Iga Świątek defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 Canadian Open. It was her twelfth WTA 1000 title and her 26th WTA Tour title overall.
Victoria Mboko was the reigning champion, but did not participate due to a knee injury.
Aryna Sabalenka retained the WTA No. 1 singles ranking by reaching the fourth round. Rybakina was also in contention at the beginning of the tournament.
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 27 July 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 3 August 2026.
Even though the tournament takes place one week later this year, players will still defend their points from the 2025 tournament held in Montreal during this year's tournament, as the 2025 results were postdated and will drop on 10 August 2026. This method of calculating ranking points for the tournament is different from the ATP's method.
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints earned Points afterStatus 1 1 Aryna Sabalenka 8,550 0 120 8,670 Fourth round lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova 2 2 Elena Rybakina† 8,056 390 650 8,316 Runner-up, lost to Iga Świątek 3 3 Jessica Pegula 6,625 65 120 6,680 Fourth round lost to Diana Shnaider 4 4 Coco Gauff 5,649 120 390 5,919 Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina 5 5 Mirra Andreeva 5,293 35 65 5,323 Third round lost to Leylah Fernandez 6 7 Linda Nosková 5,016 10 10 5,016 Second round lost to Caty McNally 7 8 Iga Świątek‡ 4,539 120 1,000 5,419 Champion, defeated Elena Rybakina 8 10 Amanda Anisimova 4,353 120 120 4,353 Fourth round lost to Elina Svitolina 9 9 Elina Svitolina 4,459 215 390 4,634 Semifinals lost to Iga Świątek 10 11 Marta Kostyuk 3,925 215 120 3,830 Fourth round lost to Iga Świątek 11 13 Naomi Osaka 3,281 650 215 2,846 Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina 12 14 Belinda Bencic 2,845 65 215 2,995 Quarterfinals withdrew due to hip injury 13 16 Iva Jovic 2,636 (10)∆ 65 2,691 Third round lost to Alina Korneeva [Q] 14 18 Sorana Cîrstea 2,502 (35)∆ (35)Ω 2,502 Second round lost to Maya Joint [Q] 15 17 Diana Shnaider 2,593 10 215 2,798 Quarterfinals lost to Iga Świątek 16 19 2,301 10 215 2,506 Quarterfinals lost to Elina Svitolina 17 21 Anna Kalinskaya 2,083 65 65 2,083 Third round lost to Diana Shnaider 18 22 Maja Chwalińska 1,975 (1)∆ 10 1,984 Second round lost to Talia Gibson 19 23 Madison Keys 1,964 215 65 1,814 Third round lost to Marta Kostyuk 20 24 Elise Mertens 1,948 10 65 2,003 Third round lost to Naomi Osaka 21 25 Marie Bouzková 1,829 65 10 1,774 Second round lost to Taylor Townsend 22 26 Barbora Krejčiková 1,776 10 10 1,776 23 28 Emma Navarro 1,724 65 10 1,669 Second round lost to Alina Korneeva [Q] 24 27 Anastasia Potapova 1,726 10 65 1,781 Third round lost to Elina Svitolina 25 20 Alexandra Eala 2,106 10 120 2,216 Fourth round lost to Belinda Bencic 26 29 Jeļena Ostapenko 1,592 65 10 1,537 27 30 Clara Tauson 1,564 390 10 1,184 28 31 Ann Li 1,541 10 65 1,596 Third round lost to Elena Rybakina 29 33 Maria Sakkari 1,355 35 65 1,385 Third round lost to Coco Gauff 30 34 Leylah Fernandez 1,344 10 120 1,454 Fourth round lost to Naomi Osaka 31 35 Donna Vekić 1,326 0 10 1,336 Second round lost to Viktorija Golubic 32 37 Kateřina Siniaková 1,285 (125)§ 10 1,170 ∆ The player is defending points from her 18th best result or her sixth best combined WTA 1000 tournament result. Ω The player is keeping her sixth best combined WTA 1000 tournament result as it is higher than the Toronto result, which does not need to be counted in her ranking points. § The player is defending points from a WTA 125 tournament (Warsaw).
Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints after Withdrawal reason 6 Karolína Muchová 5,168 120 5,048 Minor surgery 12 Victoria Mboko 3,520 1,000 2,520 Left knee injury 15 Jasmine Paolini 2,783 10 2,773 Foot injury 32 Hailey Baptiste 1,372 35 1,337 Left knee injury
Other entry information Wildcards
Withdrawals
§ – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list † – withdrew from main draw
Qualifying Seeds
Qualifiers
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
Thirteenth qualifier
Fourteenth qualifier
Fifteenth qualifier
Sixteenth qualifier
References
External links Main draw Qualifying draw