The Sporting Club de Tenis will host the BBVA Open Internacional de Valencia from September 13 to 20, as the tournament enters its fifth edition as a WTA 125 event. The competition, which was launched in 2021 as part of the ITF circuit, is the only WTA tournament historically held in the Valencian Community. Played outdoors on clay and offering $115,000 in prize money, the main draw will feature a strong field of players, headlined by an internationally prominent top five and a notable Spanish presence.
The top seed is 23-year-old Oksana Selekhmeteva, who began representing Spain in 2026 after winning two WTA 125 titles in 2025 (San Sebastián and Rovereto). She is followed by Veronika Erjavec, Slovenia’s number one and the winner of this year’s WTA 125 in Huzhou, a player enjoying a strong rise after achieving a career-high ranking in 2026. In third place is Austria’s Julia Grabher, a former world No. 54 and two-time WTA 125 champion (Bari 2022 and Florianópolis 2025), with Grand Slam main-draw experience. Poland’s Katarzyna Kawa occupies the fourth spot, arriving in excellent form after winning the WTA 125 titles in Modena and Huzhou in 2026. Rounding out this elite quintet is Spain’s Marina Bassols Ribera, runner-up at this tournament in 2023 and champion of the 2022 Open Ciudad de Valencia, who will look to make the most of her home advantage.
Alongside Bassols Ribera, the tournament also features two more Spaniards inside the top 10: Andrea Lázaro García in seventh place and Leyre Romero Gormaz in eighth, the latter a recent 2026 champion at the WTA 125 in Foggia. Their presence reinforces Valencia’s status as one of the WTA 125 events with the strongest Spanish representation, with as many as nine Spanish players in the main draw, including Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales, Ángela Fita Boluda, Irene Burillo, Ane Mintegi del Olmo and Ariana Geerlings.
The international field also includes a player with a special history at this event: Italy’s Martina Trevisan, a 2022 Roland Garros semifinalist and winner of the first edition of the Valencia tournament in 2021, when it was still part of the ITF circuit.
Tournament director Anabel Medina highlighted the quality of the players heading to Valencia:
“Having a top five of this calibre, with players who have won WTA 125 titles this season, confirms that Valencia has earned its place among the most competitive events on the circuit. And having four Spaniards among the top ten is great news for Spanish tennis.”
