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.

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

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.

Draw

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half Section 3

Section 4

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.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defending (or 16th best result)Points won (or 17th best result)Points afterStatus 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 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

Protected ranking

Withdrawals Before the tournament

During the tournament

Retirements

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

References

External links Main draw Qualifying draw