Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka defeated Coco Gauff in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 Miami Open. It was her eleventh WTA 1000 title, and she became the fifth woman to win the Sunshine Double (having won Indian Wells two weeks prior). Sabalenka also became the first player to win the Sunshine Double in both singles and doubles (having previously achieved the latter in 2019).

The semifinal between Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina marked the first time since the 1998 US Open semifinal between Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná in which the world No. 1 and No. 2 faced off before a tournament final outside of the WTA Finals, as well as the third such instance overall after the 1996 French Open.

Sloane Stephens's (world No. 717) win over Jennifer Brady (world No. 744) in the first round was the first WTA 1000 main-draw match between two players both ranked outside the world's top 500.

Iga Świątek's defeat in the second round to Magda Linette ended her streak of 73 consecutive opening round wins, dating back to the 2021 WTA Finals.

Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of March 2, 2026. Rankings and points before are as of March 16, 2026.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defending Points wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Aryna Sabalenka ‡ 11,025 1,000 1,000 11,025 Champion, defeated Coco Gauff 2 3 Iga Świątek 7,413 215 (65)§ 7,263 3 2 Elena Rybakina 7,783 (65)∆ 390 8,108 Semifinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 4 4 Coco Gauff † 6,748 120 650 7,278 Runner-up, lost to Aryna Sabalenka 5 5 Jessica Pegula 6,678 650 215 6,243 Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina 6 6 Amanda Anisimova 6,180 120 120 6,180 Fourth round lost to Belinda Bencic 7 7 Jasmine Paolini 4,232 390 65 3,907 Third round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko 8 10 Mirra Andreeva 3,066 65 120 3,121 Fourth round lost to Victoria Mboko 9 8 Elina Svitolina 4,020 120 65 3,965 Third round lost to Hailey Baptiste 10 9 Victoria Mboko 3,351 35 215 3,531 Quarterfinals lost to Karolína Muchová 11 11 2,918 10 65 2,973 Third round lost to Jaqueline Cristian 12 12 Belinda Bencic 2,803 35 215 2,983 Quarterfinals lost to Coco Gauff 13 14 Karolína Muchová 2,668 65 390 2,993 Semifinals lost to Coco Gauff 14 13 Linda Nosková 2,801 10 10 2,801 Second round lost to Sorana Cîrstea 15 18 Madison Keys 2,026 65 65 2,026 16 15 Naomi Osaka 2,434 120 10 2,324 Second round lost to Talia Gibson [Q] 17 16 Clara Tauson 2,095 65 10 2,040 Second round retired against Katie Boulter 18 17 Iva Jovic 2,070 (30)∆ 65 2,105 Third round lost to Talia Gibson [Q] 19 22 1,845 10 10 1,845 20 20 Diana Shnaider 1,898 10 65 1,953 Third round lost to Belinda Bencic 21 19 Elise Mertens 1,936 65 65 1,936 Third round lost to Sorana Cîrstea 22 21 Anna Kalinskaya 1,868 65 10 1,813 23 26 Zheng Qinwen 1,553 215 120 1,458 24 23 Emma Raducanu 1,680 215 0 1,465 25 24 Jeļena Ostapenko 1,655 10 120 1,765 Fourth round lost to Hailey Baptiste 26 25 Leylah Fernandez 1,598 65 65 1,598 27 29 Marta Kostyuk 1,528 120 65 1,473 Third round lost to Elena Rybakina 28 31 Maya Joint 1,445 (10)∆ 0 1,435 29 34 Wang Xinyu 1,383 10 10 1,383 Second round lost to Caty McNally 30 30 Cristina Bucșa 1,446 (25)∆ 10 1,431 31 28 Alexandra Eala 1,525 390 120 1,255 Fourth round lost to Karolína Muchová 32 32 Marie Bouzková 1,425 10 65 1,480 Third round lost to Mirra Andreeva 33 33 Maria Sakkari 1,410 65 (25)§ 1,370 Second round lost to Alycia Parks 34 36 Jaqueline Cristian 1,367 (10+125)@ 120+30 1,382 Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula ∆ The player is defending points from her 18th best result. @ The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2025 and is defending points from her sixth best mandatory WTA 1000 tournament, as well as a WTA 125 event (Puerto Vallarta). § The player is substituting her next best result as it is higher than the Miami result, which does not need to be counted in her ranking points.

Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 27 Emma Navarro 1,550 10 1,550 Undisclosed

Other entry information Wildcards

Alternates

Withdrawals

§ – not included on entry list ‡ – 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

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier

References

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