2026 Mérida Open – Singles

Singles
2026 Mérida Open
2025 Champion	Emma Navarro
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Further information: 2026 Mérida Open

Emma Navarro was the defending champion, ^[1] but lost in the second round to Zhang Shuai.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Jasmine Paolini
2. Emma Navarro (second round)
3. Ann Li (second round)
4. Marie Bouzková
5. Dayana Yastremska (first round)
6. Janice Tjen (first round)
7. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (second round)
8. Magda Linette (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

Semifinals

Final

WC

Q

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1/WC	J Paolini	6	6
	LL	P Hon	6	2	6			LL	P Hon	0	2
		R Zarazúa	2	6	4										1/WC	J Paolini
	WC	K Boulter	6	6											WC	K Boulter
		B Haddad Maia	4	4				WC	K Boulter	6	0
		C Osorio	6	6					C Osorio	3	0r
	6	J Tjen	3	3																		WC
								3	A Li	6	67	4
	Q	C Brace	2	0					Z Sönmez	3	79	6
		Z Sönmez	6	6												Z Sönmez
		C Bucșa	6	6												C Bucșa
		D Vekić	3	2					C Bucșa	77	6
	WC	M Stakusic	6	6				WC	M Stakusic	61	3
	5	D Yastremska	4	3

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	J Bouzas Maneiro	6	6
	Q	H Watson	3	1				7	J Bouzas Maneiro	0	3
		M Fręch	6	78					M Fręch	6	6
	Q	M Timofeeva	4	66												M Fręch
		E Arango	77	6											4	M Bouzková
		A Potapova	60	2					E Arango	6	1	0r
								4	M Bouzková	2	6	2
	8	M Linette	77	6																		Q
		T Maria	63	3				8	M Linette	7	65	5
	Q	V Jiménez Kasintseva	6	1	6			Q	V Jiménez Kasintseva	5	77	7
		Y Putintseva	4	6	4										Q	V Jiménez Kasintseva
	Q	V Lepchenko	2	1											Q	S Zhang
	Q	S Zhang	6	6				Q	S Zhang	6	6
								2	E Navarro	4	4

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Zhang Shuai (qualified)
2. Diane Parry (first round)
3. Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (qualified)
4. Priscilla Hon (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
5. Varvara Lepchenko (qualified)
6. Maria Timofeeva (qualified)
7. María Lourdes Carlé (qualifying competition)
8. Elina Avanesyan (qualifying competition)
9. Guo Hanyu (withdrew, still playing in Midland)
10. Ana Sofía Sánchez (first round)
11. Kayla Cross (first round)
12. Cadence Brace (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Zhang Shuai
2. Heather Watson
3. Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
4. Cadence Brace
5. Varvara Lepchenko
6. Maria Timofeeva

Lucky Loser

1. Priscilla Hon

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Zhang Shuai	6	6
	WC	Katarzyna Piter	3	4
								1	Zhang Shuai	7	6
								WC	Martina Trevisan	5	1
	WC	Martina Trevisan	6	6
	10	Ana Sofía Sánchez	4	4

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Diane Parry	4	4
	PR	Heather Watson	6	6
								PR	Heather Watson	6	4	7
									Lia Karatancheva	3	6	5
		Lia Karatancheva	6	6
	11	Kayla Cross	2	4

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva	6	6
		Katarina Jokić	2	4
								3	Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva	6	6
									Miriana Tona	3	4
		Miriana Tona	6	6
	Alt	Valeriya Strakhova	2	4

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Priscilla Hon	6	6
	WC	Victoria Rodríguez	4	3
								4	Priscilla Hon	4	4
								12	Cadence Brace	6	6
	PR	Sachia Vickery	4	2
	12	Cadence Brace	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Varvara Lepchenko	6	6
		Katrina Scott	4	3
								5	Varvara Lepchenko	6	2	6
								8	Elina Avanesyan	4	6	3
	WC	Marian Gómez Pezuela Cano	2	4
	8	Elina Avanesyan	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Maria Timofeeva	6	6
		Martina Capurro Taborda	4	1
								6	Maria Timofeeva	6	6
								7	María Lourdes Carlé	3	3
		Tiphanie Lemaître	63	0r
	7	María Lourdes Carlé	77	2

References

1. "Navarro earns Merida title; fifth player since 2000 to win a final 6-0, 6-0". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 March 2025.

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw