2023 Mérida Open Explained

The 2023 Mérida Open Akron was a WTA 250 tournament organised for female professional tennis players on outdoor hard courts as part of the 2023 WTA Tour. The event took place at the Yucatán Country Club in Mérida, Mexico, from 20 through 26 February 2023 as a replacement for Abierto Zapopan.^[1] This tournament was the first of its class in the city of Mérida. The main sponsor of the tournament was AKRON, and it was organized with a team formed by WTA representatives and GSSPORTS management; a Mexican enterprise dedicated to conducting and directing this event under the lead of tournament director Gustavo Santoscoy.

Champions

Singles

See main article: article and 2023 Mérida Open – Singles.

• Camila Giorgi def. Rebecca Peterson, 7–6^(7–3), 1–6, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: article and 2023 Mérida Open – Doubles.

• Caty McNally / Diane Parry def. Wang Xinyu / Wu Fang-hsien, 6–0, 7–5

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	$34,228	$20,226	$11,275	$6,418	$3,922	$2,804	$2,075	$1,340
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	$12,447	$7,000	$4,020	$2,400	$1,848

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Poland	Magda Linette	21	1
United States	Sloane Stephens	40	2
China	Zhu Lin	41	3
Czech Republic	Kateřina Siniaková	47	4
United States	Alycia Parks	51	5
Egypt	Mayar Sherif	53	6
Italy	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	54	7
United States	Alison Riske-Amritraj	58	8

• Rankings are as of February 13, 2023.^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Fernanda Contreras Gómez
• Katie Volynets
• Simona Waltert

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

• Nadia Podoroska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Elina Avanesyan
  • Kimberly Birrell Léolia Jeanjean
  • Ana Konjuh Rebecca Peterson
• Lesia Tsurenko

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Varvara Gracheva

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Kateryna Baindl → replaced by Varvara Gracheva
• Dalma Gálfi → replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure
• Donna Vekić → replaced by Panna Udvardy

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^†	Seed
United Kingdom	Alicia Barnett	United Kingdom	Olivia Nicholls	129	1
United States	Kaitlyn Christian	United States	Sabrina Santamaria	134	2
Czech Republic	Anastasia Dețiuc	Japan	Eri Hozumi	136	3
China	Han Xinyun		Lidziya Marozava	137	4

• ¹ Rankings as of February 13, 2023.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Estelle Cascino / Jesika Malečková
• Despina Papamichail / Simona Waltert

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mérida Open Akron Overview . wtatennis.com.
2. Web site: Merida Open Akron to be honored with WTA top players. theyucatantimes.com.