Diana Shnaider wins the WTA 500 tournament in Tokyo

Diana Shnaider became the champion of the WTA 500 tournament in Tokyo. In the final, the First&Red ambassador beat Leila Fernandez in three sets. — 6:4, 5:7, 6:2. This is the first single title of a Russian in the 2026 season.

Shnaider was close to winning in two games: after winning the first set, she led 4-0 in the second. Fernandez managed to get back into the match and move it into the deciding set, but Diana took the initiative there again. At the beginning of the third game, the Russian won back three break points, after which she brought the meeting to victory. The match lasted more than two hours.

The trophy in Tokyo was the sixth WTA singles title of her career for 22-year-old Schneider and the third at the WTA 500 level. She won the previous tournament in August 2025 in Monterrey.

Shnaider now has another impressive streak: after losing in her first WTA final, in Ningbo 2023, she won six decisive matches in a row. That is, Diana invariably finished all the following finals in her career with the title.

• Before Tokyo, Shnaider won singles titles in Hua Hin, Bad Homburg, Budapest and Hong Kong in 2024, as well as in Monterrey in 2025.