2026 Mérida Open – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2026 Mérida Open | |
| Champions | Cristina Bucșa Jiang Xinyu |
| Runners-up | Isabelle Haverlag Maia Lumsden |
| Score | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Cristina Bucșa and Jiang Xinyu defeated Isabelle Haverlag and Maia Lumsden in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2026 Mérida Open.[1] It was the eighth WTA Tour doubles title for Bucșa and seventh for Jiang. Bucșa was the first player to win the singles and doubles titles in the history of the event.[2]
Katarzyna Piter and Mayar Sherif were the reigning champions,[3] but Sherif did not participate this year. Piter partnered Janice Tjen, but lost in the semifinals to Bucșa and Jiang.[4]
Seeds
- Irina Khromacheva / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (first round)
- Cristina Bucșa / Jiang Xinyu (champions)
- Guo Hanyu / Kristina Mladenovic (first round)
- Giuliana Olmos / Aldila Sutjiadi (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | I Khromacheva N Melichar-Martinez | 6 | 4 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Dețiuc S Santamaria | 1 | 6 | [10] | A Dețiuc S Santamaria | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q Tang Y Xu | w/o | Q Tang Y Xu | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Arango Z Sönmez | Q Tang Y Xu | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | H Guo K Mladenovic | 4 | 1 | I Haverlag M Lumsden | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q Gleason M Kempen | 6 | 6 | Q Gleason M Kempen | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Haverlag M Lumsden | 6 | 6 | I Haverlag M Lumsden | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | M Gómez Pezuela Cano R Zarazúa | 3 | 2 | I Haverlag M Lumsden | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Piter J Tjen | 710 | 6 | 2 | C Bucșa X Jiang | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Brooks S Feng | 68 | 3 | K Piter J Tjen | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Bouzková A Li | 6 | 6 | M Bouzková A Li | 63 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | G Olmos A Sutjiadi | 3 | 1 | K Piter J Tjen | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Bhosale M Ninomiya | w/o | 2 | C Bucșa X Jiang | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Potapova Y Putintseva | R Bhosale M Ninomiya | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | V Jiménez Kasintseva V Strakhova | 1 | 6 | [5] | 2 | C Bucșa X Jiang | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | C Bucșa X Jiang | 6 | 4 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Bucsa outlasts Frech to earn first singles title, sweep the week in Merida". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ "Bucsa achieves a historic double in Merida". puntodebreak.com. 2 March 2026.
- ^ "Navarro earns Merida title; fifth player since 2000 to win a final 6-0, 6-0". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Indonesian tennis player Janice Tjen stopped in the semi-finals of the Merida Open doubles sector". VOI. Retrieved 2 March 2026.