Linda Nosková defeated Karolína Muchová in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships. She saved a match point (in the third round against Sorana Cîrstea) en route to her first major title and third career WTA Tour title overall. Aged 21 years and 236 days old, Nosková was the youngest Wimbledon champion since Petra Kvitová in 2011. The Czech Republic became the sixth country in the Open Era to have two countrywomen contest a major singles final.

Iga Świątek was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Alexandra Eala. Eala became the first Filipina player in the Open Era to reach the third and fourth rounds of a major. The defeat of Barbora Krejčíková in the fourth round guaranteed a first-time Wimbledon champion for the ninth consecutive edition.

Aryna Sabalenka retained the world No. 1 singles ranking after Elena Rybakina lost in the third round. Sabalenka's fourth-round defeat to Naomi Osaka marked the first time she failed to reach the quarterfinals of a major since the 2022 French Open, and her first straight-sets defeat at a major since the 2020 US Open.

This tournament marked the singles return of former world No. 1 and 23-time major champion Serena Williams, who last played at the 2022 US Open. She lost in the first round to Maya Joint. Maja Chwalińska was the third player in the Open Era to be seeded at a major while also being entered as a wildcard, following Martina Hingis at the 2002 US Open and Patty Schnyder at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships. Lina Gjorcheska became the first player from North Macedonia to compete in a major main draw.

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Finals

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Section 4

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Section 8

Championship match statistics Category Nosková Muchová 1st serve %68/107 (64%) 58/94 (62%) 1st serve points won50 of 68 = 74% 37 of 58 = 64% 2nd serve points won21 of 39 = 54% 19 of 36 = 53% Total service points won71 of 107 = 66.36% 56 of 94 = 59.57% Aces10 6 Double faults 4 1 Winners44 35 Unforced errors 36 27 Net points won 16 of 24 = 67% 12 of 19 = 63% Break points converted 4 of 13 = 31% 2 of 15 = 13% Return points won 38 of 94 = 40% 36 of 107 = 34% Total points won 109 92Source

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 22 June 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 29 June 2026.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints earned Points afterStatus 1 1 Aryna Sabalenka 9,090 780 240 8,550 Fourth round lost to Naomi Osaka 2 2 Elena Rybakina 8,143 130 130 8,143 Third round lost to Elise Mertens 3 3 Iga Świątek 6,409 2,000 130 4,539 Third round lost to Alexandra Eala 4 4 Jessica Pegula 5,881 10 430 6,301 Quarterfinals lost to Coco Gauff 5 5 Mirra Andreeva 5,653 430 70 5,293 Second round lost to Barbora Krejčíková 6 6 Amanda Anisimova 5,523 1,300 130 4,353 Third round lost to Madison Keys 7 7 Coco Gauff 4,879 10 780 5,649 Semifinals lost to Karolína Muchová 8 8 Elina Svitolina 4,471 130 10 4,351 First round lost to Daria Snigur 9 12 Linda Noskovᇠ3,359 240 2,000 5,119 Champion, defeated Karolína Muchová 10 9 Karolína Muchovᆠ3,878 10 1,300 5,168 Runner-up, lost to Linda Nosková 11 11 Belinda Bencic 3,385 780 240 2,845 Fourth round lost to Coco Gauff 12 13 Marta Kostyuk 3,156 10 780 3,916 Semifinals lost to Linda Nosková 13 17 Jasmine Paolini 2,423 70 430 2,783 Quarterfinals lost to Marta Kostyuk 14 14 Naomi Osaka 2,846 130 430 3,146 Quarterfinals lost to Karolína Muchová 15 15 Diana Shnaider 2,458 70 70 2,458 Second round lost to Liudmila Samsonova 16 16 Iva Jovic 2,436 40 240 2,636 Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula 17 18 Sorana Cîrstea 2,415 10 130 2,535 Third round lost to Linda Nosková 18 19 2,411 240 130 2,301 Third round lost to Iva Jovic 19 20 Anna Kalinskaya 2,240 70 130 2,300 Third round lost to Belinda Bencic 20 21 Maja Chwalińska 1,996 2 10 2,004 21 23 Marie Bouzková 1,849 70 240 2,019 Fourth round lost to Elise Mertens 22 24 Leylah Fernandez 1,844 70 10 1,784 First round lost to Janice Tjen 23 26 Emma Navarro 1,784 240 130 1,674 Third round lost to Marta Kostyuk 24 25 Clara Tauson 1,804 240 10 1,574 First round lost to Maria Sakkari 25 27 Elise Mertens 1,758 240 430 1,948 Quarterfinals lost to Linda Nosková 26 22 Madison Keys 1,854 130 240 1,964 Fourth round lost to Linda Nosková 27 28 Anastasia Potapova 1,657 0 10 1,667 28 29 Ann Li 1,625 70 10 1,565 First round lost to Zeynep Sönmez 29 32 Alexandra Eala 1,436 10 240 1,666 Fourth round lost to Jasmine Paolini 30 33 Emma Raducanu 1,429 130 0 1,299 Withdrew due to leg injury 31 34 Donna Vekić 1,386 70 10 1,326 First round lost to Ashlyn Krueger [Q] 32 36 Kateřina Siniaková 1,338 70 70 1,338 Second round lost to Nikola Bartůňková

Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament draw was made. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints after Withdrawal reason 10 Victoria Mboko 3,670 100 3,570 Left knee injury 30 Hailey Baptiste 1,502 130 1,372 Left knee injury

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Withdrawals

† – not on the entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw

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