2023 Italian Open – Women's singles

Elena Rybakina won the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Italian Open after Anhelina Kalinina retired from the final with the scoreline at 6–4, 1–0. It was Rybakina's second career WTA 1000 title. Rybakina won three of her six matches at the tournament via retirement: over Anna Kalinskaya in the third round, Iga Świątek in the quarterfinals, and Kalinina in the final. With the win, Rybakina entered the top five in the WTA rankings for the first time at world No. 4.^[1]

Women's singles
2023 Italian Open
Champion	Elena Rybakina
Runner-up	Anhelina Kalinina
Score	6–4, 1–0, ret.
Draw	96 (12 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32

Main article: 2023 Italian Open (tennis)

Świątek was the two-time defending champion,^[2] but retired in the quarterfinals against Rybakina due to a hip injury. Świątek was attempting to be the first woman to win three consecutive titles in Rome since Conchita Martínez in 1995.

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.   Iga Świątek (quarterfinals, retired)

02.   Aryna Sabalenka (second round)

03.   Jessica Pegula (second round)

04.   Ons Jabeur (second round)

05.   Caroline Garcia (third round)

06.   Coco Gauff (third round)

07.   Elena Rybakina (champion)

08.   Daria Kasatkina (fourth round)

09.   Maria Sakkari (third round)

10.   Barbora Krejčíková (third round)

11.   Veronika Kudermetova (semifinals)

12.   Beatriz Haddad Maia (quarterfinals)

13.   Karolína Plíšková (second round)

14.   Victoria Azarenka (third round, withdrew)

15.   Ekaterina Alexandrova (second round)

16.   Liudmila Samsonova (third round)

17.   Magda Linette (third round)

18.   Martina Trevisan (second round)

19.   Madison Keys (fourth round)

20.   Jeļena Ostapenko (semifinals)

21.   Donna Vekić (fourth round)

22.   Zheng Qinwen (quarterfinals)

23.   Anastasia Potapova (third round)

24.   Bianca Andreescu (second round)

25.   Elise Mertens (second round)

26.   Jil Teichmann (second round)

27.   Marie Bouzková (fourth round)

28.   Bernarda Pera (second round)

29.   Petra Martić (second round)

30.   Anhelina Kalinina (final, retired)

31.   Irina-Camelia Begu (second round)

32.   Marta Kostyuk (third 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
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Iga Świątek	6	63	2r
	7	Elena Rybakina	2	77	2
								7	Elena Rybakina	6	6
								20	Jeļena Ostapenko	2	4
		Paula Badosa	2	6	3
	20	Jeļena Ostapenko	6	4	6
															7	Elena Rybakina	6	1
															30	Anhelina Kalinina	4	0r
	11	Veronika Kudermetova	3	6	6
	22	Zheng Qinwen	6	3	4
								11	Veronika Kudermetova	5	7	2
								30	Anhelina Kalinina	7	5	6
	12	Beatriz Haddad Maia	77	66	3
	30	Anhelina Kalinina	62	78	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	I Świątek	6	6
	PR	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6				PR	A Pavlyuchenkova	0	0
	WC	S Errani	1	1											1	I Świątek	6	6
		L Tsurenko	6	6												L Tsurenko	2	0
	PR	E Svitolina	4	3					L Tsurenko	6	6
								28	B Pera	4	4
																						1	I Świątek	6	6
																						21	D Vekić	3	4
								21	D Vekić	3	6	6
		A Sasnovich	77	4	6				A Sasnovich	6	3	3
		L Fernandez	64	6	3										21	D Vekić	2	77	6
		A Parks	1	1											16	L Samsonova	6	65	2
		A Kontaveit	6	6					A Kontaveit	3	3
								16	L Samsonova	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								9	M Sakkari	6	6
	PR	B Strýcová	6	3	6			PR	B Strýcová	1	3
		M Zanevska	1	6	3										9	M Sakkari	5	3
		K Kanepi	0	6	2										PR	M Vondroušová	7	6
	PR	M Vondroušová	6	4	6			PR	M Vondroušová	6	6
								24	B Andreescu	0	1
																						PR	M Vondroušová	3	3
																						7	E Rybakina	6	6
								25	E Mertens	4	6	3
	Q	D Yastremska	4	2					A Kalinskaya	6	4	6
		A Kalinskaya	6	6												A Kalinskaya	3r
		J Paolini	6	63	6										7	E Rybakina	4
		Xin Wang	4	77	2				J Paolini	64	1
								7	E Rybakina	77	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								4	O Jabeur	1	4
		P Badosa	4	6	77				P Badosa	6	6
	Q	A-L Friedsam	6	2	62											P Badosa	6	6
	WC	C Rosatello	711	2	2										32	M Kostyuk	4	2
		C Liu	69	6	6				C Liu	0	4
								32	M Kostyuk	6	6
																							P Badosa	6	64	6
																							K Muchová	4	77	2
								18	M Trevisan	6	3	5
	LL	K Rakhimova	4	5					K Muchová	3	6	7
		K Muchová	6	7												K Muchová	77	6
	Q	A Rus	6	2	3											C Giorgi	64	2
		C Giorgi	4	6	6				C Giorgi	6	6
								15	E Alexandrova	4	2

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								10	B Krejčíková	6	4
		L Bronzetti	3	6	3				D Kovinić	2	1r
		D Kovinić	6	3	6										10	B Krejčíková	62	0
		K Volynets	6	3	4										20	J Ostapenko	77	6
		S Cîrstea	2	6	6				S Cîrstea	3	6	2
								20	J Ostapenko	6	3	6
																						20	J Ostapenko	6	4	6
																						8	D Kasatkina	4	6	0
								26	J Teichmann	64	7	3
	WC	N Brancaccio	4	6	2				J Grabher	77	5	6
		J Grabher	6	3	6											J Grabher	5	6	62
	WC	D Cherubini	5	6	3										8	D Kasatkina	7	4	77
	WC	L Pigato	7	2	6			WC	L Pigato	1	2
								8	D Kasatkina	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	C Gauff	6	6
		Y Putintseva	65	77	6				Y Putintseva	0	1
	Q	V Tomova	77	63	0										6	C Gauff	6	2	2
		C McNally	6	6											27	M Bouzková	4	6	6
	WC	D Spiteri	0	1					C McNally	4	3
								27	M Bouzková	6	6
																						27	M Bouzková	2	2
																						11	V Kudermetova	6	6
								23	A Potapova	6	6
		E Cocciaretto	6	6					E Cocciaretto	4	4
		L Davis	3	0											23	A Potapova	5	6	1
		J Niemeier	6	4	2										11	V Kudermetova	7	3	6
		N Párrizas Díaz	4	6	6				N Párrizas Díaz	5	2
								11	V Kudermetova	7	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								13	Ka Plíšková	65	2
		T Maria	4	1				Q	A Bondár	77	6
	Q	A Bondár	6	6											Q	A Bondár	62	4
	Q	T Martincová	62	4											22	Q Zheng	77	6
		A Cornet	77	6					A Cornet	3	62
								22	Q Zheng	6	77
																						22	Q Zheng	6	3	6
																							Xiy Wang	4	6	1
								31	I-C Begu	4	5
		Xiy Wang	77	77					Xiy Wang	6	7
	WC	L Stefanini	62	62												Xiy Wang	6	0	7
	Q	T Townsend	4	6	7										Q	T Townsend	2	6	5
	Q	Y Bonaventure	6	1	5			Q	T Townsend	6	3	6
								3	J Pegula	2	6	3

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								5	C Garcia	6	3	7
		A Bogdan	7	6					A Bogdan	4	6	5
	Q	N Hibino	5	0											5	C Garcia	4	4
		V Gracheva	64	6	64										Q	C Osorio	6	6
	Q	C Osorio	77	1	77			Q	C Osorio	6	6
								29	P Martić	4	2
																						Q	C Osorio	3	3
																						12	B Haddad Maia	6	6
								17	M Linette	77	6
		L Nosková	4	6	6				L Nosková	64	1
		S Rogers	6	1	4										17	M Linette	5	4
	Q	E-G Ruse	6	6											12	B Haddad Maia	7	6
		L Fruhvirtová	1	0				Q	E-G Ruse	2	3
								12	B Haddad Maia	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								14	V Azarenka	6	6
		S Stephens	6	6					S Stephens	4	3
	PR	N Podoroska	4	1											14	V Azarenka
	WC	M Paoletti	6	2	5										19	M Keys	w/o
	Q	M Fręch	4	6	7			Q	M Fręch	3	2
								19	M Keys	6	6
																						19	M Keys	6	2	4
																						30	A Kalinina	2	6	6
								30	A Kalinina	6	6
		M Sherif	6	2	3				A Blinkova	2	2
		A Blinkova	2	6	6										30	A Kalinina	6	6
	PR	S Kenin	6	68	7										PR	S Kenin	4	2
		C Bucșa	3	710	5			PR	S Kenin	77	6
								2	A Sabalenka	64	2

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 24 April 2023. Rankings and points before are as of 8 May 2023.

Because the women's tournament is being expanded to two weeks this year, players are defending points from the 2022 Italian Open, as well as tournaments that took place during the week of 16 May 2022 (Rabat and Strasbourg). Points from the 2022 Italian Open are listed first in the "Points defending" column.

The event is not mandatory on the women's side and points from the 2022 Italian Open are included in the table below only if they counted towards the player's ranking as of 8 May 2023. For other players, the points defending column shows the lower of (a) points from the player's 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 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 earned	Points after	Status
1	1	Iga Świątek	9,625	900	215	8,940	Quarterfinals retired against Elena Rybakina [7]
2	2	Aryna Sabalenka	7,881	350	10	7,541	Second round lost to Sofia Kenin [PR]
3	3	Jessica Pegula	5,300	105	10	5,205	Second round lost to Taylor Townsend [Q]
4	7	Ons Jabeur	4,116	585	10	3,541	Second round lost to Paula Badosa
5	4	Caroline Garcia	5,025	(100)†	65	5,025&	Third round lost to Camila Osorio [Q]
6	5	Coco Gauff	4,345	105	65	4,305	Third round lost to Marie Bouzková [27]
7	6	Elena Rybakina	4,195	105	1000	5,090	Champion, defeated Anhelina Kalinina [30]
8	9	Daria Kasatkina	3,505	350	120	3,275	Fourth round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko [20]
9	8	Maria Sakkari	3,516	190	65	3,391	Third round lost to Markéta Vondroušová [PR]
10	13	Barbora Krejčíková	2,616	(1)‡	65	2,680	Third round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko [20]
11	12	Veronika Kudermetova	2,660	(100)†	390	2,950	Semifinals lost to Anhelina Kalinina [30]
12	15	Beatriz Haddad Maia	2,206	(1)‡	215	2,420	Quarterfinals lost to Anhelina Kalinina [30]
13	14	Karolína Plíšková	2,245	110§	(25)†	2,160	Second round lost to Anna Bondár [Q]
14	17	Victoria Azarenka	2,127	105	65	2,087	Third round withdrew
15	22	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,775	60	10‡	1,725	Second round lost to Camila Giorgi
16	16	Liudmila Samsonova	2,172	1	65	2,236	Third round lost to Donna Vekić [21]
17	19	Magda Linette	1,820	60§	65	1,825	Third round lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia [12]
18	18	Martina Trevisan	1,878	280§	10	1,608	Second round lost to Karolína Muchová
19	23	Madison Keys	1,742	1	120	1,861	Fourth round lost to Anhelina Kalinina [30]
20	20	Jeļena Ostapenko	1,795	(55)†	390	2,130	Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina [7]
21	24	Donna Vekić	1,713	(20)‡	120	1,813	Fourth round lost to Iga Świątek [1]
22	21	Zheng Qinwen	1,784	(1)†	215	1,998	Quarterfinals lost to Veronika Kudermetova [11]
23	25	Anastasia Potapova	1,601	(1)‡	65	1,665	Third round lost to Veronika Kudermetova [11]
24	31	Bianca Andreescu	1,322	190	10	1,142	Second round lost to Markéta Vondroušová [PR]
25	26	Elise Mertens	1,474	60§	(25)†	1,439	Second round lost to Anna Kalinskaya
26	58	Jil Teichmann	948	190	10	768	Second round lost to Julia Grabher
27	38	Marie Bouzková	1,213	(15)†	120	1,318	Fourth round lost to Veronika Kudermetova [11]
28	32	Bernarda Pera	1,315	(1)‡+(95+30)^	10+25+13	1,237	Second round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
29	28	Petra Martić	1,395	135	10	1,270	Second round lost to Camila Osorio [Q]
30	47	Anhelina Kalinina	1,067	60	650	1,657	Runner-up, retired against Elena Rybakina [7]
31	27	Irina-Camelia Begu	1,443	(1)†	10	1,452	Second round lost to Wang Xiyu
32	40	Marta Kostyuk	1,190	30	65	1,225	Third round lost to Paula Badosa

† Points from the player's 16th best result (for points defending) or 17th best result (for points earned), in each case as of 8 May 2023.
‡ Points from the player's second-best non-mandatory WTA 1000 event, which are required to be counted in her ranking.
§ The player is only defending points from Rabat or Strasbourg.
^ The player is defending points from Karlsruhe (WTA 125 tournament) and Strasbourg.
& 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 dropped	Points after	Withdrawal reason
10	Petra Kvitová	3,162	(1) †	3,162	Right foot injury
11	Belinda Bencic	2,750	60 †	2,750	Hip injury
29	Zhang Shuai	1,385	60 †	1,355	Not given

† Points dropped were replaced with points from the player's next best result.

Other entry information

Wildcards

• Nuria Brancaccio
• Diletta Cherubini
• Sara Errani
• Matilde Paoletti
• Lisa Pigato
• Camilla Rosatello
• Dalila Spiteri
• Lucrezia Stefanini

Protected ranking

• Sofia Kenin
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Nadia Podoroska
• Barbora Strýcová
• Elina Svitolina
• Markéta Vondroušová

Withdrawals

• & Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Maryna Zanevska
• & Belinda Bencic → replaced by Tatjana Maria
• & Danielle Collins → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
• † Simona Halep → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
• & Petra Kvitová → replaced by Lucia Bronzetti
• & Emma Raducanu → replaced by Danka Kovinić
• & Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Cristina Bucșa
• † Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Alizé Cornet
• & Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Nuria Párrizas Díaz
• & Zhang Shuai → replaced by Katie Volynets
• & Zhu Lin → replaced by Kamilla Rakhimova

† – not included on entry list
& – withdrew from entry list

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Viktoriya Tomova (qualified)
2. Rebeka Masarova (qualifying competition)
3. Ysaline Bonaventure (qualified)
4. Anna-Lena Friedsam (qualified)
5. Anna Bondár (qualified)
6. Kamilla Rakhimova (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
7. Dalma Gálfi (qualifying competition)
8. Tereza Martincová (qualified)
9. Océane Dodin (qualifying competition)
10. Magdalena Fręch (qualified)
11. Arantxa Rus (qualified)
12. Nao Hibino (qualified)
13. Kimberly Birrell (first round)
14. Erika Andreeva (first round)
15. Camila Osorio (qualified)
16. Marina Bassols Ribera (qualifying competition)
17. Taylor Townsend (qualified)
18. Laura Pigossi (first round)
19. Aliona Bolsova (qualifying competition)
20. Simona Waltert (qualifying competition)
21. Olga Danilović (first round)
22. Léolia Jeanjean (first round, retired)
23. Katherine Sebov (first round)
24. Harriet Dart (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Viktoriya Tomova
2. Dayana Yastremska
3. Ysaline Bonaventure
4. Anna-Lena Friedsam
5. Anna Bondár
6. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
7. Taylor Townsend
8. Tereza Martincová
9. Camila Osorio
10. Magdalena Fręch
11. Arantxa Rus
12. Nao Hibino

Lucky loser

1. Kamilla Rakhimova

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Viktoriya Tomova	7	6
		Sachia Vickery	5	4
								1	Viktoriya Tomova	6	6
								19	Aliona Bolsova	4	1
	WC	Jessica Bertoldo	0	2
	19	Aliona Bolsova	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Rebeka Masarova	6	6
		Olivia Gadecki	1	3
								2	Rebeka Masarova	3	2
									Dayana Yastremska	6	6
		Dayana Yastremska	7	0
	22	Léolia Jeanjean	5	0r

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Ysaline Bonaventure	6	6
	WC	Angelica Moratelli	2	2
								3	Ysaline Bonaventure	6	6
									Priscilla Hon	4	4
		Priscilla Hon	1	6	6
	24	Harriet Dart	6	2	2

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Anna-Lena Friedsam	77	6
		Moyuka Uchijima	65	3
								4	Anna-Lena Friedsam	7	6
								20	Simona Waltert	5	3
	WC	Martina Colmegna	2	0
	20	Simona Waltert	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Anna Bondár	6	6
		Amandine Hesse	1	3
								5	Anna Bondár	6	66	6
								16	Marina Bassols Ribera	0	78	3
		Katrina Scott	6	4	3
	16	Marina Bassols Ribera	1	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Kamilla Rakhimova	6	6
		Elizabeth Mandlik	2	1
								6	Kamilla Rakhimova	78	3	3
									Elena-Gabriela Ruse	66	6	6
		Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6	6
	18	Laura Pigossi	1	2

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Dalma Gálfi	77	6
	PR	Eugenie Bouchard	64	3
								7	Dalma Gálfi	5	4
								17	Taylor Townsend	7	6
		Mirjam Björklund	2	3
	17	Taylor Townsend	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	8	Tereza Martincová	77	77
		Jaimee Fourlis	64	65
								8	Tereza Martincová	6	2	6
									Ana Konjuh	4	6	3
		Ana Konjuh	6	7
	21	Olga Danilović	2	5

Ninth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	9	Océane Dodin	6	6
	WC	Anna Turati	2	2
								9	Océane Dodin	3	4
								15	Camila Osorio	6	6
	WC	Deborah Chiesa	3	1
	15	Camila Osorio	6	6

Tenth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	10	Magdalena Fręch	711	6
	WC	Federica Urgesi	69	0
								10	Magdalena Fręch	6	6
									Polina Kudermetova	1	2
		Polina Kudermetova	6	6
	23	Katherine Sebov	4	3

Eleventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	11	Arantxa Rus	6	6
		Despina Papamichail	2	1
								11	Arantxa Rus	6	6
									Elsa Jacquemot	1	3
		Elsa Jacquemot	6	6
	14	Erika Andreeva	2	1

Twelfth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	12	Nao Hibino	6	1
		Kristina Mladenovic	2	0r
								12	Nao Hibino	3	77	6
									Sára Bejlek	6	61	2
		Sára Bejlek	6	6
	13	Kimberly Birrell	1	2

References

1. Nguyen, Courtney (21 May 2023). "Champions Corner: Rybakina's unusual journey to the Rome championship". www.wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
2. "Everything you need to know about Iga Swiatek's run to the Rome title". Women's Tennis Association. 15 May 2022.

External links

• Qualifying draw
• Main draw