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Tournament: Transylvania Open
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates: February 5 - February 11, 2024
Level: WTA 250
Total Financial Commitment: $267,082
Surface: Hard

Seed Name Entry Ranking

1 Karolina Pliskova 37
2 Tatjana Maria 42
3 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 45
4 Anna Blinkova 46
5 Arantxa Rus 50
6 Clara Burel 52
7 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 59
8 Martina Trevisan 60
Nadia Podoroska 63
Greet Minnen 65
Ana Bogdan 66
Yanina Wickmayer 68
Elina Avanesyan 71
Magdalena Frech 72
Anna Kalinskaya 75
Viktoriya Tomova 77
Camila Osorio 79
Tamara Korpatsch 81
Alycia Parks 82
Anastasija Sevastova 65 SR
Caty McNally 71 SR
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Qualifying Draw

GBR H. Dart (1) vs ROU I. Ghioroaie
ROU L. Tanasie vs UKR K. Zavatska (12)

ESP M. Bassols Ribera (2) vs CZE A. Siskova
AUT S. Kraus vs SVK V. Hruncakova (11)

FRA A. Cornet (3) vs ROU M. Gae
VEN A. Gamiz vs SUI J. Teichmann (9)

RUS E. Andreeva (4) vs ITA N. Brancaccio
ROU B. Szabo vs ESP N. Parrizas Diaz (7)

COL E. Arango (5) vs ROU M. Popa
UKR N. Kolb vs ITA L. Stefanini (8)

HUN A. Bondar (6) vs ROU A. Cadantu-Ignatik
ROU M. Teodorescu vs SUI S. Waltert (10)

Why was this tournament moved from its traditional Halloween dates (just imagine the marketing opportunities) to the middle of February (Saint Valentines?).

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:37 pm Why was this tournament moved from its traditional Halloween dates (just imagine the marketing opportunities) to the middle of February (Saint Valentines?).

Main Draw Singles

NED[1] A Rus vs BEL G Minnen
Qualifier/LL vs BEL Y Wickmayer
ROU[W] AA Todoni vs Qualifier/LL
USA A Parks vs ROU[8] A Bogdan

ARG[9] N Podoroska vs DEN C Tauson
ROU[W] M Bulgaru vs ROU J Cristian
LAT A Sevastova vs ROU[W] A Mitu
GER T Korpatsch vs RUS[6] E Avanesyan

ITA[5] E Cocciaretto vs Qualifier/LL
Qualifier/LL vs Qualifier/LL
GER L Siegemund vs ESP N Parrizas Diaz
Qualifier/LL vs RUS[3/Q/LL] A Blinkova

BUL[7] V Tomova vs COL C Osorio
CZE Ka Pliskova vs Qualifier/LL
ITA S Errani vs USA C McNally
CHN Bai Zx vs GER[2] T Maria

Day 3 Order of Play

Center Court
Starts at 4:00 AM

BUL V. TOMOVA (7) vs COL C. OSORIO
UPCOMING
ARG N. PODOROSKA (9) vs DEN C. TAUSON
UPCOMING
SUI S. WALTERT vs RUS A. BLINKOVA (3)
UPCOMING
USA A. PARKS vs ROU A. BOGDAN (8)
UPCOMING
NED A. RUS (1) vs BEL G. MINNEN

Court 2
Starts at 4:00 AM

GER L. SIEGEMUND vs ESP N. PARRIZAS DIAZ
UPCOMING
USA C. MCNALLY/USA A. MUHAMMAD vs BLR L. MAROZAVA/POL K. PITER
UPCOMING
ROU J. CRISTIAN/ROU A. MITU vs ROU M. GAE/ROU A. TODONI
UPCOMING
FRA E. LECHEMIA/GBR O. NICHOLLS vs VEN A. GAMIZ/CZE A. SISKOVA

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:37 pm Why was this tournament moved from its traditional Halloween dates (just imagine the marketing opportunities) to the middle of February (Saint Valentines?).

"It's a strategic move...": https://transylvaniaopen.ro/tennis-is-back-2024/

ORDER OF PLAY - TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024

CENTER COURT

[Q] Alizé Cornet FRA vs Yanina Wickmayer BEL
Followed by
[WC] Anca Todoni ROU vs [Q] Erika Andreeva
Followed by Not before 3:30 PM
Anastasija Sevastova LAT vs [WC] Andreea Mitu ROU
Followed by Not before 6:00 PM
[WC] Miriam Bulgaru ROU vs Jaqueline Cristian ROU
Followed by
Karolina Pliskova CZE vs [Q] Sinja Kraus AUT

Court 2 Starting at 11:00 AM

[Q] Harriet Dart GBR vs [LL] Anna Bondar HUN
Followed by
Zhuoxuan Bai CHN vs [2] Tatjana Maria GER
Followed by
Tamara Korpatsch GER vs [6] Elina Avanesyan
Followed by
[4] Anna Bondar HUN/Kimberley Zimmermann BEL vs Sara Errani ITA/Arantxa Rus NED
Followed by
Ana Bogdan ROU/Nadia Podoroska ARG vs [2] Viktoria Hruncakova SVK/Alexandra Panova

Order of Play Wednesday February 7, 2024

Center Court
Starts at 4:00 AM

ITA E. COCCIARETTO (5) vs COL E. ARANGO
Followed by
ITA S. ERRANI vs USA C. MCNALLY
Followed by
ESP N. PARRIZAS DIAZ vs RUS A. BLINKOVA (3)
Followed by
NED A. RUS (1) vs FRA A. CORNET
Followed by
RUS E. ANDREEVA vs ROU A. BOGDAN (8)

Court 2
Starts at 4:00 AM

JPN E. HOZUMI/JPN M. NINOMIYA (1) vs GEO O. KALASHNIKOVA/GBR S. MURRAY SHARAN
Followed by
RUS I. KHROMACHEVA/CZE M. KOLODZIEJOVA vs GBR H. DART/SVK T. MIHALIKOVA
Followed by
RUS A. ANSHBA/BEL Y. WICKMAYER vs BRA I. GAMARRA MARTINS/RUS Y. SIZIKOVA (3)
Followed by
ROU J. CRISTIAN/ROU A. MITU vs SVK V. HRUNCAKOVA/RUS A. PANOVA (2)

ORDER OF PLAY - THURSDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 2024

CENTER COURT
Starting at 11:00 AM

[5] Elisabetta Cocciaretto ITA vs [Q] Harriet Dart GBR
Followed by
Anastasija Sevastova LAT vs [6] Elina Avanesyan
Followed by
Sara Errani ITA vs [2] Tatjana Maria GER
Followed by
Clara Tauson DEN vs Jaqueline Cristian ROU
Followed by
Camila Osorio COL vs Karolina Pliskova CZE

Court 2
Starting at 11:00 AM

[4] Anna Bondar HUN/Kimberley Zimmermann BEL vs Elixane Lechemia FRA/Olivia Nicholls GBR
Followed by
Caty McNally USA/Asia Muhammad USA vs [3] Ingrid Gamarra Martins BRA/Yana Sizikova
Followed by
[1] Eri Hozumi JPN/Makoto Ninomiya JPN vs Harriet Dart GBR/Tereza Mihalikova SVK

Friday Order of Play

Center Court
Starts at 7:00 AM

GBR H. DART vs ESP N. PARRIZAS DIAZ
Followed by
TBD vs LAT A. SEVASTOVA
Followed by
NED A. RUS (1) vs ROU A. BOGDAN (8)
Followed by
TBD vs ITA S. ERRANI

Court 2
Starts at 9:00 AM

USA C. MCNALLY/USA A. MUHAMMAD vs ROU J. CRISTIAN/ROU A. MITU

Order of Play Saturday February 10, 2024

Center Court
Starts at 8:00 AM

ROU A. BOGDAN (8) vs ROU J. CRISTIAN
Followed by
GBR H. DART vs CZE K. PLISKOVA
Followed by
Semifinal
GBR H. DART/SVK T. MIHALIKOVA vs FRA E. LECHEMIA/GBR O. NICHOLLS

Sunday Order of Play

Center Court
Starts at 8:00 AM

Final
GBR H. DART/SVK T. MIHALIKOVA vs USA C. MCNALLY/USA A. MUHAMMAD
Followed by
Final
ROU A. BOGDAN (8) vs CZE K. PLISKOVA

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