diff --git a/asv_bench/benchmarks/strings.py b/asv_bench/benchmarks/strings.py
index 0f68d1043b49d..d7fb36b062388 100644
--- a/asv_bench/benchmarks/strings.py
+++ b/asv_bench/benchmarks/strings.py
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@
 from .pandas_vb_common import tm
 
 
+class Dtypes:
+    params = ["str", "string", "arrow_string"]
+    param_names = ["dtype"]
+
+    def setup(self, dtype):
+        from pandas.core.arrays.string_arrow import ArrowStringDtype  # noqa: F401
+
+        try:
+            self.s = Series(tm.makeStringIndex(10 ** 5), dtype=dtype)
+        except ImportError:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+
+
 class Construction:
 
     params = ["str", "string"]
@@ -49,18 +62,7 @@ def peakmem_cat_frame_construction(self, dtype):
         DataFrame(self.frame_cat_arr, dtype=dtype)
 
 
-class Methods:
-    params = ["str", "string", "arrow_string"]
-    param_names = ["dtype"]
-
-    def setup(self, dtype):
-        from pandas.core.arrays.string_arrow import ArrowStringDtype  # noqa: F401
-
-        try:
-            self.s = Series(tm.makeStringIndex(10 ** 5), dtype=dtype)
-        except ImportError:
-            raise NotImplementedError
-
+class Methods(Dtypes):
     def time_center(self, dtype):
         self.s.str.center(100)
 
@@ -211,35 +213,26 @@ def time_cat(self, other_cols, sep, na_rep, na_frac):
         self.s.str.cat(others=self.others, sep=sep, na_rep=na_rep)
 
 
-class Contains:
+class Contains(Dtypes):
 
-    params = (["str", "string", "arrow_string"], [True, False])
+    params = (Dtypes.params, [True, False])
     param_names = ["dtype", "regex"]
 
     def setup(self, dtype, regex):
-        from pandas.core.arrays.string_arrow import ArrowStringDtype  # noqa: F401
-
-        try:
-            self.s = Series(tm.makeStringIndex(10 ** 5), dtype=dtype)
-        except ImportError:
-            raise NotImplementedError
+        super().setup(dtype)
 
     def time_contains(self, dtype, regex):
         self.s.str.contains("A", regex=regex)
 
 
-class Split:
+class Split(Dtypes):
 
-    params = (["str", "string", "arrow_string"], [True, False])
+    params = (Dtypes.params, [True, False])
     param_names = ["dtype", "expand"]
 
     def setup(self, dtype, expand):
-        from pandas.core.arrays.string_arrow import ArrowStringDtype  # noqa: F401
-
-        try:
-            self.s = Series(tm.makeStringIndex(10 ** 5), dtype=dtype).str.join("--")
-        except ImportError:
-            raise NotImplementedError
+        super().setup(dtype)
+        self.s = self.s.str.join("--")
 
     def time_split(self, dtype, expand):
         self.s.str.split("--", expand=expand)
@@ -248,17 +241,23 @@ def time_rsplit(self, dtype, expand):
         self.s.str.rsplit("--", expand=expand)
 
 
-class Dummies:
-    params = ["str", "string", "arrow_string"]
-    param_names = ["dtype"]
+class Extract(Dtypes):
 
-    def setup(self, dtype):
-        from pandas.core.arrays.string_arrow import ArrowStringDtype  # noqa: F401
+    params = (Dtypes.params, [True, False])
+    param_names = ["dtype", "expand"]
 
-        try:
-            self.s = Series(tm.makeStringIndex(10 ** 5), dtype=dtype).str.join("|")
-        except ImportError:
-            raise NotImplementedError
+    def setup(self, dtype, expand):
+        super().setup(dtype)
+
+    def time_extract_single_group(self, dtype, expand):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
+            self.s.str.extract("(\\w*)A", expand=expand)
+
+
+class Dummies(Dtypes):
+    def setup(self, dtype):
+        super().setup(dtype)
+        self.s = self.s.str.join("|")
 
     def time_get_dummies(self, dtype):
         self.s.str.get_dummies("|")
@@ -279,3 +278,9 @@ def setup(self):
     def time_vector_slice(self):
         # GH 2602
         self.s.str[:5]
+
+
+class Iter(Dtypes):
+    def time_iter(self, dtype):
+        for i in self.s:
+            pass
diff --git a/pandas/core/strings/accessor.py b/pandas/core/strings/accessor.py
index 5606380908f38..25d36c617a894 100644
--- a/pandas/core/strings/accessor.py
+++ b/pandas/core/strings/accessor.py
@@ -3101,7 +3101,7 @@ def _str_extract_noexpand(arr, pat, flags=0):
     groups_or_na = _groups_or_na_fun(regex)
     result_dtype = _result_dtype(arr)
 
-    result = np.array([groups_or_na(val)[0] for val in arr], dtype=object)
+    result = np.array([groups_or_na(val)[0] for val in np.asarray(arr)], dtype=object)
     # not dispatching, so we have to reconstruct here.
     result = pd_array(result, dtype=result_dtype)
     return result
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@ def _str_extract_frame(arr, pat, flags=0):
     else:
         result_index = None
     return DataFrame(
-        [groups_or_na(val) for val in arr],
+        [groups_or_na(val) for val in np.asarray(arr)],
         columns=columns,
         index=result_index,
         dtype=result_dtype,
diff --git a/pandas/tests/strings/test_extract.py b/pandas/tests/strings/test_extract.py
index 2be00a689a206..16ec4a8c6831c 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/strings/test_extract.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/strings/test_extract.py
@@ -38,25 +38,23 @@ def test_extract_expand_kwarg(any_string_dtype):
 
 
 def test_extract_expand_False_mixed_object():
-    mixed = Series(
-        [
-            "aBAD_BAD",
-            np.nan,
-            "BAD_b_BAD",
-            True,
-            datetime.today(),
-            "foo",
-            None,
-            1,
-            2.0,
-        ]
+    ser = Series(
+        ["aBAD_BAD", np.nan, "BAD_b_BAD", True, datetime.today(), "foo", None, 1, 2.0]
     )
 
-    result = Series(mixed).str.extract(".*(BAD[_]+).*(BAD)", expand=False)
+    # two groups
+    result = ser.str.extract(".*(BAD[_]+).*(BAD)", expand=False)
     er = [np.nan, np.nan]  # empty row
     expected = DataFrame([["BAD_", "BAD"], er, ["BAD_", "BAD"], er, er, er, er, er, er])
     tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
+    # single group
+    result = ser.str.extract(".*(BAD[_]+).*BAD", expand=False)
+    expected = Series(
+        ["BAD_", np.nan, "BAD_", np.nan, np.nan, np.nan, np.nan, np.nan, np.nan]
+    )
+    tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
 
 def test_extract_expand_index_raises():
     # GH9980