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Merida Open Akron 2026

Women's Singles

Level: WTA 500
Where: Merida, Mexico
Surface: Hard
Dates: 23 Feb – 1 Mar 2026

Champion

🇪🇸Cristina Bucsa

R32Vekic6-3 6-2
R16Stakusic7-6(1) 6-3
QFSonmez6-3 6-4
SFPaolini7-5 6-4
FinalFrech6-1 4-6 6-4

5 wins, 1 set dropped. Bucsa’s run, match by match

The title paid

500ranking points

$185,500 prize money

Runner-up

🇵🇱Magdalena Frech

325 pts

2025 champion

Emma Navarro — out in the last 16

The week in numbers

28-player draw · 27 matches played

2/8

top-8 seeds reached the quarter-finals

9

matches went to a deciding set

of 27 played

37

games in the longest match

Jimenez Kasintseva d. Linette, R16

7

sets decided by a tiebreak

1

home players in the draw

of 28

Final four

Semi-final7-5 6-4🇪🇸C. Bucsa🇮🇹J. Paolini(1)Semi-final6-2 6-7(6) 6-3🇵🇱M. Frech🇨🇳S. Zhang

Final6-1 4-6 6-4🇪🇸C. Bucsa🇵🇱M. Frech

What each round was worth

and who took it

ResultPointsReached byPrize

Champion
500pts$185.5K
Cristina Bucsa
Runner-up
325pts$114.5K
Magdalena Frech
Semifinal
195pts$66K
J. Paolini(1), S. Zhang
Quarterfinal
108pts$33.5K
M. Bouzkova(4), K. Boulter, V. Jimenez Kasintseva, Z. Sonmez
Round of 16
60pts$17.8K
8 players — incl. seeds 2, 3, 7, 8
Round of 32
30pts$12.7K
12 players — incl. seeds 5, 6

Past champions

2025
Emma Navarro · d. Emiliana Arango
2024
Zeynep Sonmez · d. Ann Li

Full draw How the 8 seeds fared All 27 matches

All 27 matches, round by round

Final

Cristina Bucsa def. Magdalena Frech6-1 4-6 6-4

Semifinals

Cristina Bucsa def. Jasmine Paolini7-5 6-4
Magdalena Frech def. Shuai Zhang6-2 6-7(6) 6-3

Quarterfinals

Cristina Bucsa def. Zeynep Sonmez6-3 6-4
Jasmine Paolini def. Katie Boulter0-6 6-3 6-3
Magdalena Frech def. Marie Bouzkova6-3 4-6 6-3
Shuai Zhang def. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva6-1 6-3

Round of 16

Cristina Bucsa def. Marina Stakusic7-6(1) 6-3
Katie Boulter def. Maria Camila Osorio Serrano6-3 RET
Marie Bouzkova def. Emiliana Arango2-6 6-1 2-0 RET
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva def. Magda Linette5-7 7-6(5) 7-5
Jasmine Paolini def. Priscilla Hon6-0 6-2
Magdalena Frech def. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro6-0 6-3
Shuai Zhang def. Emma Navarro6-4 6-4
Zeynep Sonmez def. Ann Li3-6 7-6(7) 6-4

Round of 32

Emiliana Arango def. Anastasia Potapova7-6(0) 6-2
Katie Boulter def. Beatriz Haddad Maia6-4 6-4
Marina Stakusic def. Dayana Yastremska6-4 6-3
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva def. Yulia Putintseva6-4 1-6 6-4
Cristina Bucsa def. Donna Vekic6-3 6-2
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro def. Heather Watson6-3 6-1
Magda Linette def. Tatjana Maria7-6(3) 6-3
Magdalena Frech def. Maria Timofeeva6-4 7-6(6)
Maria Camila Osorio Serrano def. Janice Tjen6-4 6-3
Priscilla Hon def. Renata Zarazua6-2 2-6 6-4
Shuai Zhang def. Varvara Lepchenko6-2 6-1
Zeynep Sonmez def. Cadence Brace6-2 6-0