A lot of returns in Austin as both Venus Williams and Bianca Andreescu will be on the court.
For Andreescu, it will be her first WTA Tour level match of the season, after a few appearances at lower-level ITF tournaments and a three-week break. So there’s no way to know what her level will be; the highest-ranked player she faced was at No. 221.
And Jessica Pegula has to make a quick turnaround after winning the WTA 1000 in Dubai on Saturday. She has a late-afternoon match.
In Mérida, Canadian qualifier Cadence Brace takes on Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey in a stadium evening match. Brace had two good wins in qualifying, including against Aussie vet Priscilla Hon.
(Mérida and Austin are an hour behind ET).
Mérida Open Akron
Location: Mérida, Mexico
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Feb. 23 – March 1, 2026
Prize Money: $1,206,446
Draws: S28 – D16
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Estadio
1. Camila Osorio (COL) def [6] Janice Tjen (INA) 64 63
2. Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def Donna Vekic (CRO) 63 62
3. Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) vs. [Q] Cadence Brace (CAN)
4. Renata Zarazua (MEX) vs. [LL] Priscilla Hon (AUS)
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Cancha 1
1. [8] Magda Linette (POL) def. Tatjana Maria (GER) 76 (3) 63
2. [7] Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) def [Q] Heather Watson (GBR) 63 61
4. Magdalena Frech (POL) vs. [Q] Maria Timofeeva (UZB)
4. [Q] Zhang Shuai (CHN) vs. [Q] Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
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Cancha 2
1. Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) def [1] Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 16 64 [10-8]
2. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Ann Li (USA) def [4] Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 63 61
3. Katarzyna Piter (POL) / Janice Tjen (INA) vs. Madeleine Brooks (GBR) / Feng Shuo (CHN)
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ATX Open
Location: Austin, Texas
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Feb. 23 – March 1, 2026
Prize Money: $283,347
Draws: S32 – D16
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Center Court
1. [2] Iva Jovic (USA) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 63 64
2. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def [WC] Venus Williams (USA) 64 61
3. Catherine Harrison / Dalayna Hewitt (USA) def Anna Bondar / Dalma Galfi (HUN) 26 63 [10-8]
4. [4] Peyton Stearns (USA) vs. Francesca Jones (GBR)
5. Lulu Sun (NZL) vs. [Q] Caroline Dolehide (USA)
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Grandstand
1. Dalma Galfi (HUN) def [WC] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 63 57 64
2. Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def [7] Caty McNally (USA) 61 76 (5)
3. [1] Jessica Pegula (USA) [LL] Yuan Yue (CHN) def Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) 46 75 61
4. Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) vs. [WC] Mary Stoiana (USA)
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Court 8
1. Kaja Juvan (SLO) def [Q] Claire Liu (USA) 64 76 (1)
2. Kimberly Birrell (AUS) def [8] Petra Marcinko (CRO) 06 63 64
3. Mana Ayukawa / Kanako Mirosaki (JPN) def Carmen Corley / Ivana Corley (USA) 00 retd
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