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2024 Mérida Open
The 2024 Mérida Open Akron was a WTA 250 tournament played on outdoor hardcourts as part of the 2024 WTA Tour. This was the second edition of the Mérida Open, which took place at the Yucatán Country Club in Mérida, Mexico, from 28 October to 3 November 2024. Champions Singles * Zeynep Sönmez def. Ann Li 6–2, 6–1 Doubles * Quinn Gleason / Ingrid Martins def. Magali Kempen / Lara Salden 6–4, 6–4 Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 21 October 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Laura Samson * Ana Sofía Sánchez * Akasha Urhobo The following players received entry using a protected ranking: * Alina Korneeva * Nina Stojanović The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Maja Chwalińska * Elizabeth Mandlik * Anastasia Tikhonova * Tamara Zidanšek Withdrawals * Elisabetta Cocciaretto → replaced by Lucrezia Stefanini * McCartney Kessler → repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA 250 Tournaments
WTA 250 is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International tournaments, WTA International Tournaments. At their introduction in 2021, WTA 250 tournaments' prize money was approximately $250,000. As of 2025 WTA Tour, 2025 season, this has risen to $275,094. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 250. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament ("Major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 500 for winning a WTA 500 tournament. Events Current Defunct or Upgraded/Downgraded Historic names 1990–2008 ''WTA Tier III / IV / V'' 2009–2020 ''WTA International'' 2021–present ''WTA 250'' Singles champions WTA International WTA 250 Statistics Most titles Bold face designates active players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Blinkova
Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova ( rus, Анна Владимировна Блинкова, , ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə, Ru-Anna Blinkova.ogg; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 34. On 14 September 2020, she peaked at No. 45 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title each on WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, as well as four singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Blinkova was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, girls' singles and was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015. Personal life and background Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir. During childhood, she played both tennis and chess at a high lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three singles titles along with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 17 titles in singles and six in doubles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 12–11. Career Juniors On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in the top 20 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015. 2014: Professional debut Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16. 2021: First major semifinal, top-50 debut, first top-10 win & WTA Tour title She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Tikhonova
Anastasia Vadimovna Tikhonova (; born 21 January 2001) is a Russian tennis player. Tikhonova has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 151 in singles and No. 104 in doubles. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with five titles in singles and seventeen in doubles on the ITF Circuit. Career Tikhonova made her main-draw debut on WTA Tour at the 2019 Baltic Open, having been handed a wildcard for the doubles competition, partnering Veronika Pepelyaeva. Her singles WTA Tour debut came at the 2022 Rosmalen Championships. Partnering with Jodie Burrage, Tikhonova won the doubles title at the W100 2024 Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open in Portugal, defeating third seeds Francisca Jorge and Matilde Jorge Matilde Jorge (born 7 April 2004) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 251 in singles, achieved on 16 June 2025, and No. 102 in doubles, achieved on 26 May 2025. Early life Jorge was born in Guimarães ... in st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Mandlik
Elizabeth Hana Mandlik (born 19 May 2001) is an American tennis player. She is the daughter of Grand Slam champion Hana Mandlíková. Mandlik has career-high rankings by the WTA of 97 in singles and 187 in doubles. She has won eight singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career 2019: WTA Tour debut Mandlik made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Luxembourg Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with Katie Volynets. 2022: Tour match win & top 125 Ranked No. 240, Mandlik qualified for the main draw and earned her first WTA Tour tournament win at the Silicon Valley Classic, defeating Alison Riske-Amritraj in straight sets. In the second round, she took world No. 4 and second seed, Paula Badosa, to three sets, losing only in a final set tiebreaker. As a result, she moved 60 positions into the top 200 in the rankings, at world No. 181. Mandlik won the US Open Wildcard Challenge to enter the women's singles tournament where she made her major mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Chwalińska
Maja Chwalińska (; born 11 October 2001) is a Polish tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 121, achieved on 31 March 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 99, achieved on 21 April 2025. She won her first senior singles title at a ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit tournament in Bytom in July 2019, having already won four ITF doubles titles up to that point. Junior career Grand Slam performance - Singles: * Australian Open: 1R (2017) * French Open: Q1 (2017) * Wimbledon: 3R (2017) * US Open: 1R (2017) Grand Slam performance - Doubles: * Australian Open: F (2017) * French Open: 1R (2017) * Wimbledon: 1R (2017) * US Open: QF (2017) She won the European 14-and-under doubles title in 2015, and the 16-and-under doubles title in 2016. She was a member of the Polish team which won the Junior Fed Cup title in 2016, and made the final of the 2017 Australian Open – Girls' doubles, 2017 Australian Open junior doubles before completing a trio of European jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Stojanović
Nina Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Нина Стојановић, ; born 30 July 1996) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 2 March 2020, Stojanović reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 81. On 17 January 2022, she peaked at No. 37 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 title in singles and one in doubles. As a junior, Stojanović reached three Grand Slam (tennis), major semifinals in doubles, each on a different surface, the 2013 French Open – Girls' doubles, French Open and 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles, Wimbledon in 2013, and the 2014 Australian Open – Girls' doubles, Australian Open in 2014. As a professional, she made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2016. In 2019, Stojanović reached her first WTA Tour semifinal in singles at the 2019 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open – Singles, Jiangxi International and also won her first doubles title at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Korneeva
Alina Aleksandrovna Korneeva (, born 23 June 2007) is a Russian professional tennis player. In 2023, she won two major girls' singles titles, at the Australian Open and the French Open, and reached world No. 1 in the ITF junior rankings. Career 2021 Korneeva finished runner-up at the European Junior Championships under-14 girls singles to the Czech player Tereza Valentová. 2022 On the ITF Junior Circuit, in 2022 Korneeva's tally of six singles titles saw her claim the most singles titles in girls’ tennis that year. Korneeva won her first $15k event in Casablanca in September, defeating Laura Hietaranta in the final. 2023: No. 1 junior, WTA Tour debut Korneeva had success in her junior Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open, reaching the semifinals of the girls' doubles with partner Mirra Andreeva, and defeating Andreeva in three sets in the final of the girls' singles. Before their final, Andreeva said, "She is a really good friend of mine, my best friend." After the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akasha Urhobo
Akasha Urhobo (born 19 January 2007) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 289, achieved on 16 December 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 730, achieved on 9 December 2024. Urhobo has a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 122, achieved on 1 January 2024. Career Urhobo won her first major ITF Circuit title at the 2024 Florida's Sports Coast Open, in the singles draw, defeating Iva Jovic. She received a wildcard for the qualifying competition at the 2024 US Open. She also received a wildcard to make her WTA main draw singles debut at the 2024 Mérida Open but lost to Renata Zarazúa Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (born 30 September 1997), known as Renata Zarazúa (), is a Mexican professional tennis player. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 51 on 25 November 2024, and peaked at No. 88 in the doubles rankings on 27 .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 1 (1 titles, 0 runner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Sofía Sánchez
Ana Sofía Sánchez Palau (; born 13 April 1994) is a Mexican tennis player. On 28 June 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 248. On 15 August 2016, she peaked at No. 221 in the WTA doubles rankings. Sánchez has won 14 singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2012, Sánchez made her debut for the Mexico Fed Cup team. Career In August 2016, in doubles she reached the semifinal in Florianopolis, Brazil with partner Montserrat González. The pair lost to third-seeded Tímea Babos and Réka Luca Jani, in straight sets. She reached the second round at the 2018 Monterrey Open, her best result thus far, defeating Usue Maitane Arconada in the first round, before losing to Sachia Vickery. She became the first Mexican player ever to win at Monterrey, having lost her previous six WTA Tour level main draw matches. In 2023, she qualified into the main draw of her home tournament, the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open, where she lost to Dayana Yastre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Samson
Laura Samson (formerly known as Laura Samsonová; born 10 March 2008) is a Czech professional tennis player. She won the girls' doubles title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships and was a runner-up in girls' singles at the 2024 French Open. Personal info In 2024, she changed her surname to the gender neutral form to be distinguished from another WTA Tour tennis player, Russian Liudmila Samsonova, with whom she shared the same abbreviated name (L. Samsonova). Career Juniors A member of TK Sparta Prague, Samson won her first junior title as a 13-year-old at a J5 event in Prostějov in an October 2021, without dropping a set. It was her first junior-level event. She then won her second J5 event in November 2021 in Silla-Saledar in Spain, and reached the final in her third, in Montemar. In July 2023, she won the Wimbledon girls' doubles title with compatriot Alena Kovačková. In the final, they faced Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain, winning in straight sets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. For Summer Olympic Games, some National Olympic Committees, whose nations are underrepresented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
