Charleston draw: As the tour moves to clay, Jabeur prepares to defend title
The draw is out for the Credit One Charleston Open and the action will kick off immediately in Round 1.
World No.5 Jessica Pegula View Profile , defending champion and No.6 Ons Jabeur View Profile , No.9 Maria Sakkari View Profile and No.11 Daria Kasatkina View Profile are the top four seeds at the WTA 500 tournament, which begins on Monday, April 1. The Top 16 seeds have received byes into the second round.
Pegula leads the top half of the draw along with No.4 seed Kasatkina, No.6 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova View Profile and No.8 seed and former champion Madison Keys View Profile . A semifinalist last year, Pegula will face the winner of the first-round draw between Amanda Anisimova View Profile or Alize Cornet.
Familiar faces in the Lowcountry 😀
— Credit One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) March 30, 2024
2011 champ Caroline Wozniacki View Profile and Charleston local Emma Navarro View Profile (World No. 17) hit the clay for some practice 🎾#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/An2G5wShEp
Alexandrova is coming off a strong two weeks in Miami, where she defeated No.1 Iga Swiatek View Profile and Pegula in back-to-back matches en route to the semifinals. She will play the winner in the first-round match between Sofia Kenin View Profile and Taylor Townsend View Profile .
Charleston's own Emma Navarro View Profile returns to her hometown as a Top 20 player on the Hologic WTA Tour and No.10 seed. This time last year, Navarro, 22, was ranked well outside the Top 100. She will face either Arantxa Rus View Profile or a qualifier in her opening match.
Main draw in Charleston (WTA 500), where Jessica Pegula View Profile , Ons Jabeur View Profile , Maria Sakkari View Profile and Daria Kasatkina View Profile are the top seeds. pic.twitter.com/BQUpc6os4n
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Also floating in the top half of the draw are No.12 seed Victoria Azarenka View Profile and former champion and wild card Caroline Wozniacki View Profile . The Dane won the title in 2011 and made the final in her last appearance in 2019. She will face a qualifier or lucky loser in the first round. If she wins, Wozniacki will earn a rematch against Anhelina Kalinina View Profile in the second round. Kalinina saved match points in Miami to beat Wozniacki in the second round.
Defending champion Jabeur tops the bottom half of the draw. The Tunisian has made it to Championship Sunday the last two years. She could have a tough opener against either Miami champion Danielle Collins View Profile or Paula Badosa View Profile .
Also in the bottom half are No.3 seed Sakkari, No.5 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia View Profile , No.7 seed Elina Svitolina View Profile and No.9 seed and 2021 champion Veronika Kudermetova View Profile .
