WTA - Guadalajara 1R start

First round commenced in Guadalajara.

2022 Guadalajara Open Akron, a WTA 1000 tournament, on Hard, in Guadalajara, Mexico, 17-23 October 2022.

This is a new tournament on the WTA Tour calendar.

Zhang Shuai withdrew after the main draw was published, and was replaced by lucky loser Elina Avanesyan.

First round results:

- Victoria Azarenka defeated lucky loser Elina Avanesyan 6-4 6-2

- Ajla Tomljanovic defeated wildcard Fernanda Contreras Gomez 6-2 6-1

- Bianca Andreescu defeated Jil Teichmann 6-2 6-4

- Petra Kvitova (16) defeated Bernarda Pera 6-3 7-5

- Belinda Bencic (10) defeated Leylah Fernandez 7-5 6-7(10) 6-3

- Sloane Stephens defeated qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova 6-0 6-2

- Qualifier Rebecca Marino defeated Ann Li 6-2 7-6(2)

- Marta Kostyuk defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-3

- Zhu Lin defeated Alizé Cornet 3-6 6-3 6-4

- Elise Mertens defeated qualifier Asia Muhammad 6-3 6-2

- Camila Osorio defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova (15) 6-4 7-6(8)

- Liudmila Samsonova defeated Kaia Kanepi 6-1 7-5