2018 Nottingham Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2018 Nottingham Open
Champion	Ashleigh Barty
Runner-up	Johanna Konta
Score	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Draw	32 (6 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	8

Donna Vekić was the defending champion,^[1] but lost in the semifinals to Johanna Konta in a rematch of the previous year's final.^[2]

Ashleigh Barty won the title, defeating Konta in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4.^[3]

Seeds

Ashleigh Barty (champion)
Magdaléna Rybáriková (second round)
Naomi Osaka (semifinals)
Johanna Konta (final)
Mihaela Buzărnescu (quarterfinals)
Donna Vekić (semifinals)
Zarina Diyas (first round, retired)
Camila Giorgi (first round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final

	1	Ashleigh Barty	6	6

	3	Naomi Osaka	3	4
								1	Ashleigh Barty	6	3	6

								4	Johanna Konta	3	6	4
	4	Johanna Konta	6	6

	6	Donna Vekić	2	3

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	1	A Barty	6	6
		S Vögele	3	3				1	A Barty	6	6
	Q	V Savinykh	2	2					Y Duan	3	2
		Y Duan	6	6											1	A Barty	6	6
		Y Wickmayer	4	4											WC	K Boulter	0	2
	WC	K Boulter	6	6				WC	K Boulter	7⁸	6
	WC	S Stosur	2					WC	S Stosur	6⁶	1
	7	Z Diyas	1^r																			1	A Barty	6	6
	3	N Osaka	3	6	6																	3	N Osaka	3	4
		S Vickery	6	1	2			3	N Osaka	6	6
		D Allertová	6	6					D Allertová	3	2
		K Ahn	3	1											3	N Osaka	6	6
	Q	I Falconi	6	6											5	M Buzărnescu	4	1
		Ar Rodionova	4	1				Q	I Falconi	3	7	3
		V Cepede Royg	2	6	6⁵			5	M Buzărnescu	6	5	6
	5	M Buzărnescu	6	3	7⁷

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	8	C Giorgi	6⁴	2
		D Jakupović	7⁷	6					D Jakupović	6	6
		M Fręch	6	3	6				M Fręch	4	3
	Q	S Zheng	2	6	3											D Jakupović	4	2
		H Watson	6	6											4	J Konta	6	6
	Q	D Lao	1	3					H Watson	4	6⁵
		K Nara	2	3				4	J Konta	6	7⁷
	4	J Konta	6	6																		4	J Konta	6	6
	6	D Vekić	7	5	7⁷																	6	D Vekić	2	3
	WC	G Taylor	5	7	6³			6	D Vekić	6	7⁸
		V Lapko	7⁷	6					V Lapko	2	6⁶
		J Fett	6⁵	4											6	D Vekić	7	6
		M Barthel	7⁷	7												M Barthel	5	1
	Q	K Swan	6⁵	5					M Barthel	6	1	7
	Q	E-G Ruse	0	6	1			2	M Rybáriková	3	6	5
	2	M Rybáriková	6	3	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Zheng Saisai (qualified)
Irina Falconi (qualified)
Lizette Cabrera (qualifying competition)
Paula Badosa Gibert (qualifying competition)
Miharu Imanishi (first round)
Jaimee Fourlis (qualifying competition)
Ankita Raina (first round)
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (qualified)
Katie Swan (qualified)
Danielle Lao (qualified)
Valeria Savinykh (qualified)
Abbie Myers (first round)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	1	Zheng Saisai	3	6	6

		Alla Kudryavtseva	6	2	1
								1	Zheng Saisai	6	6

								WC	Ella Taylor	3	4
	WC	Ella Taylor	4	6	6

	12	Abbie Myers	6	1	4

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	2	Irina Falconi	6	6

		Freya Christie	2	2
								2	Irina Falconi	7⁷	6⁷	6

									Naiktha Bains	6⁰	7⁹	2
		Naiktha Bains	6	6

	7	Ankita Raina	0	4

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	3	Lizette Cabrera	6	6

		Aleksandrina Naydenova	1	1
								3	Lizette Cabrera	7⁷	5	3

								11	Valeria Savinykh	6³	7	6
	WC	Jodie Burrage	3	6⁶

	11	Valeria Savinykh	6	7⁸

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	4	Paula Badosa Gibert	6	6

		Ingrid Neel	2	3
								4	Paula Badosa Gibert	6	2	1

								9	Katie Swan	2	6	6
		Abigail Tere-Apisah	6	3	4

	9	Katie Swan	4	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	5	Miharu Imanishi	2	3

	WC	Tara Moore	6	6
								WC	Tara Moore	2	6	4

								8	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6	3	6
	WC	Eden Silva	6⁸	4

	8	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	7¹⁰	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition

	6	Jaimee Fourlis	3	6	6

		Abigail Spears	6	3	4
								6	Jaimee Fourlis	3	2

								10	Danielle Lao	6	6
		Anastasia Rodionova	3	2

	10	Danielle Lao	6	6

References

2018 WTA Tour « 2017 2019 »
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^ "Nottingham Open: Donna Vekic upsets Johanna Konta to win title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
^ "Johanna Konta beats Donna Vekic to reach Nottingham final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
^ "Ashleigh Barty wins Nottingham Open after heated final against Johanna Konta". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 August 2025.