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 in the second round and Garbiñe Muguruza in the semifinals.
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.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
Draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
References
External links Main draw Qualifying draw