Elena Rybakina won the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Italian Open after Anhelina Kalinina retired from the final with the scoreline at 6–4, 1–0. It was Rybakina's second career WTA 1000 title. Rybakina won three of her six matches at the tournament via retirement: over Anna Kalinskaya in the third round, Iga Świątek in the quarterfinals, and Kalinina in the final. With the win, Rybakina entered the top five in the WTA rankings for the first time at world No. 4.
Świątek was the two-time defending champion, but retired in the quarterfinals against Rybakina due to a hip injury. Świątek was attempting to be the first woman to win three consecutive titles in Rome since Conchita Martínez in 1995.
Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round.
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Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 24 April 2023. Rankings and points before are as of 8 May 2023.
Because the women's tournament is being expanded to two weeks this year, players are defending points from the 2022 Italian Open, as well as tournaments that took place during the week of 16 May 2022 (Rabat and Strasbourg). Points from the 2022 Italian Open are listed first in the "Points defending" column.
The event is not mandatory on the women's side and points from the 2022 Italian Open are included in the table below only if they counted towards the player's ranking as of 8 May 2023. For other players, the points defending column shows the lower of (a) points from the player's second-highest non-mandatory WTA 1000 tournament (which are required to be counted in her ranking) or (b) her 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.
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints earned Points afterStatus 1 1 Iga Świątek 9,625 900 215 8,940 Quarterfinals retired against Elena Rybakina 2 2 Aryna Sabalenka 7,881 350 10 7,541 Second round lost to Sofia Kenin [PR] 3 3 Jessica Pegula 5,300 105 10 5,205 Second round lost to Taylor Townsend [Q] 4 7 Ons Jabeur 4,116 585 10 3,541 Second round lost to Paula Badosa 5 4 Caroline Garcia 5,025 (100)† 65 5,025& Third round lost to Camila Osorio [Q] 6 5 Coco Gauff 4,345 105 65 4,305 Third round lost to Marie Bouzková 7 6 Elena Rybakina 4,195 105 1000 5,090 Champion, defeated Anhelina Kalinina 8 9 Daria Kasatkina 3,505 350 120 3,275 Fourth round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko 9 8 Maria Sakkari 3,516 190 65 3,391 Third round lost to Markéta Vondroušová [PR] 10 13 Barbora Krejčíková 2,616 (1)‡ 65 2,680 Third round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko 11 12 2,660 (100)† 390 2,950 Semifinals lost to Anhelina Kalinina 12 15 Beatriz Haddad Maia 2,206 (1)‡ 215 2,420 Quarterfinals lost to Anhelina Kalinina 13 14 Karolína Plíšková 2,245 110§ (25)† 2,160 Second round lost to Anna Bondár [Q] 14 17 Victoria Azarenka 2,127 105 65 2,087 Third round withdrew 15 22 1,775 60 10‡ 1,725 Second round lost to Camila Giorgi 16 16 Liudmila Samsonova 2,172 1 65 2,236 Third round lost to Donna Vekić 17 19 Magda Linette 1,820 60§ 65 1,825 Third round lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia 18 18 Martina Trevisan 1,878 280§ 10 1,608 Second round lost to Karolína Muchová 19 23 Madison Keys 1,742 1 120 1,861 Fourth round lost to Anhelina Kalinina 20 20 Jeļena Ostapenko 1,795 (55)† 390 2,130 Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina 21 24 Donna Vekić 1,713 (20)‡ 120 1,813 Fourth round lost to Iga Świątek 22 21 Zheng Qinwen 1,784 (1)† 215 1,998 Quarterfinals lost to Veronika Kudermetova 23 25 Anastasia Potapova 1,601 (1)‡ 65 1,665 Third round lost to Veronika Kudermetova 24 31 Bianca Andreescu 1,322 190 10 1,142 25 26 Elise Mertens 1,474 60§ (25)† 1,439 Second round lost to Anna Kalinskaya 26 58 Jil Teichmann 948 190 10 768 Second round lost to Julia Grabher 27 38 Marie Bouzková 1,213 (15)† 120 1,318 Fourth round lost to Veronika Kudermetova 28 32 Bernarda Pera 1,315 (1)‡+(95+30)^ 10+25+13 1,237 Second round lost to Lesia Tsurenko 29 28 Petra Martić 1,395 135 10 1,270 Second round lost to Camila Osorio [Q] 30 47 Anhelina Kalinina 1,067 60 650 1,657 Runner-up, retired against Elena Rybakina 31 27 Irina-Camelia Begu 1,443 (1)† 10 1,452 Second round lost to Wang Xiyu 32 40 Marta Kostyuk 1,190 30 65 1,225 Third round lost to Paula Badosa † Points from the player's 16th best result (for points defending) or 17th best result (for points earned), in each case as of 8 May 2023. ‡ Points from the player's second-best non-mandatory WTA 1000 event, which are required to be counted in her ranking. § The player is only defending points from Rabat or Strasbourg. ^ The player is defending points from Karlsruhe (WTA 125 tournament) and Strasbourg. & No change in points because points from this tournament did not count as one of the player's 16 best results.
Withdrawn players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayer Points before Points dropped Points after Withdrawal reason 10 Petra Kvitová 3,162 (1) † 3,162 Right foot injury 11 Belinda Bencic 2,750 60 † 2,750 Hip injury 29 Zhang Shuai 1,385 60 † 1,355 Not given † Points dropped were replaced with points from the player's next best result.
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