2022 Citi Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2022 Citi Open
Champion	Liudmila Samsonova
Runner-up	Kaia Kanepi
Score	4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Main article: 2022 Citi Open

Liudmila Samsonova defeated Kaia Kanepi in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Washington Open.^[1] Kanepi was aiming to win her first title since 2013, and to be the oldest player to win a WTA Tour title since Serena Williams in 2020.

Jessica Pegula was the defending champion from when the event was last held in 2019,^[2] but lost in the second round to Daria Saville.^[3]

Seeds

1. Jessica Pegula (second round)
2. Emma Raducanu (quarterfinals)
3. Simona Halep (second round, retired)
4. Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals)
5. Elise Mertens (first round)
6. Kaia Kanepi (final)
7. Mayar Sherif (first round)
8. Clara Tauson (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Daria Saville	3	1
	6	Kaia Kanepi	6	6
								6	Kaia Kanepi	6	3	3
									Liudmila Samsonova	4	6	6
	LL	Wang Xiyu	1	1
		Liudmila Samsonova	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	J Pegula	6	6
	WC	H Baptiste	2	2				1	J Pegula	5	4
		D Saville	3	7	7^7				D Saville	7	6
	Q	M Björklund	6	5	6^4											D Saville	6	7
	Q	R Marino	4	6	6										Q	R Marino	1	5
	WC	V Williams	6	1	4			Q	R Marino	6	3	6
		A Petkovic	6	6					A Petkovic	3	6	1
	8	C Tauson	2	2																			D Saville	3	1
	3	S Halep	6	7																		6	K Kanepi	6	6
	Q	C Bucșa	3	5				3	S Halep	5	0^r
		M Brengle	3	0					A Kalinskaya	7	2
		A Kalinskaya	6	6												A Kalinskaya	7^7	4	3
		L Zhu	6	6											6	K Kanepi	6^4	6	6
		H Dart	4	3					L Zhu	6	4	4
		G Minnen	3	3				6	K Kanepi	4	6	6
	6	K Kanepi	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	M Sherif	4	1
		D Vekić	6	6					D Vekić	6	5	1
	LL	Xiy Wang	6	7				LL	Xiy Wang	4	7	6
		T Maria	2	5											LL	Xiy Wang	6	6
		T Martincová	0	6	6										4	V Azarenka	1	3
		Xin Wang	6	4	4				T Martincová	6^7	2
		D Yastremska	4	0				4	V Azarenka	7^9	6
	4	V Azarenka	6	6																		LL	Xiy Wang	1	1
	5	E Mertens	6^4	4																			L Samsonova	6	6
		L Samsonova	7^7	6					L Samsonova	4	6	6
		A Tomljanović	6	6					A Tomljanović	6	3	2
		S Stephens	1	4												L Samsonova	7^8	6
	WC	S Kenin	6^2	1											2	E Raducanu	6^6	1
		C Osorio	7^7	6					C Osorio	6^5	6^4
	Q	L Chirico	4	2				2	E Raducanu	7^7	7^7
	2	E Raducanu	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Wang Xiyu (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
2. Rebecca Marino (qualified)
3. Heather Watson (qualifying competition)
4. Cristina Bucșa (qualified)
5. Mirjam Björklund (qualified)
6. Yuan Yue (first round)
7. Caty McNally (qualifying competition)
8. Sachia Vickery (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Louisa Chirico
2. Rebecca Marino
3. Mirjam Björklund
4. Cristina Bucșa

Lucky losers

1. Wang Xiyu

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Wang Xiyu	6	6
		Jamie Loeb	4	1
								1	Wang Xiyu	1	6	5
									Louisa Chirico	6	3	7
		Louisa Chirico	6	2	6
	6	Yuan Yue	4	6	2

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Rebecca Marino	6	4	6
		Valentini Grammatikopoulou	0	6	2
								2	Rebecca Marino	6^5	6	6
								8	Sachia Vickery	7^7	3	3
		Sophie Chang	6^4	1
	8	Sachia Vickery	7^7	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Heather Watson	6	6
		Astra Sharma	4	2
								3	Heather Watson	2	3
								5	Mirjam Björklund	6	6
	WC	Christina McHale	3	3
	5	Mirjam Björklund	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Cristina Bucșa	6	3	7
	PR	Kimberly Birrell	3	6	5
								4	Cristina Bucșa	1	6	7
								7	Caty McNally	6	4	5
	PR	Han Xinyun	5	1
	7	Caty McNally	7	6

References

1. "Samsonova triumphs in Washington for second career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
2. Wallace, Ava (August 4, 2019). "Jessica Pegula claims the first WTA title of her career at the Citi Open". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
3. "Saville upsets Pegula in Washington; ailing Halep retires". Women's Tennis Association. August 3, 2022. Archived from the original on August 4, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw