Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but did not participate this year as she was on maternity leave.

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won the title, defeating

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in the final, 6–7^(6–8), 7–5, 6–4. This was the second all-Russian women's singles final at this event (the first was in

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). Due to the pre-tournament withdrawal of

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, Angelique Kerber regained the World No. 1 ranking at the end of the tournament.

Seeds

All

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receive a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier

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Main draw

Qualifying draw
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