Abierto Zapopan | |
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Tournament information | |
Event name | Abierto Zapopan de Tennis Abierto Akron Zapopan |
Tour | WTA Tour |
Founded | 2019 |
Abolished | 2022 |
Location | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico |
Venue | Panamerican Tennis Center |
Category | WTA 250 |
Surface | Hard - outdoors |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | US$ 239,477 (2022) |
Current champions (2022) | |
Singles | ![]() |
Doubles | ![]() ![]() |
The Abierto Zapopan, also known as Abierto Akron Zapopan for sponsorship reasons, was a WTA 250-level professional women's tennis tournament. It used to take place on outdoor hardcourts, around the month of March at the Panamerican Tennis Center in the city of Zapopan, Mexico (Guadalajara metro area). [1] The tournament became a WTA 250 in 2021. Its inaugural edition in 2019 was held as a WTA 125 event. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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↓ WTA 125 event ↓ | |||
2019 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–0 |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
↓ WTA 250 event ↓ | |||
2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 7–5 |
2022 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–5, 1–6, 6–2 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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↓ WTA 125 event ↓ | |||
2019 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–1 |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
↓ WTA 250 event ↓ | |||
2021 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
2022 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–3 |
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