Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were defending champions, and won in the final 6–4, 7–5, against Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva.
Petra Kvitová is an inactive Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 31 career singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2011 and in 2014. She also won a bronze medal in singles while representing the Czech Republic at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her career-high ranking of world No. 2 was achieved on 31 October 2011.
Defending champion Serena Williams defeated Jelena Janković in the final, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2008 Miami Open. It was her fifth Miami Open title, tying Steffi Graf's record.
Sunitha Rao is an Indian-American former professional tennis player, who represented India in international tournaments. She won eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On July 7, 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 144. On May 19, 2008, she peaked at No. 108 in the doubles rankings.
Petra Martić is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tournament on the WTA Challenger Tour, plus four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Nicole Gibbs is an American former professional tennis player.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but Serena withdrew from the tournament and Venus didn't want to participate with another player.
Laura Natalie Siegemund is a German professional tennis player.
Shelby Nicole Rogers is an American former professional tennis player. She had career-high WTA rankings of No. 30 in singles and No. 40 in doubles, and won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Rogers won the girls' national championship at 17. Her best results at the majors were quarterfinals at the 2016 French Open and the 2020 US Open.
Manon Bollegraf and Tom Nijssen were the defending champions but only Nijssen competed that year with Helena Suková.
Danka Kovinić is a Montenegrin professional tennis player.
Jessica Pegula is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved on October 24, 2022, and in doubles of world No. 1, achieved on September 11, 2023. Pegula is a singles Grand Slam finalist at the 2024 US Open and a finalist at the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, Pegula reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering with Coco Gauff, and the mixed doubles final of the 2023 US Open with Austin Krajicek.
Flavia Pennetta defeated Roberta Vinci in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 US Open. It was her first and only major singles title, and she became the first woman to win her first major title after turning 30 years old. Pennetta was competing in her 49th major main draw, setting a new record for the most appearances in major main draws before reaching a final. This also marked Pennetta's last major appearance, as she retired from the sport at the end of the 2015 season. Vinci became the first unseeded woman to reach a major final since Justine Henin at the 2010 Australian Open. The final made Italy the fifth country in the Open Era to have two countrywomen contest a major final. This also marked the first final with two first-time major finalists since the 2010 French Open.
Olga Danilović is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 2 December 2024, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 51. On 24 April 2023, she peaked at No. 104 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won two WTA Tour singles titles and two doubles titles. On the WTA Challenger Tour, she has won one doubles title. Additionally, she has won seven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Serbia, Danilović has a win–loss record of 12–8 in Billie Jean King Cup competition.
Sloane Stephens defeated Madison Keys in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2017 US Open. It was her first major title. Stephens became the first player using a protected ranking to win a major title, and the second unseeded woman in the Open Era to win the US Open. It was the first all-American final at the US Open since 2002, and for the first time at a major since the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, all four semifinalists were American, and all from the same country overall.
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1995 Australian Open.
Barbora Krejčíková defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 French Open. It was her first major singles title. Krejčíková saved a match point en route to the title, in the semifinals against Maria Sakkari. Krejčíková and Pavlyuchenkova were the combined lowest-ranked major finalists since the introduction of the computer rankings in 1975.
Patricia Tarabini (first round)
Elena Brioukhovets (first round)
Petra Langrová (first round)
Rika Hiraki (second round)
Karin Kschwendt (first round)
Nathalie Herreman (second round)
Silvia Farina (first round)
Miriam Oremans (second round)
Nicole Pratt (second round)
Sandra Wasserman (second round)
Jennifer Santrock (first round)
