Jessica Pegula defeated Elina Svitolina in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was her fourth WTA 1000 singles title and 10th WTA Tour singles title overall.

Mirra Andreeva was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Amanda Anisimova.

By reaching the final, Svitolina set the record for the longest gap (7 years, 277 days) between successive appearances in a WTA 1000-level final since the format was established in 2009, her previous final at such a level having been at the 2018 Italian Open.

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 9 February 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 16 February 2026.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 3 Elena Rybakina 7,523 390 120 7,253 2 6 Amanda Anisimova 5,690 10 390 6,070 3 4 Coco Gauff 6,423 10 390 6,803 4 5 Jessica Pegula‡ 5,888 120 1,000 6,768 Champion, defeated Elina Svitolina 5 7 Mirra Andreeva 4,786 1,000 215 4,001 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 8 12 2,918 (108)∆ (108)Ω 2,918 9 13 Belinda Bencic 2,843 65 120 2,898 Third round lost to Elina Svitolina 10 14 Linda Nosková 2,571 215 65 2,421 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 13 18 2,105 65 10 2,050 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 ∆ 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Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 1 Aryna Sabalenka 10,990 120 10,870 Fatigue 2 Iga Świątek 7,803 215 7,653 Schedule change 16 Naomi Osaka 2,356 0 2,356 Abdominal injury 17 Madison Keys 2,351 0 2,351 Fatigue

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

References

External links Main draw Qualifying draw