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Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internat ...
was a professional women's
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s. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and part of the
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category of the
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. It took place in
Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
, Morocco, between 21 and 27 May 2023.


Champions


Singles

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Lucia Bronzetti Lucia Bronzetti (born 10 December 1998) is an Italian tennis player. Bronzetti has career-high WTA rankings of No. 47 in singles and No. 375 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2023 Morocco Open. She has also re ...
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Julia Grabher Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian tennis player. Grabher has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 December 2022, she reached her bes ...
6–4, 5–7, 7–5


Doubles

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Sabrina Santamaria Sabrina Ashley Vida Santamaria (born February 24, 1993) is an American tennis player. Career She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 384, achieved in June 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 53, set on 12 August 2019. Alongside ...
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Yana Sizikova Yana Dmitriyevna Sizikova ( rus, Яна Дмитриевна Сизикова, , ˈjanə ˈsʲizʲɪkəvə; born 12 November 1994) is a Russian tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of 336 in singles, achieved on 20 June 2016, and on 2 M ...
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Ingrid Gamarra Martins Ingrid Gamarra Martins (born 22 August 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 448 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2022, and 50 in doubles, attained on 9 October 2023. Gamarra Martins graduated fr ...
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Lidziya Marozava Lidziya Marozava ( be, Лідзія Аляксандраўна Марозава, russian: Лидия Александровна Морозова, ''Lidiya Aleksandrovna Morozova''; born 8 October 1992) is a professional tennis player from Belaru ...
3–6, 6–1, 0–8


Singles main draw entrants


Seeds

* Rankings are as of 8 May 2023.


Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *
Malak El Allami Mal'ak (also spelled Malak, Melek) may refer to: * Malak Hifni Nasif (1886-1918), Egyptian feminist and poet * Malak Karsh (1915–2001), Canadian photographer * Malak, Northern Territory a suburb in the City of Darwin, Australia * Mal'ak Elohim ...
* Aya El Aouni *
Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *
Tímea Babos Tímea Babos (; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2018 and 2020 Australian Opens, as well as the Fre ...
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Jana Fett Jana Fett (; born 2 November 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. On 30 October 2017, Fett reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97, and on 21 May 2018, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 348. Fett has won six singles and five doub ...
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Tatiana Prozorova Tatiana Prozorova (née Barkova rus, Татьяна Прозорова born 10 October 2003) is a Russian tennis player. Prozorova has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 199 and a doubles ranking of world No. 396. Career She made her ...
* Anastasia Tikhonova The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *
Ángela Fita Boluda Ángela Fita Boluda (born 12 July 1999) is a Spanish tennis player. Fita Boluda has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 253, achieved on 19 September 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 16 ...


Withdrawals

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Anna Bondár Anna Bondár (born 27 May 1997) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 50 in singles, achieved on 18 July 2022, and world No. 47 in doubles, achieved on 24 October 2022. She is the current No. 1 Hungarian WTA player ...
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Sada Nahimana Sada Nahimana (born 21 April 2001) is a Burundian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 244, reached on 24 April 2023. She also has a best combined junior ranking of 12, achieved on 15 July 2019. Nahimana made her WTA ...
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Elisabetta Cocciaretto Elisabetta Cocciaretto (born 25 January 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as world No. 43 in singles, achieved on 22 May 2023, and No. 244 in doubles, which she attained on 10 August 2020. C ...
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Léolia Jeanjean Léolia Jeanjean (born 14 August 1995) is a French tennis player. Jeanjean has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 107 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 28 November 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking o ...
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Sara Errani Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. With 9 singles titles and 27 doubles titles (including 5 Grand Slam doubles championship ...
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Julia Riera Julia Riera (born 29 May 2002) is an Argentine tennis player. Riera has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 115, achieved on 5 February 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 179, set on 25 December 2023. She ...
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Rebecca Marino Rebecca Catherine Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On 11 July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38. Marino was awarded ''Female Player of the Year'' by Tennis Canada two times, in 2010 ...
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Kristina Mladenovic Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (; sr, Кристина "Кики" Младеновић, Kristina "Kiki" Mladenović, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a nine-time Grand Slam ch ...
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Alison Riske-Amritraj Alison Riske-Amritraj (née Riske; born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014 at the Tianjin Open. ...
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Gabriela Lee Gabriela Lee (née Talabă; born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 1 August 2022, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 229, also set on 1 August 2022. To ...
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Maria Sakkari Maria Sakkari ( gr, Μαρία Σάκκαρη, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her ...
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Julia Grabher Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian tennis player. Grabher has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 December 2022, she reached her bes ...
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Sara Sorribes Tormo Sara Sorribes Tormo (; born 8 October 1996) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Sorribes Tormo has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, ...
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Ángela Fita Boluda Ángela Fita Boluda (born 12 July 1999) is a Spanish tennis player. Fita Boluda has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 253, achieved on 19 September 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 16 ...
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Ajla Tomljanović Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33. On 5 Janu ...
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Lucia Bronzetti Lucia Bronzetti (born 10 December 1998) is an Italian tennis player. Bronzetti has career-high WTA rankings of No. 47 in singles and No. 375 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2023 Morocco Open. She has also re ...


Doubles main draw entrants


Seeds

* 1 Rankings as of 8 May 2023.


Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *
Malak El Allami Mal'ak (also spelled Malak, Melek) may refer to: * Malak Hifni Nasif (1886-1918), Egyptian feminist and poet * Malak Karsh (1915–2001), Canadian photographer * Malak, Northern Territory a suburb in the City of Darwin, Australia * Mal'ak Elohim ...
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Luca Udvardy Luca Udvardy (born 4 November 2005) is a Hungarian junior female tennis player. Udvardy has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 14 achieved on 31 October 2022. Udvardy made her WTA main draw debut at the 2021 Budapest Grand Prix, w ...
* Aya El Aouni / Yasmine Kabbaj The following pair received entry as alternates: *
Eudice Chong Eudice Chong (born 22 April 1996) is a professional tennis player from Hong Kong. Chong has thus far captured four singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2022, she reached career-highs in both singles and doubles whe ...
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Francesca Di Lorenzo Francesca Di Lorenzo (; born July 22, 1997) is an American tennis player. She played collegiately for the ''Ohio State University''. On May 29, 2017, Di Lorenzo and her partner Miho Kowase won the NCAA Women's Doubles Championship. Personal li ...


Withdrawals

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Nuria Párrizas Díaz Nuria Párrizas Díaz is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 45 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved in March 2022, and 320 in doubles, attained in September 202 ...
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Ekaterina Yashina Ekaterina Yuryevna Yashina ( rus, Екатерина Юрьевна Яшина, , ɪ̯ɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ˈjaʂɨnə; born 6 August 1993) is a professional Russian tennis player. On 7 January 2019, she reached her highest singles ranking of worl ...
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Eudice Chong Eudice Chong (born 22 April 1996) is a professional tennis player from Hong Kong. Chong has thus far captured four singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2022, she reached career-highs in both singles and doubles whe ...
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Francesca Di Lorenzo Francesca Di Lorenzo (; born July 22, 1997) is an American tennis player. She played collegiately for the ''Ohio State University''. On May 29, 2017, Di Lorenzo and her partner Miho Kowase won the NCAA Women's Doubles Championship. Personal li ...


References


External links


WTA Official website
{{2023 WTA Tour Morocco Open
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internat ...
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internat ...
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internat ...