Linette fights back to dethrone Tjen and win the Chennai Open

Magda Linette beat defending champion Janice Tjen 5–7, 6–1, 6–4 in the Chennai Open singles final at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai on Monday 9 November, winning her fourth WTA singles title. Tjen took a closely fought first set 7–5, but Linette dominated the second 6–1 and held her nerve in the decider to close out the match in two hours and 43 minutes. The final had been postponed from Sunday after rain and Diwali smoke made playing conditions unsuitable, and play was suspended for ten minutes on Monday for excessive heat. The 34-year-old Linette had come from a set down in each of her last three matches in Chennai to reach the final. Tjen had entered the tournament aiming to defend the title she won in 2025, which made her the first Indonesian woman in 23 years to win a WTA singles title.

The win was Linette's first title in more than two years and avenged her defeat in the 2022 Chennai final, when she led Linda Fruhvirtova 4–1 in the third set and lost. Linette dedicated the title to the victims of a shooting in Kraków, in her home country of Poland. It was Linette's first title since Prague in 2024. Linette received US$37,390 and 250 ranking points for the title, while Tjen received US$22,125 and 163 points as runner-up. The 2026 edition was the last Chennai Open in India, with the tournament set to move to Manila in the Philippines in 2027. The Kraków shooting left six people dead and 17 injured.