Welcome to This Week in Tennis, where we catch up on all the latest and biggest stories from the ATP and WTA Tours.
Jovic wins in Guadalajara
Iva Jovic beat Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the Guadalajara Open to capture her first WTA title. The 17-year-old jumped to a career-high rank of 36th after the victory. Jovic is the youngest player ranked inside the Top 100 and the youngest singles champion this season, supplanting Mirra Andreeva by a mere 16 days.
Canadian Marina Stakusic had the odds stacked against her in Guadalajara, but managed to reach the quarter-final at the 500-level event before bowing out to eventual finalist Arango.
The Mississauga, Ont. native needed to play two matches on Friday because of rain delays but was unable to win both. She opened her day with a win over third-seeded Jelena Ostapenko before falling in the quarter-final.
In Brazil, Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah captured her first WTA title by defeating Janice Tjen 6-3, 6-4 in the Sao Paolo Open final. The win vaulted the 19-year-old up 83 spots in the rankings to No. 131.
Teenagers are now 7-0 in singles finals on the WTA Tour this season.
The Asian leg of the WTA tour kicks off this week with the 500-level Korea Open Tennis Championships taking place in Seoul.
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Canada wins Davis Cup tie
Liam Draxl and Cleeve Harper clinched the Davis Cup World Group I tie for Canada on Saturday, scoring a decisive doubles victory over Jordan Hasson and Ofek Shimanov of Israel.
With the 4-0 win in the best-of-five tie, Canada will return to the Davis Cup Qualifiers next February.
Draxl and Gabriel Diallo won their singles matches on Friday to put Canada up 2-0. Harper added a singles win after the doubles.
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Argentina, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Czechia and Spain all qualified for the Davis Cup Final 8 over the weekend.
The regular ATP Tour schedule resumes this week with a pair of 250-level tournaments in Chengdu and Hangzhou, China.
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All winners from the past week:
WTA 500 - Guadalajara
- Women’s Singles: Iva Jovic* (1/1) d. Emiliana Arango
- Women’s Doubles: Irina Khromacheva and Nicole Melichar-Martinez d. Giuliana Olmos and Aldila Sutjiadi
WTA 250 - Sao Paolo
- Women’s Singles: Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah* (1/1) d. Janice Tjen
- Women’s Doubles: Timea Babos and Luisa Stefani d. Ingrid Martins and Laura Pigossi
* 2025 Titles/Career Titles
Feature Photo : @WTAGuadalajara
