In July, Pavlyuchenkova suffered a shocking loss in the opening round of Båstad to Grace Min. She then reached her second quarterfinal of the year at the Citi Open after beating Virginie Razzano and Hiroko Kuwata. There, she fell to Makarova once more. She then lost to eventual finalist Venus Williams in the first round of the Rogers Cup. The following week in Cincinnati, she saw off 11th seed Dominika Cibulková in the first round and then went on to beat Karin Knapp to reach the round of 16 where she lost to Sharapova in straight sets. At the US Open where she was seeded 23rd, she crashed out in the second round to wildcard Nicole Gibbs in three sets.