2014 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Venus Williams defeated Alizé Cornet in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships. It was her 45th career WTA Tour title. She also extended her winning streak at the Dubai Tennis Championships to 15 matches, having previously won when she last played in 2009 and 2010.

Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Carla Suárez Navarro.

Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round. • 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (semifinals)

• 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (second round)

• 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (second round)

• 🇮🇹 Sara Errani (second round)

• 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (quarterfinals)

• 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (first round)

• 🇷🇴 Simona Halep (first round, retired because of a right Achilles tendon strain)

• Caroline Wozniacki (semifinals)

Seeds
• # 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (withdrew, still competing in Doha)

• # 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic (second round)

• # 🇦🇹 Yvonne Meusburger (qualifying competition)

• # 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (second round)

• # 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇩🇪 Annika Beck

• # 🇺🇦 Maryna Zanevska

• # 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta

• # 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková