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.

Draw

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half Section 3

Section 4

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.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Iga Świątek 9,730 (125)† 350 9,955 Semifinals lost to Coco Gauff 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 5 5 Ons Jabeur 4,746 105 190 4,831 Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 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 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 15 15 Madison Keys 2,580 350 (60)† 2,290 First round lost to Elise Mertens 16 16 2,485 105 (100)† 2,480 † 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

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

References

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