2022 Citi Open – Women's singles

Women's singles

2022 Citi Open

Final

Champion

Liudmila Samsonova

Runner-up

Kaia Kanepi

Score

4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

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Liudmila Samsonova defeated Kaia Kanepi in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Washington Open. Kanepi was aiming to win her first title since 2013, and to be the oldest player to win a WTA Tour title since Serena Williams in 2020.

Jessica Pegula was the defending champion from when the event was last held in 2019,^[1] but lost in the second round to Daria Saville.^[2]

Seeds

Jessica Pegula (second round)
Emma Raducanu (quarterfinals)
Simona Halep (second round, retired)
Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals)
Elise Mertens (first round)
Kaia Kanepi (final)
Mayar Sherif (first round)
Clara Tauson (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

	Daria Saville	3	1

6	Kaia Kanepi	6	6
				6	Kaia Kanepi	6	3	3

					Liudmila Samsonova	4	6	6
LL	Wang Xiyu	1	1

	Liudmila Samsonova	6	6

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	J Pegula	6	6
WC	H Baptiste	2	2		1	J Pegula	5	4
	D Saville	3	7	7⁷		D Saville	7	6
Q	M Björklund	6	5	6⁴							D Saville	6	7
Q	R Marino	4	6	6						Q	R Marino	1	5
WC	V Williams	6	1	4	Q	R Marino	6	3	6
	A Petkovic	6	6			A Petkovic	3	6	1
8	C Tauson	2	2													D Saville	3	1
3	S Halep	6	7												6	K Kanepi	6	6
Q	C Bucșa	3	5		3	S Halep	5	0^r
	M Brengle	3	0			A Kalinskaya	7	2
	A Kalinskaya	6	6								A Kalinskaya	7⁷	4	3
	L Zhu	6	6							6	K Kanepi	6⁴	6	6
	H Dart	4	3			L Zhu	6	4	4
	G Minnen	3	3		6	K Kanepi	4	6	6
6	K Kanepi	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

7	M Sherif	4	1
	D Vekić	6	6			D Vekić	6	5	1
LL	Xiy Wang	6	7		LL	Xiy Wang	4	7	6
	T Maria	2	5							LL	Xiy Wang	6	6
	T Martincová	0	6	6						4	V Azarenka	1	3
	Xin Wang	6	4	4		T Martincová	6⁷	2
	D Yastremska	4	0		4	V Azarenka	7⁹	6
4	V Azarenka	6	6											LL	Xiy Wang	1	1
5	E Mertens	6⁴	4												L Samsonova	6	6
	L Samsonova	7⁷	6			L Samsonova	4	6	6
	A Tomljanović	6	6			A Tomljanović	6	3	2
	S Stephens	1	4								L Samsonova	7⁸	6
WC	S Kenin	6²	1							2	E Raducanu	6⁶	1
	C Osorio	7⁷	6			C Osorio	6⁵	6⁴
Q	L Chirico	4	2		2	E Raducanu	7⁷	7⁷
2	E Raducanu	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Wang Xiyu (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Rebecca Marino (qualified)
Heather Watson (qualifying competition)
Cristina Bucșa (qualified)
Mirjam Björklund (qualified)
Yuan Yue (first round)
Caty McNally (qualifying competition)
Sachia Vickery (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Wang Xiyu

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Wang Xiyu	6	6

	Jamie Loeb	4	1
					1	Wang Xiyu	1	6	5

						Louisa Chirico	6	3	7
	Louisa Chirico	6	2	6

6	Yuan Yue	4	6	2

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

2	Rebecca Marino	6	4	6

	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	0	6	2
					2	Rebecca Marino	6⁵	6	6

					8	Sachia Vickery	7⁷	3	3
	Sophie Chang	6⁴	1

8	Sachia Vickery	7⁷	6

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Heather Watson	6	6

	Astra Sharma	4	2
				3	Heather Watson	2	3

				5	Mirjam Björklund	6	6
WC	Christina McHale	3	3

5	Mirjam Björklund	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Cristina Bucșa	6	3	7

PR	Kimberly Birrell	3	6	5
					4	Cristina Bucșa	1	6	7

					7	Caty McNally	6	4	5
PR	Han Xinyun	5	1

7	Caty McNally	7	6

References

^ Wallace, Ava (August 4, 2019). "Jessica Pegula claims the first WTA title of her career at the Citi Open". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
^ "Saville upsets Pegula in Washington; ailing Halep retires". Women's Tennis Association. August 3, 2022. Archived from the original on August 4, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.