Magda Linette wins Chennai Open, beating Janice Tjen 5:7, 6:1, 6:4 after rain delay

The final

Magda Linette won the Chennai Open with a 5:7, 6:1, 6:4 victory over Janice Tjen of Indonesia, the top seed and defending champion. The final was due on Sunday, 8 November, but heavy rain moved it to Monday, 9 November. Tjen took a tight opening set 7:5 after a long stretch without a break, and the match turned in the second set. Linette gave up only one game in that set, winning it 6:1. In the decider she moved ahead 3:1, Tjen levelled, and Linette broke again to win 6:4. It was the first meeting between the two players.

Path to the title

Linette was seeded third and beat Aliona Falej of Belarus, Moyuka Uchijima and Maia Hontama of Japan, and Anastasia Zakharova of Russia on the way to the final. Three of those matches also went to three sets. Her match against Falej was played late in the evening after rain had disrupted the schedule, and at 3 hours and 33 minutes it was the longest match on the WTA Tour in 2026. Across the tournament Linette spent close to 12.5 hours on court. Before arriving in Chennai she had not played a final this season. Her only earlier final in Chennai came in 2022, and she lost it.

Polish records and ranking

The title is Linette's fourth on the WTA Tour and her first this season, and it is the 52nd WTA title won by a Polish player. Iga Świątek leads the count with 26 titles and Agnieszka Radwańska has 20, while Linette has four, Maja Chwalińska one and Magdalena Fręch one. Chwalińska's most recent title came on 18 October in Wuhan.

Iga Świątek26

Agnieszka Radwańska20

Magda Linette4

Maja Chwalińska1

Magdalena Fręch1

Iga Świątek

26 titles

Agnieszka Radwańska

20 titles

Magda Linette

4 titles

Maja Chwalińska

1 titles

Magdalena Fręch

1 titles

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The WTA ranking update was published two hours after the final ended, and it counted the Chennai and Hong Kong WTA 250 events, two WTA 125 events in Cali and Luanda, and several ITF tournaments. Linette climbs from 68th to around 43rd and returns to the top 50 after several months outside it. She now has 1176 points, level with Cristina Bucsa of Spain, the 2026 Merida WTA 500 champion, and is ranked ahead of her. Her new position should be enough for a place at the WTA 500 event in Brisbane, which opens the season.