Spanish tennis will have a luxury debutant at the 2026 WTA Finals

Carlos Alcaraz is qualified for the singles at the ATP Finals in Turin, which will be held from November 15 to 22, as well as Marcel Granollers for the doubles competition with his Argentine teammate Horacio Zeballos. Rafa Jódar is on a mission to get a place among the top eight of the season.

In the women’s competition, the WTA Finals, there will also be Spanish representation at the premiere at the Indian Wells headquarters, from November 8 to 15. The Cantabrian Cristina Bucsa will make her debut, who at 28 years old is becoming one of the best specialists in pairs.

The one from Torrelavega, Olympic bronze in Paris 2024 with Sara Sorribes, has earned a position forming a stable duo with the American Nicole Melichar-Martínez, who dedicates herself exclusively to this modality, unlike Bucsa, current Spanish No. 1 in singles.

Bucsa makes its debut, Melichar-Martínez attends for the fifth time, having been a finalist in the 2023 edition. In this campaign they were champions of the WTA 500 in Guadalajara, they made the final at the WTA 1000 in Rome.

Three couples got tickets to the Californian desert after this weekend. In addition to Bucsa and Melichar-Martínez, the Belgian Elise Mertenz and the Chinese Shuai Zhang entered the tournament, as well as the French Kristina Mladenovic and the Chinese Guo Hanyu.

The No. 1s, the Czech Katerina Siniakova and the American Taylor Townsend, the Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and the Brazilian Luisa Stefani, already had a place. The Serbian Aleksandra Krunic and the Ukrainian Anna Danilina were withdrawn due to the Balkan’s injury.

The last Spanish doubles champion in the Masters Final dates back to 2015, when Carla Suárez and Garbiñe Muguruza joined forces, the latter made history at the individual level in 2021.