by ti-amie Tournament: Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open presented by Abu Dhabi Sports Council
Location: ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Duration: February 1 - February 7, 2026
Level: WTA 500
Total Financial Commitment: :$1,206,446
Surface: Hard
Abu Dhabi, UAE WTA 500
Date: 2/1/2026 Original Cut Off: 32 Ranking Date: 1/5/2026
Draw Size: 30 Direct Acceptances: 19 Wild Cards: 6 Qualifiers: 4 Special Exempts: 1
Main Draw Singles
5 Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
10 Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS)
10 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) SR
11 Belinda Bencic (SUI)
14 Clara Tauson (DEN)
15 Emma Navarro (USA)
17 Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)
18 Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) SR
19 Elise Mertens (BEL)
22 Leylah Fernandez (CAN)
23 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
24 Qinwen Zheng (CHN)
25 Paula Badosa (ESP)
27 Dayana Yastremska (UKR)
28 Sofia Kenin (USA)
30 Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) SR
31 McCartney Kessler (USA)
32 Maya Joint (AUS)
33 Anna Kalinskaya (RUS)
by ti-amie Abu Dhabi Q, UAE WTA 500
Date: 1/31/2026 Original Cut Off: 73 Ranking Date: 1/12/2026
Draw Size: 16 Direct Acceptances: 14 Wild Cards: 2
Qualifying Entry List
33 Anna Kalinskaya (RUS)
40 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP)
48 Daria Kasatkina (AUS)
49 Alexandra Eala (PHI)
51 Cristina Bucsa (ESP)
53 Magda Linette (POL)
56 Janice Tjen (INA)
58 Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
60 Tereza Valentova (CZE)
61 Ashlyn Krueger (USA)
63 Sonay Kartal (GBR)
66 Hailey Baptiste (USA)
76 Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
73 Shuai Zhang (CHN)
84 Renata Zarazua (MEX)
86 Simona Waltert (SUI)
by ptmcmahon Pretty easy prediction for one withdrawl.
by
Oploskoffie Dasha playing quallies
Hope she gets moving in the right direction soon.
by
ponchi101 ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 7:40 pm
Pretty easy prediction for one withdrawl.
Agree. There is no way Leylah shows up after the AO.
by ti-amie Qualifying Draw
(1) Elsa Jacquemot vs Chloe Paquet
Ekaterina Ovcharenko vs (6) Sara Bejlek
(2) Sonay Kartal vs Yuliia Starodubtseva
Priscilla Hon vs (8) Aliaksandra Sasnovich
(3) Hailey Baptiste vs (WC) Teodora Kostovic
Arina Rodionova vs (5) Simona Waltert
(4) Renata Zarazua vs Vera Zvonareva
(WC) Ellen Perez vs (7) Oksana Selekhmeteva
by ti-amie Main Draw Singles
(1) Belinda Bencic/Bye
Qualifier vs Cristina Bucsa
Ashlyn Krueger vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs (7) Jelena Ostapenko
(3) Clara Tauson/Bye
Daria Kasatkina vs Qualifier
McCartney Kessler vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
(WC) Ajla Tomljanović vs (6) Leylah Fernandez
(5) Liudmila Samsonova vs Sofia Kenin
Janice Tjen vs Maya Joint
(WC) Hailey Baptiste vs (WC) Teodora Kostović
Bye/(4) Emma Navarro
(8) Paula Badosa vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Alexandra Eala vs (WC) Zeynep Sonmez
Dayana Yastremska vs Beatriz Haddad Maia
Bye/(2) Ekaterina Alexandrova
by
ptmcmahon ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 11:53 pm
ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 7:40 pm
Pretty easy prediction for one withdrawl.
Agree. There is no way Leylah shows up after the AO.
Did she even show up at AO?
by ashkor87 would have been very surprised if Rybakina had actually played.
by ti-amie Day 1 Order of Play
Stadium Court
Starts at 2:00 AM Round of 32
ESP P. Badosa (8) vs BLR A. Sasnovich
Starts: 11:00 (Venue) 02:00 (Your time)
Round of 32
Upcoming
INA J. Tjen vs AUS M. Joint
Follows previous match
Round of 32
Upcoming
UKR D. Yastremska vs BRA B. Haddad Maia
Follows previous match
Round of 32
Upcoming
RUS O. Selekhmeteva vs LAT J. Ostapenko (7)
Not before: 17:00 (Venue) 08:00 (Your time)
Round of 32
Upcoming
PHI A. Eala vs TUR Z. Sonmez
Follows previous match
ADCB Court 1
Starts at 2:00 AM
Round of 32
GBR S. Kartal vs ESP C. Bucsa
Starts: 11:00 (Venue) 02:00 (Your time)
Round of 32
Upcoming
AUS D. Kasatkina vs SUI S. Waltert
Follows previous match
Round of 16
Upcoming
AUS Perez /NED Schuurs (3) vs JPN Aoyama /RUS Zvonareva
Follows previous match
Round of 16
Upcoming
RUS Alexandrova /AUS Joint vs SRB Kostovic/UKR Yastremska
After Suitable Rest - Not Before 4:30 PM
Court 2
Starts at 2:00 AM
Round of 32
USA A. Krueger vs CZE S. Bejlek
Starts: 11:00 (Venue) 02:00 (Your time)
Round of 16
Upcoming
CRO Jurak Schreiber/POL Piter vs SVK Mihalikova /GBR Nicholls (4)
Not before: 12:30 (Venue) 03:30 (Your time)
Round of 16
Upcoming
TPE Chan /DEN Tauson vs RUS Khromacheva /SLO Klepac
Follows previous match
by ashkor87 The first tournament after a major is always chaotic..i would expect good players, who did not go deep at the AO, to do well here..Alexandrova Bencic,..Dubai is a faster court , so look for a different set of people to do well .Paolini Coco, Andreeva..
by ti-amie Day 2 Order of Play
Stadium Court
Starts at 2:00 AM
USA Muhammad /NZL Routliffe (1) vs USA Kenin /USA Krawczyk
Starts: 11:00 (Venue) 02:00 (Your time)
Upcoming
RUS L. Samsonova (5) vs INA J. Tjen
Not before: 13:00 (Venue) 04:00 (Your time)
Upcoming
USA M. Kessler vs CAN L. Fernandez (6)
Follows previous match
Upcoming
USA H. Baptiste vs USA E. Navarro (4)
Not before: 17:00 (Venue) 08:00 (Your time)
Upcoming
DEN C. Tauson (3) vs SUI S. Waltert
Follows previous match
ADCB Court 1
Starts at 6:30 AM
CZE Krejcikova /LAT Ostapenko vs RUS Samsonova /CHN Xu
After Rest - Not Before 4:00 PM
Upcoming
CAN Fernandez /FRA Mladenovic vs PHI Eala /INA Tjen
After Rest - Not Before 6:30 PM
by ti-amie Day 4 Order of Play
Stadium Court
Starts at 2:00 AM
UKR Kichenok /UKR Kichenok vs ESP Bucsa /CHN Zhang (2)
Starts: 11:00 (Venue) 02:00 (Your time)
Upcoming
UKR D. Yastremska vs RUS E. Alexandrova (2)
Not before: 13:00 (Venue) 04:00 (Your time)
Upcoming
CZE S. Bejlek vs LAT J. Ostapenko (7)
Follows previous match
Upcoming
SUI B. Bencic (1) vs GBR S. Kartal
Not before: 17:00 (Venue) 08:00 (Your time)
Upcoming
BLR A. Sasnovich vs PHI A. Eala
Follows previous match
ADCB Court 1
Starts at 4:00 AM
RUS Khromacheva /SLO Klepac vs SVK Mihalikova /GBR Nicholls (4)
Starts: 13:00 (Venue) 04:00 (Your time)
Upcoming
AUS Perez /NED Schuurs (3) vs RUS Alexandrova /AUS Joint
After Rest - Not Before 4:00 PM
Upcoming
USA Kenin /USA Krawczyk vs CZE Krejcikova /LAT Ostapenko
After Rest - Not Before 5:00 PM
by ti-amie Day 4 Order of Play
Stadium Court
Starts at 4:00 AM
DEN C. Tauson (3) vs USA M. Kessler
Starts: 13:00 (Venue) 04:00 (Your time)
Upcoming
GBR S. Kartal vs CZE S. Bejlek
Not Before 2:30 PM
Upcoming
PHI A. Eala vs RUS E. Alexandrova (2)
Not before: 17:00 (Venue) 08:00 (Your time)
Upcoming
RUS L. Samsonova (5) vs USA H. Baptiste
Follows previous match
ADCB Court 1
Starts at 7:00 AM
PHI Eala /INA Tjen vs ESP Bucsa /CHN Zhang (2)
After Rest - Not Before 7:00 PM
by ti-amie Day 5 Order of Play
Stadium Court
Starts at 7:00 AM
Semifinals
SVK Mihalikova /GBR Nicholls (4) vs PHI Eala /INA Tjen
Starts: 16:00 (Venue) 07:00 (Your time)
Semifinals
Upcoming
USA H. Baptiste vs RUS E. Alexandrova (2)
Not before: 18:00 (Venue) 09:00 (Your time)
Semifinals
Upcoming
CZE S. Bejlek vs DEN C. Tauson (3)
Not before: 20:00 (Venue) 11:00 (Your time)
ADCB Court 1
Starts at 10:00 AM
Semifinals
USA Kenin /USA Krawczyk vs RUS Alexandrova /AUS Joint
After Rest - Not Before 7:00 PM
by ti-amie Day 6 Order of Play
Stadium Court
Starts at 8:00 AM
Final
CZE S. Bejlek vs RUS E. Alexandrova (2)
Starts: 17:00 (Venue) 08:00 (Your time)
Final
Upcoming
RUS Alexandrova /AUS Joint vs SVK Mihalikova /GBR Nicholls (4)
In 30 minutes from the end of Singles Prize Ceremony
by Suliso The first tour level final for 20 year old Sara Bejlek. I suspect many of us haven't seen her play.
by ashkor87 and few of us know how to pronounce her name either!
by Suliso Is there a trick? Seems easy...
by
ashkor87 Suliso wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 11:58 am
Is there a trick? Seems easy...
i believe the j is pronounced y.. and the last k seems to be not at all (from what I could ake out)
by Suliso I believe you're right on the first point and wrong on the second. If so it seems natural for me and I've always pronounced it like this (Latvian is my native language and I speak some Russian too).
Anyway an amazing week by Bejlek winning a 500 level tournament and beating two top 20 players on the way. She's raising 63 spots in the rankings to career high #38.
by ponchi101 Seen her play or pronounce her name? I don't even know who she is!
by
Suliso ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 4:17 pm
Seen her play or pronounce her name? I don't even know who she is!
Don't you remember her being part of the magnificent Czech junior generation few years ago? It was Noskova, Bejlek and Fruhvirtova sisters.
by JTContinental She was originally slated to be the best of the bunch, but it ended up being Noskova
by ponchi101 Missed the memo. I don't recall her at all.