2022 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2022 Western & Southern Open
Champion	Caroline Garcia
Runner-up	Petra Kvitová
Score	6–2, 6–4
Draw	56
Seeds	16

Main article: 2022 Western & Southern Open

Caroline Garcia defeated Petra Kvitová in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. It was her third WTA 1000 title, and her first since 2017. Garcia was the first qualifier to reach and to win the final of a WTA 1000 event.^[1]

Ashleigh Barty was the reigning champion, but retired from professional tennis in March 2022.^[2]

This was the penultimate professional tournament of 23-time major champion and former world No. 1 Serena Williams; she lost to Emma Raducanu in the first round.

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.   Iga Świątek (third round)

02.   Anett Kontaveit (third round)

03.   Paula Badosa (second round)

04.   Maria Sakkari (second round)

05.   Ons Jabeur (third round)

06.   Aryna Sabalenka (semifinals)

07.   Jessica Pegula (quarterfinals)

08.   Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)

09.   Daria Kasatkina (first round)

10.   Emma Raducanu (third round)

11.   Coco Gauff (first round, retired)

12.   Belinda Bencic (first round)

13.   Leylah Fernandez (first round)

14.   Karolína Plíšková (second round)

15.   Simona Halep (second round, withdrew)

16.   Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Madison Keys	6	6
		Elena Rybakina	2	4
									Madison Keys	7^8	4	3
									Petra Kvitová	6^6	6	6
	Q	Ajla Tomljanović	2	3
		Petra Kvitová	6	6
																Petra Kvitová	2	4
															Q	Caroline Garcia	6	6
	7	Jessica Pegula	1	5
	Q	Caroline Garcia	6	7
								Q	Caroline Garcia	6	4	6
								6	Aryna Sabalenka	2	6	1
	6	Aryna Sabalenka	6	7^7
		Zhang Shuai	4	6^1

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	I Świątek	6	7
	WC	S Stephens	6	6				WC	S Stephens	4	5
		A Cornet	1	0											1	I Świątek	3	4
		M Keys	7	6												M Keys	6	6
		Y Putintseva	5	3					M Keys	6	7
		B Haddad Maia	4	4				16	J Ostapenko	4	5
	16	J Ostapenko	6	6																			M Keys	6	6
	11	C Gauff	5	0^r																			E Rybakina	2	4
	Q	M Bouzková	7	1				Q	M Bouzková
		S Sorribes Tormo	1	6^2					A Riske-Amritraj	w/o
		A Riske-Amritraj	6	7^7												A Riske-Amritraj	2	4
		E Rybakina	6	6												E Rybakina	6	6
		M Sherif	3	2					E Rybakina	6	6
								8	G Muguruza	3	1

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	P Badosa	7^7	0	2
	Q	T Townsend	4	6	5			Q	A Tomljanović	6^3	6	6
	Q	A Tomljanović	6	3	7										Q	A Tomljanović	3	7^7	6
		B Krejčíková	3	3												V Kudermetova	6	6^4	3
		V Kudermetova	6	6					V Kudermetova	w/o
	LL	A Potapova	4	6	3			15	S Halep
	15	S Halep	6	3	6																	Q	A Tomljanović	2	3
	12	B Bencic	2	7^7	4																		P Kvitová	6	6
		S Cîrstea	6	6^3	6				S Cîrstea	2	3
		J Teichmann	7^7	6^6	3				P Kvitová	6	6
		P Kvitová	6^2	7^8	6											P Kvitová	6	4	6
	WC	C McNally	6	3	7^7										5	O Jabeur	1	6	0
		A Sasnovich	3	6	6^2			WC	C McNally	3	6	6^7
								5	O Jabeur	6	4	7^9

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								7	J Pegula	6^5	6	6
	Q	M Kostyuk	6	5	6			Q	M Kostyuk	7^7	1	2
		C Giorgi	4	7	4										7	J Pegula	7	6
		K Kanepi	3	6	3										10	E Raducanu	5	4
		V Azarenka	6	4	6				V Azarenka	0	2
	PR	S Williams	4	0				10	E Raducanu	6	6
	10	E Raducanu	6	6																		7	J Pegula	1	5
	14	Ka Plíšková	7	6																		Q	C Garcia	6	7
	WC	V Williams	5	1				14	Ka Plíšková	6^3	3
	Q	A Kalinina	1	1					E Mertens	7^7	6
		E Mertens	6	6												E Mertens	4	5
	Q	C Garcia	6	6											Q	C Garcia	6	7
	LL	P Martić	3	3				Q	C Garcia	7^7	6^6	6
								4	M Sakkari	6^2	7^8	1

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								6	A Sabalenka	6	4
		M Trevisan	6^2	5				Q	A Kalinskaya	3	1^r
	Q	A Kalinskaya	7^7	7											6	A Sabalenka	6	6^2	6
	WC	S Kenin	2	1											WC	S Rogers	4	7^7	4
	WC	S Rogers	6	6				WC	S Rogers	w/o
		A Anisimova	6	6					A Anisimova
	9	D Kasatkina	4	4																		6	A Sabalenka	6	7^7
	13	L Fernandez	4	5																			S Zhang	4	6^1
		E Alexandrova	6	7					E Alexandrova	3	4
		N Osaka	4	5					S Zhang	6	6
		S Zhang	6	7												S Zhang	2	6	6
	Q	T Martincová	6^4	6	6										2	A Kontaveit	6	4	4
	LL	N Párrizas Díaz	7^7	4	3			Q	T Martincová	6	5	4
								2	A Kontaveit	3	7	6

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of August 8, 2022. Rank and points before are as of August 15, 2022.

The event is not mandatory on the women's side and points from the 2021 tournament are included in the table below only if they counted towards the player's ranking as of August 15, 2022. For other players, the points defending column shows the lower of (a) points from her second-highest non-mandatory WTA 1000 tournament (which are required to be counted in her ranking) or (b) her 16th best result.

Points defending will be replaced at the end of the tournament by (a) the player's points from the 2022 tournament, (b) her 17th best result, or (c) points from her second-highest non-mandatory WTA 1000 event.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending (or 16th best result)	Points won (or 17th best result)	Points after	Status
1	1	Iga Świątek	8,501	1	105	8,605	Third round lost to Madison Keys
2	2	Anett Kontaveit	4,476	1	105	4,580	Third round lost to Zhang Shuai
3	4	Paula Badosa	4,155	190	(15)^†	3,980	Second round lost to Ajla Tomljanović [Q]
4	3	Maria Sakkari	4,190	(55)^†	(55)^†	4,190	Second round lost to Caroline Garcia [Q]
5	5	Ons Jabeur	3,920	105	105	3,920	Third round lost to Petra Kvitová
6	7	Aryna Sabalenka	3,121	1	350	3,470	Semifinals lost to Caroline Garcia [Q]
7	8	Jessica Pegula	3,116	105	190	3,201	Quarterfinals lost to Caroline Garcia [Q]
8	9	Garbiñe Muguruza	2,990	105	1	2,886	Second round lost to Elena Rybakina
9	10	Daria Kasatkina	2,795	(55)^†	(55)^†	2,795	First round lost to Amanda Anisimova
10	13	Emma Raducanu	2,742	1^‡+95^§	105+5^†	2,756	Third round lost to Jessica Pegula [7]
11	12	Coco Gauff	2,746	60	1	2,687	First round retired against Marie Bouzková [Q]
12	11	Belinda Bencic	2,765	190	(60)^‡	2,635	First round lost to Sorana Cîrstea
13	14	Leylah Fernandez	2,569	30	1	2,540	First round lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova
14	17	Karolína Plíšková	2,297	350	60	2,007	Second round lost to Elise Mertens
15	6	Simona Halep	3,255	(60)^‡	60	3,255	Second round withdrew
16	15	Jeļena Ostapenko	2,361	105	60	2,316	Second round lost to Madison Keys

† Points from the player's 16th best result (for points defending) or 17th best result (for points won), in each case as of August 15, 2022.
‡ Points from the player's second-best non-mandatory WTA 1000 event, which are required to be counted in her ranking.
§ The player is defending points from a WTA 125 tournament (Chicago).

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Sofia Kenin
• Caty McNally
• Shelby Rogers
• Sloane Stephens
• Venus Williams

Protected ranking

• Bianca Andreescu
• Karolína Muchová
• Serena Williams

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Nuria Párrizas Díaz
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Petra Martić
• Angelique Kerber → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Karolína Muchová → replaced by Anastasia Potapova

During the tournament

• Amanda Anisimova (right foot injury)
• Marie Bouzková (right trunk injury)
• Simona Halep (right thigh injury)

Retirements

• Coco Gauff (left ankle injury)
• Anna Kalinskaya (dizziness)

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Irina-Camelia Begu (first round)
2. Caroline Garcia (qualified)
3. Marie Bouzková (qualified)
4. Anastasia Potapova (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
5. Clara Tauson (first round)
6. Anhelina Kalinina (qualified)
7. Anna Bondár (first round)
8. Jasmine Paolini (first round)
9. Nuria Párrizas Díaz (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
10. Petra Martić (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
11. Varvara Gracheva (first round)
12. Kateřina Siniaková (first round)
13. Kaja Juvan (first round)
14. Camila Osorio (first round)
15. Anna Kalinskaya (qualified)
16. Magda Linette (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Tereza Martincová
2. Caroline Garcia
3. Marie Bouzková
4. Anna Kalinskaya
5. Ajla Tomljanović
6. Anhelina Kalinina
7. Taylor Townsend
8. Marta Kostyuk

Lucky losers

1. Nuria Párrizas Díaz
2. Petra Martić
3. Anastasia Potapova

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Irina-Camelia Begu	1	7	6^4
		Tereza Martincová	6	5	7^7
									Tereza Martincová	7^7	6
								16	Magda Linette	6^4	3
	WC	Hailey Baptiste	3	0
	16	Magda Linette	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Caroline Garcia	4	6	6
		Diane Parry	6	3	2
								2	Caroline Garcia	6	6^5	6
									Andrea Petkovic	2	7^7	2
		Andrea Petkovic	6	4	6
	12	Kateřina Siniaková	4	6	1

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Marie Bouzková	6	6
		Aleksandra Krunić	1	2
								3	Marie Bouzková	6	6
									Donna Vekić	1	4
		Donna Vekić	7^8	6
	14	Camila Osorio	6^6	3

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Anastasia Potapova	6	6
		Harriet Dart	2	4
								4	Anastasia Potapova	5	1
								15	Anna Kalinskaya	7	6
	WC	Tatjana Maria	0	1
	15	Anna Kalinskaya	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Clara Tauson	2	3
		Ajla Tomljanović	6	6
									Ajla Tomljanović	4	6	6
								9	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	6	1	1
		Danka Kovinić	0	2
	9	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Anhelina Kalinina	6	6
	WC	Lauren Davis	2	4
								6	Anhelina Kalinina	6^3	6	6
								10	Petra Martić	7^7	4	1
		Dayana Yastremska	2	2
	10	Petra Martić	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Anna Bondár	6^2	4
	PR	Taylor Townsend	7^7	6
								PR	Taylor Townsend	3	6	6
								WC	Peyton Stearns	6	3	3
	WC	Peyton Stearns	6	6
	11	Varvara Gracheva	2	2

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	8	Jasmine Paolini	2	2
		Marta Kostyuk	6	6
									Marta Kostyuk	6	3	6
									Magdalena Fręch	1	6	4
		Magdalena Fręch	6	4	6
	13	Kaja Juvan	1	6	2

References

1. "Garcia soars past Kvitova in Cincinnati to claim 10th career title". Women's Tennis Association. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
2. "Barty charges past Teichmann in Cincinnati for fifth title of the season". Women's Tennis Association. August 22, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw