This year Monterrey Open has a very good line up. 4 top 20 players (Kerber, Bartoli, Kirilenko and Ivanovic) will grace the event to make it one of the most competitive International tournaments of the season.
The good news for the organisation came from former world no.1 Ana Ivanovic that decided to participate at the very last moment to get a wild card.
Here the analysis of the draw for the first 2 seeds.
1st Half Kerber
| Round | Opponent | Head to Head |
| 1st | Qualifier | |
| 2nd | Birnerova | 1st time playing |
| Quarter | Morita | 2-2 |
| Semifinal | Kirilenko | 1st time playing |
| Final | Bartoli | 3-2 Bartoli |
2nd Half Bartoli
| Round | Opponent | Head to Head |
| 1st | Vandeweghe | 1st time playing |
| 2nd | Puchkova | 3-0 Bartoli always in stright sets |
| Quarters | Pavlyuchenkova | 1-1 |
| Semifinal | Ivanovic | 5-3 Ivanovic |
| Final | Bartoli | 3-2 Bartoli |