The 2024 Mérida Open Akron was a

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tournament played on outdoor

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as part of the

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. This was the second edition of the

Mérida Open The Mérida Open, also known as Mérida Open Akron for sponsorship reasons, is a women's tennis event held in Mérida, Mexico. Mérida Open is part of the WTA Tour and is listed as a WTA 500 tournament as of 2025. The tournament is held at the ...

, which took place at the Yucatán Country Club in Mérida,

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, from 28 October to 3 November 2024.

Champions

Singles

Zeynep Sönmez Zeynep Sönmez (born 30 April 2002) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 76 in singles and No. 584 in doubles by the WTA, achieved in 2025. Sönmez has won one singles title on the WTA Tour and four single ...

def. Ann Li 6–2, 6–1

Doubles

Quinn Gleason Quinn Gleason (born November 10, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA ranking of No. 86 in doubles and No. 323 in singles. Gleason has won one WTA Tour and two WTA 125 doubles titles and 15 on the ITF Circu ...

Ingrid Martins Ingrid Gamarra Martins (born 22 August 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 47 in doubles, attained on 6 November 2023 and No. 448 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2022. Martins graduated ...

def.

Magali Kempen Magali Kempen (born 30 November 1997) is a Belgian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 191, achieved on 3 April 2023, and a highest doubles ranking of No. 106, achieved on 3 March 2025. Career Kempen won her f ...

Lara Salden Lara Salden (born 29 January 1999) is a Belgian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 246, by the WTA reached on 16 November 2020. She also has a best doubles ranking of No. 114, achieved on 4 November 2024. Salden ret ...

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 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 sin ...

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 car ...

The following players received entry using a protected ranking: *

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 ...

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 peake ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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 tit ...

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 tit ...

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 f ...

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 Tou ...

Withdrawals

Elisabetta Cocciaretto Elisabetta Cocciaretto (; born 25 January 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA as high as No. 29 in singles, achieved on 21 August 2023, and No. 141 in doubles, ...

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Lucrezia Stefanini Lucrezia Stefanini (born 15 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player. Stefanini has career-high WTA rankings of 99 in singles and 393 in doubles. She has won ten singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She was finalist for Italy i ...

McCartney Kessler McCartney Kessler (born July 8, 1999) is an American tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 32 in singles, and No. 152 in doubles, achieved on March 31, 2025. Kessler has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour. Early life Fro ...

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Peyton Stearns Peyton Mckenzie Stearns (born October 8, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 28 in singles, achieved on 19 May 2025, and No. 62 in doubles, achieved on 5 May 2025. She has won one WTA ...

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Elsa Jacquemot Elsa Jacquemot (born 3 May 2003) is a French tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 113 in singles achieved on 9 June 2025 and No. 325 in doubles. Career 2020: WTA and Major debuts, Roland Garros Junior champion Jacquemot ...

Donna Vekić Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 17 on 27 January 2025. Her best performance at a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major is reachin ...

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Marina Stakusic Marina Stakusic ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Стакушић, Marina Stakušić; born 27 November 2004) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 114, achieved on 24 February 2025, and a best d ...

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 21 October 2024.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: *

Antonia Ružić Antonia Ružić (born 20 January 2003) is a Croatian tennis player. Ružić has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 98 by the WTA, achieved on 9 June 2025. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 544, reached on 27 January 2 ...

References

External links

* {{2024 WTA Tour Merida

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