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 received a bye into the second round. • #🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina (champion)

• #🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza (semifinals)

• #🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (quarterfinals)

• # Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)

• #🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia (quarterfinals)

• #🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (semifinals)

• #🇬🇧 Johanna Konta (second round)

• #🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (moved to main draw)

• # 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (qualified)

• # 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)

• # 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka (Received wildcard to main draw)

• # 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇿 Markéta Vondroušová (first round)

• # Maria Sakkari (qualifying competition)

• # 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi (second round, retired)

• # 🇧🇾 Aryna Sabalenka (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇮🇹 Sara Errani

• # 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko

• # 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur

• # 🇷🇺 Sofya Zhuk

Lucky loser
• # 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang