by ti-amie 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Paula Badosa has withdrawn from Charleston due to injury.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.
by ponchi101 She is an injury machine. Which is strange, seeing how fit she is when on court.
by JTContinental It’s her back again. I think she’ll struggle with that long term.
by ti-amie 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)
by ti-amie 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)
by jazzyg 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.
by JTContinental 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.
by ti-amie 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)
by ti-amie 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)
by jazzyg 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.
by ti-amie 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
by ashkor87 Impressed with Alexandrova...looking like a clay court player, which she is not...
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Owendonovan 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.
by ashkor87 A red clay court takes a lot of maintenance..watering, rolling .the US prefers hard courts because once made, they require not much maintenance...
by ponchi101 Har Tru is not completely like clay. I like playing on it a lot, because it is faster than clay, but you can slide on it.
It should be used a bit more, I would say.
by JTContinental Kenin and Anisimova seem to be improving by the week, which is great to see. Anisimova is enjoying a career high ranking and knocking on the door of the top 10.
Pegula two wins away from returning to the #1 American slot.
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ashkor87 ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 3:21 pm
Har Tru is not completely like clay. I like playing on it a lot, because it is faster than clay, but you can slide on it.
It should be used a bit more, I would say.
True. ..I have played on it once at the Rock Creek Park club in the DC area..it is fun but my serve wa pretty impotent on it;
by ashkor87 So the semis is either 3 Americans and A Russian or 3 Russians and an American...my money is on the Russian
by ti-amie Saturday Order of Play
Credit One Stadium
Starts at 11:00 AM
Semifinal
LAT J. Ostapenko/NZL E. Routliffe (1) vs USA H. Baptiste/USA C. McNally
Followed By
Semifinal
USA J. Pegula (1) vs RUS E. Alexandrova (9)
Followed By
Semifinal
USA A. Anisimova (8) vs USA S. Kenin
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Fastbackss ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 3:21 pm
Har Tru is not completely like clay. I like playing on it a lot, because it is faster than clay, but you can slide on it.
It should be used a bit more, I would say.
Reporting to you from the USTA National campus where they have 32 Har-Tru courts...
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ponchi101 Fastbackss wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 3:01 pm
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 3:21 pm
Har Tru is not completely like clay. I like playing on it a lot, because it is faster than clay, but you can slide on it.
It should be used a bit more, I would say.
Reporting to you from the USTA National campus where they have 32 Har-Tru courts...
Great. But I meant that there should be a few more tournaments at the pro level.
Last time I played on HT was in Georgia, and the courts were fun. A very pretty small club. And, of course, there are lots and lots of HT courts in Florida.
But for some reason, it never caught on. I guess it is the maintenance costs.
by ti-amie Sunday Order of Play
Credit One Stadium
Starts at 12:00 PM
Final
LAT J. Ostapenko/NZL E. Routliffe (1) vs USA C. Dolehide/USA D. Krawczyk (3)
Followed by
Final
USA J. Pegula (1) vs USA S. Kenin
by ashkor87 Looking forward to Pegula vs Kenin..Pegula is the gold standard, of course, but Kenin is a slightly higher class player..a grand slam champion after all. Intriguing matchup.
Saw highlights of the semis .Alexandrova committed a stream of ufes in the first set..couldnt handle the wind...Pegula did better at that.
by jazzyg HarTru is all I can play on now because of having no cartilage in my right knee and in the South all of the clubs and parks have primarily clay courts.
I've never liked the footing but that's because I pretty much only played on hard courts until the knee deteriorated. I agree with Ponch more tournaments should be played on it.
