2026 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	LL	Antonia Ružić	6	2	3
	7	Elina Svitolina	3	6	6
								7	Elina Svitolina	6	613	6
								3	Coco Gauff	4	715	4
	3	Coco Gauff	6	6
		Alexandra Eala	0	2
															7	Elina Svitolina	2	4
															4	Jessica Pegula	6	6
	12	Clara Tauson	3	6	4
	4	Jessica Pegula	6	2	6
								4	Jessica Pegula	1	6	6
								2	Amanda Anisimova	6	4	3
	5	Mirra Andreeva	6	5	64
	2	Amanda Anisimova	2	7	77

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	E Rybakina	6	6
		T Maria	4	6	5			Q	K Birrell	1	2
	Q	K Birrell	6	3	7										1	E Rybakina	7	4	0r
	LL	A Ružić	6	5	6										LL	A Ružić	5	6	1
		E Raducanu	1	7	2			LL	A Ružić	6	62	6
	Q	M Uchijima	2	4				LL	A Zakharova	1	77	1
	LL	A Zakharova	6	6																		LL	A Ružić	6	2	3
	9	B Bencic	2	6	6																	7	E Svitolina	3	6	6
		J Bouzas Maneiro	6	1	2			9	B Bencic	w/o
	WC	Z Sönmez	2	2				WC	S Bejlek
	WC	S Bejlek	6	6											9	B Bencic	6	1	3
		K Siniaková	3	5											7	E Svitolina	4	6	6
		P Badosa	6	7					P Badosa	4	0r
								7	E Svitolina	6	0

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	C Gauff	6	6
		J Ostapenko	6	1	4				A Kalinskaya	4	4
		A Kalinskaya	2	6	6										3	C Gauff	2	711	6
		M Bouzková	2	2												E Mertens	6	69	3
		E Mertens	6	6					E Mertens	6	6
	Q	E-G Ruse	4	5				14	E Navarro	2	2
	14	E Navarro	6	7																		3	C Gauff	6	6
	10	L Nosková	6	5	6																		A Eala	0	2
		A Li	3	7	4			10	L Nosková	1	4
		S Cîrstea	6	78					S Cîrstea	6	6
	Q	A Sasnovich	3	66												S Cîrstea	5	4
	LL	H Baptiste	4	1r												A Eala	7	6
		A Eala	6	0					A Eala	6	77
								6	J Paolini	1	65

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								8	E Alexandrova	2	6	1
	WC	L Sun	6	4	1				M Linette	6	4	6
		M Linette	4	6	6											M Linette	4	2
	LL	P Stearns	6	6											12	C Tauson	6	6
	LL	M Fręch	4	2				LL	P Stearns	2	4
		S Kenin	64	2				12	C Tauson	6	6
	12	C Tauson	77	6																		12	C Tauson	3	6	4
	16	I Jovic	6	1	6																	4	J Pegula	6	2	6
	LL	K Rakhimova	1	6	1			16	I Jovic	6	1	6
		D Shnaider	6	6					D Shnaider	4	6	0
		M Joint	4	1											16	I Jovic	4	2
	Q	V Gracheva	7	1	6										4	J Pegula	6	6
	Q	R Šramková	5	6	4			Q	V Gracheva	4	0
								4	J Pegula	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	M Andreeva	w/o
		L Siegemund	2	3					D Kasatkina
		D Kasatkina	6	6											5	M Andreeva	7	6
	Q	E Seidel	6	6												J Cristian	5	3
		C Bucșa	1	4				Q	E Seidel	0	0r
		J Cristian	6	6					J Cristian	6	0
	LL	P Marčinko	1	1																		5	M Andreeva	6	5	64
	13	L Samsonova	7	5	3																	2	A Anisimova	2	7	77
		L Fernandez	5	7	6				L Fernandez	65	4
		D Yastremska	4	1				WC	J Tjen	77	6
	WC	J Tjen	6	6											WC	J Tjen	1	3
		A Pavlyuchenkova	4	4											2	A Anisimova	6	6
	PR	B Krejčíková	6	6				PR	B Krejčíková
								2	A Anisimova	w/o

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 9 February 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 16 February 2026.^[7]

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Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points dropping	Points won	Points after	Status
1	3	Elena Rybakina	7,523	390	120	7,253	Third round retired against Antonia Ružić [LL]
2	6	Amanda Anisimova	5,690	10	390	6,070	Semifinals lost to Jessica Pegula [4]
3	4	Coco Gauff	6,423	10	390	6,803	Semifinals lost to Elina Svitolina [7]
4	5	Jessica Pegula‡	5,888	120	1,000	6,768	Champion, defeated Elina Svitolina [7]
5	7	Mirra Andreeva	4,786	1,000	215	4,001	Quarterfinals lost to Amanda Anisimova [2]
6	8	Jasmine Paolini	4,157	120	10	4,047	Second round lost to Alexandra Eala
7	9	Elina Svitolina†	3,260	65	650	3,845	Runner-up, lost to Jessica Pegula [4]
8	12	Ekaterina Alexandrova	2,918	(108)∆	(108)Ω	2,918	Second round lost to Magda Linette
9	13	Belinda Bencic	2,843	65	120	2,898	Third round lost to Elina Svitolina [7]
10	14	Linda Nosková	2,571	215	65	2,421	Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
11	10	Victoria Mboko	3,246	(32)∆	(32)Ω	3,246	Withdrew due to right elbow injury
12	15	Clara Tauson	2,530	650	215	2,095	Quarterfinals lost to Jessica Pegula [4]
13	18	Liudmila Samsonova	2,105	65	10	2,050	First round lost to Leylah Fernandez
14	19	Emma Navarro	2,100	120	65	2,045	Second round lost to Elise Mertens
15	11	Karolína Muchová	3,058	390	0	2,668	Withdrew due to schedule change
16	20	Iva Jovic	2,008	(33)^	120	2,095	Third round lost to Jessica Pegula [4]

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∆ The player is defending points from her 18th best result.
Ω The player is keeping her 18th best result as it is higher than the Dubai result, which does not need to be counted in her ranking points.
^ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2025 and is defending points from an ITF tournament instead.

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 defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
1	Aryna Sabalenka	10,990	120	10,870	Fatigue[8]
2	Iga Świątek	7,803	215	7,653	Schedule change[8]
16	Naomi Osaka	2,356	0	2,356	Abdominal injury[9]
17	Madison Keys	2,351	0	2,351	Fatigue[10]

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