Iva Jovic defended the Guadalajara Open on Saturday, 19 September, beating fellow American Peyton Stearns 6–4, 6–2 in 1 hour 26 minutes without dropping a set all week, the WTA official match report stated. The No. 2 seed broke for 5–4 in the first set after eight straight holds, then opened the second with a break and closed on her third championship point with a backhand winner down the line (WTA). Soft date lock from REV 3a: the final is Saturday 19 September, not Sunday 20 — wire datelines on 20 Sep report Saturday’s result and must not redate the match.
A year after her first Tour title in Guadalajara at 17, Jovic is again the champion there — still the only titles on her résumé — and the first repeat singles champion in the event’s history on the WTA frame. The all-American final followed a week in which she did not drop a set, the same WTA match report said. Soft recorded without choosing: secondary wires differ on exact world ranking stamps around the title (top-20 framing varies); the body locks to the WTA final narrative and the pack’s title/history lines and omits a fresh ranking number the desk cannot reconcile across those stamps.
Doubles closed on the same WTA card: Cristina Bucșa and Nicole Melichar-Martinez beat Momoko Kobori and Peangtarn Plipuech 6–2, 5–7, [10–5] (WTA). Soft: doubles path detail beyond that final score is not restriped here; the published championship line is the lock.
Named actors and checkable milestones locked to the WTA match report and pack: Jovic (No. 2 seed; 6–4, 6–2; 1:26; no sets dropped all week; break for 5–4 after eight holds; second-set opening break; third championship point, backhand winner down the line; first event repeat; second career singles title, both Guadalajara); Stearns (runner-up); Bucșa / Melichar-Martinez over Kobori / Plipuech in the doubles final. Soft FLAGs hold: match date Saturday 19 Sep; ranking variance omitted; Czech Republic 3–2 USA Davis Cup (Lehecka deciding) stays Held behind this title lead. The desk does not invent draw-path scores beyond the WTA week-without-a-set frame, nor prize-money or points tallies not printed in the CLEAR pack.
The checkable record is Jovic’s 6–4, 6–2 win over Stearns on Saturday, 19 September, in 1 hour 26 minutes with no sets dropped all week, the break for 5–4 after eight straight holds, the second-set opening break and third-championship-point backhand winner down the line, her status as the event’s first repeat singles champion with both career titles at Guadalajara, and the Bucșa / Melichar-Martinez doubles title 6–2, 5–7, [10–5] over Kobori / Plipuech (WTA).
What comes next is checkable: the published WTA singles and doubles result sheets for the Guadalajara Open; Monday’s WTA rankings list after the title week; the next published Tour stop on Jovic’s and Stearns’s calendars.
Floor: Jovic def. Stearns 6–4, 6–2 Sat 19 Sep Guadalajara (1h26; no sets dropped all week); No. 2 seed broke 5–4 after eight holds, opened second with break, closed on 3rd champ point BH DTL; first event repeat; 2nd WTA title both GDL; doubles Bucșa/Melichar-Martinez d. Kobori/Plipuech 6–2, 5–7, [10–5] (WTA); soft: date=19 not 20; ranking variance omitted.