Mérida Open
| Mérida Open | |
|---|---|
 2025 Mérida Open | |
| WTA Tour | |
| Event name | Mérida Open Akron |
| Founded | 2023 |
| Editions | 3 (2025) |
| Location | Mérida Mexico |
| Venue | Yucatan Country Club |
| Category | WTA 250 (2023–2024) WTA 500 (2025–) |
| Surface | Hard outdoor |
| Draw | 32S / 16Q / 14D |
| Prize money | US$267,082 (2024) 1,064,510 (2025) |
| Website | wtameridaopen |
| Current champions (2024) | |
| Singles |  Zeynep Sönmez |
| Doubles |  Quinn Gleason  Ingrid Martins |
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.[1] The tournament is held at the Yucatán Country Club on outdoor hardcourts.
The first edition took place in February 2023 and was introduced as a WTA 250 tournament as a replacement for Abierto Zapopan.[2][3] In 2025, the tournament was upgraded to a WTA 500 status and moved to a new date in February to fill the vacancy generated by the cancellation of the San Diego Open.[4]
The tournament main sponsor is Akron, a Mexican automotive products company, and has no connection with the city of Akron, Ohio.
Past finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  Camila Giorgi |
 Rebecca Peterson |
7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–2 | ||||
| 2024 | Zeynep Sönmez |
Ann Li |
6–2, 6–1 | ||||
| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ | |||||||
| 2025 | |||||||
Doubles
[edit]| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Caty McNally  Diane Parry |
 Wang Xinyu  Wu Fang-hsien |
6–0, 7–5 | ||||
| 2024 | Quinn Gleason Ingrid Martins |
 Magali Kempen Lara Salden |
6–4, 6–4 | ||||
| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ | |||||||
| 2025 | |||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mérida Open makes historic jump to WTA 500 status". Yucatán Magazine. 3 January 2025.
- ^ "El Abierto de Zapopan se muda a Mérida". 18 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Yucatán recibirá a grandes tenistas en el WTA 250 Mérida Open Akron". 26 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "San Diego Open WTA 500 tournament is no more". San Diego Union Tribune. 10 January 2025.