April 16, 2026

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

Day 2 of the Post AO swings. And we’ll see what Emma Raducanu (who sacked yet another coach), Olga Danilovic, Jelena Ostapenko and Paula Badosa – all disappointed in Melbourne – can do this week.

Raducanu is back in Cluj-Napoca, a place that has welcomed her warmly over the years because of her Romanian heritage. The Romanian players were super welcoming to her, too, which hasn’t always been the case because she got so big, so fast.

(Ostrava is 6 hours ahead of ET; Cluj-Napoca is 7 hours ahead; Abu Dhabi 9 hours ahead).

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Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Category: WTA 500 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Feb. 2 – 8, 2026
Prize Money: $1,206,446
Draws: S28 – D16

Monday, Feb. 2, 2026
Final results

Singles, first round

[LL] Aliaksandra Saasnovich (BLR) def [8] Paula Badosa (ESP) 64 36 61

[7] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. [Q] Oksana Selekhmeteva (RUS) 57 76 (4) 62

[Q] Sara Bejlek (CZE) def Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 63 60

Alexandra Eala (PHI) def. [WC] Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) 64 63

[Q] Sonay Kartal (GBR) def Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 63 76 (8)

Janice Tjen (INA) def Maya Joint (AUS) 76 (6) 36 63

[Q] Simona Waltert (SUI) def Daria Kasatkina (AUS) 76 (5) 36 64

Dayana Yastremska (UKR) def Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 62 75

Doubles, first round

[3] Ellen Perez (AUS) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 76 (4) 64

[4] Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) def Darija Jurak Schreiber (CRO) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) 75 63

Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Maya Joint (AUS) def. [WC] Teodora Kostovic (SBR) / Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 62 61 

Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) def. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Clara Tauson (DEN) 75 63

 

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Transylvania Open
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Category: WTA 250 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Feb. 2 -8, 2026
Prize Money: $283,347
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, Feb. 2, 2026
Final results

Singles, first round

[1] Emma Raducanu (GBR) def Greet Minnen (BEL) 60 64

[3] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. Kamilla Rakhimova (UZB) 64 64

[7] Olga Danilovic (SRB) def [WC] Miriam Bulgaru (ROU) 64 63

[Q] Maja Chwalinska (POL) def [WC] Ana Bogdan (ROU) 63 62

Kaja Juvan (SLO) def [WC] Elena Rusandra Bertea (ROU) 63 64

Anastasia Zakharova (RUS) def [WC] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 46 62 62

[LL] Tamara Zidansek (SLO) def Veronika Erjavec (SLO) 61 64

Doubles, first round

Wang XInyu / Zheng Saisai (CHN) def [1] Ulrikke Eikkeri (NOR) / Magali Kempen (BEL) 67 (5) 64 [10-8] 

Dalila Jakupovic / Nika Radisic (SLO) def [2] Mariia Kozyreeva / Iryna Shymanovich (RUS) WALKOVER

Jaqueline Cristian / Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def [4] Tang Qiangui / Yuan Yue (CHN) 64 63

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Ostrava Open
Location: Ostrava, Czechia
Category: WTA 250  
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  Feb. 3 – 8, 2026
Prize Mone2y: $283,347
Draws: S30 – D16

Monday, Feb. 2, 2026
Final results

Singles, first round

Nikola Bartunkova (CZE) def [3] Anna Blinkova (RUS) 64 64

[Q] Fiona Ferro (FRA) def [WC] Brenda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 61 61

Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def [Q] Mona Barthel (GER) 76 (4) 64

Tamara Korpatsch (GER) def [Q] Anna Siskova (CZE) 64 64

Alycia Parks (USA) def Julia Grabher (AUT) 76 (3) 62

Diane Parry (FRA) def Océane Dodin (FRA) 61 64

Doubles, first round

[4] Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) def Laura Pigossi (BRA) / Darja Vidmanova (CZE) 46 62 [10-4]

Isabelle Haverlag (NED) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) def Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) / Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 76 (4) 60

Madeleine Brooks (GBR) / Feng Shuo (CHN) def Dalma Galfi (HUN) / Martyna Kubka (POL) 67 (5) 76 (4) [10-5]

Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Elixane Lechemia (FRA) def Emiliana Arango (COL) / Panna Udvardy (HUN) 26 63 [10-4]

 

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