Entry List WTA Cincinnati Open 2025: Aryna Sabalenka's title defense challenged by Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, and other top contenders

The WTA Entry List for the 2025 Cincinnati Open has been confirmed, featuring a 96-player singles draw on hardcourts, right in the middle of the North American hardcourt swing. The field is led by World No. 1 and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka – for whom this will be her only hardcourt tournament before defending her title at the US Open.

Several big names from the WTA Tour will join, seeking a final opportunity to build confidence on hardcourts before reaching the year's last Grand Slam. Coco Gauff (2023) and Madison Keys (2019) are among the former champions who arrive in good form and will also have the home crowd behind them between August 6 and 18, 2025.

Back in 2024, Jessica Pegula also reached the final as the 6th seed, preceding her run to the US Open final a couple of weeks later – her only Grand Slam final played. The local players will also benefit from the support of the home crowd for Amanda Anisimova, who will surely welcome it as she looks to regain the great form she showed at Wimbledon, which took her to the final.

The All England Club champion – Iga Swiatek – is another confirmed name in Cincinnati and appears as a strong candidate for the title. Last year, she reached the semifinals of the tournament – falling to eventual champion Sabalenka – which was her best hardcourt performance in the second half of the year. On her way, she eliminated Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals, another name to watch this year in Cincinnati, arriving as the 5th seed and as champion of two of the four WTA 1000 tournaments played on hardcourts this season (Indian Wells, Dubai).

Czech players Marketa Vondrousova and Petra Kvitova are among the names who will use their protected ranking to enter the main draw. Another player who has confirmed her presence is former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu, who will have another chance to showcase her talent on the North American hardcourts, in a tournament where she has not secured prior wins.

The draw will be packed with the best players in the world, with other high-profile names confirmed in the main draw, such as Elena Rybakina, Zheng Qinwen, Paula Badosa, Jasmine Paolini, Emma Raducanu, and Naomi Osaka, among others.