The Western & Southern Open is one of the main warm-up tournaments which takes place before the US Open between Saturday 13 August and Sunday 21 August with WTA Entry List now confirmed for Cincinnati.
Headlined by the current World No.1, Iga Swiatek. It will also see many top names involved such as Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, Serena Williams (as confirmed below), Bianca Andreescu, Simona Halep, 2020 champion Victoria Azarenka, recent Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina.
As well as reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu and finalist Leylah Fernandez. Last year's champion was Ashleigh Barty who has since retired from the sport but a star studded initial field will be involved at the WTA 1000.
2022 Western & Southern Open WTA Entry List
1 Iga Swiatek 21
2 Anett Kontaveit 26
3 Maria Sakkari 26
4 Paula Badosa 24
5 Ons Jabeur 27
6 Aryna Sabalenka 24
7 Jessica Pegula 28
8 Danielle Collins 28
9 Garbine Muguruza 28
10 Emma Raducanu 19
11 Coco Gauff 18
12 Daria Kasatkina 25
13 Belinda Bencic 25
14 Leylah Fernandez 19
15 Karolina Pliskova 30
16 Simona Halep 30
17 Jelena Ostapenko 25
18 Veronika Kudermetova 25
19 Barbora Krejcikova 26
20 Victoria Azarenka 32
21 Jil Teichmann 25
22 Amanda Anisimova 20
23 Elena Rybakina 23
24 Martina Trevisan 28
25 Petra Kvitova 32
26 Beatriz Haddad Maia 26
27 Madison Keys 27
28 Ekaterina Alexandrova 27
29 Camila Giorgi 30
30 Elise Mertens 26
31 Angelique Kerber 34
32 Alison Riske-Amritraj 32
33 Sorana Cirstea 32
34 Kaia Kanepi 37
35 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 28
36 Shuai Zhang 33
37 Alize Cornet 32
38 Naomi Osaka 24
39 Yulia Putintseva 27
PR 52* Bianca Andreescu 22
PR 164* Karolina Muchova 25
PR --- Serena Williams 40