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Stuttgart draw revealed: World's top four players lead packed field

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The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix main draw came out on Sunday. Eleven of the world's Top 20 players will face off for the prestigious WTA 500 indoor-clay title at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, kicking off the European clay-court swing.

View the full draw on the WTA website HERE!

The singles champion will receive €142,610 and 500 ranking points, as well as one of the most coveted prizes on tour: a Porsche Macan Turbo.

Main-draw action begins on Monday, April 14 and concludes with a Monday singles final on April 21. (There will be no play on Friday, April 18 due to the Good Friday holiday.)

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The top four seeds -- who are also the top four players in the PIF WTA Rankings -- receive first-round byes.

Here is a breakdown of the draw highlights:

First quarter

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka

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After her bye, Sabalenka will face either Anastasia Potapova

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in the second round. If seedings hold, Sabalenka would face No. 8 seed Diana Shnaider
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in the quarterfinals.

Second quarter

No. 4 seed Coco Gauff

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or lucky loser Ella Seidel
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In fact, all five Germans in the draw are in this quarter. No. 5 seed Jasmine Paolini

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could potentially meet in the second round.

Third quarter

If seeds hold, this section could have a quarterfinal clash between two of this year's winningest players, No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula

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Pegula comes into Stuttgart having just captured this season's first clay-court WTA 500 title at Charleston. She leads the Hologic WTA Tour in main-draw match-wins this year, with 25.

However, 17-year-old Andreeva is not too far behind in victories. The teen has already won 20 matches this season, bolstered by back-to-back WTA 1000 titles in Dubai and Indian Wells.

Fourth quarter

No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek

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in last year's semifinals.

If Swiatek makes the quarterfinals, she could face No. 7 seed Emma Navarro

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there -- and Ostapenko is 5-0 vs. Swiatek.