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Tournament: Mérida Open
Dates: February 23 - March 1, 2026
Location: Mérida, Mexico
Level: WTA 500
Total Financial Commitment: $1,206,446
Surface: Hard (Outdoor)

Date: 2/23/2026 Original Cut Off: 61 Ranking Date: 1/26/2026
Draw Size: 28 Direct Acceptances: 17 Wild Cards: 4 Qualifiers: 6 Special Exempts: 1

Main Draw Singles
15 Emma Navarro (USA)
22 Diana Shnaider (RUS)
35 Jaqueline Cristian (ROU)
38 Ann Li (USA)
40 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP)
42 Tatjana Maria (GER)
44 Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
50 Magda Linette (POL)
51 Emiliana Arango (COL)
52 Cristina Bucsa (ESP)
55 Anastasia Potapova (AUT)
56 Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)
61 Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)
57 Magdalena Frech (POL) ?
59 Janice Tjen (INA) ?
72 Donna Vekic (CRO)
80 Renata Zarazua (MEX)

Qualifying Entry List

Date: 2/21/2026 Original Cut Off: 156 Ranking Date: 2/2/2026
Draw Size: 24 Direct Acceptances: 20 Wild Cards: 4


​ 47​ Janice Tjen (INA)
56​ Hailey Baptiste (USA)
60​ Magdalena Frech (POL)
70​ Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)
80​ Camila Osorio (COL)
82​ Shuai Zhang (CHN)
83​ Ella Seidel (GER)
92​ Renata Zarazua (MEX)
95​ Donna Vekic (CRO)
102​ Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR)
112​ Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND)
119​ Diane Parry (FRA)
120​ Katie Boulter (GBR)
123​ Marina Stakusic (CAN)
126​ Priscilla Hon (AUS)
129 Sloane Stephens (USA) SR
141​ Sofia Costoulas (BEL)
150​ Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
155​ Maria Timofeeva (UZB)
156​ Maria Lourdes Carle (ARG)
159 Watson, Heather (GBR) SR?
169 Elina Avanesyan (ARM)
182 Hanyu Guo (CHN)
195 Ana Sofia Sánchez (MEX)
198 Cadence Brace (CAN)
200 Kayla Cross (CAN)

Qualifying Draw

(1) Shuai Zhang vs (WC) Katarzyna Piter
(WC) Martina Trevisan vs (10) Ana Sofia Sánchez

(2) Diane Parry vs Heather Watson
Lia Karatantcheva vs (11) Kayla Cross

(3) Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs Katarina Jokic
Miriana Tona vs (9) Hanyu Guo

(4) Priscilla Hon vs (WC) Victoria Rodriguez
Sachia Vickery vs (12) Cadence Brace

(5) Varvara Lepchenko vs Katrina Scott
(WC) Marian Gomez Pezuela Cano vs (8) Elina Avanesyan

(6) Maria Timofeeva vs Martina Capurro Taborda
Tiphanie Lemaitre vs (7) Maria Lourdes Carle

Paolini has taken a wild card..