2022 Citi Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2022 Citi Open
Champion Liudmila Samsonova
Runner-up Kaia Kanepi
Score4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Main article: 2022 Citi Open

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.[1] 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,[2] but lost in the second round to Daria Saville.[3]

Seeds

  1. Jessica Pegula (second round)
  2. Emma Raducanu (quarterfinals)
  3. Simona Halep (second round, retired)
  4. Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals)
  5. Elise Mertens (first round)
  6. Kaia Kanepi (final)
  7. Mayar Sherif (first round)
  8. 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 0r
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

  1. Wang Xiyu (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  2. Rebecca Marino (qualified)
  3. Heather Watson (qualifying competition)
  4. Cristina Bucșa (qualified)
  5. Mirjam Björklund (qualified)
  6. Yuan Yue (first round)
  7. Caty McNally (qualifying competition)
  8. Sachia Vickery (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

  1. Louisa Chirico
  2. Rebecca Marino
  3. Mirjam Björklund
  4. Cristina Bucșa

Lucky losers

  1. 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

  1. ^ "Samsonova triumphs in Washington for second career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
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