Cincinnati Open: women's singles champions

WTA 1000 · Hard · Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati

Iga Swiatek won the 2025 title, beating Jasmine Paolini 7-5 6-4 in the final. Our archive has 32 editions since 1968; Barbara Potter has won it most often, 2 times.

Most titles

Barbara Potter21982, 1988
Victoria Azarenka22013, 2020
Serena Williams22014, 2015

Titles by country

United States11
Australia4
Russia4
Belarus3
United Kingdom1
Switzerland1
Serbia1
Belgium1

Youngest and oldest champions

Youngest: Linda Tuero, 17 in 1968
Oldest: Serena Williams, 33 in 2015

Age when the tournament began.

Every final

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2025	Iga Swiatek	Jasmine Paolini	7-5 6-4	Draw
2024	Aryna Sabalenka	Jessica Pegula	6-3 7-5	Draw
2023	Coco Gauff	Karolina Muchova	6-3 6-4	Draw
2022	Caroline Garcia	Petra Kvitova	6-2 6-4	Draw
2021	Ashleigh Barty	Jil Teichmann	6-3 6-1	Draw
2020	Victoria Azarenka	Naomi Osaka	W/O	Draw
2019	Madison Keys	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7-5 7-6(5)	Draw
2018	Kiki Bertens	Simona Halep	2-6 7-6(6) 6-2	Draw
2017	Garbine Muguruza	Simona Halep	6-1 6-0	Draw
2016	Karolina Pliskova	Angelique Kerber	6-3 6-1	Draw
2015	Serena Williams	Simona Halep	6-3 7-6(5)	Draw
2014	Serena Williams	Ana Ivanovic	6-4 6-1	Draw
2013	Victoria Azarenka	Serena Williams	2-6 6-2 7-6(6)	Draw
2012	Na Li	Angelique Kerber	1-6 6-3 6-1	Draw
2011	Maria Sharapova	Jelena Jankovic	4-6 7-6(3) 6-3	Draw
2010	Kim Clijsters	Maria Sharapova	2-6 7-6(4) 6-2	Draw
2009	Jelena Jankovic	Dinara Safina	6-4 6-2	Draw
2008	Nadia Petrova	Nathalie Dechy	6-2 6-1	Draw
2007	Anna Chakvetadze	Akiko Morigami	6-1 6-3	Draw
2006	Vera Zvonareva	Katarina Srebotnik	6-2 6-4	Draw
2005	Patty Schnyder	Akiko Morigami	6-4 6-0	Draw
2004	Lindsay Davenport	Vera Zvonareva	6-3 6-2	Draw
1988	Barbara Potter	Helen Kelesi	6-2 6-2	Draw
1982	Barbara Potter	Bettina Bunge	6-4 7-6	Draw
1981	Martina Navratilova	Sylvia Hanika	6-2 6-4	Draw
1980	Tracy Austin	Chris Evert	6-2 6-1	Draw
1973	Evonne Goolagong	Chris Evert	6-2 7-5	Draw
1972	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	3-6 6-2 7-5	Draw
1971	Virginia Wade	Linda Tuero	6-3 6-3	Draw
1970	Rosie Casals	Nancy Richey	6-3 6-3	Draw
1969	Lesley Turner	Gail Sherriff	1-6 7-5 10-10 RET	Draw
1968	Linda Tuero	Tory Ann Fretz	6-1 6-2	Draw

Finals of the tour-level event in our match archive, matched by tournament across name changes. Every champion is checked against an independent record; a year where the two disagree is left out until it is resolved, and a missing year means the event was not held or is not in the archive.