# 2023 Abu Dhabi Open – Singles

Belinda Bencic defeated Liudmila Samsonova in the final, 1–6, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Open. It was her eighth career WTA Tour-level singles title. She saved three championship points en route to the title.
Aryna Sabalenka was the reigning champion, when the tournament was last held in 2021, but chose not to compete this year.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Daria Kasatkina (quarterfinals)
* Belinda Bencic (champion)
* Elena Rybakina (quarterfinals)
* Veronika Kudermetova (quarterfinals)
* Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)
* Beatriz Haddad Maia (semifinals)
* Anett Kontaveit (second round, retired)
* Liudmila Samsonova (final)

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Zheng Qinwen | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| 8 | Liudmila Samsonova | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| 8 | Liudmila Samsonova | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | Liudmila Samsonova | 6 | 6$^8$ | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Belinda Bencic | 1 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 |
| 6 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 2 | 3 | | 2 | Belinda Bencic | 1 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 |
| 2 | Belinda Bencic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | D Kasatkina | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Teichmann | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | J Teichmann | 6 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Yastremska | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | 1 | D Kasatkina | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | R Marino | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | Q Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Q Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | Q Zheng | 7$^{12}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Collins | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | J Ostapenko | 6$^{10}$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Ostapenko | 7 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | Q Zheng | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | L Samsonova | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | V Kudermetova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Mertens | 6 | 6 | | | E Mertens | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Trevisan | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | V Kudermetova | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | B Krejčíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | L Samsonova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | E-G Ruse | 1 | 4 | | | B Krejčíková | 5 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | C Liu | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | L Samsonova | 7 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | L Samsonova | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | B Haddad Maia | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bouzková | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | B Haddad Maia | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | B Andreescu | 6$^2$ | 2 | | Q | Y Putintseva | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Putintseva | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | B Haddad Maia | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | E Rybakina | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| LL | Y Bonaventure | 1 | 3 | | | Ka Plíšková | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | E Rybakina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | B Haddad Maia | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | A Kontaveit | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Bencic | 6 | 6 |
| | S Zhang | 6 | 6$^4$ | 4 | 7 | A Kontaveit | 6 | 3 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Rogers | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | Q | S Rogers | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Fernandez | 4 | 7$^7$ | 1 | | | | | | Q | S Rogers | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | M Kostyuk | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | B Bencic | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S Cîrstea | 2 | 6 | 2 | WC | M Kostyuk | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Bencic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Aliaksandra Sasnovich (first round)
* Leylah Fernandez (qualified)
* Yulia Putintseva (qualified)
* Shelby Rogers (qualified)
* Claire Liu (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Rebecca Marino (qualified)
* Tereza Martincová (first round, retired)
* Ysaline Bonaventure (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Magdalena Fręch (qualifying competition)
* Dayana Yastremska (qualified)
* Diane Parry (first round)
* Moyuka Uchijima (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Elena-Gabriela Ruse
* Leylah Fernandez
* Yulia Putintseva
* Shelby Rogers
* Dayana Yastremska
* Rebecca Marino

### Lucky losers

* Claire Liu
* Ysaline Bonaventure

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 3 | 7$^9$ | 5 | | | |
| | Mirjam Björklund | 6 | 6$^7$ | 7 | | | |
| | Mirjam Björklund | 6 | 6$^7$ | 7 | Mirjam Björklund | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 6 | 6 |
| | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 6 | 3 | | Elena-Gabriela Ruse | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Tereza Martincová | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Leylah Fernandez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Kristina Mladenovic | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Kristina Mladenovic | 1 | 2 | | 2 | Leylah Fernandez | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | PR | Katarina Zavatska | 1 | 4 |
| PR | Katarina Zavatska | 1 | 6 | 6 | PR | Katarina Zavatska | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Moyuka Uchijima | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | Anastasia Zakharova | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | Anastasia Zakharova | 2 | 5 | 3 | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Nigina Abduraimova | 2 | 2 |
| | Nigina Abduraimova | 6 | 6 | | Nigina Abduraimova | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Diane Parry | 3 | 3 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Shelby Rogers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Vera Zvonareva | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| WC | Vera Zvonareva | 2 | 3 | | 4 | Shelby Rogers | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 9 | Magdalena Fręch | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | Jang Su-jeong | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | Magdalena Fręch | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Magdalena Fręch | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Claire Liu | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Ștefania Bojică | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Ștefania Bojică | 6$^3$ | 1 | 5 | Claire Liu | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | 10 | Dayana Yastremska | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | Laura Siegemund | 3 | 1 | 10 | Dayana Yastremska | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Dayana Yastremska | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Rebecca Marino | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | Margarita Betova | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| PR | Margarita Betova | 5 | 3 | | 6 | Rebecca Marino | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Ysaline Bonaventure | 1 | 4 |
| WC | Luisa Stefani | 7$^7$ | 3 | 1 | 8 | Ysaline Bonaventure | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Ysaline Bonaventure | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |