Maja Chwalińska to face Rebecca Sramkova and partner Barbora Krejcikova at WTA Singapore

Singles draw and opening round

Polish tennis player Maja Chwalińska will make her return to the WTA Tour at the WTA 500 event in Singapore following a three-week training break in Poland. The 26th-ranked player last competed at the US Open in New York, where she lost in the first round of the singles draw to Taylor Townsend. The tournament draw in Singapore places Chwalińska as the fifth seed in the singles competition. She will face Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova in the opening round on Monday, September 21, with the match scheduled for 04:00 Central European time. Sramkova occupies the 146th position in the WTA rankings and enters the tournament after losing 2-6, 4-6 to Alevtina Ibragimova in the opening round of US Open qualifying. Chwalińska and Sramkova previously met twice on the professional circuit several years ago, splitting those two encounters with one victory each.

Tournament bracket and potential opponents

The Singapore singles draw presents several possible matchups for Chwalińska should she advance past Sramkova. A second-round victory would pit the Polish player against either Vivian Wolff of Germany or Ukrainian competitor Oleksandra Oliynykova. The quarter-final section includes defending tournament champion Elise Mertens of Belgium, alongside Czech competitor Barbora Krejcikova and a qualifier. The upper half of the bracket is led by Russian player Mirra Andreeva, who enters the event as the top seed, with Daria Kasatkina and Alycia Parks also positioned as potential semifinal opponents. American player Jessica Pegula withdrew from the Singapore field prior to the draw to rest after the North American hard-court season. For Chwalińska, the tournament offers a chance to build momentum after winning one singles match following her semifinal run at Roland Garros earlier in the season.

Doubles partnership with Barbora Krejcikova

Alongside her singles campaign, Chwalińska entered the doubles competition in Singapore as a partner to Barbora Krejcikova. The Czech player is a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, having won Roland Garros in 2021 and Wimbledon in 2024. Krejcikova has also captured seven Grand Slam doubles titles and three mixed doubles titles, completing a Career Grand Slam in women's doubles alongside Katerina Siniakova. In addition to her 12 Grand Slam titles, Krejcikova has won an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo and a WTA Finals title in doubles, reaching career-high rankings of world number one in doubles and number two in singles. Krejcikova has limited her doubles appearances in 2026, competing only in Abu Dhabi, Doha, and Cincinnati with different partners prior to teaming with Chwalińska. Chwalińska last played doubles at the US Open on September 5, partnering Magda Linette before falling to Anna Bondar and Anhelina Kalinina.

Doubles draw and tournament schedule

The doubles event in Singapore features 16 pairs and runs from Monday, September 21, to Sunday, September 27. Chwalińska and Krejcikova were drawn against New Zealand's Erin Routliffe and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi in the opening round. Routliffe and Sutjiadi have competed as a regular pair this season, winning a title in Washington and advancing to the quarter-finals at the US Open. A victory over Routliffe and Sutjiadi would send Chwalińska and Krejcikova into the quarter-finals against either Joanna Garland and Su-Wei Hsieh or the second-seeded duo of Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls. The Singapore doubles draw is headlined by top seeds Storm Hunter of Australia and Desirae Krawczyk of the United States.