2023 Guadalajara Open Akron

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2023 Guadalajara Open Akron
Date17 – 23 September
Edition2nd
Category WTA 1000
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$2,788,468
Surface Hard
Location Guadalajara, Mexico
Venue Panamerican Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari
Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Storm Hunter / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
  2022  · Guadalajara Open Akron ·  2024  

The 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron (also known as the Guadalajara Open Akron presented by Santander for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament, a WTA 1000 event on the 2023 WTA Tour. It was held at the Panamerican Tennis Center in Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico, from 17 to 23 September 2023. [1]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56QQ2Q1
Singles90058535019010560130201
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56Q2Q1
Singles$454,500$267,690$138,000$63,350$31,650$17,930$12,848$7,650$4,000
Doubles*$133,840$75,286$40,432$20,914$11,850$7,900

*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 71
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 92
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 103
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Keys 114
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 155
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 166
Veronika Kudermetova 187
Ekaterina Alexandrova 198
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia 209
Victoria Azarenka 2310
Anastasia Potapova 2711
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Anhelina Kalinina 2812
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 2913
Flag of Egypt.svg  EGY Mayar Sherif 3214
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jasmine Paolini 3315
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 3416

Rankings are as of 11 September 2023. [2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Storm Hunter Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 81
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Leylah Fernandez Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Townsend 292
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Erin Routliffe 293
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 304
Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Giuliana Olmos Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Luisa Stefani 345
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ellen Perez 416
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Anna Danilina Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 597
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato Flag of Indonesia.svg  INA Aldila Sutjiadi 638

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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References

  1. "Guadalajara Open Akron presented by Santander Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Swiatek, defending champion Pegula lead Guadalajara 2023 entry list". wtatennis.com.