Samsun: Grabher to face Galfi, Sakatsume to meet Salkova

A WTA 125 tournament gets underway on hard courts in Samsun, Turkey. Here's a look at the first-round pairings in the 32-player draw.

From October 5 to 11, 2026, Samsun, Turkey will host a WTA 125 tournament. The event is played on hard courts with a prize fund of $115,000 and a 32-player main draw. According to api.tennis, among the seeded players, Julia Grabher is seeded fourth and Himeno Sakatsume seventh.

Seeded players open their campaigns

Grabher will begin her tournament in the round of 32 against Dalma Galfi. Sakatsume will face Dominika Salkova in the first round. Both opponents of the seeded players enter the tournament unseeded.

Unseeded pairings

In the round of 32, Lucia Bronzetti will take on Fiona Crawley, while Polina Iatcenko will meet Suzan Lamens. Neither player holds a seeding in either of these matches, making both pairings even in terms of draw status.