2014 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

Serena Williams defeated Ana Ivanovic in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 Cincinnati Masters.

Victoria Azarenka was the reigning champion, but withdrew due to a right knee injury.

Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. • 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (champion)

• 🇷🇴 Simona Halep (quarterfinals)

• 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (second round)

• 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals)

• 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova (semifinals)

• 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (third round)

• 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard (second round)

• 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (quarterfinals)

• 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic (final)

• 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka (withdrew because of a right knee injury)

• 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (first round)

• Caroline Wozniacki (semifinals)

• 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (third round)

• 🇮🇹 Sara Errani (second round)

• 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (third round)

• 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová (third round)

Seeds
• # 🇷🇸 Bojana Jovanovski (first round)

• # 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (withdrew, still playing in Montréal)

• # 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇺🇸 Alison Riske (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia (first round)

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (qualifying competition, retired)

• # 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas (qualified)

• # 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)

• # Ajla Tomljanović (first round)

• # 🇬🇧 Heather Watson (qualified)

• # 🇪🇸 María Teresa Torró Flor (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu (qualified)

• # 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu (qualifying competition)

• # 🇧🇪 Yanina Wickmayer (qualified)

• # Monica Puig (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Annika Beck (qualified)

• # 🇸🇰 Anna Schmiedlová (first round)

• # Polona Hercog (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (qualifying competition)

• # 🇪🇸 Sílvia Soler Espinosa (qualifying competition)

• # Chanelle Scheepers (qualified)

• # 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # Polona Hercog

• # 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp

• # 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier

• # 🇩🇪 Annika Beck

• # 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend

• # 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko

• # Chanelle Scheepers

• # 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu

• # 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas

• # 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs

• # 🇧🇪 Yanina Wickmayer

• # 🇬🇧 Heather Watson

Lucky losers

 * 1) 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel