<Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Melbourne </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 Australian Open Women's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Women's Singles tournament at the 2018 Australian Open . It was contested between the world's top two players, Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki, then ranked first and second in the world respectively . They had both been world number one without winning a Grand Slam title, and they had also both lost two Grand Slam finals each (Halep at the 2014 and 2017 French Opens and Wozniacki at the 2009 and 2014 US Opens). The winner would win their first Grand Slam title, alongside the world number one ranking for the week starting 29 January 2018 . </P> <P> Wozniacki defeated Halep in three sets in two hours and 49 minutes, with the match finishing shortly before 10: 30 pm local time, to become the first Dane in men's or women's singles to win a Grand Slam, and the first Danish player to win the Australian Open . The match is regarded as one of the greatest women's Grand Slam finals ever to be played . </P> <P> The match began at 7: 30 pm local time . Marijana Veljović of Serbia was the chair umpire for the match, overseeing the biggest match of her umpiring career . </P>

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