Elina Svitolina defeated Coco Gauff in the final, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 Italian Open. It was her third Italian Open title (after 2017 and 2018) and fifth WTA 1000-level title overall. At 31 years and eight months old, Svitolina became the oldest woman to win three titles at the same WTA 1000 event and the oldest player to defeat three top-5 opponents at a single WTA 1000 event (overtaking the previous records held by Serena Williams at the Miami Open).

Jasmine Paolini was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Elise Mertens.

Aryna Sabalenka's defeat in the third round to Sorana Cîrstea ended her streak of 17 consecutive tournament quarterfinals, dating back to the 2025 Indian Wells Open. At 36 years and 32 days old, Cîrstea became the oldest women’s player in the Open Era to record their first career win over a reigning world No. 1, the oldest to defeat a world No. 1 on a clay court, and the oldest to do so from a set down on any surface. Following the event, she also became the oldest women’s player to make their Top 20 debut in WTA rankings history.

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 20 April 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 4 May 2026.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defending Points wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Aryna Sabalenka 10,110 215 65 9,960 2 2 Elena Rybakina 8,555 65 215 8,705 Quarterfinals lost to Elina Svitolina 3 4 Coco Gauff† 6,749 650 650 6,749 Runner-up, lost to Elina Svitolina 4 3 Iga Świątek 6,948 65 390 7,273 Semifinals lost to Elina Svitolina 5 5 Jessica Pegula 6,136 65 215 6,286 Quarterfinals lost to Iga Świątek 6 6 Amanda Anisimova 5,985 10+27 0+10 5,958 Withdrew due to left wrist injury 7 10 Elina Svitolina‡ 3,530 215 1,000 4,315 Champion, defeated Coco Gauff 8 7 Mirra Andreeva 4,181 215 215 4,181 Quarterfinals lost to Coco Gauff 9 8 Jasmine Paolini 3,722 1,000 65 2,787 Third round lost to Elise Mertens 10 9 Victoria Mboko 3,531 65+81 0+10 3,395 Withdrew due to illness 11 11 Karolína Muchová 3,318 (60)∆ (60)Ω 3,318 Second round lost to Anastasia Potapova [Q] 12 12 Belinda Bencic 3,090 10 65 3,145 13 13 Linda Nosková 2,999 65 120 3,054 Fourth round lost to Sorana Cîrstea 14 14 2,669 0 10 2,679 Second round lost to Laura Siegemund 15 16 Naomi Osaka 2,341 120 120 2,341 Fourth round lost to Iga Świątek 16 17 Iva Jovic 2,235 (49)∆ 120 2,306 Fourth round lost to Coco Gauff 17 19 Madison Keys 1,946 65 65 1,946 Third round lost to Nikola Bartůňková [LL] 18 18 Clara Tauson 2,030 120 10 1,920 19 20 Diana Shnaider 1,946 215 65 1,796 Third round lost to Naomi Osaka 20 21 1,895 10 65 1,950 Third round lost to Anastasia Potapova [Q] 21 22 Elise Mertens 1,858 120 120 1,858 Fourth round lost to Mirra Andreeva 22 24 Anna Kalinskaya 1,758 10 120 1,868 Fourth round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko 23 15 Marta Kostyuk 2,507 120 0 2,387 Withdrew due to right hip injury 24 26 Marie Bouzkova 1,651 65 10 1,596 Second round lost to Taylor Townsend [Q] 25 23 Leylah Fernandez 1,851 65 10 1,796 Second round lost to Rebeka Masarova [Q] 26 27 Sorana Cîrstea 1,595 0 390 1,985 Semifinals lost to Coco Gauff 27 30 Emma Raducanu 1,430 120 0 1,310 Withdrew due to illness 28 35 Emma Navarro 1,377 65 10 1,322 Second round lost to Elisabetta Cocciaretto 29 34 Maya Joint 1,380 30 10 1,360 Second round lost to Viktorija Golubić 30 31 Cristina Bucșa 1,406 (10)∆ 10 1,406 Second round lost to Zheng Qinwen 31 33 Wang Xinyu 1,401 10 10 1,401 Second round lost to Alexandra Eala 32 25 Hailey Baptiste 1,747 95+15 65+10 1,712 Third round lost to Elina Svitolina 33 28 Jaqueline Cristian 1,437 65 10 1,382 Second round lost to Karolína Plíšková [PR] ∆ 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 18th best result as it is higher than the Rome result, which does not need to be counted in her ranking points.

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list † – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

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

References

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