2–8 November 2026 | Men’s and Women’s World Tennis Tour
Katie Swan continued her winning run with victory at the W100 Incheon tournament, while Kacper Szymkowiak gained revenge over Blaise Bicknell in Bermuda as the ITF World Tennis Tour staged 28 singles finals during the week of 2–8 November.
Swan’s victory was the biggest women’s title of the week, while Ivan Gakhov, Gilles Arnaud Bailly, Bor Artnak and Luis Carlos Alvarez Valdes claimed M25 titles on the men’s circuit.
The results also featured consecutive-week successes for Malaika Rapolu and a notable turnaround in the men’s Pembroke final.
Swan follows Sydney title with Incheon triumph
Katie Swan claimed her second consecutive title, following her W35 Sydney victory with success at W100 Incheon in South Korea.
The British player defeated home favourite Yeonwoo Ku 6-1, 0-6, 6-3 in an unusual final in which both players split the first two sets in dominant fashion.
Swan had beaten Hikaru Sato 6-1, 6-2 in the Sydney final the previous week, making it consecutive tournament victories at different levels of the ITF circuit, lifting her ranking close to the top 200.
The former British No. 1 has enjoyed considerable success on the ITF World Tennis Tour this year, notching up four titles,taking her career tally to 20.
Rapolu wins again in Mexico
American Malaika Rapolu secured a second consecutive W50 title in Mexico, defeating Italy’s Diletta Cherubini 6-2, 6-3 in the Huamantla final.
Rapolu had won W50 Morelia the previous week, where she defeated Anastasia Tikhonova 6-4, 6-0.
The two results give Rapolu 10 consecutive wins, and a career high ranking of #255.
Szymkowiak reverses Pembroke result
Poland’s Kacper Szymkowiak defeated Jamaica’s Blaise Bicknell 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(2) in the M15 Pembroke final.
The same two players had contested the previous week’s final at the same venue, when Bicknell won 6-2, 6-2.
This time, Szymkowiak recovered after losing the second-set tiebreak and secured the deciding tiebreak 7-2 to claim the title.
Gakhov survives three-set battle in Valencia
Ivan Gakhov came from a set down to defeat Ignacio Parisca 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-2 in the M25 Valencia final.
The first two sets were decided by tiebreaks before Gakhov pulled clear in the third.
At M25 Heraklion, Belgium’s Gilles Arnaud Bailly defeated Romania’s Cezar Cretu 6-2, 6-4, while Slovenia’s Bor Artnak won a three-set final against Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk in Harlingen.
Luis Carlos Alvarez Valdes completed the week’s M25 champions with a straight-sets victory over Lorenzo Claverie in Guadalajara.
Complete ITF Women’s Singles Results
W100
Incheon, South Korea – Hard
Katie Swan (GBR) def. Yeonwoo Ku (KOR) 6-1, 0-6, 6-3
W75
Pétange, Luxembourg – Indoor Hard
Veronika Podrez (UKR) def. Anna Siskova (CZE) 6-2, 7-5
W50
Heraklion, Greece – Clay
Raluca Georgiana Serban (CYP) def. Martha Matoula (GRE) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Huamantla, Mexico – Hard
Malaika Rapolu (USA) def. Diletta Cherubini (ITA) 6-2, 6-3
W35
Orlando, USA – Hard
Evialina Laskevich (BLR) def. Janae Preston (AUS) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Hamamatsu, Japan – Carpet
Kanon Sawashiro (JPN) def. Ayano Shimizu (JPN) 6-1, 6-4
Liberec, Czech Republic – Hard
Weronika Ewald (POL) def. Julia Stusek (GER) 6-2, 0-1 ret.
W15
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt – Hard
Yasmin Ezzat (EGY) def. Karla Popovic (SRB) 7-5, 6-2
Antalya, Turkey – Clay
Jana Bojovic (SRB) def. Valeriia Iushchenko (UKR) 6-3, 1-6, 5-1 ret.
Hilton Head Island, USA – Clay
Ashley Lahey (USA) def. Aya El Aouni (MAR) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Szabolcsveresmart, Hungary – Hard
Sofia Barhacova (SVK) def. Melinda Biro (ROU) 7-5, 7-6(5)
Monastir, Tunisia – Hard
Mariia Lazarenko (UKR) def. Anastasia Lizunova (RUS) 7-5, 6-0
Maanshan, China – Hard
Alina Tikhonova (RUS) def. Yushan Shao (CHN) 6-2, 6-3
Neuquén, Argentina – Clay
Antonia Vergara Rivera (CHI) def. Justina Maria Gonzalez Daniele (ARG) 6-3, 6-4
Complete ITF Men’s Singles Results
M25
Valencia, Spain – Clay
Ivan Gakhov (RUS) def. Ignacio Parisca (VEN) 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 6-2
Heraklion, Greece – Hard
Gilles Arnaud Bailly (BEL) def. Cezar Cretu (ROU) 6-2, 6-4
Harlingen, USA – Hard
Bor Artnak (SLO) def. Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk (NAM) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Guadalajara, Mexico – Clay
Luis Carlos Alvarez Valdes (MEX) def. Lorenzo Claverie (VEN) 6-3, 6-2
M15
Salvador, Brazil – Hard
Agustin Eduardo Cuellar Lorberg (BOL) def. Oscar Jose Gutierrez (BRA) 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-1
Pembroke, Bermuda – Hard
Kacper Szymkowiak (POL) def. Blaise Bicknell (JAM) 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(2)
Monastir, Tunisia – Hard
Alejandro Moro Canas (ESP) def. Wissam Abderrahman (TUN) 6-3, 6-3
Maanshan, China – Hard
Rigele Te (CHN) def. Kristjan Tamm (EST) 6-4, 6-4
Hilton Head Island, USA – Clay
Dragos Cazacu (ROU) def. William Mirarchi (USA) 6-0, 6-2
Fergana, Uzbekistan – Hard
Dmitry Bessonov (RUS) def. Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND) 6-2, 7-5
Trois-Rivières, Canada – Hard
Johan Oscar Lien (NOR) def. Nikola Slavic (SWE) 6-4, 6-3
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt – Hard
Omar Kandil (EGY) def. Nicolas Ifi (FRA) 6-2, 7-5
San Gregorio di Catania, Italy – Clay
Michele Mecarelli (ITA) def. Gianmarco Ferrari (ITA) 6-3, 6-2
Antalya, Turkey – Clay
Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) def. Mattia Nannelli (ITA) 6-4, 6-4
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