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Tournament: Credit One Charleston Open
Location: Charleston, SC, UNITED STATES
Dates: Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2025
Level: WTA 500
Total Financial Commitment: $1,064,510
Surface: Clay

Pos. Name

1 PEGULA, JESSICA
2 KEYS, MADISON
3 NAVARRO, EMMA
4 ZHENG, QINWEN
5 BADOSA, PAULA
6 KASATKINA, DARIA
7 SHNAIDER, DIANA
8 COLLINS, DANIELLE
9 HADDAD MAIA, BEATRIZ
10 ANISIMOVA, AMANDA
11 ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA
12 PUTINTSEVA, YULIA
13 OSTAPENKO, JELENA
14 MERTENS, ELISE
15 SAKKARI, MARIA
16 FRECH, MAGDALENA
17 KALINSKAYA, ANNA
18 LINETTE, MAGDA
19 KRUEGER, ASHLYN
20 STEARNS, PEYTON
21 KENIN, SOFIA
22 KESSLER, MCCARTNEY
23 SUN, LULU
24 KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA
25 KALININA, ANHELINA
26 BENCIC, BELINDA
27 KUDERMETOVA, POLINA
28 BRONZETTI, LUCIA
29 TOMOVA, VIKTORIYA
30 VOLYNETS, KATIE
31 LI, ANN
32 SHERIF, MAYAR
33 ZARAZUA, RENATA
34 GRACHEVA, VARVARA
35 COCCIARETTO, ELISABETTA
36 DOLEHIDE, CAROLINE
37 BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA

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Paula Badosa has withdrawn from Charleston due to injury.

Such a sad situation.

She’s worked so hard to overcome injury and get back to where she belongs.

Hopefully she can put these injury struggles behind her.

She is an injury machine. Which is strange, seeing how fit she is when on court.

It’s her back again. I think she’ll struggle with that long term.

Qualifying Draw

H. Dart (1) vs E. Hozumi
J. Loeb (WC) vs M. Yamaguchi (8)

L. Chirico (2) vs A. Konjuh
F. Contreras vs K. Rinaldo Persson (11)

S. Zhang (3) vs H. Giavara (WC)
B. Mattek-Sands vs S. Chang (7)

K. Okamura (4) vs A. Dvorackova (WC)
G. Lee vs K. Sebov (12)

A. Rodionova (5) vs C. McNally
A. Smith vs C. Liu (10)

I. Shymanovich (6) vs L. Kichenok
H. Chan vs E. Kalieva (9)

Main Draw Singles

USA J. Pegula (1)/BYE
GBR H. Watson vs Qualifier
AUS A. Tomljanovic vs Qualifier
BYE/USA P. Stearns (16)

LAT J. Ostapenko (11)/BYE
SUI B. Bencic vs RUS E. Andreeva
BUL V. Tomova vs USA R. Montgomery
BYE/USA D. Collins (7)

CHN Q. Zheng (3)/BYE
GRE M. Sakkari vs CAN M. Stakusic
GBR H. Dart vs FRA V. Gracheva
BYE/BEL E. Mertens (13)

RUS E. Alexandrova (9)/BYE
USA A. Li vs RUS A. Blinkova
RUS P. Kudermetova vs ROU I. Begu
BYE/RUS D. Shnaider (6)


USA A. Anisimova (8)/BYE
USA M. Mateas vs RUS V. Kudermetova
Qualifier vs ITA L. Bronzetti
BYE/KAZ Y. Putintseva (10)

USA A. Krueger (15)/BYE
USA K. Volynets vs Qualifier
AUS O. Gadecki vs USA H. Baptiste
BYE/USA E. Navarro (4)

AUS D. Kasatkina (5)/BYE
USA L. Davis vs Qualifier
USA S. Kenin vs USA B. Pera
BYE/POL M. Frech (12)

RUS A. Kalinskaya (14)/BYE
UKR A. Kalinina vs Qualifier
USA C. Dolehide vs ITA E. Cocciaretto
BYE/USA M. Keys (2)

Monday March 31 Order of Play

https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draw ... 804/OP.pdf

Tennis Channel almost televised back-to-back double bagels today. First, Volynets lost 13 total points to Sebov, a Canadian qualifier who had won both of her qualifying matches in straight sets but looked like one of the worst players I've ever seen. Then Kudermetova was up 6-0, 3-0, 0-40 on American wild card Mateas before Mateas came back to hold (and also broke down 5-1).

They treat Charleston as if it a 1,000-level event, but the field definitely is 500 level.

I think it's treated like that because it is the oldest WTA tournament in the US, but it seems like more of a novelty these days because of the green courts than anything else.

Wednesday Order of Play

Credit One Stadium
Starts at 11:00 AM

AUS D. Kasatkina (5) vs USA L. Davis
Followed By
USA H. Baptiste vs USA E. Navarro (4)
Followed By
USA J. Pegula (1) vs BLR I. Shymanovich
Followed By
CHN Q. Zheng (3) vs GRE M. Sakkari
Followed By
FRA V. Gracheva vs BEL E. Mertens (13)

Althea Gibson
Starts at 11:00 AM

RUS A. Kalinskaya (14) vs USA C. McNally
Followed By
RUS E. Alexandrova (9) vs USA A. Li
Followed By
USA S. Kenin vs SUI B. Bencic (17)
Followed By
USA A. Krueger (15) vs USA K. Volynets
Followed By
Quarter finals
LAT J. Ostapenko/NZL E. Routliffe (1) vs RUS E. Alexandrova/CHN S. Zhang
Followed By
USA M. Mateas/USA A. Smith vs USA C. Dolehide/USA D. Krawczyk (3)

Court 3
Starts at 11:00 AM

RUS P. Kudermetova vs RUS D. Shnaider (6)
Followed By
LAT J. Ostapenko (11) vs USA L. Chirico
Followed By
TBD vs KAZ Y. Putintseva (10)
Followed By
AUS A. Tomljanovic vs USA P. Stearns (16)
Followed By
GBR H. Dart/MEX G. Olmos vs TPE H. Chan/RUS V. Kudermetova (2)

Thursday Order of Play

Credit One Stadium
Starts at 11:00 AM

USA A. Anisimova (8) vs KAZ Y. Putintseva (10)
Followed By
USA A. Krueger (15) vs USA E. Navarro (4)
Followed By
USA J. Pegula (1) vs AUS A. Tomljanovic
Followed By
RUS A. Kalinskaya (14) vs USA M. Keys (2)
Followed By
AUS D. Kasatkina (5) vs USA S. Kenin

Althea Gibson
Starts at 12:00 PM

RUS E. Alexandrova (9) vs RUS D. Shnaider (6)
Followed By
LAT J. Ostapenko (11) vs USA D. Collins (7)
Followed By
CHN Q. Zheng (3) vs BEL E. Mertens (13)
Followed By
USA B. Mattek-Sands/CZE L. Safarova vs TBD

Court 3
Starts at 2:00 PM

RUS D. Shnaider/USA P. Stearns vs TPE H. Chan/RUS V. Kudermetova (2)

The 14 highest seeded players made the 3rd round. Should make for some good matchups the rest of the way after mostly one-sided matches to this point.

Friday Order of Play

Credit One Stadium
Starts at 11:00 AM

USA J. Pegula (1) vs USA D. Collins (7)
Followed By
CHN Q. Zheng (3) vs RUS E. Alexandrova (9)
Followed By
USA S. Kenin vs RUS A. Kalinskaya (14)
Followed By
USA A. Anisimova (8) vs USA E. Navarro (4)
Followed By
USA C. Dolehide/USA D. Krawczyk (3) vs RUS D. Shnaider/USA P. Stearns

Althea Gibson
Starts at 3:00 PM

USA S. Kenin/UKR L. Kichenok (4) vs USA H. Baptiste/USA C. McNally

Impressed with Alexandrova...looking like a clay court player, which she is not...

JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 6:22 am I think it's treated like that because it is the oldest WTA tournament in the US, but it seems like more of a novelty these days because of the green courts than anything else.

Alas, a red clay court tournament in the US would be a novelty as well.