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Elise Mertens defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2025 Libéma Open.[1] She saved eleven match points en route to her tenth WTA Tour singles title, in the semifinals against Ekaterina Alexandrova. Her eleven match points saved in one match were also the most in a WTA Tour main-draw match win this century, equaling the record set by Zsófia Gubacsi at the 2001 French Open.[2] This was Mertens' first title on grass courts, having now won titles on all three surfaces.[3]

ChampionBelgium Elise Mertens
Runner-upRomania Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Score6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Draw32 (6 Q / 3 WC )
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Women's singles
2025 Libéma Open
Final
ChampionBelgium Elise Mertens
Runner-upRomania Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Score6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Details
Draw32 (6 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
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Champion Elise Mertens in action during the tournament

Liudmila Samsonova was the defending champion,[4] but lost in the first round to Carson Branstine.[5]

Seeds

  1. Liudmila Samsonova (first round)
  2. Ekaterina Alexandrova (semifinals)
  3. Belgium Elise Mertens (champion)
  4. Poland Magda Linette (first round)
  5. Anastasia Potapova (first round)
  6. China Wang Xinyu (first round)
  7. New Zealand Lulu Sun (second round)
  8. Veronika Kudermetova (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
Q Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse 2 6 6
  Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6 4 3
Q Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse 3 64
3 Belgium Elise Mertens 6 77
3 Belgium Elise Mertens 2 79 6
2 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6 67 4

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 L Samsonova 4 7 1
Q Canada C Branstine 6 5 6 Q Canada C Branstine 4 3
Q Netherlands IL van den Broek 2 1 Q Romania E-G Ruse 6 6
Q Romania E-G Ruse 6 6 Q Romania E-G Ruse 6 6
Q Chinese Taipei J Garland 1 3 WC Canada B Andreescu 2 4
WC Canada B Andreescu 6 6 WC Canada B Andreescu 6 6
WC Netherlands A Vrancken Peeters 1 3 7 New Zealand L Sun 0 4
7 New Zealand L Sun 6 6 Q Romania E-G Ruse 2 6 6
4 Poland M Linette 2 712 5 Italy E Cocciaretto 6 4 3
United States B Pera 6 610 7 United States B Pera 1 64
WC Netherlands A Hartono 611 5 Italy E Cocciaretto 6 77
Italy E Cocciaretto 713 7 Italy E Cocciaretto 6 77
Q Belgium Y Wickmayer 3 6 3 Netherlands S Lamens 2 64
Netherlands S Lamens 6 0 6 Netherlands S Lamens 77 77
United States A Li 7 6 United States A Li 64 65
5 A Potapova 5 2

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 China Xin Wang 5 77 1
Australia K Birrell 7 62 6 Australia K Birrell 4 3
PR Latvia A Sevastova 3 3 LL China Y Yuan 6 6
LL China Y Yuan 6 6 LL China Y Yuan 0 4
WC Netherlands A Koevermans 3 4 3 Belgium E Mertens 6 6
Greece M Sakkari 6 6 Greece M Sakkari 3 0
Bulgaria V Tomova 4 0 3 Belgium E Mertens 6 6
3 Belgium E Mertens 6 6 3 Belgium E Mertens 2 79 6
8 V Kudermetova 6 6 2 E Alexandrova 6 67 4
P Kudermetova 3 3 8 V Kudermetova 6 6
United States D Collins 6 1 2 Belgium G Minnen 4 1
Belgium G Minnen 4 6 6 8 V Kudermetova 7 4 2
Czech Republic K Siniaková 3 1 2 E Alexandrova 5 6 6
A Blinkova 6 6 A Blinkova 0 5
Q Georgia (country) M Bolkvadze 3 4 2 E Alexandrova 6 7
2 E Alexandrova 6 6

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Belgium Greet Minnen (withdrew, still playing in Birmingham)
  2. Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse (qualified)
  3. China Yuan Yue (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  4. Hungary Dalma Gálfi (qualifying competition)
  5. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (qualifying competition)
  6. Germany Ella Seidel (qualifying competition)
  7. United States Robin Montgomery (withdrew)
  8. Germany Jule Niemeier (first round)
  9. Poland Katarzyna Kawa (qualifying competition)
  10. Serbia Nina Stojanović (first round)
  11. Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland (qualified)
  12. Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze (qualified)

Qualifiers

  1. Netherlands Isis Louise van den Broek
  2. Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse
  3. Canada Carson Branstine
  4. Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze
  5. Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland
  6. Belgium Yanina Wickmayer

Lucky loser

  1. China Yuan Yue

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Alt Ukraine Nadiia Kolb 5 3
WC Netherlands Isis Louise van den Broek 7 6
WC Netherlands Isis Louise van den Broek 4 6 6
  Netherlands Lian Tran 6 1 4
  Netherlands Lian Tran 6 6
10 Serbia Nina Stojanović 3 4

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6 6
PR Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu 1 2
2 Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6 6
9 Poland Katarzyna Kawa 2 1
  Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava 64 3
9 Poland Katarzyna Kawa 77 6

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 China Yuan Yue 77 6
  Netherlands Joy de Zeeuw 64 4
3 China Yuan Yue 4 4
  Canada Carson Branstine 6 6
  Canada Carson Branstine 6 77
8 Germany Jule Niemeier 3 62

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Hungary Dalma Gálfi 64 6 6
  Slovakia Renáta Jamrichová 77 4 4
4 Hungary Dalma Gálfi 65 1
12 Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze 77 6
WC Netherlands Loes Ebeling Koning 3 2
12 Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze 6 6

Fifth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
5 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 66 6
  United States Maria Mateas 0 78 2
5 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 0 3
11 Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland 6 6
  Ekaterina Yashina 3 2
11 Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland 6 6

Sixth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
6 Germany Ella Seidel 6 5 77
WC Netherlands Sarah van Emst 3 7 62
6 Germany Ella Seidel 4 1
PR Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 6 6
PR Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 6 6
Alt United States Jessica Failla 3 3

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