See main article: 2023 French Open.
| Type: | grandslamwc |
| Champ: |  Iga Świątek |
| Runner: |  Karolína Muchová |
| Score: | 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Draw: | 128 |
| Seeds: | 32 |
Defending champion Iga Świątek[1] defeated Karolína Muchová in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 French Open. It was her third French Open title and fourth major title overall.[2] Świątek became the third woman in the Open Era (after Monica Seles and Naomi Osaka) to win her first four major finals, and the youngest woman to win four majors since Serena Williams in 2002.[3] Świątek also became the first player to defend the French Open title since Justine Henin in 2007, breaking an Open Era record of 15 years with no defending champions. She was also the first woman to defend a major title since Serena Williams at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. Świątek dropped just one set en route to the title, to Muchová in the final. Świątek retained the world No. 1 ranking after she reached the final and Aryna Sabalenka lost in the semifinals.[4] [5] [6]
12 of the 32 seeds reached the third round, the fewest since the French Open's draw was increased to 32 seeds in 2002.[7] Elina Avanesyan became the first lucky loser to reach the fourth round since Nicole Jagerman in 1988, and the first at any major since María José Gaidano at the 1993 US Open.[8]
Beatriz Haddad Maia became the first Brazilian woman to reach the French Open semifinals in the Open Era, and the first at any major since Maria Bueno at the 1968 US Open. By reaching the semifinals, Haddad Maia entered the top ten of the WTA rankings for the first time, becoming the first Brazilian woman to enter the world's top ten.[9] Ranked No. 333 in the world, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova became the lowest-ranked player in history to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open, and the third lowest ranked player ever to reach a major quarterfinal, after Kaia Kanepi at the 2017 US Open and Martina Hingis at the 2006 Australian Open. With Elina Svitolina, ranked No. 192 in the world, also reaching the quarterfinals, this marked the first time that two players ranked outside the top 150 in the world reached the quarterfinals at the same major.[10]
| Category | Świątek | Muchová | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st serve % | 55/88 (63%) | 50/89 (56%) | |
| 1st serve points won | 34 of 55 = 62% | 26 of 50 = 52% | |
| 2nd serve points won | 17 of 33 = 52% | 18 of 39 = 46% | |
| Total service points won | 51 of 88 = 57.95% | 44 of 89 = 49.44% | |
| Aces | 1 | 6 | |
| Double faults | 3 | 3 | |
| Winners | 19 | 30 | |
| Unforced errors | 27 | 38 | |
| Net points won | 10 of 24 = 42% | 18 of 28 = 64% | |
| Break points converted | 7 of 11 = 64% | 5 of 7 = 71% | |
| Return points won | 45 of 89 = 51% | 37 of 88 = 42% | |
| Total points won | bgcolor=98FB989 | 96 | 81 |
| Source | |||
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 22 May 2023. Rankings and points before are as of 29 May 2023.
Because the tournament takes place one week later this year, players are defending points from the 2022 French Open, as well as tournaments that took place during the week of 6 June 2022 ('s-Hertogenbosch, Nottingham, and Valencia WTA 125). Points from the 2022 French Open are listed first in the "Points defending" column.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points earned | Points after | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Iga Świątek | 8,940 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 8,940 | Champion, defeated Karolína Muchová | |
| 2 | 2 | Aryna Sabalenka | 7,541 | 130+180 | 780+1 | 8,012 | Semifinals lost to Karolína Muchová | |
| 3 | 3 |  Jessica Pegula | 5,205 | 430 | 130 | 4,905 | Third round lost to  Elise Mertens (28) | |
| 4 | 4 |  Elena Rybakina | 5,090 | 130 | 130 | 5,090 | Third round withdrew due to upper respiratory illness | |
| 5 | 5 |  Caroline Garcia | 5,025 | 70 | 70 | 5,025 | Second round lost to Anna Blinkova | |
| 6 | 6 | Coco Gauff | 4,305 | 1,300 | 430 | 3,435 | Quarterfinals lost to Iga Świątek (1) | |
| 7 | 7 |  Ons Jabeur | 3,541 | 10 | 430 | 3,961 | Quarterfinals lost to  Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) | |
| 8 | 8 | Maria Sakkari | 3,391 | 70+60 | 10+1 | 3,272 | First round lost to Karolína Muchová | |
| 9 | 9 | Daria Kasatkina | 3,275 | 780 | 240 | 2,735 | Fourth round lost to  Elina Svitolina (PR) | |
| 10 | 10 | Petra Kvitová | 3,162 | 70 | 10 | 3,102 | First round lost to  Elisabetta Cocciaretto | |
| 11 | 11 | 2,950 | 430+110 | 10+100 | 2,520 | |||
| 12 | 12 | Belinda Bencic | 2,750 | 130 | 10 | 2,630 | First round lost to Elina Avanesyan (LL) | |
| 13 | 13 | Barbora Krejčíková | 2,680 | 10 | 10 | 2,680 | First round lost to Lesia Tsurenko | |
| 14 | 14 | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 2,420 | 70+280 | 780+60 | 2,910 | Semifinals lost to Iga Świątek (1) | |
| 15 | 15 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2,236 | 10 | 70 | 2,296 | ||
| 16 | 16 | Karolína Plíšková | 2,160 | 70 | 10 | 2,100 | First round lost to Sloane Stephens | |
| 17 | 17 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 2,130 | 70 | 70 | 2,130 | Second round lost to Peyton Stearns | |
| 18 | 18 | Victoria Azarenka | 2,087 | 130 | 10 | 1,967 | First round lost to  Bianca Andreescu | |
| 19 | 19 |  Zheng Qinwen | 1,998 | 240+160 | 70+1 | 1,669 | Second round lost to Yulia Putintseva | |
| 20 | 20 | Madison Keys | 1,861 | 240 | 70 | 1,691 | Second round lost to Kayla Day (Q) | |
| 21 | 21 | Magda Linette | 1,825 | 70 | 10 | 1,765 | First round lost to Leylah Fernandez | |
| 22 | 22 | Donna Vekić | 1,813 | 110 | 70 | 1,773 | Second round lost to Bernarda Pera | |
| 23 | 23 | 1,725 | 70+280 | 130+30 | 1,535 | Third round lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) | ||
| 24 | 25 | Anastasia Potapova | 1,665 | (30)† | 130 | 1,765 | Third round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (PR) | |
| 25 | 26 | Anhelina Kalinina | 1,657 | 70 | 10 | 1,597 | First round lost to Diane Parry (WC) | |
| 26 | 24 | Martina Trevisan | 1,667 | 780 | 10 | 897 | First round lost to Elina Svitolina (PR) | |
| 27 | 27 |  Irina-Camelia Begu | 1,452 | 240 | 130 | 1,342 | Third round lost to Karolína Muchová | |
| 28 | 28 | Elise Mertens | 1,439 | 240+30 | 240+15 | 1,424 | Fourth round lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (PR) | |
| 29 | 31 | Zhang Shuai | 1,355 | 10+60 | 10+29 | 1,324 | First round lost to Magdalena Fręch | |
| 30 | 32 | Sorana Cîrstea | 1,327 | 70 | 10 | 1,267 | First round lost to Jasmine Paolini | |
| 31 | 33 | Marie Bouzková | 1,318 | 70 | 10 | 1,258 | First round lost to Wang Xinyu | |
| 32 | 34 | Shelby Rogers | 1,303 | 130+110 | 10+1 | 1,074 | First round lost to Petra Martić |
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.
See main article: 2023 French Open – Women's singles qualifying.
The entry list was released based on the WTA rankings for the week of 17 April 2023.[11]
† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list