# 2023 Mubadala Citi DC Open – Women's singles

Coco Gauff defeated Maria Sakkari in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Washington Open. She did not lose a set en route to her fourth WTA Tour singles title. Gauff became the youngest person to win the WTA 500 title since its reorganization in 2021.
Liudmila Samsonova was the defending champion, from when the event was at the WTA 250 level, but lost in the semifinals to Gauff.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Jessica Pegula (semifinals)
* Caroline Garcia (second round)
* Coco Gauff (champion)
* Maria Sakkari (final)
* Daria Kasatkina (second round)
* Belinda Bencic (quarterfinals)
* Madison Keys (quarterfinals)
* Liudmila Samsonova (semifinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jessica Pegula | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | Maria Sakkari | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Maria Sakkari | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Maria Sakkari | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | Coco Gauff | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Coco Gauff | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Liudmila Samsonova | 3 | 3 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | 1 | J Pegula | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | P Stearns | 6 | 6 | LL | P Stearns | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Fręch | 1 | 4 | | | | | 1 | J Pegula | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | E Svitolina | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | WC | E Svitolina | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | V Azarenka | 6$^2$ | 4 | WC | E Svitolina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Mertens | 3 | 5 | 5 | D Kasatkina | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Kasatkina | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Pegula | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Sakkari | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | 4 | M Sakkari | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Pera | 3 | 5 | Q | L Fernandez | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Fernandez | 6 | 7 | | | | | 4 | M Sakkari | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| PR | J Brady | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | M Keys | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | A Kalinina | 2 | 1 | PR | J Brady | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Q Zheng | 5 | 1 | 7 | M Keys | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Keys | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | B Bencic | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Potapova | 5$^r$ | | | 6 | B Bencic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stephens | 6$^8$ | 6 | 1 | Q | L Davis | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Davis | 7$^{10}$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | 6 | B Bencic | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | H Baptiste | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | 3 | C Gauff | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ka Plíšková | 1 | 6 | 3 | Q | H Baptiste | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | C Gauff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Gauff | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | L Samsonova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | L Samsonova | 3 | 3 |
| WC | D Collins | 1 | 3 | | 8 | L Samsonova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea | 6 | 7$^{15}$ | | | S Cîrstea | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martić | 3 | 6$^{13}$ | | | | | | 8 | L Samsonova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | B Andreescu | 6 | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | M Kostyuk | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Kostyuk | 2 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | M Kostyuk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | C Garcia | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Anna Blinkova (first round)
* Varvara Gracheva (first round)
* Alycia Parks (first round)
* Lauren Davis (qualified)
* Peyton Stearns (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Katie Boulter (qualifying competition)
* Magdalena Fręch (qualified)
* Rebecca Peterson (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Magdalena Fręch
* Leylah Fernandez
* Hailey Baptiste
* Lauren Davis

### Lucky loser

* Peyton Stearns

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Anna Blinkova | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Clervie Ngounoue | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Clervie Ngounoue | 6 | 6 | WC | Clervie Ngounoue | 6$^2$ | 5 |
| | | | | 7 | Magdalena Fręch | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| | Kayla Day | 2 | 0$^r$ | 7 | Magdalena Fręch | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| 7 | Magdalena Fręch | 6 | 0 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Varvara Gracheva | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Leylah Fernandez | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Leylah Fernandez | 6 | 6 | | Leylah Fernandez | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 6 | Katie Boulter | 4 | 1 |
| | Elizabeth Mandlik | 5 | 3 | 6 | Katie Boulter | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Katie Boulter | 7 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Alycia Parks | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | Hailey Baptiste | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Hailey Baptiste | 6 | 6 | | Hailey Baptiste | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | 5 | Peyton Stearns | 6$^5$ | 2 |
| | Iryna Shymanovich | 6$^4$ | 5 | 5 | Peyton Stearns | 6$^5$ | 2 |
| 5 | Peyton Stearns | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Lauren Davis | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Alana Smith | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Alana Smith | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Lauren Davis | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | Ashlyn Krueger | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| | Ashlyn Krueger | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | Ashlyn Krueger | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Rebecca Peterson | 3 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |