, Šafářová won seven WTA Tour titles, most notably the 2015 Qatar Total Open – Singles, 2015 Qatar Open, and reached her highest rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking in any discipline. She peaked at No. 14 of the singles rankings in August 2011, and won two singles and 23 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Peng won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the singles final. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Peng won her first Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, in women's doubles with Hsieh Su-wei. She also won the women's doubles title at the 2014 French Open – Women's doubles, 2014 French Open with Hsieh. Her best performance at a major in singles came at the 2014 US Open – Women's singles, 2014 US Open where she reached the semifinals, becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open (tennis), 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles with compatriot Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles, partnering Bruno Soares. She reached also eight further finals in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She became world No. 1 for the first time in June 2018, alongside Makarova, with the pair jointly holding the top ranking for the next five weeks. Vesnina won 19 doubles titles on WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals – Doubles, 2016 WTA Finals and eight at WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000-level. She also achieved significant success in singles, reaching her career-high ranking o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), in July 2012. Radwańska won 20 WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2015 WTA Finals – Singles, 2015 WTA Finals, and two doubles titles. She was also the runner-up at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2012 Wimbledon Championships. Radwańska was the first Pole in the Open Era to contest a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles final (at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships), the first to win the WTA Finals, the first to claim a WTA Tour singles title (the 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open – Singles, 2007 Nordic Light Open), and was part of the first Polish team to win the Hopman Cup in 2015 Hopman Cup, 2015. She was named the WTA Awards#Newcomer of the Year, Newcomer of the Year in 2006, and finished with a top-10 year-end ranking eight times. Radwańska's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles on the WTA Tour, and contested a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major final at the 2021 French Open – Women's singles, 2021 French Open. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won three junior major titles and became the junior world No. 1 aged just 14. She was continuously ranked inside the world's top 50 from November 2008 to June 2022. Her biggest singles titles to date came at two WTA Premier tournaments, Premier-level tournaments, the 2014 Open GDF Suez – Singles, 2014 Open GDF Suez and the 2014 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles, 2014 Kremlin Cup. In addition to her 2021 French Open final appearance, Pavlyuchenkova has contested eight other major quarterfinals. Pavlyuchenkova has also had success in doubles, having won six doubles titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbora Strýcová
Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She won two Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles in doubles at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2019 Wimbledon Championships and 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2023 Wimbledon Championships, both times partnered with Hsieh Su-wei. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2020 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2020 Australian Open and 2019 WTA Finals – Doubles, 2019 WTA Finals. Strýcová won 32 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including eight at WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000 level, and became world No. 1 for the first time in July 2019, holding the top ranking for a total of 27 weeks. She is also a successful singles player, with her best major result coming at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, where she rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesia Tsurenko
Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian inactive professional tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and eight doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 February 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 28 May 2018, she peaked at No. 115 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career 2013: Australian Open 3rd round & top 60 In 2013, Tsurenko reached the semifinals of the WTA Premier Brisbane International tournament, after entering the draw as a lucky loser replacing Maria Sharapova; she defeated Jarmila Gajdošová and Daniela Hantuchová before losing in three sets to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Having qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open, she again faced Pavlyuchenkova, the 24th seed. This time, Tsurenko won in three sets. She then beat fellow qualifier Daria Gavrilova in the second round, but lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the third. She continued her good run of form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former doubles List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1, achieved on 10 September 2012, major champion in doubles and mixed doubles, and a finalist in singles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013. With nine singles titles and 35 doubles titles (including eight majors, eight WTA 1000 titles, and an Olympic gold medal), she is the Italian tennis player with the highest number of career titles. In doubles, she entered the top 10 on 11 June 2012, remaining there for 94 straight weeks and was the year-end number-one doubles player in both 2013 and 2014, and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 87 weeks. Errani's breakthrough season occurred in 2012 WTA Tour, 2012. At the 2012 Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
