Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. It was her third and last major title. Kerber was the first German to win the title since Steffi Graf in 1996.
Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Alison Van Uytvanck.
Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki and Sloane Stephens were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking. Despite losing in the third round, Halep retained the No. 1 ranking after Wozniacki and Stephens lost in the second and first rounds, respectively.
Serena Williams is the second player to be seeded at a major while also being used protected ranking to enter the tournament, following Williams herself in the 2011 US Open.
With all of the top ten seeds losing before the quarterfinals, it was the worst overall Wimbledon performance of the top ten women's seeds in the Open Era. This was also the first time in the Open Era that none of the top four women's singles seeds reached the fourth round at Wimbledon.
Seeds
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Championship match statistics Category Kerber S. Williams 1st serve % 33/50 (66%) 38/51 (75%) 1st serve points won23 of 33 = 70% 24 of 38 = 63% 2nd serve points won10 of 17 = 59% 4 of 13 = 31% Total service points won 33 of 50 = 66.00% 28 of 51 = 54.90% Aces 1 4 Double faults 1 2 Winners 11 23 Unforced errors5 24 Net points won 2 of 6 = 33% 12 of 24 = 50% Break points converted 4 of 7 = 57% 1 of 1 = 100% Return points won 23 of 51 = 45% 17 of 50 = 34% Total points won 56 45Source
References
External links Women's Singles draw 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation