2024 Cincinnati Open – Women's singles

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Cincinnati Open.^[1] She did not lose a set en route to her sixth WTA 1000 title and 15th career WTA Tour singles title. Pegula was attempting to become the first woman to win both the Canadian Open and Cincinnati Open in the same season since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1973.^[2] The two would play each other three weeks later, in the final of the US Open; Sabalenka would again defeat Pegula in straight sets.^[3]

Women's singles
2024 Cincinnati Open
Champion	Aryna Sabalenka
Runner-up	Jessica Pegula
Score	6–3, 7–5
Draw	56
Seeds	16

Further information: 2024 Cincinnati Open

Coco Gauff was the defending champion,^[4] but lost in the second round to Yulia Putintseva.^[5]

Seeds

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

01.   Iga Świątek (semifinals)

02.   Coco Gauff (second round)

03.   Aryna Sabalenka (champion)

04.   Elena Rybakina (second round)

05.   Jasmine Paolini (third round)

06.   Jessica Pegula (final)

07.   Zheng Qinwen (third round)

08.   Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)

09.   Daria Kasatkina (second round)

10.   Liudmila Samsonova (quarterfinals)

11.   Emma Navarro (first round)

12.   Ons Jabeur (withdrew)

13.   Anna Kalinskaya (second round)

14.   Victoria Azarenka (withdrew)

15.   Marta Kostyuk (third round)

16.   Donna Vekić (first round)

17.   Beatriz Haddad Maia (first 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
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Iga Świątek	4	6	7
		Mirra Andreeva	6	3	5
								1	Iga Świątek	3	3
								3	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6
	3	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6
	10	Liudmila Samsonova	3	2
															3	Aryna Sabalenka	6	7
															6	Jessica Pegula	3	5
	6	Jessica Pegula	7	61	77
		Leylah Fernandez	5	77	63
								6	Jessica Pegula	6	3	6
								PR	Paula Badosa	2	6	3
		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	3	2
	PR	Paula Badosa	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	I Świątek	6	68	6
	PR	A Tomljanović	3	6	65			Q	V Gracheva	0	710	2
	Q	V Gracheva	6	2	77										1	I Świątek	6	6
	Q	L Sun	6	77											15	M Kostyuk	2	2
		L Nosková	4	64				Q	L Sun	3	5
		E Mertens	4	6	4			15	M Kostyuk	6	7
	15	M Kostyuk	6	2	6																	1	I Świątek	4	6	7
	11	E Navarro	2	2																			M Andreeva	6	3	5
		M Andreeva	6	6					M Andreeva	6	6
		Ka Plíšková	77	77					Ka Plíšková	2	3
		V Tomova	63	63												M Andreeva	3	6	6
		A Potapova	6	2	6										5	J Paolini	6	3	2
		C Burel	4	6	1				A Potapova	62	3
								5	J Paolini	77	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	A Sabalenka	6	6
	Q	R Montgomery	5	6	3				E Cocciaretto	3	4
		E Cocciaretto	7	4	6										3	A Sabalenka	7	6
		E Svitolina	5	6	6											E Svitolina	5	2
	Q	Y Wang	7	3	2				E Svitolina	6	6
	LL	L Bronzetti	4	6	61			LL	J Bouzas Maneiro	4	1
	LL	J Bouzas Maneiro	6	3	77																	3	A Sabalenka	6	6
	10	L Samsonova	6	6																		10	L Samsonova	3	2
		Xin Wang	4	4				10	L Samsonova	712	6
		K Boulter	6	0	5				M Linette	610	1
		M Linette	2	6	7										10	L Samsonova	4	6	6
	LL	E Avanesyan	6	7											LL	E Avanesyan	6	0	3
	WC	B Andreescu	4	5				LL	E Avanesyan	2	6	6
								8	J Ostapenko	6	2	2

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								6	J Pegula	5	6	6
		K Muchová	78	6					K Muchová	7	4	2
		D Yastremska	66	2											6	J Pegula	6	6
	WC	C Dolehide	6	4	67										Q	T Townsend	2	3
	Q	T Townsend	3	6	79			Q	T Townsend	6	2	6
		E Alexandrova	4	2				9	D Kasatkina	1	6	1
	9	D Kasatkina	6	6																		6	J Pegula	7	61	77
	16	D Vekić	7	64	2																		L Fernandez	5	77	63
	Q	A Krueger	5	77	6			Q	A Krueger	5	0
		D Shnaider	6	6					D Shnaider	7	6
	PR	S Zhang	1	4												D Shnaider	1	4
		L Fernandez	3	6	6											L Fernandez	6	6
		Y Yuan	6	4	3				L Fernandez	3	77	6
								4	E Rybakina	6	63	4

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								7	Q Zheng	6	7
		M Bouzková	6	4	3			Q	M Fręch	1	5
	Q	M Fręch	3	6	6										7	Q Zheng	5	1
	WC	C Wozniacki	6	6												A Pavlyuchenkova	7	6
		A Kalinina	2	4				WC	C Wozniacki	5	4
		A Pavlyuchenkova	4	77	6				A Pavlyuchenkova	7	6
	17	B Haddad Maia	6	64	3																		A Pavlyuchenkova	3	2
	13	A Kalinskaya	1	6	6																	PR	P Badosa	6	6
		K Siniaková	6	2	3			13	A Kalinskaya	3	2
	WC	P Stearns	2	5				PR	P Badosa	6	6
	PR	P Badosa	6	7											PR	P Badosa	6	6
	Q	H Dart	6	0	1											Y Putintseva	4	4
		Y Putintseva	4	6	6				Y Putintseva	6	2	6
								2	C Gauff	4	6	4

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 5 August 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 12 August 2024.

Under the 2024 WTA Rulebook, points from all combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournaments (which include Cincinnati) are required to be counted in a player's ranking.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points earned	Points after	Status
1	1	Iga Świątek	10,655	350	390	10,695	Semifinals lost to  Aryna Sabalenka [3]
2	2	Coco Gauff	7,633	900	10	6,743	Second round lost to Yulia Putintseva
3	3	Aryna Sabalenka	7,366	350	1,000	8,016	Champion, defeated Jessica Pegula [6]
4	4	Elena Rybakina	6,026	105	10	5,931	Second round lost to Leylah Fernandez
5	5	Jasmine Paolini	5,268	220	120	5,168	Third round lost to Mirra Andreeva
6	6	Jessica Pegula	4,615	105	650	5,160	Runner-up, lost to Aryna Sabalenka [3]
7	7	Zheng Qinwen	3,965	105	120	3,980	Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
8	11	Jeļena Ostapenko	3,478	60	10	3,428	Second round lost to Elina Avanesyan [LL]
9	12	Daria Kasatkina	3,103	105	65	3,063	Second round lost to Taylor Townsend [Q]
10	17	Liudmila Samsonova	2,450	(55)†	215	2,610	Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka [3]
11	13	Emma Navarro	3,038	(98)†	10	2,950	First round lost to Mirra Andreeva
12	16	Ons Jabeur	2,641	190	0	2,451	Withdrew due to shoulder injury
13	15	Anna Kalinskaya	2,660	(13)‡	65	2,712	Second round lost to Paula Badosa [PR]
14	19	Victoria Azarenka	2,326	60	0	2,266	Withdrew due to injury
15	21	Marta Kostyuk	2,260	(32)†	120	2,348	Third round lost to Iga Świątek [1]
16	23	Donna Vekić	2,108	105	10	2,013	First round lost to Ashlyn Krueger [Q]
17	22	Beatriz Haddad Maia	2,113	(30)†	10	2,093	First round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

† The player's 2023 points did not count towards her ranking on 12 August 2024 because the 2023 tournament was non-mandatory. Points from her 18th best result will be deducted instead.
‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2023. Points from her 18th best result will be deducted instead.

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
8	Maria Sakkari	3,620	105	3,515	Shoulder injury
9	Barbora Krejčiková	3,572	1	3,571	Thigh injury
10	Danielle Collins	3,482	60	3,422	Abdominal injury
14	Madison Keys	2,728	1	2,727	Thigh injury

Other entry information

Wildcards

• Bianca Andreescu
• Caroline Dolehide
• Peyton Stearns
• Caroline Wozniacki

Protected ranking

• Paula Badosa
• Ajla Tomljanović
• Zhang Shuai

Special exempt

• Amanda Anisimova

Withdrawals

• § Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Lucia Bronzetti
• § Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
• ‡ Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Clara Burel
• ‡ Danielle Collins → replaced by Magda Linette
• ‡ Caroline Garcia → replaced by Anhelina Kalinina
• § Ons Jabeur → replaced by Elina Avanesyan
• ‡ Madison Keys → replaced by Zhang Shuai
• ‡ Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Marie Bouzková
• ‡ Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• ‡ Maria Sakkari → replaced by Karolína Plíšková
• ‡ Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova

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

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Magdalena Fręch (qualified)
2. Wang Xiyu (first round)
3. Lulu Sun (qualified)
4. Katie Volynets (qualifying competition)
5. Elina Avanesyan (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
6. Cristina Bucșa (first round)
7. Clara Tauson (first round)
8. Moyuka Uchijima (first round)
9. Lucia Bronzetti (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
10. Varvara Gracheva (qualified)
11. Anna Blinkova (first round)
12. Taylor Townsend (qualified)
13. Wang Yafan (qualified)
14. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
15. Harriet Dart (qualified)
16. Martina Trevisan (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Magdalena Fręch
2. Varvara Gracheva
3. Lulu Sun
4. Taylor Townsend
5. Harriet Dart
6. Robin Montgomery
7. Wang Yafan
8. Ashlyn Krueger

Lucky losers

1. Elina Avanesyan
2. Lucia Bronzetti
3. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Magdalena Fręch	6	2
		Hailey Baptiste	2	1r
								1	Magdalena Fręch	6	6
								14	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	1	4
		Lesia Tsurenko	2	2
	14	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Wang Xiyu	3	6	1
		Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6	1	6
									Aliaksandra Sasnovich	4	3
								10	Varvara Gracheva	6	6
		Bernarda Pera	3	1
	10	Varvara Gracheva	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Lulu Sun	6	6
	PR	Shelby Rogers	3	0
								3	Lulu Sun	77	6
								9	Lucia Bronzetti	64	3
	WC	Marina Stakusic	3	78	2
	9	Lucia Bronzetti	6	66	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Katie Volynets	6	7
		Tamara Korpatsch	2	5
								4	Katie Volynets	0	3
								12	Taylor Townsend	6	6
		Chloé Paquet	3	4
	12	Taylor Townsend	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Elina Avanesyan	6	6
	WC	Lauren Davis	3	1
								5	Elina Avanesyan	4	1
								15	Harriet Dart	6	6
		Kamilla Rakhimova	4	6	0
	15	Harriet Dart	6	2	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Cristina Bucșa	6	4	0
	WC	Robin Montgomery	4	6	6
								WC	Robin Montgomery	6	6
								16	Martina Trevisan	4	4
	Alt	Arina Rodionova	1	6	62
	16	Martina Trevisan	6	4	77

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Clara Tauson	2	2
		Erika Andreeva	6	6
									Erika Andreeva	77	3	3
								13	Wang Yafan	63	6	6
		Sara Errani	3	0
	13	Wang Yafan	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	8	Moyuka Uchijima	2	0
		Ashlyn Krueger	6	6
									Ashlyn Krueger	6	2	6
								WC	Naomi Osaka	3	6	3
	WC	Naomi Osaka	6	2	6
	11	Anna Blinkova	2	6	2