2022 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

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2022 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Date15 – 21 May
Edition20th
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$251,750
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Rabat, Morocco
VenueClub des Cheminots [1]
Champions
Singles
Flag of Italy.svg Martina Trevisan
Doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi / Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Ninomiya
  2019  · Morocco Open ·  2023  

The 2022 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA 250 category of the 2022 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 15 and 21 May 2022. [2]

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Champions

Singles

This is Trevisan's first career WTA singles title.

Doubles

Points and prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Women's Singles2801801106030118121
Women's Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Women's Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600
Women's Doubles$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960


Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 101
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ajla Tomljanović 412
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Párrizas Díaz 513
Flag of Egypt.svg  EGY Mayar Sherif 624
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Anna Bondár 695
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Qinwen 736
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Arantxa Rus 747
Anna Kalinskaya 758
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Rebecca Peterson 779

Other entrants

The following players received wildcard s into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 871
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Monica Niculescu Flag placeholder.svg Alexandra Panova 1142
Flag placeholder.svg Natela Dzalamidze Flag placeholder.svg Kamilla Rakhimova 1153
Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 1234
Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Ulrikke Eikeri Flag of the United States.svg  USA Catherine Harrison 1285

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcard s into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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References

  1. Union Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc
  2. "Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Overview". wtatennis.com.
  3. "Tennis / Grand Prix de SAR la Princesse Lalla Meryem: Conférence de presse le 7 mai prochain à Rabat". lopinion.ma.