No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina and No. 2 Coco Gauff took the court for the first time, making their clay season debuts indoors.
Rybakina arrived fairly late; she only had her first practice on unique surface (which is rather more slippery than outdoor clay) on Monday. Gauff has been there awhile and had the unpredictable Samsonova for her opener. Samsonova hasn’t had a great season; she can be great, or awful. On Thursday, she was good, for awhile. But Gauff was good throughout.
In the nightcap, Leylah Fernandez overcame a 1-5 deficit in the third set to take out Zeynep Sonmez in a train wreck of a match that was also completely engrossing.
(Stuttgart and Rouen are six hours ahead of EDT)
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Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Indoor Clay
Dates: April 13 – 19, 2026
Prize Money: $1,206,446
Draws: S28 – D16
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Final results
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Singles, second round
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Linda Noskova (CZE) def [8] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 61 61
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[1] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. Diana Shnaider (RUS) 63 64
[2] Coco Gauff (USA) def Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 75 61
[6] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def [Q] Alycia Parks (USA) 76 (3) 63
[7] Karolina Muchova (CZE) def Elise Mertens (BEL) 16 63 60
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Doubles, quarterfinals
[1] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. Laura Siegemund (GER) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 64 63
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS) / Demi Schuurs (NED) def Alexandra Panova (RUS) / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 76 (5) 64
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Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Quinn Gleason (USA) def Alycia Parks / Alana Smith (USA) 76 (5) 46 [10-6]
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Location: Rouen, France
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Indoor Clay
Dates: April 13 – 19, 2026
Prize Money: $283,347
Draws: S32 – D16
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Final results
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Singles, second round
[Q] Iryna Shymanovich (RUS) def [4] Hailey Baptiste (USA) 63 57 63
[Q] Veronika Podrez (UKR) def [7] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 76 (5) 46 64
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[2] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def [Q] Wang Xinyu (CHN) 53 retd
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Anna Bondar (HUN) def Oleksandra Oliynikova (UKR) 60 46 60
Tatjana Maria (GER) def [LL] Dominika Salkova (CZE) 63 62
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Doubles, quarterfinals
[WC] Elsa Jacquemot / Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah (FRA) def [1] Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 60 26 [10-7]
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[4] Jesika Maleckova / Miriam Skoch (CZE) def Estelle Cascino (FRA) / Nicole Fossa Huergo (ARG) 61 63
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En-Shuo Liang (TPE) / Tang Qianhui (CHN) def Feng Shuo (CHN) / Nika Radisic (CRO) 62 64
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