No.1 Swiatek to begin grass season in Berlin; 9 of Top 10 entered
World No.1 Iga Swiatek View Profile will begin her grass-court season at the Berlin Ladies Open, a WTA 500 event played at the Steffi Graf Stadium from June 15 to 23. Swiatek leads an outstanding entry list that includes nine of the Hologic WTA Tour's Top 10. World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka View Profile , No.3 Coco Gauff View Profile , reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova View Profile , and defending champion Ons Jabeur View Profile have also entered.
Former No.1s Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka View Profile have received main-draw wild cards.
“We have a field of starters that is normally only found at Grand Slam tournaments,” said tournament director Barbara Rittner.
Berlin Direct Entry List:
1. Iga Swiatek View Profile
2. Aryna Sabalenka View Profile
3. Coco Gauff View Profile
4. Elena Rybakina View Profile
5. Jessica Pegula View Profile
6. Marketa Vondrousova View Profile
7. Maria Sakkari View Profile
8. Zheng Qinwen
9. Ons Jabeur View Profile
10. Daria Kasatkina View Profile
11. Jasmine Paolini View Profile
12. Beatriz Haddad Maia View Profile
13. Ekaterina Alexandrova View Profile
14. Liudmila Samsonova View Profile
15. Marta Kostyuk View Profile
16. Victoria Azarenka View Profile
17. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova View Profile
18. Caroline Garcia View Profile
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The Berlin Ladies Open is the first WTA 500 tournament of the grass-court season. It features a 32-player singles field with four byes, and a 16-team doubles field.
The tournament precedes the second and third WTA 500s of the grass season, the Rothesay International, in Eastbourne, England and Bad Homburg Open in Germany. All roads lead to the third Grand Slam of the season at Wimbledon, which begins on July 1.
2024 Grass Calendar:
- June 10: Libema Open (WTA 250), s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; Rothesay Open (WTA 250), Nottingham, England
- June 17: Berlin Ladies Open (WTA 500), Berlin, Germany; Rothesay Classic (WTA 250), Birmingham, England
- June 23: Rothsay International (WTA 500), Eastbourne, England; Bad Homburg Open (WTA 500), Bad Homburg, Germany
- July 1: The Championships, Wimbledon
Swiatek will be looking to secure her first tour-level grass-court title. The 22-year-old from Poland was a junior Wimbledon champion in 2018. She posted her strongest grass season last year, making the semifinals in Bad Homburg and her first Wimbledon quarterfinal.
