2023 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2023 Western & Southern Open
Champion	Coco Gauff
Runner-up	Karolína Muchová
Final score	6–3, 6–4

Main article: 2023 Western & Southern Open

Coco Gauff defeated Karolína Muchová in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Cincinnati Open. It was her first WTA 1000 title and the first WTA 1000 final appearances for both Gauff and Muchová. Gauff became the youngest champion in Cincinnati history. By reaching the final, Muchová debuted in the top ten of the WTA rankings.

Caroline Garcia was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Sloane Stephens.

Seeds

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

01.   Iga Świątek (semifinals)

02.   Aryna Sabalenka (semifinals)

03.   Jessica Pegula (third round)

04.   Elena Rybakina (third round, retired)

05.   Ons Jabeur (quarterfinals)

06.   Caroline Garcia (second round)

07.   Coco Gauff (champion)

08.   Maria Sakkari (third round)

09.   Petra Kvitová (second round)

10.   Markéta Vondroušová (quarterfinals)

11.   Barbora Krejčíková (first round)

12.   Beatriz Haddad Maia (first round)

13.   Belinda Bencic (first round)

14.   Daria Kasatkina (third round)

15.   Madison Keys (first round)

16.   Veronika Kudermetova (first round)

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Iga Świątek	77	6
	10	Markéta Vondroušová	63	1
								1	Iga Świątek	62	6	4
								7	Coco Gauff	77	3	6
	Q	Jasmine Paolini	3	2
	7	Coco Gauff	6	6
															7	Coco Gauff	6	6
																Karolína Muchová	3	4
		Karolína Muchová	3
		Marie Bouzková	0r
									Karolína Muchová	64	6	6
								2	Aryna Sabalenka	77	3	2
	5	Ons Jabeur	5	3
	2	Aryna Sabalenka	7	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	I Świątek	6	6
	WC	D Collins	6	6				WC	D Collins	1	0
	PR	A Pavlyuchenkova	3	1											1	I Świątek	3	6	6
		Q Zheng	6	6												Q Zheng	6	1	1
	Q	A Sasnovich	1	4					Q Zheng	1	6	6
	WC	V Williams	6	7				WC	V Williams	6	2	1
	16	V Kudermetova	4	5																		1	I Świątek	77	6
	10	M Vondroušová	7	6																		10	M Vondroušová	63	1
		K Siniaková	5	4				10	M Vondroušová	6	6
	WC	C Naef	6	4	5				A Potapova	4	2
		A Potapova	1	6	7										10	M Vondroušová	7	6
		S Stephens	7	6												S Stephens	5	3
		E Cocciaretto	5	2					S Stephens	4	6	6
								6	C Garcia	6	4	4

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								4	E Rybakina	66	6	6
		J Ostapenko	1	6	6				J Ostapenko	78	2	4
		Ka Plíšková	6	3	4										4	E Rybakina	6	2r
	Q	J Paolini	6	6											Q	J Paolini	4	5
		M Kostyuk	2	1				Q	J Paolini	6	6
	Q	C Bucșa	4	6	6			Q	C Bucșa	1	3
	13	B Bencic	6	3	2																	Q	J Paolini	3	2
	9	P Kvitová	77	6																		7	C Gauff	6	6
		A Blinkova	62	0				9	P Kvitová	6	2	4
	Q	L Nosková	2	6	6			Q	L Nosková	3	6	6
		L Samsonova	6	3	1										Q	L Nosková	4	0
	Q	Xiy Wang	63	6	65										7	C Gauff	6	6
		M Sherif	77	4	77				M Sherif	2	2
								7	C Gauff	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								8	M Sakkari	2	6	7
		E Alexandrova	0	2					S Cîrstea	6	3	5
		S Cîrstea	6	6											8	M Sakkari	3	6	3
		P Martić	6	3	6											K Muchová	6	2	6
	Q	E Navarro	2	6	3				P Martić	3	6	3
		K Muchová	63	6	6				K Muchová	6	3	6
	12	B Haddad Maia	77	1	4																		K Muchová	3
	15	M Keys	3	6	3																		M Bouzková	0r
		E Mertens	6	3	6				E Mertens	2	6	1
		I-C Begu	2	2					M Bouzková	6	4	6
		M Bouzková	6	6												M Bouzková	6	6
		B Pera	6	1	2										3	J Pegula	4	0
	Q	M Trevisan	3	6	6			Q	M Trevisan	77	2	3
								3	J Pegula	62	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	O Jabeur	6	62	77
		L Zhu	3	5					A Kalinina	3	77	62
		A Kalinina	6	7											5	O Jabeur	5
	PR	J Brady	65	5												D Vekić	2r
		D Vekić	77	7					D Vekić	3	6	6
		V Azarenka	6	7					V Azarenka	6	3	4
	11	B Krejčíková	3	5																		5	O Jabeur	5	3
	14	D Kasatkina	6	6																		2	A Sabalenka	7	6
	WC	P Stearns	2	1				14	D Kasatkina	6	6
	LL	V Gracheva	6	6				LL	V Gracheva	3	1
	WC	C Wozniacki	4	4											14	D Kasatkina	3	3
		M Linette	6	65	2										2	A Sabalenka	6	6
	Q	A Li	0	77	6			Q	A Li	5	6	4
								2	A Sabalenka	7	2	6

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 7 August 2023. Rank and points before are as of 14 August 2023.

The event is not mandatory on the women's side and points from the 2022 tournament are included in the table below only if they counted towards the player's ranking as of 14 August 2023. For other players, the points defending column shows the player's 16th best result.

Points defending will be replaced at the end of the tournament by the highest of (a) the player's points from the 2023 tournament, (b) her 17th best result, or (c) points from her second-highest non-mandatory WTA 1000 event.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Iga Świątek	9,730	(125)†	350	9,955	Semifinals lost to Coco Gauff [7]
2	2	Aryna Sabalenka	8,746	350	350	8,746	Semifinals lost to Karolína Muchová
3	3	Jessica Pegula	6,030	190	105	5,945	Third round lost to Marie Bouzková
4	4	Elena Rybakina	5,755	190	105	5,670	Third round retired against Jasmine Paolini [Q]
5	5	Ons Jabeur	4,746	105	190	4,831	Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
6	6	Caroline Garcia	4,685	930	(65)‡	3,825	Second round lost to Sloane Stephens
7	7	Coco Gauff	3,760	(65)†	900	4,595	Champion, defeated Karolína Muchová
8	8	Maria Sakkari	3,510	(30)†	105	3,585	Third round lost to Karolína Muchová
9	9	Petra Kvitová	3,445	585	60	2,920	Second round lost to Linda Nosková [Q]
10	10	Markéta Vondroušová	3,211	(1)†	190	3,400	Quarterfinals lost to Iga Świątek [1]
11	11	Barbora Krejčíková	2,840	(30)†	1	2,840§	First round lost to Victoria Azarenka
12	19	Beatriz Haddad Maia	2,220	(60)†	1	2,220§	First round lost to Karolína Muchová
13	14	Belinda Bencic	2,605	(60)†	1	2,605§	First round lost to Cristina Bucșa [Q]
14	13	Daria Kasatkina	2,735	(60)†	105	2,780	Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [2]
15	15	Madison Keys	2,580	350	(60)†	2,290	First round lost to Elise Mertens
16	16	Veronika Kudermetova	2,485	105	(100)†	2,480	First round lost to Venus Williams [WC]

† Points from the player's 16th best result (for points defending) or 17th best result (for points earned), in each case as of 14 August 2023.
‡ Points from the player's second-best non-mandatory WTA 1000 event, which are required to be counted in her ranking.
§ No change in points because points from this tournament did not count as one of the player's 16 best results.

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Danielle Collins
• Céline Naef
• Peyton Stearns
• Venus Williams
• Caroline Wozniacki

Protected ranking

• Jennifer Brady
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Withdrawals

• Paula Badosa → replaced by Zhu Lin
• Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Sloane Stephens
• Elina Svitolina → replaced by Varvara Gracheva

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (moved to main draw)
2. Varvara Gracheva (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
3. Lesia Tsurenko (first round)
4. Alycia Parks (qualifying competition)
5. Jasmine Paolini (qualified)
6. Lauren Davis (first round)
7. Camila Giorgi (first round, retired)
8. Linda Nosková (qualified)
9. Emma Navarro (qualified)
10. Linda Fruhvirtová (first round)
11. Ana Bogdan (first round)
12. Alizé Cornet (qualifying competition)
13. Yulia Putintseva (qualifying competition)
14. Martina Trevisan (qualified)
15. Camila Osorio (qualifying competition)
16. Lucia Bronzetti (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Wang Xiyu
2. Cristina Bucșa
3. Martina Trevisan
4. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
5. Jasmine Paolini
6. Ann Li
7. Emma Navarro
8. Linda Nosková

Lucky loser

1. Varvara Gracheva

Draw

First qualifier

	First round						Qualifying competition
								Wang Xiyu	6	6
PR	Sara Sorribes Tormo	64	5				13	Yulia Putintseva	1	3
13	Yulia Putintseva	77	7

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Varvara Gracheva	4	6	6
		Anna Danilina	6	3	2
								2	Varvara Gracheva	3	2
									Cristina Bucșa	6	6
		Cristina Bucșa	6	6
	10	Linda Fruhvirtová	0	4

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Lesia Tsurenko	1	6	3
		Taylor Townsend	6	4	6
									Taylor Townsend	4	6	5
								14	Martina Trevisan	6	4	7
	PR	Hsieh Su-wei	1	0
	14	Martina Trevisan	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Alycia Parks	6	6
	PR	Vera Zvonareva	3	1
								4	Alycia Parks	1	77	60
									Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6	65	77
		Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6	2	6
	11	Ana Bogdan	3	6	1

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Jasmine Paolini	1	6	7
		Rebeka Masarova	6	3	5
								5	Jasmine Paolini	7	7
								15	Camila Osorio	5	5
		Katie Boulter	6	65	0r
	15	Camila Osorio	4	77	1

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Lauren Davis	6	2	1
		Ann Li	4	6	6
									Ann Li	6	6
								12	Alizé Cornet	3	3
		Laura Siegemund	6	66	2r
	12	Alizé Cornet	3	78	5

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Camila Giorgi	6	4	0r
		Rebecca Marino	4	6	3
									Rebecca Marino	6	0	1
								9	Emma Navarro	4	6	6
		Leylah Fernandez	4	6	4
	9	Emma Navarro	6	2	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	8	Linda Nosková	4	6	6
		Magdalena Fręch	6	3	4
								8	Linda Nosková	6	6
									Diane Parry	3	1
		Diane Parry	6	6
	16	Lucia Bronzetti	2	2

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw