# 2023 Hamburg European Open – Women's singles

Arantxa Rus defeated Noma Noha Akugue in the final, 6–0, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ to win the women's singles title at the 2023 Hamburg European Open. It was her first WTA Tour title. Rus, at 32 years of age, became the oldest first-time WTA champion in the last 40 years. She was playing in her 126th tour-level main-draw. It was Noha Akugue's first WTA Tour main draw singles appearance. The final was the first between two left-handed players since the 2018 Prague Open.
Bernarda Pera was the defending champion, but lost to Diana Shnaider in the quarterfinals.

## Seeds

* Donna Vekić (first round)
* Mayar Sherif (first round)
* Bernarda Pera (quarterfinals)
* Jasmine Paolini (first round)
* Julia Grabher (second round)
* Yulia Putintseva (second round)
* Arantxa Rus (champion)
* Camila Osorio (second round)

## 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 |
| WC | Noma Noha Akugue | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Diana Shnaider | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Diana Shnaider | 3 | 3 | | WC | Noma Noha Akugue | 0 | 6$^3$ |
| | | | | | 7 | Arantxa Rus | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| Q | Daria Saville | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Arantxa Rus | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 7 | Arantxa Rus | 2 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | D Vekić | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Hunter | 3 | 6 | 6 | | S Hunter | 6 | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Noha Akugue | 7 | 6 | | WC | N Noha Akugue | 0 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Pigossi | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | WC | N Noha Akugue | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Trevisan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Trevisan | 7 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | E Kalieva | 1 | 0 | | | M Trevisan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Rakhimova | 4 | 3 | | 8 | C Osorio | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Osorio | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | N Noha Akugue | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | B Pera | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Shnaider | 3 | 3 |
| Q | Z Sönmez | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | B Pera | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Juvan | 1 | 4 | | | K Kanepi | 6$^6$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kanepi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | B Pera | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | D Shnaider | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | D Shnaider | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | P Kudermetova | 0 | 6 | 1 | | D Shnaider | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Bulgaru | 4 | 4 | | 5 | J Grabher | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Grabher | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Jacquemot | 2 | 4 | | 6 | Y Putintseva | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Seidel | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | WC | J Niemeier | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Niemeier | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | WC | J Niemeier | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | ML Carlé | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | Q | D Saville | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Korpatsch | 3 | 6 | 6 | | T Korpatsch | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Saville | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Q | D Saville | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Paolini | 0 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | Q | D Saville | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | A Rus | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Rus | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| SE | M Timofeeva | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | A Rus | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Tomova | 1 | 5 | | | N Podoroska | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Podoroska | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 7 | A Rus | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | AK Schmiedlová | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | E Lys | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | P Udvardy | 3 | 6 | 6 | | P Udvardy | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Lys | 6 | 6 | | | E Lys | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Sherif | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Polina Kudermetova (qualified)
* Kaja Juvan (qualified)
* Emiliana Arango (qualifying competition)
* Nuria Brancaccio (qualifying competition)
* Elsa Jacquemot (qualified)
* Sinja Kraus (qualifying competition)
* Despina Papamichail (qualifying competition)
* Zeynep Sönmez (qualified)
* Ekaterina Makarova (qualifying competition)
* Barbora Palicová (first round)
* Mona Barthel (first round)
* Miriam Bulgaru (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Polina Kudermetova
* Kaja Juvan
* Miriam Bulgaru
* Zeynep Sönmez
* Elsa Jacquemot
* Daria Saville

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Polina Kudermetova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Magali Kempen | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Magali Kempen | 3 | 3 | 1 | Polina Kudermetova | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | 9 | Ekaterina Makarova | 5 | 5 |
| WC | Melanie Klaffner | 3 | 1 | 9 | Ekaterina Makarova | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | Ekaterina Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Kaja Juvan | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Berfu Cengiz | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | Berfu Cengiz | 1 | 5 | 2 | Kaja Juvan | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Despina Papamichail | 1 | 2 |
| | Katharina Hobgarski | 4 | 3 | 7 | Despina Papamichail | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Despina Papamichail | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Emiliana Arango | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | İpek Öz | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | İpek Öz | 4 | 2 | 3 | Emiliana Arango | 6$^5$ | 5 |
| | | | | 12 | Miriam Bulgaru | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| WC | Lena Papadakis | 3 | 1 | 12 | Miriam Bulgaru | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| 12 | Miriam Bulgaru | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Nuria Brancaccio | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | |
| | Kathinka von Deichmann | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | |
| | Kathinka von Deichmann | 6$^5$ | 5 | | 4 | Nuria Brancaccio | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | 8 | Zeynep Sönmez | 6 | 7 |
| | Astra Sharma | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Zeynep Sönmez | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Zeynep Sönmez | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Elsa Jacquemot | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Tatiana Prozorova | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Tatiana Prozorova | 3 | 1 | | 5 | Elsa Jacquemot | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Kathleen Kanev | 5 | 0 |
| WC | Kathleen Kanev | 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | Kathleen Kanev | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Mona Barthel | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Sinja Kraus | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Julia Middendorf | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Julia Middendorf | 2 | 3 | 6 | Sinja Kraus | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | Daria Saville | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | Daria Saville | 6 | 6 | | Daria Saville | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Barbora Palicová | 4 | 3 | | | | | |