2022 Guadalajara Open Akron

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2022 Guadalajara Open Akron
Date17 – 23 October
Edition1st
Category WTA 1000
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$2,527,250
Surface Hard
Location Guadalajara, Mexico
Venue Panamerican Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula
Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Storm Sanders / Flag of Brazil.svg Luisa Stefani
Guadalajara Open Akron ·  2023  

In 2022, the WTA calendar was still being affected by the cancellation of women's professional tennis tournaments in China and Russia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and concerns about the security and well-being of tennis player Peng Shuai after her allegations of sexual assault against Chinese Communist Party leader Zhang Gaoli. As a result, a WTA 1000 tournament was announced to be held in Guadalajara to compensate for it. [1] [2] This was one of the biggest women's tournaments ever hosted by Mexico, held on outdoor hard courts in October 2022.

Contents

Champions

Singles

This is Pegula's first title of the year and second of her career.

Doubles

Point distribution

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

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 56Q2Q1
Singles$412,000$242,800$125,000$57,440$28,730$16,340$11,725$6,880$3,580
Doubles*$120,300$67,630$37,180$18,750$10,620$7,120

*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Paula Badosa 41
Aryna Sabalenka 52
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessica Pegula 63
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 74
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Coco Gauff 85
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 106
Daria Kasatkina 117
Veronika Kudermetova 128
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčiková 149
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 1510
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia 1611
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 1712
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Keys 1813
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Danielle Collins 1914
Ekaterina Alexandrova 2015
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 2116

Rankings are as of 10 October 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:

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 the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 31
Veronika Kudermetova Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 72
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Coco Gauff Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessica Pegula 113
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Giuliana Olmos 154
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 195
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ellen Perez 286
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Desirae Krawczyk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 307
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 378

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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