2026 Cincinnati Open – Women's singles

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

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Key

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	A Sabalenka
	Q	L Tagger	6	1	5				T Gibson
		T Gibson	4	6	7
		Xin Wang	6	6
	Q	H Vandewinkel	4	3					Xin Wang
								31	D Vekić
								23	B Krejčíková
		S Bejlek	6	6					S Bejlek
		Ka Plíšková	0	2
	Q	M Sawangkaew	6	2	3
	Q	A Blinkova	1	6	6			Q	A Blinkova
								16	E Alexandrova

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								33	K Siniaková
		J Bouzas Maneiro	6	77					J Bouzas Maneiro
		A Bondár	3	65
		D Snigur	6	6
		Y Starodubtseva	4	3					D Snigur
								20	M Keys
								30	L Fernandez
		M Timofeeva	0	0r				Q	Xiy Wang
	Q	Xiy Wang	6	3
	Q	M Stoiana	2	64
		T Valentová	6	77					T Valentová
								8	E Svitolina

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								4	C Gauff
		Y Putintseva	65	7	5				L Samsonova
		L Samsonova	77	5	7
		S Zhang	2	6	6
	Q	K Day	6	2	2				S Zhang
								28	A Li
								22	M Bouzková
		E Cocciaretto	3r					Q	L Stefanini
	Q	L Stefanini	5
		M Joint	6	3	4
		T Korpatsch	0	6	6				T Korpatsch
								13	I Jovic

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								10	M Kostyuk
	WC	S Kenin	1	6	6			WC	S Kenin
	LL	E Lys	6	3	3
	WC	S Stephens	7	6
	Q	S Kraus	5	3				WC	S Stephens
								24	A Potapova
								32	J Tjen
		A Parks	2	2					V Golubic
		V Golubic	6	6
	WC	E Kalieva	4	1
		O Oliynykova	6	6					O Oliynykova
								5	M Andreeva

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	L Nosková
		K Boulter	7	0	6				K Boulter
	WC	K Volynets	5	6	4
		P Stearns	6	78
	Q	H Dart	1	66					P Stearns
								27	C Tauson
								17	A Eala	6	3
		E-G Ruse	6	6					E-G Ruse	1	0r
		M Linette	0	3											17	A Eala
		D Kasatkina	6	64	3										9	A Anisimova
		Z Sönmez	2	77	6				Z Sönmez	2	3
								9	A Anisimova	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								15	S Cîrstea
		N Bartůňková	4	6	6				N Bartůňková
	Q	A Charaeva	6	4	3
		C McNally	6	6											18	A Kalinskaya
		M Kessler	3	4					C McNally	3	4
								18	A Kalinskaya	6	6
								25	E Navarro
	WC	D Vidmanova	6	4	2				A Kalinina
		A Kalinina	4	6	6
		S Waltert	5	6	6
		P Marčinko	7	4	2				S Waltert
								3	J Pegula

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								7	I Świątek
	Q	E Arango	6	6				Q	E Arango
	WC	V Williams	2	2
		K Rakhimova	6	6
		K Birrell	2	2					K Rakhimova
								29	M Sakkari
								21	E Mertens
		D Parry	6	79					D Parry
	WC	C Dolehide	4	67
		A Krueger	3	2
	WC	L Boisson	6	6				WC	L Boisson
								12	B Bencic

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								14	D Shnaider
		T Maria	6	6					T Maria
		D Yastremska	1	2
		C Bucșa	6	1	7										19	M Chwalińska
		P Udvardy	2	6	5				C Bucșa	2	2
								19	M Chwalińska	6	6
								26	J Ostapenko
		A Ružić	2	5					M Fręch
		M Fręch	6	7
		T Townsend	3	6	6
		C Osorio	6	3	3				T Townsend
								2	E Rybakina

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of August 3, 2026. Rankings and points before are as of August 10, 2026.

Because the tournament takes place one week later this year, the points defending column also includes results from tournaments which took place during the week of August 18, 2025 (Monterrey and Cleveland).

More information Seed, Rank ...

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points earned	Points after	Status
1	1	Aryna Sabalenka	8,670	215	10	8,465	Second round vs. Talia Gibson
2	2	Elena Rybakina	8,316	390	(65)Ω	7,991	Second round vs. Taylor Townsend
3	3	Jessica Pegula	6,680	65	10	6,625	Second round vs. Simona Waltert
4	4	Coco Gauff	5,919	215	10	5,714	Second round vs. Liudmila Samsonova
5	6	Mirra Andreeva	5,323	0	10	5,333	Second round vs. Oleksandra Oliynykova
6	8	Linda Nosková	5,016	10+108	10+10	4,918	Second round vs. Katie Boulter
7	5	Iga Świątek	5,419	1,000	10	4,429	Second round vs. Emiliana Arango
8	9	Elina Svitolina	4,634	10	10	4,634	Second round vs. Tereza Valentová
9	10	Amanda Anisimova	4,353	35	65	4,383	Third round vs. Alexandra Eala [17]
10	11	Marta Kostyuk	3,835	65	10	3,780	Second round vs. Sofia Kenin [WC]
11	13	Naomi Osaka	2,846	0	0	2,846	Withdrew due to fatigue[3]
12	12	Belinda Bencic	2,995	10	10	2,995	Second round vs. Loïs Boisson [WC]
13	16	Iva Jovic	2,691	85	10	2,616	Second round vs. Tamara Korpatsch
14	14	Diana Shnaider	2,798	10+500	10+60	2,358	Second round vs. Tatjana Maria
15	19	Sorana Cîrstea	2,502	120+268	10+60	2,184	Second round vs. Nikola Bartůňková
16	18	Ekaterina Alexandrova	2,506	120+325	10+60	2,131	Second round vs. Anna Blinkova [Q]
17	20	Alexandra Eala	2,216	0	65	2,281	Third round vs. Amanda Anisimova [9]
18	21	Anna Kalinskaya	2,083	215	10	1,878	Second round vs. Caty McNally
19	23	Maja Chwalińska	1,984	(12)∆	10	1,982	Second round vs. Cristina Bucșa
20	24	Madison Keys	1,814	120	(65)§	1,759	Second round vs. Daria Snigur
21	22	Elise Mertens	2,003	65+108	10+30	1,870	Second round vs. Diane Parry
22	27	Marie Bouzková	1,774	0+195	10+54	1,643	Second round vs. Lucrezia Stefanini [Q]
23	26	Barbora Krejčiková	1,776	120	10	1,666	Second round vs. Sára Bejlek
24	25	Anastasia Potapova	1,781	35	10	1,755	Second round vs. Sloane Stephens [WC]
25	28	Emma Navarro	1,669	10	10	1,669	Second round vs. Anhelina Kalinina
26	30	Jeļena Ostapenko	1,537	65	10	1,482	Second round vs. Magdalena Fręch
27	42	Clara Tauson	1,184	65	10	1,129	Second round vs. Peyton Stearns
28	29	Ann Li	1,596	10+163	10+30	1,463	Second round vs.
29	32	Maria Sakkari	1,385	35	10	1,360	Second round vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
30	31	Leylah Fernandez	1,454	10	10	1,454	Second round vs. Wang Xiyu [Q]
31	34	Donna Vekić	1,336	10+60	10+2	1,278	Second round vs. Wang Xinyu
32	37	Janice Tjen	1,238	(10)∆	10	1,238	Second round vs. Viktorija Golubic
33	44	Kateřina Siniaková	1,170	(1)∆	10	1,179	Second round vs. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro

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∆ The player is defending points from her 18th best result or her sixth best combined WTA 1000 tournament result.
Ω The player is keeping her sixth best combined WTA 1000 tournament result as it is higher than the Cincinnati result, which does not need to be counted in her ranking points.
§ The player is substituting her next best combined WTA 1000 tournament result as it is higher than the Cincinnati result, which does not need to be counted in her ranking.

Withdrawn seeded players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Points before	Points dropping	Points after	Withdrawal reason
7	Karolína Muchová	5,048	65	4,983	Minor surgery[4]
15	Jasmine Paolini	2,773	650	2,123	Left foot injury[5]
17	Victoria Mboko	2,530	0	2,530	Left knee injury[6]
33	Hailey Baptiste	1,338	10+29	1,299	Left knee injury[7]

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