Toronto Open 2026: WTA Draw, Schedule, Players and How to Watch

The 2026 National Bank Open is the WTA 1000 in Toronto, and it has spent a week dismantling its own top half. The world No. 1 is out. So are the third, eighth and tenth seeds. Two quarter-final places are filled, four more are being decided today.

Here is exactly where it stands, what is left to play, and how to watch the rest of it.

Where does the Toronto draw stand right now?

Two quarter-finals are set, and the other half of the bracket is on court today. The women’s event runs at Sobeys Stadium from 2 to 13 August; the men are in Montreal.

The top half finished its fourth round on 8 August:

That produces Alexandrova v Svitolina and Shnaider v Swiatek.

The bottom half plays its fourth round on 9 August, and none of these was finished when this was written:

Twelve players are left in a 96-player draw, and ten of them are seeded. The two who are not — Alina Korneeva and Liudmila Samsonova — are both one win from a quarter-final.

Who is left, and who is already out?

Twenty-two of the thirty-two seeds have gone, ten of them in their opening match. Because seeds are given byes into the second round, a seed’s first appearance is the round of 64, and that is where a third of them ended.

The headline casualty is Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed and world No. 1, beaten by Ekaterina Alexandrova over three sets. But the pattern matters more than any single result: of the six top-ten seeds drawn into the top half — 1, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10 — only Swiatek and Svitolina survived. Seeds 2, 4, 5 and 6 were all drawn into the bottom half, and of those, Mirra Andreeva (5) and Linda Noskova (6) are already gone too, beaten by Leylah Fernandez and Caty McNally respectively.

Five players retired mid-match during the tournament: Elisabetta Cocciaretto (left thigh), Polina Kudermetova (right knee), Eva Lys (back), Jelena Ostapenko (dizziness) and Katerina Siniakova (right shoulder). Ostapenko and Siniakova were both seeded, which is part of why the early rounds thinned out so fast.

Iga Swiatek is the highest seed left in the top half at 7, and if she comes through Shnaider she cannot meet Rybakina or Gauff before the final.

What is left to play, and when?

Four days: quarter-finals, semi-finals, final. The WTA’s schedule for this tournament splits each early round across two days and then compresses.

The doubles final is at 3:30 p.m. local on 13 August, with the singles final following not before 6 p.m. Day sessions through the fourth round have started at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, with an 8:30 p.m. evening session.

What is on the table for the four who get through:

Total prize money across the women’s event is $7,433,076.

How can you watch the rest of it?

Tennis Channel in the United States, Sportsnet in Canada, Sky Sports in the UK.

Sportsnet holds this exclusively in Canada — its owner, Rogers, also owns the tournament. You may see older guides naming TSN, which is not the 2026 broadcaster; see the note above.

The useful thing to know about timing is that the closing rounds are compressed. Semi-finals and final are single days, so from 12 August there is no second day to catch up on.

Why is the defending champion not here?

Victoria Mboko withdrew with a knee injury. The Canadian won this title in 2025, and she is missing her own home defence with a left knee MCL problem picked up at Queen’s Club in June, in a match against Karolina Pliskova. It has cost her the North American hard-court swing rather than just this fortnight.

There is a small, strange footnote to that: Pliskova is in this draw. She played the second round and lost to Mirra Andreeva 6-4 6-4 — who then lost to Leylah Fernandez in the next round.

Mboko has said she intends to be at Sobeys Stadium during the tournament for appearances, which is not the same as defending a title, but it does mean the champion is in the building.

Who are the Canadians in the draw?

Eight started, one is left. Seven of them were wild cards; only Leylah Fernandez, seeded 30, was in on ranking.

Kayla Cross’s win is the one worth noting. The wild card beat Katie Boulter — the only British woman in the singles draw — 7-6(3) 7-5, before running into the 28th seed.

Fernandez has already accounted for the fifth seed, beating Mirra Andreeva to reach the fourth round. She plays Naomi Osaka today for a quarter-final place.

One more name from the first round: Venus Williams played on a wild card and lost to Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4 6-1.

Sources

Checked on 9 August 2026. Results reflect the official draw sheet released late on 8 August; the bottom half’s fourth round is played on 9 August.