2023 National Bank Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2023 National Bank Open
Final
Champion	Jessica Pegula
Runner-up	Liudmila Samsonova
Score	6–1, 6–0
Details
Draw	56
Seeds	16
Events

Jessica Pegula defeated Liudmila Samsonova in the final, 6–1, 6–0 to win the women's singles title at the 2023 Canadian Open.^[1] It was her second WTA 1000 title. Due to rain, Samsonova had to play two matches (third round and quarterfinals) on Friday and two matches again (semifinals and final) on Sunday; she only had a two-hour break between the semifinal and final match. Pegula, on the other hand, played one match each day of the tournament from Wednesday through Sunday.^[2]

Simona Halep was the reigning champion,^[3]^[4] but could not defend her title due to a provisional suspension for violations of anti-doping rules.^[5]

Iga Świątek and Aryna Sabalenka were in contention for the WTA No. 1 ranking. Świątek retained the top ranking by reaching the quarterfinals.

This tournament marked the return to professional competition of former No. 1 player Caroline Wozniacki, who previously retired from the sport in 2020.^[6] She lost to reigning Wimbledon champion Markéta Vondroušová in the second round.^[7]

Seeds

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

1.

Iga Świątek (semifinals)

2.

Aryna Sabalenka (third round)

3.

Elena Rybakina (semifinals)

4.

Jessica Pegula (champion)

5.

Caroline Garcia (second round)

6.

Coco Gauff (quarterfinals)

7.

Petra Kvitová (third round)

8.

Maria Sakkari (second round)

9.

Markéta Vondroušová (third round)

10.

Daria Kasatkina (quarterfinals)

11.

Beatriz Haddad Maia (second round)

12.

Belinda Bencic (quarterfinals)

13.

Madison Keys (second round, withdrew)

14.

Karolína Muchová (third round)

15.

Liudmila Samsonova (final)

16.

Victoria Azarenka (second round, withdrew)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Iga Świątek	6	4	6

Q	Danielle Collins	3	6	2
					1	Iga Świątek	2	7⁷	4

					4	Jessica Pegula	6	6⁴	6
4	Jessica Pegula	6	5	7

6	Coco Gauff	2	7	5
										4	Jessica Pegula	6	6

										15	Liudmila Samsonova	1	0
10	Daria Kasatkina	7	5	6⁸

3	Elena Rybakina	5	7	7¹⁰
					3	Elena Rybakina	6	1	2

					15	Liudmila Samsonova	1	6	6
12	Belinda Bencic	4	4

15	Liudmila Samsonova	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	I Świątek	7⁸	6
	L Zhu	3	7¹⁰	2		Ka Plíšková	6⁶	2
	Ka Plíšková	6	6⁸	6						1	I Świątek	6	4	6
	V Gracheva	4	6³							14	K Muchová	1	6	4
	S Cîrstea	6	7⁷			S Cîrstea	5	4
	A Potapova	6⁴	2		14	K Muchová	7	6
14	K Muchová	7⁷	6												1	I Świątek	6	4	6
11	B Haddad Maia	6	6												Q	D Collins	3	6	2
LL	M Fręch	4	2		11	B Haddad Maia	5	7	3
WC	L Fernandez	6	6		WC	L Fernandez	7	5	6
Q	P Stearns	3	2							WC	L Fernandez	2	3
Q	D Collins	6	6							Q	D Collins	6	6
PR	E Svitolina	2	2		Q	D Collins	6	6
					8	M Sakkari	4	2

Section 2

First round				Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

				4	J Pegula	6	6
	B Pera	3	4	LL	Y Putintseva	4	4
LL	Y Putintseva	6	6					4	J Pegula	6	6
	J Paolini	7⁷	6						J Paolini	4	0
	D Vekić	6³	2		J Paolini	w/o
WC	V Williams	2	5	13	M Keys
13	M Keys	6	7									4	J Pegula	6	5	7
9	M Vondroušová	6	6									6	C Gauff	2	7	5
	M Sherif	4	2	9	M Vondroušová	6	7
WC	C Wozniacki	6	6	WC	C Wozniacki	2	5
Q	K Birrell	2	2					9	M Vondroušová	3	0
Q	K Boulter	6	6					6	C Gauff	6	6
WC	R Marino	3	1	Q	K Boulter	2	2
				6	C Gauff	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					5	C Garcia	4	6	2
Q	K Day	6¹	3			M Bouzková	6	4	6
	M Bouzková	7⁷	6								M Bouzková	3	4
	A Blinkova	4	6	6						10	D Kasatkina	6	6
	S Zhang	6	2	3		A Blinkova	2	5
	E Mertens	4	2		10	D Kasatkina	6	7
10	D Kasatkina	6	6											10	D Kasatkina	7	5	6⁸
16	V Azarenka	6	6											3	E Rybakina	5	7	7¹⁰
	M Linette	3	0		16	V Azarenka
	S Stephens	6	7⁷			S Stephens	w/o
	A Kalinina	4	6²								S Stephens	3	3
PR	J Brady	7⁹	0	7¹⁰						3	E Rybakina	6	6
	J Ostapenko	6⁷	6	6⁸	PR	J Brady	7⁷	6⁵	3
					3	E Rybakina	6³	7⁷	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					7	P Kvitová	6	5	6
Q	C Giorgi	6	6		Q	C Giorgi	2	7	0
WC	B Andreescu	3	2							7	P Kvitová	7⁷	3	1
Q	A Parks	7	4	6						12	B Bencic	6³	6	6
	L Davis	5	6	2	Q	A Parks	3	7	4
	L Bronzetti	2	3		12	B Bencic	6	5	6
12	B Bencic	6	6												12	B Bencic	4	4
15	L Samsonova	4	6	6											15	L Samsonova	6	6
	K Siniaková	6	2	3	15	L Samsonova	6	6
	M Kostyuk	2	6	3		Q Zheng	3	2
	Q Zheng	6	1	6						15	L Samsonova	7⁷	4	6
	P Martić	6	6							2	A Sabalenka	6²	6	3
LL	C Bucșa	0	4			P Martić	3	6⁵
					2	A Sabalenka	6	7⁷

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 31 July 2023. Rank and points before are as of 7 August 2023.

The event is not mandatory on the women's side and points from the 2022 tournament are included in the table below only if they counted towards the player's ranking as of 7 August 2023. For other players, the points defending column shows the player's 16th best result.

Points defending will be replaced at the end of the tournament by the highest of (a) the player's points from the 2023 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	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Iga Świątek	9,490	(110)^†	350	9,730	Semifinals lost to Jessica Pegula [4]
2	2	Aryna Sabalenka	8,746	105	105	8,746	Third round lost to Liudmila Samsonova [15]
3	4	Elena Rybakina	5,465	60	350	5,755	Semifinals lost to Liudmila Samsonova [15]
4	3	Jessica Pegula	5,480	350	900	6,030	Champion, defeated Liudmila Samsonova [15]
5	6	Caroline Garcia	4,685	(100)^†	1	4,685^§	Second round lost to Marie Bouzková
6	7	Coco Gauff	3,760	190	190	3,760	Quarterfinals lost to Jessica Pegula [4]
7	9	Petra Kvitová	3,341	1	105	3,445	Third round lost to Belinda Bencic [12]
8	8	Maria Sakkari	3,585	105	(30)^†	3,510	Second round lost to Danielle Collins [Q]
9	10	Markéta Vondroušová	3,106	0	105	3,211	Third round lost to Coco Gauff [6]
10	14	Daria Kasatkina	2,600	(55)^†	190	2,735	Quarterfinals lost Elena Rybakina [3]
11	12	Beatriz Haddad Maia	2,745	585	60	2,220	Second round lost to Leylah Fernandez [WC]
12	13	Belinda Bencic	2,605	190	190	2,605	Quarterfinals lost to Liudmila Samsonova [15]
13	15	Madison Keys	2,580	(100)^†	60	2,580^§	Second round, withdrew due to a glute injury
14	17	Karolína Muchová	2,333	(15)^‡	105	2,423	Third round lost to Iga Świątek [1]
15	18	Liudmila Samsonova	2,220	(60)^†	585	2,745	Runner-up, lost to Jessica Pegula [4]
16	19	Victoria Azarenka	2,176	(1)^†	60	2,235	Second round, withdrew due to injury

† Points from the player's 16th best result (for points defending) or 17th best result (for points earned), in each case as of 7 August 2023.
‡ The player is defending points from a WTA 125 tournament (Concord).
§ No change in points because points from this tournament did not count as one of the player's 16 best results.

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
5	Ons Jabeur	4,747	1	4,746	Knee injury^[8]
11	Barbora Krejčíková	2,840	(30)^†	2,840^§	Ankle injury
16	Veronika Kudermetova	2,485	(100)^†	2,485^§	Hip injury

† Points from the player's 16th best result.
§ No change in points because the player's result from the 2022 tournament did not count towards her ranking as of 7 August 2023.

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

Paula Badosa → replaced by Magdalena Fręch
Ons Jabeur → replaced by Yulia Putintseva
Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Lucia Bronzetti
Veronika Kudermetova → replaced by Lauren Davis
Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Cristina Bucșa

Qualifying

Seeds

Lesia Tsurenko (qualified, withdrew from main draw)
Alycia Parks (qualified)
Danielle Collins (qualified)
Camila Giorgi (qualified)
Linda Fruhvirtová (first round)
Peyton Stearns (qualified)
Yulia Putintseva (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Katie Boulter (qualified)
Magdalena Fręch (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Cristina Bucșa (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Jodie Burrage (first round)
Kayla Day (qualified)
Kimberly Birrell (qualified)
Yuan Yue (first round)
Elizabeth Mandlik (qualifying competition)
Ashlyn Krueger (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Lesia Tsurenko	6	6

WC	Bianca Fernandez	1	3
					1	Lesia Tsurenko	6	6

					15	Elizabeth Mandlik	4	2
	Han Na-lae	6	1	2

15	Elizabeth Mandlik	0	6	6

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Alycia Parks	4	6	7

WC	Marina Stakusic	6	4	5
					2	Alycia Parks	6	6

					10	Cristina Bucșa	1	2
	Carol Zhao	3	3

10	Cristina Bucșa	6	6

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Danielle Collins	6	1	6

WC	Eugenie Bouchard	1	6	1
					3	Danielle Collins	7	6¹⁰	7

						Emina Bektas	5	7¹²	5
	Emina Bektas	6	2	6

14	Yuan Yue	2	6	1

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Camila Giorgi	6	6

	Elvina Kalieva	2	4
					4	Camila Giorgi	6	4	6

					16	Ashlyn Krueger	3	6	4
	Mirjam Björklund	7	4	4

16	Ashlyn Krueger	5	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Linda Fruhvirtová	0	6	1

	Sachia Vickery	6	3	6
						Sachia Vickery	2	6	3

					12	Kayla Day	6	1	6
	Louisa Chirico	2	2

12	Kayla Day	6	6

Sixth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Peyton Stearns	4	6	6

	Katherine Sebov	6	3	1
					6	Peyton Stearns	6	6

					9	Magdalena Fręch	2	4
	Storm Hunter	2	2

9	Magdalena Fręch	6	6

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Yulia Putintseva	2	6	6

WC	Mia Kupres	6	2	0
					7	Yulia Putintseva	2	4

					13	Kimberly Birrell	6	6
	Daria Saville	3	4

13	Kimberly Birrell	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

8	Katie Boulter	6	6

	Miriam Bulgaru	3	3
				8	Katie Boulter	6	6

					Marina Bassols Ribera	2	2
	Marina Bassols Ribera	7	6

11	Jodie Burrage	5	4