WTA 500 Charleston 4/1 - 4/7 2024

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Tournament: Credit One Charleston Open
Location: Charleston, SC, UNITED STATES
Dates: April 1 - April 7, 2024
Level: WTA 500
Total Financial Commitment: $922,573
Surface: Clay

Seed Player Entry Rankings

1 Jessica Pegula 5
2 Ons Jabeur 6
3 Maria Sakkari 9
4 Jelena Ostapenko 10
5 Daria Kasatkina 12
6 Ekaterina Alexandrova 16
7 Elina Svitolina 17
8 Veronika Kudermetova 19
9 Madison Keys 20
10 Barbora Krejcikova 21
11 Emma Navarro 23
12 Anna Kalinskaya 25
13 Elise Mertens 28
14 Victoria Azarenka 30
15 Dayana Yastremska 31
16 Marta Kostyuk 32
Leylah Fernandez 34
Anhelina Kalinina 35
Lesia Tsurenko 37
Magdalena Frech 43
Sloane Stephens 44
Arantxa Rus 48
Yue Yuan 49
Caroline Dolehide 51
Magda Linette 54
Sofia Kenin 55
Danielle Collins 56
Petra Martic 58
Elisabetta Cocciaretto 60
Diane Parry 61
Ana Bogdan 65
Yafan Wang 66
Mayar Sherif 70
Ashlyn Krueger 71
Viktorija Golubic 72
Paula Badosa 73
Amanda Anisimova 61 (SR)

[ashkor87]

Jabeur has won this in the past, doubt she is playing that well these days, though..
green clay is a tricky surface, neither clay nor hardcourt.. only Americans have any experience playing on it, so maybe someone like Navarro (or Anisimova?) can do well here..Pegula and Keys too, of course. I would be interested to see whether Krejcikova can do well..her game suits this surface ..
in any case, I would not read much into the results here, as a pointer to the red clay season.. it is more of a transition tournament.

[meganfernandez]

kudermetova is a former champ. Keys has won it, I believe. Stephens?

[ashkor87]

Yes, I think Keys has won it about 5 years ago . Her game is really well suited to clay, better than to grass in my opinion (though most people would say the opposite) - she is powerful but not really quick on her feet..which is why she has done well on clay. .certainly can win this one.

[ashkor87]

Sloane has won it too but long ago. I am a bit surprised at Sloane doing well on clay..her foot speed, ability to redirect shots and great defence, should have her do better on faster surfaces .I was not at all surprised when she beat Keys at the USO .here, yes, she could win but I would give Keys a better shot ...

[ponchi101]

Har tru is another sliding surface. You can slide just as on clay.
I played a lot on it. Transitioning from har tru to red clay is just a matter of how slow the people wanted to make the har tru; it can change a lot depending on how many layers they put.
About Sloane. Remember she is a a F.O. finalist. She must know something about the surface.

[ashkor87]

Yes, I thought sloane should have won that one ..she became passive when she got the lead..which is her failing all her career...not pressing home her advantage. But her run to the finals was surprising, she has never done anything on clay before or since .Keys has consistently done well..

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Qualifying Draw

FRA V. Gracheva (1) vs USA D. Hewitt
USA U. Arconada vs USA E. Mandlik (7)

JPN M. Hontama (2) vs ROU G. Lee
USA J. Aney vs AUS A. Sharma (9)

USA C. Liu (3) vs USA S. Chang
USA N. Melichar-Martinez vs CZE L. Fruhvirtova (10)

AUS D. Saville (4) vs USA G. Min
USA A. Smith vs GBR H. Watson (11)

USA M. Kessler (5) vs USA H. Giavara
USA L. Davis vs USA S. Vickery (8)

USA K. Volynets (6) vs CAN K. Sebov
USA R. Anderson vs USA A. Li (12)

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Main Draw Singles

1 PEGULA, Jessica USA/Bye
CORNET, Alizé FRA vs ANISIMOVA, Amanda USA
LINETTE, Magda POL vs MARTIC, Petra CRO
Bye/13 YASTREMSKA, Dayana UKR

12 AZARENKA, Victoria/Bye
COCCIARETTO, Elisabetta ITA vs BOGDAN, Ana ROU
TOWNSEND, Taylor USA vs KENIN, Sofia USA
Bye/6 ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina

4 KASATKINA, Daria/Bye
KRUEGER, Ashlyn USA vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
WC WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
Bye/15 KALININA, Anhelina UKR

10 NAVARRO, Emma USA/Bye
RUS, Arantxa NED vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs CRISTIAN, Jaqueline ROU
Bye/8 KEYS, Madison USA


WC 5 HADDAD MAIA, Beatriz BRA/Bye
DOLEHIDE, Caroline USA vs DAY, Kayla USA
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs WC ROGERS, Shelby USA
Bye/9 KUDERMETOVA, Veronika

16 TSURENKO, Lesia UKR/Bye
RODIONOVA, Arina AUS vs PUTINTSEVA, Yulia KAZ
SHERIF, Mayar EGY vs TOMOVA, Viktoriya BUL
Bye/3 SAKKARI, Maria GRE

7 SVITOLINA, Elina UKR/Bye
KORPATSCH, Tamara GER vs Q/LL Qualifier/LL
Q/LL Qualifier/LL vs WC NGOUNOUE, Clervie USA
Bye/11 MERTENS, Elise BEL

14 FERNANDEZ, Leylah CAN/Bye
FRECH, Magdalena POL vs STEPHENS, Sloane USA
COLLINS, Danielle USA vs BADOSA, Paula ESP
Bye/2 JABEUR, Ons

[JTContinental]

Career-wise, Sloane is 130-74 on clay and has won 64% of her matches on the surface, which seems average for a top player.

[Fastbackss]

Wonder if Danielle will pull out

[patrick]

I believe Collins will w/d

[meganfernandez]

I believe Collins will w/d

I bet Charleston gives nice appearance fees. Danielle went to Virginia, as did Emma. Wonder if she has a good relationship with the Navarros. She could get a Wed start if she has a first-round bye. At least Tuesday. That’s three days. I bet she plays.


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[JTContinental]

Since she’s on a farewell tour, I’m guessing she’ll play

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Monday Order of Play

Credit One Stadium
Starts at 11:00 AM

POL M. LINETTE vs CRO P. MARTIC
Followed by
DEN C. WOZNIACKI vs USA M. KESSLER
Followed by
FRA A. CORNET vs USA A. ANISIMOVA
Followed by
USA C. LIU vs USA S. ROGERS
Followed by
FRA V. GRACHEVA vs USA C. NGOUNOUE

Althea Gibson
Starts at 11:00 AM

JPN M. KATO/INA A. SUTJIADI (3) vs USA M. KEYS/USA T. TOWNSEND
Followed by
GER T. KORPATSCH vs AUS D. SAVILLE
Followed by
NED A. RUS vs USA K. VOLYNETS
Followed by
USA A. KRUEGER/USA S. STEPHENS vs NOR U. EIKERI/TPE F. WU
Followed by
GBR O. NICHOLLS/GBR H. WATSON vs KAZ A. DANILINA/MEX G. OLMOS (4)

Court 3
Starts at 11:00 AM

EGY M. SHERIF vs BUL V. TOMOVA
Followed by
USA S. VICKERY vs ROU J. CRISTIAN
Followed by
USA S. CHANG/CHN Y. XU vs UKR L. KICHENOK/UKR N. KICHENOK