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The latest Guadalajara Open 2026 news — 7 daily updates dated Sep 13, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026, newest first: results, upsets, and the storylines that shaped each day.
The Guadalajara Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 19, 2026 names Iva Jovic, Peyton Stearns, Emiliana Arango, Sloane Stephens and Liudmila Samsonova.
Iva Jovic defended her Guadalajara Open title on Saturday, beating Peyton Stearns 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the WTA 500 hard-court event. The second seed, WTA No. 16, also won here in 2025 over Emiliana Arango, and she finished this edition without losing a set in four matches.
The final lasted 80 minutes. Jovic held all nine of her service games and broke three times from five chances; Stearns saved two match points and won six of the 18 games.
Stearns, WTA No. 60 and unseeded, had come through the quarterfinals against Sloane Stephens and the semifinals against Liudmila Samsonova, both in straight sets.
The Guadalajara Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 18, 2026 names Iva Jovic, Peyton Stearns, Cristina Bucsa, Liudmila Samsonova, Sloane Stephens and Emiliana Arango.
Defending champion Iva Jovic and unseeded Peyton Stearns will meet for the Guadalajara Open title after Friday's semifinals at the WTA 500 on hard courts.
Jovic, the second seed at WTA No. 16, beat sixth seed Cristina Bucsa 6-4, 6-1 in 92 minutes, saving 11 of 12 break points. Bucsa, WTA No. 44, served six double faults and held half of her eight service games.
Stearns, WTA No. 60, came through 7-6(7), 6-2 against eighth seed Liudmila Samsonova in two hours and 11 minutes. Samsonova led 3-0 after breaks in games 1 and 3; Stearns broke back in game 8, lost serve in game 9 and broke again in game 10 before taking the set in a tiebreak. Stearns broke twice more in the second set.
Stearns has not dropped a set this week, including a quarterfinal win over Sloane Stephens. Jovic won last year's final against Emiliana Arango.
The Guadalajara Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 17, 2026 names 9 players.
Thursday's four quarterfinals at the Guadalajara Open produced a WTA semifinal lineup without the top seed. Eighth seed Liudmila Samsonova, WTA No. 50, beat WTA No. 10 Marta Kostyuk 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in two hours and 29 minutes.
Kostyuk broke for a 4-2 lead in the deciding set, then lost her serve in games 7 and 11. Samsonova has now won all three of their meetings on record.
Sixth seed Cristina Bucsa won 6-0, 6-4 against third seed Sara Bejlek in 65 minutes, and next meets second seed Iva Jovic. The WTA No. 16 conceded three games to seventh seed Magdalena Frech.
Samsonova's semifinal is against Peyton Stearns, WTA No. 60, who edged wild card Sloane Stephens 7-6(6), 6-4.
The Guadalajara Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 16, 2026 names 8 players.
Wednesday's round of 16 at the Guadalajara Open, a WTA 500 on hard courts, left the tournament's last two champions in the quarterfinals.
Iva Jovic, the second seed at WTA No. 16 and the 2025 winner here, beat Zeynep Sonmez 7-6(5), 6-4. Sonmez, WTA No. 58, saved two match points, and the opening set produced seven breaks of serve before its tiebreak. Magdalena Frech, the 2024 champion and seventh seed, needed 89 minutes to beat qualifier Caroline Dolehide 6-4, 6-3. Dolehide, WTA No. 246, was the runner-up in Guadalajara in 2023.
Top seed Marta Kostyuk advanced by walkover over Taylor Townsend, a wild card at WTA No. 98. Eighth seed Liudmila Samsonova spent two hours and 38 minutes on a 7-6(4), 2-6, 7-6(5) win against Kayla Day, leading the decider 3-0 before Day broke back twice to level it at 4-4.
The Guadalajara Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 15, 2026 names 8 players.
Four round-of-16 matches finished Tuesday at the Guadalajara Open, a WTA 500 on hard courts, and two seeds left the draw.
Sloane Stephens, a wild card at WTA No. 169, beat fifth seed Janice Tjen 7-6(4), 7-6(3) in two hours and 33 minutes. Neither player was broken in the first set, in which Tjen hit seven aces to none. Tjen led the second 5-2 before Stephens broke back in games 8 and 10 and won a second tiebreak.
Peyton Stearns, WTA No. 55, won 6-2, 7-5 against fourth seed Diane Parry. Parry double-faulted 10 times, held four of her 10 service games and saved two match points before the finish.
The higher seeds held up elsewhere. Third seed Sara Bejlek needed 76 minutes to see off Alycia Parks, 6-4, 6-3, and sixth seed Cristina Bucsa won 6-4, 6-4 against Panna Udvardy.
The Guadalajara Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 14, 2026 names 14 players.
Seven round-of-32 matches finished Monday at the Guadalajara Open, a WTA 500 on hard courts. Qualifier Caroline Dolehide, WTA No. 246 and runner-up here in 2023, beat WTA No. 91 Renata Zarazua 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to end a run of five straight losses on record.
Dolehide broke three times in the opening set, lost serve in games 8 and 9 of the second, and broke for 4-2 in the decider.
Magdalena Frech, the seventh seed and 2024 champion, dropped five games against qualifier Nao Hibino. Wild card Taylor Townsend lost the opening tiebreak without a point and came back to beat Tatjana Maria, breaking her serve six times.
Eighth seed Liudmila Samsonova won 7-6(6), 6-2 against Elsa Jacquemot; Zeynep Sonmez beat qualifier Iryna Shymanovich in 52 minutes. Wild card Sloane Stephens got past qualifier Carole Monnet, and Kayla Day required 2 hours 39 minutes to see off Elvina Kalieva.
The Guadalajara Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 13, 2026 names 11 players.
Five round-of-32 matches finished on Sunday at the Guadalajara Open, a WTA 500 on hard courts, and the higher-ranked player won every one.
Sixth seed Cristina Bucsa needed 68 minutes to beat Bianca Andreescu, 6-4, 6-3. Andreescu, a wild card at WTA No. 183 playing her first match since the Canadian Open in early August, held only five of her 10 service games and saved eight of 13 break points.
Emiliana Arango, the runner-up here last year to Iva Jovic, lost to Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-2.
Fifth seed Janice Tjen edged the first-set tiebreak against Darja Vidmanova and took the second 6-2.
Alycia Parks dropped the second set 1-6 to Varvara Lepchenko, then broke in games 10 and 12 of the decider to win it 7-5. Panna Udvardy needed three sets past wild card Lois Boisson.