Coco Gauff defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 Cincinnati Open. It was her second title at the Cincinnati Open (after 2023), fourth WTA 1000 title and twelfth career WTA Tour title overall. She became only the third woman in the Open Era to win multiple Cincinnati Open singles titles, after Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. This was the first all-American women's singles final at the tournament since 1970.
Iga Świątek was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Pegula.
Aryna Sabalenka retained the WTA No. 1 singles ranking after Elena Rybakina retired in the quarterfinals.
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 August 3, 2026. Rankings and points before are as of August 10, 2026.
Because the tournament takes place one week later this year, the points defending column also includes results from tournaments which took place during the week of August 18, 2025 (Monterrey and Cleveland).
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints earned Points afterStatus 1 1 Aryna Sabalenka 8,670 215 120 8,575 Fourth round lost to Sára Bejlek 2 2 Elena Rybakina 8,316 390 215 8,141 Quarterfinals retired against Iga Świątek 3 3 Jessica Pegula† 6,680 65 650 7,265 Runner-up, lost to Coco Gauff 4 4 Coco Gauff‡ 5,919 215 1,000 6,704 Champion, defeated Jessica Pegula 5 6 Mirra Andreeva 5,323 0 120 5,443 Fourth round lost to Marta Kostyuk 6 8 Linda Nosková 5,016 10+108 120+10 5,028 Fourth round lost to Amanda Anisimova 7 5 Iga Świątek 5,419 1,000 390 4,809 Semifinals lost to Jessica Pegula 8 9 Elina Svitolina 4,634 10 65 4,689 Third round withdrew due to right ankle injury 9 10 Amanda Anisimova 4,353 35 215 4,533 Quarterfinals lost to Jessica Pegula 10 11 Marta Kostyuk 3,830 65 215 3,980 Quarterfinals lost to Coco Gauff 11 13 Naomi Osaka 2,846 0 0 2,846 Withdrew due to fatigue 12 12 Belinda Bencic 2,995 10 10 2,995 13 16 Iva Jovic 2,691 85 65 2,671 Third round lost to Marie Bouzková 14 14 Diana Shnaider 2,798 10+500 120+60 2,468 Fourth round lost to Elena Rybakina 15 19 Sorana Cîrstea 2,502 120+268 120+60 2,294 Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula 16 18 2,506 120+325 65+60 2,186 Third round lost to Sára Bejlek 17 20 Alexandra Eala 2,216 0 65 2,281 Third round lost to Amanda Anisimova 18 21 Anna Kalinskaya 2,083 215 65 1,933 Third round retired against Sorana Cîrstea 19 23 Maja Chwalińska 1,984 (12)∆ 65 2,037 Third round lost to Diana Shnaider 20 24 Madison Keys 1,814 120 215 1,909 Quarterfinals lost to Sára Bejlek 21 22 Elise Mertens 2,003 65+108 10+30 1,870 Second round lost to Diane Parry 22 27 Marie Bouzková 1,774 0+195 120+54 1,753 Fourth round lost to Coco Gauff 23 26 Barbora Krejčiková 1,776 120 10 1,666 Second round lost to Sára Bejlek 24 25 Anastasia Potapova 1,781 35 10 1,756 Second round lost to Sloane Stephens [WC] 25 28 Emma Navarro 1,669 10 65 1,724 Third round lost to Jessica Pegula 26 30 Jeļena Ostapenko 1,537 35 10 1,512 Second round lost to Magdalena Fręch 27 42 Clara Tauson 1,184 65 65 1,184 Third round lost to Linda Nosková 28 29 Ann Li 1,596 10+163 65+30 1,518 Third round lost to Coco Gauff 29 32 Maria Sakkari 1,385 35 65 1,415 Third round lost to Iga Świątek 30 31 Leylah Fernandez 1,454 10 10 1,454 Second round lost to Wang Xiyu [Q] 31 34 Donna Vekić 1,336 10+60 10+2 1,278 Second round lost to Wang Xinyu 32 37 Janice Tjen 1,238 (10)∆ 65 1,293 Third round lost to Mirra Andreeva 33 44 Kateřina Siniaková 1,170 (1)∆ 65 1,234 Third round lost to Madison Keys ∆ The player is defending points from her 18th best result or her sixth best combined WTA 1000 tournament result.
Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints after Withdrawal reason 7 Karolína Muchová 5,048 65 4,983 Minor surgery 15 Jasmine Paolini 2,773 650 2,123 Left foot injury 17 Victoria Mboko 2,530 0 2,530 Left knee injury 33 Hailey Baptiste 1,338 10+29 1,299 Left knee injury
Other entry information Wildcards
Withdrawals
§ – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list α – withdrew from entry list (using special ranking) and received wildcard † – withdrew from main draw
Qualifying Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
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
External links Main draw Qualifying draw