2026 Hobart International – Singles

Singles
2026 Hobart International
Champion Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Runner-up Iva Jovic
Score6–4, 6–4
Draw32 (6 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Further information: 2026 Hobart International

Elisabetta Cocciaretto defeated Iva Jovic in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2026 Hobart International.[1] It was her second WTA Tour title, and her first since 2023. Cocciaretto was the fifth qualifier to win the tournament.[2]

McCartney Kessler was the defending champion,[3] but lost in the first round to Olga Danilović.

The first-round match between Venus Williams (aged 45 years, 7 months) and Tatjana Maria (aged 38 years, 5 months) was the oldest match by combined age (84 years, 1 day) in WTA Tour history.[4][5]

Seeds

  1. Emma Raducanu (quarterfinals)
  2. McCartney Kessler (first round)
  3. Iva Jovic (final)
  4. Ann Li (second round)
  5. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (first round)
  6. Tatjana Maria (second round)
  7. Emiliana Arango (first round)
  8. Magda Linette (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
WC Taylah Preston 6 4 1
3 Iva Jovic 4 6 6
3 Iva Jovic 4 4
Q Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6 6
Q Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6 6
Antonia Ružić 3 2

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 E Raducanu 6 77
WC C Osorio 3 62 1 E Raducanu w/o
E Jacquemot 4 0 M Fręch
M Fręch 6 6 1 E Raducanu 2 4
R Šramková 6 4 6 WC T Preston 6 6
V Gracheva 4 6 2 R Šramková 4 1
WC T Preston 6 77 WC T Preston 6 6
5 J Bouzas Maneiro 4 64 WC T Preston 6 4 1
3 I Jovic 6 6 3 I Jovic 4 6 6
J Tjen 0 1 3 I Jovic 6 6
Q R Zarazúa 65 6 6 Q R Zarazúa 1 2
H Baptiste 77 3 3 3 I Jovic 6 65 6
Xin Wang 6 6 8 M Linette 3 77 2
WC T Gibson 2 3 Xin Wang 1 5
Q O Selekhmeteva 3 6 1 8 M Linette 6 7
8 M Linette 6 1 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 T Maria 6 6
WC V Williams 4 3 6 T Maria 67 5
A Bondár 6 6 A Bondár 79 7
LL E Seidel 0 1 A Bondár 2 2
Q A Shimizu 3 4 Q E Cocciaretto 6 6
Q E Cocciaretto 6 6 Q E Cocciaretto 1 7 7
Q K Volynets 6 5 2 4 A Li 6 5 5
4 A Li 4 7 6 Q E Cocciaretto 6 6
7 E Arango 5 1 A Ružić 3 2
A Ružić 7 6 A Ružić 7 6
Q C McNally 6 4 1 S Sierra 5 4
S Sierra 1 6 6 A Ružić 6 6
P Stearns 6 1 77 O Danilović 3 3
B Krejčíková 4 6 64 P Stearns 62 1
O Danilović 4 6 6 O Danilović 77 6
2 M Kessler 6 4 4

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Varvara Gracheva (moved to main draw)
  2. Renata Zarazúa (qualified)
  3. Viktorija Golubic (first round)
  4. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (qualified)
  5. Petra Marčinko (qualifying competition)
  6. Caty McNally (qualified)
  7. Ella Seidel (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  8. Panna Udvardy (first round)
  9. Simona Waltert (qualifying competition)
  10. Moyuka Uchijima (first round)
  11. Julia Grabher (qualifying competition)
  12. Sára Bejlek (withdrew)

Qualifiers

  1. Katie Volynets
  2. Renata Zarazúa
  3. Ayano Shimizu
  4. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
  5. Oksana Selekhmeteva
  6. Caty McNally

Lucky loser

  1. Ella Seidel

Draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Alt Elizabeth Mandlik 2 4
Katie Volynets 6 6
  Katie Volynets 3 6 6
7 Ella Seidel 6 1 4
  Suzan Lamens 6 2 2
7 Ella Seidel 4 6 6

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Renata Zarazúa 6 6
Alt Hiroko Kuwata 0 1
2 Renata Zarazúa 6 6
9 Simona Waltert 4 3
WC Ava Beck 3 2
9 Simona Waltert 6 6

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Viktorija Golubic 6 65 2
Alycia Parks 4 77 6
  Alycia Parks 6 2 4
Alt Ayano Shimizu 2 6 6
WC Gabriella Da Silva-Fick 5 3
Alt Ayano Shimizu 7 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6 6
WC Jizelle Sibai 4 2
4 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6 7
Darja Semeņistaja 3 5
  Darja Semeņistaja 77 78
10 Moyuka Uchijima 62 66

Fifth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
5 Petra Marčinko 6 6
WC Sarah Rokusek 4 2
5 Petra Marčinko 4 2
Oksana Selekhmeteva 6 6
  Oksana Selekhmeteva 6 6
8 Panna Udvardy 2 2

Sixth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
6 Caty McNally 6 79
Kaja Juvan 2 67
6 Caty McNally 6 6
11 Julia Grabher 2 4
  Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 3 1
11 Julia Grabher 6 6

References

  1. ^ "Italy's Cocciaretto gets Australian Open boost with Hobart title". France24. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Cocciaretto becomes fifth qualifier to ever win Hobart title". Women's Tennis Association. 17 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Kessler powers past Mertens in Hobart, wins second career title". Women's Tennis Association. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. ^ "In oldest WTA match, Tatjana Maria defeats Venus Williams in Hobart". Tennis.com. 13 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Venus Williams, 45, loses to Tatjana Maria, 38, in WTA's highest combined age match". The New York Times. 13 January 2026.
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