2014 Italian Open – Women's singles

Defending champion Serena Williams defeated Sara Errani in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 Italian Open.

Maria Sharapova's loss in the third round ended her 16-match winning streak in the tournament dating back to 2008. The streak includes two Italian Open titles. She would go on to win her third and last title in Rome in following year.

Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

🇺🇸 Serena Williams (champion) 🇨🇳 Li Na (quarterfinals) 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals) 🇷🇴 Simona Halep (third round, withdrew because of an abdominal injury) 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (second round) 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (semifinals) 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (second round) 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova (third round) 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (first round) 🇮🇹 Sara Errani (final) 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic (semifinals) 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (third round) 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (quarterfinals) Caroline Wozniacki (withdrew because of a knee injury) 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki (first round) 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens (second round) 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Seeds

 * 1) 🇪🇸 María Teresa Torró Flor (first round)
 * 2) 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová (first round)
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Casey Dellacqua (qualified)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Christina McHale (qualified)
 * 5) 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic (first round)
 * 6)  Polona Hercog (first round)
 * 7) 🇨🇳 Zheng Jie (first round)
 * 8)  Monica Puig (qualified)
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Vania King (first round)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis (qualified)
 * 11) 🇦🇷 Paula Ormaechea (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
 * 12)  Stefanie Vögele (qualifying competition)
 * 13) 🇵🇱 Urszula Radwańska (qualifying competition)
 * 14) 🇫🇷 Virginie Razzano (qualifying competition, retired)
 * 15)  Ajla Tomljanović (qualifying competition)
 * 16) 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

 * 1) 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel
 * 2) 🇨🇿 Petra Cetkovská
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Casey Dellacqua
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis
 * 6)  Belinda Bencic
 * 7)  Chanelle Scheepers
 * 8)  Monica Puig

Lucky loser

 * 1) 🇦🇷 Paula Ormaechea