2023 Mérida Open

The 2023 Mérida Open Akron was a WTA 250 tournament organised for female professional tennis players on outdoor hard courts as part of the 2023 WTA Tour. The event took place at the Yucatán Country Club in Mérida, Mexico, from 20 through 26 February 2023 as a replacement for Abierto Zapopan. This tournament was the first of its class in the city of Merida, the main sponsor of the tournament was AKRON, and it was organized with a team formed by WTA representatives and GSSPORTS management a Mexican enterprise dedicated to conducting and directing this event under the lead of tournament director Gustavo Santoscoy.

Singles

 * 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi def. 🇸🇪 Rebecca Peterson, 7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–2

Doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Caty McNally / 🇫🇷 Diane Parry def. 🇨🇳 Wang Xinyu / Wu Fang-hsien, 6–0, 7–5

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 13, 2023.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇲🇽 Fernanda Contreras Gómez
 * 🇺🇸 Katie Volynets
 * Simona Waltert

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
 * 🇦🇷 Nadia Podoroska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * Elina Avanesyan
 * 🇦🇺 Kimberly Birrell
 * 🇫🇷 Léolia Jeanjean
 * Ana Konjuh
 * 🇸🇪 Rebecca Peterson
 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * Varvara Gracheva

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Baindl → replaced by Varvara Gracheva
 * 🇭🇺 Dalma Gálfi → replaced by 🇧🇪 Ysaline Bonaventure
 * Donna Vekić → replaced by 🇭🇺 Panna Udvardy

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of February 13, 2023.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇫🇷 Estelle Cascino / 🇨🇿 Jesika Malečková
 * Despina Papamichail /  Simona Waltert