2026 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Ladies' singles
Ladies' singles
2026 Wimbledon Championships
2025 Champion	Iga Świątek
Final
Date	11 July 2026
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC)
Seeds	32
Events
Qualification
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Iga Świątek is the defending champion.^[1]^[2]

Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina are in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking. Rybakina must reach at least the quarterfinals to have a chance at attaining the top ranking.^[3]

This tournament will mark the singles return of 23-time major singles champion, seven-time Wimbledon champion, Olympic gold medalist, and former world No. 1 Serena Williams, having last played at the 2022 US Open.^[4]

Maja Chwalińska became the third player in the Open Era to be seeded at a major while also being entered as a wildcard, following Martina Hingis at the 2002 US Open and Patty Schnyder at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships.^[5]

Lina Gjorcheska will become the first player from North Macedonia, male or female, to compete in a major singles main draw.^[6]

Seeds

1. Aryna Sabalenka

2. Elena Rybakina

3. Iga Świątek

4. Jessica Pegula

5. Mirra Andreeva

6. Amanda Anisimova

7. Coco Gauff

8. Elina Svitolina

9. Linda Nosková

10. Karolína Muchová

11. Belinda Bencic

12. Marta Kostyuk

13. Jasmine Paolini

14. Naomi Osaka

15. Diana Shnaider

16. Iva Jovic

17. Sorana Cîrstea

18. Ekaterina Alexandrova

19. Anna Kalinskaya

20. Maja Chwalińska

21. Marie Bouzková

22. Leylah Fernandez

23. Emma Navarro

24. Clara Tauson

25. Elise Mertens

26. Madison Keys

27. Anastasia Potapova

28. Ann Li

29. Alexandra Eala

30.

Emma Raducanu (withdrew)

31. Donna Vekić

32. Kateřina Siniaková

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

Top half

Section 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

1

A Sabalenka

Q

T Kostović

O Oliynykova

M Kessler

J Ostapenko

WC

H Dart

A Ružić

LL

22

L Fernandez

J Tjen

WC

M Xu

D Kasatkina

Q

A Gasanova

E Arango

E Jacquemot

14

N Osaka

Section 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

10

K Muchová

A Zakharova

Q

B Andreescu

S Zhang

A Parks

WC

A Dudeney

Q

M Sawangkaew

20/WC

M Chwalińska

32

K Siniaková

Q Zheng

P Stearns

N Bartůňková

B Krejčíková

WC

H Klugman

M Linette

5

M Andreeva

Section 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

4

J Pegula

D Vidmanova

PR

S Sorribes Tormo

V Jiménez Kasintseva

D Yastremska

PR

A Ito

J Bouzas Maneiro

27

A Potapova

18

E Alexandrova

P Udvardy

L Tararudee

L Tagger

Y Putintseva

T Maria

J Cristian

16

I Jovic

Section 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

11

B Bencic

WC

M Stojsavljevic

Xin Wang

E Cocciaretto

F Jones

D Parry

M Fręch

19

A Kalinskaya

28

A Li

Z Sönmez

Q

C Liu

H Vandewinkel

S Sierra

A Bondár

T Korpatsch

7

C Gauff

Bottom half

Section 5

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

8

E Svitolina

D Snigur

V Erjavec

Q

L Jeanjean

A Tomljanović

Q

M Bolkvadze

Q

A Krueger

31

D Vekić

23

E Navarro

P Badosa

O Selekhmeteva

S Kraus

Y Starodubtseva

A Blinkova

PR

N Podoroska

12

M Kostyuk

Section 6

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

13

J Paolini

Q

R Montgomery

Q

I Shymanovich

V Golubic

A Kalinina

K Rakhimova

M Sakkari

24

C Tauson

29

A Eala

R Zarazúa

WC

S Williams

M Joint

T Valentová

PR

Ka Plíšková

T Townsend

3

I Świątek

Section 7

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

6

A Anisimova

Q

L Gjorcheska

P Marčinko

S Kenin

PR

I-C Begu

WC

K Swan

Q

K Day

26

M Keys

17

S Cîrstea

S Bejlek

K Birrell

Q

A Korneeva

C Osorio

S Waltert

E Seidel

9

L Nosková

Section 8

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

15

D Shnaider

E Lys

Q

P Kudermetova

L Samsonova

K Boulter

Q

TC Grant

T Gibson

21

M Bouzková

25

E Mertens

L Siegemund

B Haddad Maia

Q

M Timofeeva

E-G Ruse

C McNally

L Boisson

2

E Rybakina

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 22 June 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 29 June 2026.

^‡	Champion
^†	Runner-up
^▼	Eliminated

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points earned	Points after	Status
1	1	Aryna Sabalenka	9,090	780	10	8,320	First round vs. Teodora Kostović [Q]
2	2	Elena Rybakina	8,143	130	10	8,023	First round vs. Loïs Boisson
3	3	Iga Świątek	6,409	2,000	10	4,419	First round vs. Taylor Townsend
4	4	Jessica Pegula	5,881	10	10	5,881	First round vs. Darja Vidmanova
5	5	Mirra Andreeva	5,653	430	10	5,233	First round vs. Magda Linette
6	6	Amanda Anisimova	5,523	1,300	10	4,233	First round vs. Lina Gjorcheska [Q]
7	7	Coco Gauff	4,879	10	10	4,879	First round vs. Tamara Korpatsch
8	8	Elina Svitolina	4,471	130	10	4,351	First round vs. Daria Snigur
9	12	Linda Nosková	3,359	240	10	3,129	First round vs. Ella Seidel
10	9	Karolína Muchová	3,878	10	10	3,878	First round vs. Anastasia Zakharova
11	11	Belinda Bencic	3,385	780	10	2,615	First round vs. Mika Stojsavljevic [WC]
12	13	Marta Kostyuk	3,156	10	10	3,156	First round vs. Nadia Podoroska [PR]
13	17	Jasmine Paolini	2,423	70	10	2,363	First round vs. Robin Montgomery [Q]
14	14	Naomi Osaka	2,846	130	10	2,726	First round vs. Elsa Jacquemot
15	15	Diana Shnaider	2,458	70	10	2,398	First round vs. Eva Lys
16	16	Iva Jovic	2,436	40	10	2,406	First round vs. Jaqueline Cristian
17	18	Sorana Cîrstea	2,415	10	10	2,415	First round vs. Sára Bejlek
18	19	Ekaterina Alexandrova	2,411	240	10	2,181	First round vs. Panna Udvardy
19	20	Anna Kalinskaya	2,240	70	10	2,180	First round vs. Magdalena Fręch
20	21	Maja Chwalińska	1,996	2	10	2,004	First round vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew [Q]
21	23	Marie Bouzková	1,849	70	10	1,789	First round vs. Talia Gibson
22	24	Leylah Fernandez	1,844	70	10	1,784	First round vs. Janice Tjen
23	26	Emma Navarro	1,784	240	10	1,554	First round vs. Paula Badosa
24	25	Clara Tauson	1,804	240	10	1,574	First round vs. Maria Sakkari
25	27	Elise Mertens	1,758	240	10	1,528	First round vs. Laura Siegemund
26	22	Madison Keys	1,854	130	10	1,734	First round vs. Kayla Day [Q]
27	28	Anastasia Potapova	1,657	0	10	1,667	First round vs. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
28	29	Ann Li	1,625	70	10	1,565	First round vs. Zeynep Sönmez
29	32	Alexandra Eala	1,436	10	10	1,436	First round vs. Renata Zarazúa
30	33	Emma Raducanu^▼	1,429	130	10	1,309	Withdrew due to leg injury
31	34	Donna Vekić	1,386	70	10	1,326	First round vs. Ashlyn Krueger [Q]
32	36	Kateřina Siniaková	1,338	70	10	1,278	First round vs. Zheng Qinwen

Withdrawn seeded players

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

Rank	Player	Points before	Points dropping	Points after	Withdrawal reason
10	Victoria Mboko	3,670	100	3,570	Knee injury
30	Hailey Baptiste	1,502	130	1,372	Knee injury

Other entry information

Wildcards

Maja Chwalińska
Harriet Dart
Alicia Dudeney
Hannah Klugman
Mika Stojsavljevic
Katie Swan
Serena Williams
Mimi Xu

Protected ranking

Karolína Plíšková (40)
Irina-Camelia Begu (82)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (85)
Aoi Ito (87)
Nadia Podoroska (106)

Qualifiers

Bianca Andreescu
Mariam Bolkvadze
Kayla Day
Anastasia Gasanova
Lina Gjorcheska
Tyra Caterina Grant
Léolia Jeanjean
Alina Korneeva
Teodora Kostović
Ashlyn Krueger
Polina Kudermetova
Claire Liu
Robin Montgomery
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Iryna Shymanovich
Maria Timofeeva

Lucky loser

Withdrawals

† Varvara Gracheva (67) → replaced by Sinja Kraus (101)
‡ Hailey Baptiste (26) → replaced by Hanne Vandewinkel (102)
‡ Sonay Kartal (60) → replaced by Paula Badosa (103)
‡ Victoria Mboko (9) → replaced by Darja Vidmanova (104)
‡ Veronika Kudermetova (86) → replaced by Francesca Jones (105)
‡ Cristina Bucșa (31) → replaced by Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (106)
‡ Markéta Vondroušová (44) → replaced by Nadia Podoroska (106 PR)
§ Emma Raducanu (37) → replaced by Lucky loser (LL)

† – not on the entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw

Source:^[7]

References

^ Ostlere, Lawrence (12 July 2025). "How Amanda Anisimova's Wimbledon nightmare unfolded in 57-minute onslaught by Iga Swiatek". The Independent. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
^ Church, Ben; Schlachter, Thomas; Ronald, Issy; Barton, Jamie (12 July 2025). "Iga Świątek wins Wimbledon final against American Amanda Anisimova in historic fashion". CNN. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
^ "How Rybakina can take the No. 1 ranking from Sabalenka at Wimbledon". WTA Tennis. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
^ "Serena Williams enters 2026 ladies' singles as a wild card". The Championships, Wimbledon. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
^ "Only 3rd in Open Era: Maja Chwalinska to Be Both Wild-Card and Seed at Wimbledon". Tennis Temple. 18 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
^ "Andreescu takes detour back to Wimbledon; Gjorcheska makes national history". WTATennis. 25 June 2026.
^ "Ladies' Singles – Entry List" (PDF). The Championships, Wimbledon. 22 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.

External links

Preceded by

2026 French Open – Women's singles

Grand Slam women's singles

Succeeded by

2026 US Open – Women's singles

[1] Ostlere, Lawrence (12 July 2025). "How Amanda Anisimova's Wimbledon nightmare unfolded in 57-minute onslaught by Iga Swiatek". The Independent. Retrieved 4 June 2026.

[2] Church, Ben; Schlachter, Thomas; Ronald, Issy; Barton, Jamie (12 July 2025). "Iga Świątek wins Wimbledon final against American Amanda Anisimova in historic fashion". CNN. Retrieved 14 July 2025.

[3] "How Rybakina can take the No. 1 ranking from Sabalenka at Wimbledon". WTA Tennis. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.

[4] "Serena Williams enters 2026 ladies' singles as a wild card". The Championships, Wimbledon. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.

[5] "Only 3rd in Open Era: Maja Chwalinska to Be Both Wild-Card and Seed at Wimbledon". Tennis Temple. 18 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.

[6] "Andreescu takes detour back to Wimbledon; Gjorcheska makes national history". WTATennis. 25 June 2026.

[7] "Ladies' Singles – Entry List" (PDF). The Championships, Wimbledon. 22 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.

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