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.^[1] It was her first major title.^[2] Rybakina became the first Kazakhstani^{[lower-roman 1]} 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.^[3] Rybakina was 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.^{[4][lower-roman 2]} This marked the first time since 2009 that both finalists represented non-European nations.

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Ladies' singles
2022 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Elena Rybakina
Runner-up	Ons Jabeur
Score	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
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Draw	128 (16 Q / 7 WC)
Seeds	32
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends men women mixed 14&U Singles boys girls
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Ashleigh Barty was the reigning champion, but retired from professional tennis in March 2022.^[5]

World No. 1 Iga Świątek's win streak of 37 matches (dating to Qatar in February) ended when she was defeated by Alizé Cornet in the third round. It was only the fourth loss of her season, and her 37-match winning streak is the longest of the 21st century, and tied for 12th-longest in the Open Era.^[6][7][8]

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.^[6] By making her 62nd consecutive major main draw appearance, Cornet matched Ai Sugiyama's all-time record.^[9] Williams received a wild card to play in the tournament, making her comeback to the sport after a year due to a right hamstring injury sustained the previous year, and this would be Williams's final appearance at the tournament.^[10] 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.^[11]

This is the first edition of Wimbledon to feature a champions tie-break, a 10-point tie-break when the score reaches six games all in the third set,^[12] and the third edition to feature a final set tie-break rule.^{[lower-roman 3]} The first women's singles main draw match of the tournament to feature the ten-point tie break was the first round match between Caroline Garcia and Yuriko Miyazaki, with Garcia emerging victorious.^[13]

All seeds per WTA rankings.^[14]

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

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 is removing ranking points from the 2022 tournament as a result of the All England Club's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from the tournament. 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. ^[15] Note that 2021 points were mandatory for WTA players, unlike for ATP players, who were subject to a different rankings adjustment system.

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Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Next best result†	Points after	Status
1	1	Iga Świątek	8,576	240	0	8,336	Third round lost to Alizé Cornet
2	3	Anett Kontaveit	4,306	10	30	4,326	Second round lost to Jule Niemeier
3	2	Ons Jabeur	4,340	430	100	4,010	Final lost to Elena Rybakina [17]
4	4	Paula Badosa	4,245	240	25	4,030	Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [16]
5	5	Maria Sakkari	4,205	70	55	4,190	Third round lost to Tatjana Maria
6	7	Karolína Plíšková	3,777	1,300	0	2,477	Second round lost to Katie Boulter [WC]
7	8	Danielle Collins	3,255	70+60	5+1	3,131	First round lost to Marie Bouzková
8	9	Jessica Pegula	3,156	70	1	3,087	Third round lost to Petra Martić
9	10	Garbiñe Muguruza	3,015	130	1	2,886	First round lost to Greet Minnen
10	11	Emma Raducanu	2,952	240	5	2,717	Second round lost to Caroline Garcia
11	12	Coco Gauff	2,886	240	1	2,647	Third round lost to Amanda Anisimova [20]
12	17	Jeļena Ostapenko	2,431	130	1	2,302	Fourth round lost to Tatjana Maria
13	14	Barbora Krejčiková	2,593	240	0	2,353	Third round lost to Ajla Tomljanović
14	16	Belinda Bencic	2,585	10	60	2,635	First round lost to Wang Qiang
15	19	Angelique Kerber	2,199	780	0	1,419	Third round lost to Elise Mertens [24]
16	18	Simona Halep	2,315	0	100	2,415	Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina [17]
17	23	Elena Rybakina	1,990	240	55	1,805	Champion, defeated Ons Jabeur [3]
18	22	Jil Teichmann	2,023	10	1	2,014	First round lost to Ajla Tomljanović
19	24	Madison Keys	1,964	240	1	1,725	Withdrew due to abdominal injury
20	25	Amanda Anisimova	1,840	10	1	1,831	Quarterfinals lost to Simona Halep [16]
21	27	Camila Giorgi	1,787	70	1	1,718	First round lost to Magdalena Fręch
22	29	Martina Trevisan	1,744	10	20	1,754	First round lost to Elisabetta Cocciaretto [PR]
23	28	Beatriz Haddad Maia	1,782	—‡	—	1,782	First round lost to Kaja Juvan
24	31	Elise Mertens	1,615	130	30	1,515	Fourth round lost to Ons Jabeur [3]
25	26	Petra Kvitová	1,795	10	1	1,781	Third round lost to Paula Badosa [4]
26	32	Sorana Cîrstea	1,430	130	30	1,330	Second round lost to Tatjana Maria
27	33	Yulia Putintseva	1,420	70	55	1,405	First round lost to Alizé Cornet
28	36	Alison Riske-Amritraj	1,381	10	30	1,401	Third round lost to Marie Bouzková
29	34	Anhelina Kalinina	1,417	96+140§	30+30	1,241	Second round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
30	39	Shelby Rogers	1,296	130	13	1,179	First round lost to Petra Martić
31	38	Kaia Kanepi	1,297	10	30	1,317	First round lost to Diane Parry
32	45	Sara Sorribes Tormo	1,221	70	43	1,194	Second round lost to Harmony Tan
33	41	Zhang Shuai	1,240	10	60	1,290	Third round lost to Caroline Garcia

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† 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.

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Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Next best result	Points after	Withdrawal reason
15	Leylah Fernandez	2,590	10	8	2,588	Stress fracture in right foot

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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.^[16]

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Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Next best result	Points after
6	Aryna Sabalenka	4,046	780	1	3,267
13	Daria Kasatkina	2,645	70	60	2,635
20	Victoria Azarenka	2,086	70	0	2,016
21	Veronika Kudermetova	2,045	10	55	2,090
30	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,706	70	55	1,691

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