2022 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Elena Rybakina defeated Ons Jabeur in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first major title. Rybakina became the first Kazakhstani to win a major title, and the third player representing an Asian nation to win a major title after Li Na and Naomi Osaka. She also became the first Kazakhstani to progress past the quarterfinals of a major. Rybakina became the first player to win from a set down in the final since Amélie Mauresmo in 2006. Jabeur became the first Arab to reach a major singles final, the first African woman to do so in the Open Era, and the first African woman to do so not representing South Africa. This marked the first time since 2009 that both finalists represented non-European nations.

Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion, but retired from professional tennis in March 2022.

World No. 1 Iga Świątek's win streak of 37 matches (dating back to Qatar in February) ended when she was defeated by Alizé Cornet in the third round. It was just the fourth loss of Świątek's season; her 37-match winning streak is the longest of the 21st century and tied for 12th-longest in the Open Era.

For the second time in her career, Cornet defeated the incumbent world No. 1 in the third round at Wimbledon; she had defeated then-five-time champion Serena Williams at that stage in 2014. By making her 62nd consecutive major main draw appearance, Cornet tied Ai Sugiyama's all-time record. Williams received a wild card to play in the tournament, making her comeback to the sport after a year away due to a right hamstring injury sustained; this would be Williams' final appearance at the tournament. She competed for an all-time record-equaling 24th major singles title, but was defeated in the first round by Harmony Tan. Williams later announced her retirement from professional tennis at the US Open.

This was the first edition of Wimbledon to feature a champions tiebreak, a 10-point tiebreak when the score reaches six games all in the third set, and the third edition to feature a final-set tiebreak rule. The first women's singles main draw match of the tournament to feature the 10-point tiebreak was the first round match between Caroline Garcia and Yuriko Miyazaki, with Garcia emerging victorious.

Seeds
All seeds per WTA rankings. • 🇵🇱 Iga Świątek (third round)

• 🇪🇪 Anett Kontaveit (second round)

• 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur (final)

• 🇪🇸 Paula Badosa (fourth round)

• Maria Sakkari (third round)

• 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Danielle Collins (first round)

• 🇺🇸 Jessica Pegula (third round)

• 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza (first round)

• 🇬🇧 Emma Raducanu (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Coco Gauff (third round)

•  Jeļena Ostapenko (fourth round)

• 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková (third round)

•  Belinda Bencic (first round)

• 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (third round)

• 🇷🇴 Simona Halep (semifinals)

• 🇰🇿 Elena Rybakina (champion)

•  Jil Teichmann (first round)

• 🇺🇸 Madison Keys (withdrew)

• 🇺🇸 Amanda Anisimova (quarterfinals)

• 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi (first round)

• 🇮🇹 Martina Trevisan (first round)

• 🇧🇷 Beatriz Haddad Maia (first round)

• 🇧🇪 Elise Mertens (fourth round)

• 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (third round)

• 🇷🇴 Sorana Cîrstea (second round)

• 🇰🇿 Yulia Putintseva (first round)

• 🇺🇸 Alison Riske-Amritraj (third round)

• 🇺🇦 Anhelina Kalinina (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Shelby Rogers (first round)

• 🇪🇪 Kaia Kanepi (first round)

• 🇪🇸 Sara Sorribes Tormo (second round)

• 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai (third round)

Seeded players
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 20 June 2022. Rankings and points are as before 27 June 2021.

The WTA decided not to award ranking points for the 2022 tournament in response to the All England Club's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from participating. Points dropping from the 2021 tournament will accordingly be replaced by the player's next best result, regardless of her performance at Wimbledon in 2022. Note that 2021 points were mandatory for WTA players, unlike for ATP players, who were subject to a different rankings adjustment system.

† Because the WTA is removing ranking points from the 2022 tournament, 2021 points will be replaced by the player's next best result instead.

‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2021. Accordingly, no points will be replaced.

§ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2021. She is defending points from two 2021 ITF tournaments (Montpellier and Contrexeville) instead.

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

Banned players
The following players would have been seeded, but were not permitted to enter the tournament due to the decision to ban players from Russia and Belarus.

Wild cards
• 🇬🇧 Katie Boulter

• 🇬🇧 Jodie Burrage

• 🇬🇧 Sonay Kartal

• 🇬🇧 Yuriko Miyazaki

• 🇦🇺 Daria Saville

• 🇬🇧 Katie Swan

• 🇺🇸 Serena Williams Source:

Protected ranking
• 🇮🇹 Elisabetta Cocciaretto (113)

• 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens (97)

Qualifiers
• 🇺🇸 Emina Bektas

• 🇸🇪 Mirjam Björklund

• 🇺🇸 Louisa Chirico

• 🇵🇱 Maja Chwalińska

• 🇲🇽 Fernanda Contreras Gómez

• Jana Fett

• 🇦🇺 Jaimee Fourlis

• 🇺🇸 Catherine Harrison

• 🇦🇺 Zoe Hives

• 🇯🇵 Mai Hontama

• 🇦🇺 Maddison Inglis

• 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Kawa

• 🇺🇸 Christina McHale

• 🇩🇪 Nastasja Schunk

• 🇦🇺 Astra Sharma

• 🇧🇪 Yanina Wickmayer

Lucky losers
• Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

• 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe

• 🇨🇳 Yuan Yue

Banned list
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club declined entries from Russian and Belarusian players to The Championships 2022, stating that "in the circumstances of such unjustified and unprecedented military aggression, it would be unacceptable for the Russian regime to derive any benefits from the involvement of Russian or Belarusian players with The Championships".

• 🇧🇾 Aryna Sabalenka (7) → replaced by 🇩🇪 Jule Niemeier (103)

• 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka (15) → replaced by 🇬🇧 Heather Watson (105)

• 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina (20) → replaced by 🇩🇪 Tamara Korpatsch (106)

• 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (21) → replaced by 🇩🇪 Tatjana Maria (107)

• 🇷🇺 Liudmila Samsonova (26) → replaced by 🇨🇳 Wang Xiyu (108)

• 🇷🇺 Veronika Kudermetova (30) → replaced by Ekaterine Gorgodze (109)

• 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Alexandrova (31) → replaced by 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (110)

• 🇧🇾 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (45) → replaced by 🇬🇧 Harriet Dart (111)

• 🇷🇺 Varvara Gracheva (71) → replaced by 🇫🇷 Harmony Tan (112)

• 🇷🇺 Anastasia Potapova (78) → replaced by 🇧🇬 Viktoriya Tomova (113)

• 🇷🇺 Anna Kalinskaya (82) → replaced by 🇮🇹 Elisabetta Cocciaretto (113 PR)

On entry list
• 🇨🇦 Leylah Fernandez (17) → replaced by 🇷🇴 Mihaela Buzărnescu (118)

• 🇺🇸 Sofia Kenin (4 PR) → replaced by Ylena In-Albon (119)

•  Ana Konjuh (66) → replaced by 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko (121)

• 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka (38) → replaced by 🇺🇸 Bernarda Pera (122)

• 🇪🇬 Mayar Sherif (50) → replaced by 🇧🇷 Laura Pigossi (123)

• 🇨🇳 Wang Xinyu (57) → replaced by 🇨🇳 Yuan Yue (LL)

• 🇺🇸 Madison Keys (23) → replaced by 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe (LL)

• 🇲🇪 Danka Kovinić (71) → replaced by  Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (LL) Rankings date: 16 May 2022 Sources: