Chwalińska beats Kartal to win WTA 1000 title in Wuhan
Poland's Maja Chwalińska came from behind to beat Britain's Sonay Kartal in the Wuhan Open final, taking her first WTA title at the top level.
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Maja Chwalińska won the Wuhan Open, a WTA 1000 event (the tour's top tier below the Grand Slams), in October 2026. It was the first WTA title of her career.
In the final she beat Britain's Sonay Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 after more than two and a half hours. Chwalińska lost the first set and trailed in the second, then won the last four games of the match. Earlier in the tournament she knocked out her compatriot Iga Świątek in the semi-finals, 7-5, 6-1.
The result was a landmark for Polish tennis. Chwalińska became only the third Polish woman to win a WTA 1000 title, after Agnieszka Radwańska and Świątek. Few players have won their first tour title at that level. The win lifted her into the top 15 of the world rankings, the best position of her career.
The title came at a time when Polish tennis was drawing record attention, and it is often cited as a symbol of the sport's depth in the country beyond Świątek.
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