The Merida Open Akron is a WTA 500 event performed on out of doors onerous courts on the Yucatan Nation Membership in Merida, Mexico, in late February.
First held in 2023 as a WTA 250 occasion, it was upgraded to WTA 500 standing in 2025. Cristina Bucșa is the reigning singles champion after beating Magdalena Fręch within the 2026 last, and she or he additionally received the 2026 doubles title with Jiang Xinyu.
Event Details
| Location: | Merida, Yucatan, Mexico |
| Venue: | Yucatan Nation Membership |
| Stage: | WTA 500 (WTA 250 in 2023 and 2024) |
| Court docket Floor: | Outside Exhausting Courts |
| Draw Measurement: | 28 Singles, 16 Doubles (24-player qualifying) |
| Prize Money: | $1,206,446 (2026) |
| First Held: | 2023 |
| Present Champion: | Cristina Bucșa (2026) |
2027 Merida Open Akron
Dates
The 2027 Merida Open is provisionally scheduled for 22–28 February 2027, in keeping with the present 2027 WTA tournament schedule. The dates haven’t but been formally confirmed and should change.
The 2027 event is ready to be performed in the identical week because the WTA 250 ATX Open in Austin, USA, the week earlier than the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
Schedule
The official order of play for 2027 has not but been launched. Based mostly on earlier editions, the event is anticipated to observe the standard WTA 500 format, with qualifying on the weekend earlier than the primary draw.
| Day | Spherical |
|---|---|
| Saturday–Sunday | Qualifying |
| Monday – Day 1 | 1st Spherical Matches |
| Tuesday – Day 2 | 1st Spherical Matches |
| Wednesday – Day 3 | 2nd Spherical Matches |
| Thursday – Day 4 | 2nd Spherical Matches |
| Friday – Day 5 | Quarterfinal Matches |
| Saturday – Day 6 | Semifinal Matches |
| Sunday – Day 7 | Last |
Gamers
The entry listing for 2027 has not but been launched. The 2026 singles subject was headed by prime seed Jasmine Paolini and 2025 champion Emma Navarro, with Ann Li, Marie Bouzková, Dayana Yastremska, Janice Tjen, Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro and Magda Linette additionally seeded. See the newest WTA rankings for the gamers prone to enter.
Draw
The singles draw has 28 gamers, so the highest 4 seeds obtain first-round byes. The 2027 attracts can be revealed on the WTA Tour website shortly earlier than the event begins.
Tickets
Tickets for the 2027 event haven’t but gone on sale. In earlier years they have been bought via the event’s official ticketing associate, Fever, with full-tournament passes, day by day passes and qualifying-day tickets obtainable.
Prize Cash and Factors
The 2026 Merida Open had complete prize cash of $1,206,446. The 2027 breakdown has not but been introduced; the 2026 figures are proven under as a information.
Ladies’s Singles (2026)
The 2026 singles champion acquired $185,500 and 500 WTA rating factors, whereas the runner-up acquired $114,500 and 325 factors.
| Efficiency | Prize Cash | Factors |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $185,500 | 500 |
| Finalist | $114,500 | 325 |
| Semifinalist | $66,003 | 195 |
| Quarterfinalist | $35,000 | 108 |
| 2nd Spherical | $18,045 | 60 |
| 1st Spherical | $13,005 | 1 |
| Qualifier | $10,500 | 25 |
| Qualifying 2nd Spherical | $6,330 | 13 |
Ladies’s Doubles (2026, Per Crew)
| Efficiency | Prize Cash | Factors |
|---|---|---|
| Winners | $61,540 | 500 |
| Finalists | $37,400 | 325 |
| Semifinalists | $21,720 | 195 |
| Quarterfinalists | $11,150 | 108 |
| 1st Spherical | $6,800 | 1 |
Previous Winners
The Merida Open Akron has had a special singles champion yearly because it started in 2023, and no participant has but received the title greater than as soon as.
Emma Navarro recorded essentially the most one-sided last within the event’s historical past, beating Emiliana Arango 6–0, 6–0 in 2025.
In 2026 Cristina Bucșa turned the primary participant to win the singles and doubles titles in the identical 12 months.
The complete listing of singles and doubles champions and runners-up is under.
Ladies’s Singles
| 12 months | Champion | Runner-Up | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cristina Bucșa | Magdalena Fręch | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 2025 | Emma Navarro | Emiliana Arango | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 2024 | Zeynep Sönmez | Ann Li | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2023 | Camila Giorgi | Rebecca Peterson | 7–6(3), 1–6, 6–2 |
Ladies’s Doubles
| 12 months | Champions | Runners-Up | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cristina Bucșa / Jiang Xinyu | Isabelle Haverlag / Maia Lumsden | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2025 | Katarzyna Piter / Mayar Sherif | Anna Danilina / Irina Khromacheva | 7–6(2), 7–5 |
| 2024 | Quinn Gleason / Ingrid Martins | Magali Kempen / Lara Salden | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2023 | Caty McNally / Diane Parry | Wang Xinyu / Wu Fang-hsien | 6–0, 7–5 |
Event Historical past
The Merida Open Akron was first performed in February 2023 as a WTA 250 occasion, with Camila Giorgi profitable the inaugural singles title.
The 2024 version moved to late October(28 October – 3 November), when Zeynep Sönmez took the title.
The event was initially deliberate for the autumn once more in 2025, but it surely was upgraded to WTA 500 standing and moved to late February to fill the hole left by the cancellation of the San Diego Open. Prime seed Emma Navarro received the primary WTA 500 version with out dropping a recreation within the last.
Akron can be the title sponsor of the Guadalajara Open Akron. Mexico additionally hosts the Monterrey Open on the WTA Tour.
Merida Open FAQs
The place is the Merida Open performed?
The Merida Open is performed on the Yucatan Nation Membership in Merida, the capital of Mexico’s Yucatan state.
What floor is the Merida Open performed on?
The event is performed on out of doors onerous courts.
Who received the Merida Open in 2026?
Cristina Bucșa received the 2026 singles title, beating Magdalena Fręch 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 within the last. Bucșa additionally received the doubles title with Jiang Xinyu.
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