2018 Hobart International – Singles

Singles
2018 Hobart International
Champion Elise Mertens
Runner-up Mihaela Buzărnescu
Score6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Draw32 (6 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Main article: 2018 Hobart International

Elise Mertens was the defending champion heading into the tournament.[1] She successfully defended the title after defeating unseeded Romanian, Mihaela Buzărnescu in the final, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 to become the first two-time champion at the Hobart International.[2] The final saw four separate rain delays, lasting eight hours.[3]

Seeds

  1. Zhang Shuai (second round)
  2. Elise Mertens (champion)
  3. Sorana Cîrstea (first round)
  4. Alizé Cornet (first round)
  5. Lesia Tsurenko (semifinals)
  6. Irina-Camelia Begu (first round)
  7. Tatjana Maria (first round)
  8. Kateřina Siniaková (first round)

Draw

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
5 Lesia Tsurenko 2 2
  Mihaela Buzărnescu 6 6
  Mihaela Buzărnescu 1 6 3
2 Elise Mertens 6 4 6
Q Heather Watson 4 6 2
2 Elise Mertens 6 1 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 S Zhang 7 6
M Linette 5 3 1 S Zhang 63 4
WC E Bouchard 4 3 A Sabalenka 77 6
A Sabalenka 6 6 A Sabalenka 1 1
Y Putintseva 6 6 5 L Tsurenko 6 6
N Osaka 3 3 Y Putintseva 3 2
T Babos 62 2 5 L Tsurenko 6 6
5 L Tsurenko 77 6 5 L Tsurenko 2 2
4 A Cornet 2 4 M Buzărnescu 6 6
M Buzărnescu 6 6 M Buzărnescu 7 6
Q A Van Uytvanck 6 64 4 PR A-L Friedsam 5 4
PR A-L Friedsam 4 77 6 M Buzărnescu 77 6
Q K Flipkens 5 7 6 A Riske 65 1
Kr Plíšková 7 5 3 Q K Flipkens
A Riske 2 6 7 A Riske w/o
8 K Siniaková 6 3 5

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 T Maria 4 2
D Vekić 6 6 D Vekić 6 6
M Vondroušová 6 6 M Vondroušová 4 4
N Vikhlyantseva 4 3 D Vekić 0 4
WC J Fourlis 7 711 Q H Watson 6 6
Q N Stojanović 5 69 WC J Fourlis 2 2
Q H Watson 7 6 Q H Watson 6 6
3 S Cîrstea 5 3 Q H Watson 4 6 2
6 I-C Begu 3 2 2 E Mertens 6 1 6
Q M Niculescu 6 6 Q M Niculescu 6 6
V Lepchenko 6 77 V Lepchenko 4 2
M Barthel 0 64 Q M Niculescu
B Haddad Maia 6 6 2 E Mertens w/o
WC L Cabrera 3 2 B Haddad Maia 4 4
Q K Nara 0 4 2 E Mertens 6 6
2 E Mertens 6 6

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Heather Watson (qualified)
  2. Kirsten Flipkens (qualified)
  3. Alison Van Uytvanck (qualified)
  4. Monica Niculescu (qualified)
  5. Pauline Parmentier (first round)
  6. Madison Brengle (qualifying competition)
  7. Nao Hibino (qualifying competition)
  8. Kurumi Nara (qualified)
  9. Jana Fett (first round)
  10. Ana Bogdan (first round)
  11. Richèl Hogenkamp (first round)
  12. Mariana Duque Mariño (first round)

Qualifiers

  1. Heather Watson
  2. Kirsten Flipkens
  3. Alison Van Uytvanck
  4. Monica Niculescu
  5. Nina Stojanović
  6. Kurumi Nara

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Heather Watson 6 6
  Kimberly Birrell 3 2
1 Heather Watson 4 7 6
7 Nao Hibino 6 5 3
  Jennifer Elie 4 77 3
7 Nao Hibino 6 64 6

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Kirsten Flipkens 64 6 6
WC Masa Jovanovic 77 1 0
2 Kirsten Flipkens 6 6
  Naiktha Bains 4 2
  Naiktha Bains 77 78
10 Ana Bogdan 64 66

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Alison Van Uytvanck 6 7
WC Jessica Moore 3 5
3 Alison Van Uytvanck 6 4 7
  Jana Čepelová 3 6 5
  Jana Čepelová 4 6 6
9 Jana Fett 6 0 4

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Monica Niculescu 6 6
WC Alison Bai 2 0
4 Monica Niculescu 6 6
  Alla Kudryavtseva 0 4
  Alla Kudryavtseva 77 6
11 Richèl Hogenkamp 62 3

Fifth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
5 Pauline Parmentier 2 1
  Julia Glushko 6 6
  Julia Glushko 1 4
  Nina Stojanović 6 6
  Nina Stojanović 6 6
12 Mariana Duque Mariño 4 1

Sixth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
6 Madison Brengle 6 6
  Veronika Kudermetova 3 4
6 Madison Brengle 3 4
8 Kurumi Nara 6 6
WC Astra Sharma 0 1
8 Kurumi Nara 6 6

References

  1. ^ "Elise Mertens wins her maiden WTA title in Hobart after starting from the qualifying round". UBI Tennis. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Mertens defies rain, wins Hobart title". Nine. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Hobart International 2018: The final serve". Hobart International. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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