Madison Keys' season was injury-plagued as she did not do well outside of the slams and she also did not reach a single final in the year. At the Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals without dropping a set but fell convincingly to Angelique Kerber. She then went into the French Open with only one semifinal in-between the two slams when she reached the semifinals of the Volvo Car Open, losing to Kiki Bertens. However, despite this, she reached her first French Open semifinals again without dropping a set but fell to Sloane Stephens in straight sets. At Wimbledon, she had an upsetting loss to Evgeniya Rodina in the third round in three tight sets. Being a defending finalist at the US Open, Keys did quite well by reaching the semifinals but lost to Naomi Osaka.
