2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg
# 2018 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg

The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 22 and 23 October.

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* R — Retired
* WO — Won by walkover

### Final

| Final | Final |
| - | - |
| Risako Kawai (JPN) | 8 |
| Elif Jale Yeşilırmak (TUR) | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Svetlana Lipatova (RUS) | 4 | | | | |
| Tetiana Omelchenko (AZE) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Svetlana Lipatova (RUS) | 13 | | |
| | | Joseph Essombe (CMR) | 2 | | |
| Joseph Essombe (CMR) | $10^F$ | | | | |
| Nes Marie Rodríguez (PUR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Svetlana Lipatova (RUS) | 0 |
| | | | | Risako Kawai (JPN) | 10 |
| Katsiaryna Hanchar (BLR) | 8 | | | | |
| Marwa Amri (TUN) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Katsiaryna Hanchar (BLR) | 0 | | |
| | | Risako Kawai (JPN) | $10^F$ | | |
| Risako Kawai (JPN) | 6 | | | | |
| Pei Xingru (CHN) | 0 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Baatarjavyn Shoovdor (MGL) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Jenna Burkert (USA) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Baatarjavyn Shoovdor (MGL) | 10 | | |
| Kim Bo-bae (KOR) | 1 | | | Sarita Mor (IND) | 0 | | |
| Sarita Mor (IND) | 8 | Sarita Mor (IND) | 4 | | | | |
| Đào Thị Hương (VIE) | 0 | Sofiia Bodnar (UKR) | $0^R$ | | | | |
| Sofiia Bodnar (UKR) | 11 | | | | | Baatarjavyn Shoovdor (MGL) | 1 |
| Mariana Cherdivara (MDA) | 3 | | | | | Elif Jale Yeşilırmak (TUR) | 11 |
| Altynay Satylgan (KAZ) | 3 | Altynay Satylgan (KAZ) | 3 | | | | |
| Alejandra Romero (MEX) | 8 | Alejandra Romero (MEX) | 5 | | | | |
| Tamara Dollák (HUN) | 0 | | | Alejandra Romero (MEX) | 0 | | |
| Fatoumata Camara (GUI) | | | | Elif Jale Yeşilırmak (TUR) | 3 | | |
| Linda Morais (CAN) | WO | Linda Morais (CAN) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Elif Jale Yeşilırmak (TUR) | 5 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - |
| Pei Xingru (CHN) | 4 | Pei Xingru (CHN) | 7 |
| Katsiaryna Hanchar (BLR) | 3 | Svetlana Lipatova (RUS) | 1 |
| Linda Morais (CAN) | 3 | Alejandra Romero (MEX) | 2 |
| Alejandra Romero (MEX) | $5^F$ | Baatarjavyn Shoovdor (MGL) | 4 |
