Strasbourg spotlight: Can you pass this clay-court quiz?

1m read 19 May 2025 2w ago

Oljbr Ima

Summary Generated By AI

Grand Slam champs, rising stars, and a €142,000 prize -- this WTA 500 has it all. But how much do you really know about the action in eastern France?

highlights

Volynets pulls away from lucky loser Alves in Rabat first round

04:48

The final WTA 500 stop on clay before Roland Garros? That would be Strasbourg, where the 39th edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg is underway.

Set in eastern France, this long-running event has served as a launching pad for Roland Garros success (just ask Barbora Krejcikova

). And this year’s field is one of its strongest yet.

Six Top 20 players are in the draw, including World No. 4 Jessica Pegula

, who’s looking for her first win at the event after early losses in 2019 and 2021. She leads a player list that features four Grand Slam champions: , , , along with , who fell in her first match after a long absence from tour.