Guadalajara Open Akron

The Guadalajara Open Akron is a WTA 1000-level professional women's tennis tournament. It takes place on outdoor hardcourts, and was introduced in 2022 to be played in the month of October at the Panamerican Tennis Center in the city of Zapopan, Mexico (Guadalajara metro area).[1] The tournament was introduced due to the suspension of all WTA tournaments in China following the Peng Shuai sexual assault and disappearance controversy and in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine.[2][3] After successfully staging the 2021 WTA Finals in Guadalajara, the tournament organizers were hoping to host another big event in 2022 for which they were rewarded by WTA.[4] The tournament has now been held for two consecutive years as a replacement for the Wuhan Open on the WTA calendar.

Not to be confused with Abierto Zapopan or Guadalajara Open.
Guadalajara Open Akron
Tournament information
Event nameGuadalajara Open Akron
TourWTA Tour
Founded2022
LocationZapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
VenuePanamerican Tennis Center
CategoryWTA 1000
SurfaceHard – outdoors
Draw56S / 28D
Prize moneyUS$2,788,468 (2023)
Websiteguadalajaraopen.com
Current champions (2023)
SinglesGreece Maria Sakkari
DoublesAustralia Storm Hunter
Belgium Elise Mertens

Results

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2022United States Jessica PegulaGreece Maria Sakkari6–2, 6–3
2023Greece Maria SakkariUnited States Caroline Dolehide7–5, 6–3

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2022Australia Storm Sanders
Brazil Luisa Stefani		Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia		7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
2023Australia Storm Hunter (2)
Belgium Elise Mertens		Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
New Zealand Erin Routliffe		3–6, 6–2, [10–4]

See also

References
  1. "2022 WTA Tournaments".
  2. "WTA release updated tournament calendar with no events taking place in China over Peng Shuai issue". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. "WTA set to name Guadalajara as new WTA 1000 event". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. "WTA open to Guadalajara expanding footprint on the tour calendar after success of year-end event". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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