Iga Świątek defeated Ons Jabeur in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 US Open. It was her first US Open title and third major title overall. Świątek was the first player since Angelique Kerber in 2016 to win multiple majors in a season, having also won the French Open. She became the first Polish woman in the Open Era to reach the US Open quarterfinals and beyond. Świątek was the youngest woman to win three majors since Maria Sharapova in 2008.

As of 2026, this was the last hard-court major tournament whose final did not feature future world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.

Emma Raducanu was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Alizé Cornet. It was the third time the defending US Open champion lost in the first round, after Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2005 and Kerber in 2017. This marked the second consecutive major where Cornet defeated a reigning major champion (following her victory over Świątek at Wimbledon). Cornet made her 63rd consecutive major appearance, surpassing Ai Sugiyama's all-time record.

At the time, this tournament marked the final professional appearance of 23-time singles major champion, Olympic singles gold medalist, and former world No. 1 Serena Williams; she lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the third round. It was the longest match at a major in Williams' career, lasting three hours and five minutes. With her victory over second-ranked Anett Kontaveit in the second round, Williams, at 40 years old, became the oldest player to defeat a top three opponent on the WTA Tour. Williams would later return at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

This tournament was also the final major appearance of two-time major champion and former world No. 1 Simona Halep; she lost to Daria Snigur in the first round. Following the tournament, Halep served a provisional suspension for violations of anti-doping rules, which ended in March 2024. She announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2025.

This tournament marked the first time in the Open Era that four Chinese women reached the third round of a major. Elise Mertens had her streak of 18 consecutive major third round appearances broken after losing in the first round to Irina-Camelia Begu.

This was the first edition of the US Open to feature a 10-point tiebreak, when the score reached six games all in the deciding set. Karolína Plíšková defeated Magda Linette in the first round in the first women's singles main draw 10-point tiebreak at the US Open.

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Championship match statistics Category Świątek Jabeur 1st serve %57/72 (79%) 47/75 (63%) 1st serve points won33 of 57 = 58% 25 of 47 = 53% 2nd serve points won7 of 15 = 47% 9 of 28 = 32% Total service points won40 of 72 = 55.56% 34 of 75 = 45.33% Aces1 0 Double faults 2 4 Winners19 14 Unforced errors30 33 Net points won 11 of 16 = 69% 7 of 15 = 47% Break points converted 5 of 12 = 42% 3 of 9 = 33% Return points won 41 of 75 = 55% 32 of 72 = 44% Total points won 81 66

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of August 22, 2022. Rankings and points are as before August 29, 2022.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Iga Świątek 8,605 240 2,000 10,365 Champion, defeated Ons Jabeur 2 2 Anett Kontaveit 4,360 130 70 4,300 Second round lost to Serena Williams (PR) 3 3 Maria Sakkari 4,190 780 70 3,480 Second round lost to Wang Xiyu 4 4 Paula Badosa 3,980 70 70 3,980 Second round lost to Petra Martić 5 5 Ons Jabeur 3,920 130 1,300 5,090 Runner-up, lost to Iga Świątek 6 6 Aryna Sabalenka 3,470 780 780 3,470 Semifinals lost to Iga Świątek 7 7 Simona Halep 3,255 240 10 3,025 First round lost to Daria Snigur (Q) 8 8 Jessica Pegula 3,201 130 430 3,501 Quarterfinals lost to Iga Świątek 9 10 Garbiñe Muguruza 2,886 240 130 2,776 Third round lost to Petra Kvitová 10 9 Daria Kasatkina 3,015 130 10 2,895 First round lost to Harriet Dart 11 11 Emma Raducanu 2,756 2,040 10 726 First round lost to Alizé Cornet 12 12 Coco Gauff 2,687 70 430 3,047 Quarterfinals lost to Caroline Garcia 13 13 Belinda Bencic 2,635 430 130 2,335 Third round lost to Karolína Plíšková 14 14 Leylah Fernandez 2,540 1,300 70 1,310 Second round lost to Liudmila Samsonova 15 15 Beatriz Haddad Maia 2,317 (96+96)† 70+43 2,238 Second round lost to Bianca Andreescu 16 16 Jeļena Ostapenko 2,316 (1)‡ 10 2,325 First round lost to Zheng Qinwen 17 17 Caroline Garcia 2,220 70 780 2,930 Semifinals lost to Ons Jabeur 18 18 Veronika Kudermetova 2,206 10 240 2,436 Fourth round lost to Ons Jabeur 19 19 Danielle Collins 2,167 130 240 2,277 Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka 20 20 Madison Keys 2,128 10 130 2,248 Third round lost to Coco Gauff 21 21 Petra Kvitová 2,077 130 240 2,187 Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula 22 22 Karolína Plíšková 2,007 430 430 2,007 Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 23 23 Barbora Krejčíková 2,003 430 70 1,643 Second round lost to Aleksandra Krunić 24 24 Amanda Anisimova 1,900 70 10 1,840 First round lost to Yulia Putintseva 25 25 Elena Rybakina 1,850 130 10 1,730 First round lost to Clara Burel (Q) 26 26 Victoria Azarenka 1,841 130 240 1,951 Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková 27 27 Martina Trevisan 1,771 70+95 10+20 1,636 First round lost to Evgeniya Rodina (PR) 28 28 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1,750 70 70 1,750 Second round lost to Lauren Davis 29 29 Alison Riske-Amritraj 1,525 10 240 1,755 Fourth round lost to Caroline Garcia 30 30 Jil Teichmann 1,517 70 10 1,457 First round lost to Zhang Shuai 31 31 Shelby Rogers 1,516 240 130 1,406 Third round lost to Ons Jabeur 32 33 Elise Mertens 1,435 240 10 1,205 First round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2021 and is defending points from two ITF tournaments (Collonge-Bellerive and Montreux) instead. ‡ The player was not required to include zero points for the 2021 tournament in her ranking due to the WTA's COVID-19 rules. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result will be deducted instead.

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Withdrawals The entry list was released by the United States Tennis Association based on the WTA rankings for the week of July 18.

† – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying draw @ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying draw

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