US Open Champion Iga Swiatek to Headline San Diego Open

Newly-crowned US Open champion Iga Swiatek of Poland is headed to San Diego.

Swiatek will headline a stellar worldwide subject that includes 16 of the world’s High 20 girls’s skilled tennis gamers at subsequent month’s inaugural San Diego Open WTA 500 Match.

The Hologic WTA Tour occasion will happen Saturday, October 8 by means of Sunday, October 16 at Barnes Tennis Middle positioned at 4490 W Level Loma Blvd, San Diego, CA 92107.

Swiatek, the No. 1 participant on the planet, received her first US Open singles title, second main title of 2022, and third Grand Slam general, final week on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle in Flushing, N.Y., as she defeated fifth-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6-2, 7-6 (5) within the closing.

The inaugural San Diego Open WTA 500 participant subject will embody the next opponents:
(Listed by WTA Rating)

1    Iga Swiatek, Poland                    12  Garbiñe Muguruza, Spain
3    Anett Kontaveit, Estonia            13  Veronika Kudermetova, Russia
4    Paula Badosa, Spain                  15  Jelena Ostapenko Latvia
5    Jessica Pegula, United States   16  Danielle Collins, United States
7    Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus         17  Madison Keys, United States  
8    Coco Gauff, United States         18  Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil
10  Caroline Garcia, France             19  Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic   
11  Daria Kasatkina, Russia             20  Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic  

American Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open singles champion, obtained a direct entry into the San Diego Open WTA 500 most important draw with a WTA particular rating.

“I’m trying ahead to enjoying in San Diego once more. I bear in mind enjoying at Barnes Tennis Middle a couple of years in the past in the course of the USTA Women’ Nationals. It’s a really good facility and the followers have been tremendous supportive,” mentioned American Coco Gauff, who’s ranked No. 8 within the WTA singles rankings. “It’s at all times nice to have tournaments at dwelling within the US. Hopefully I can discover a day to go to the unbelievable San Diego seashores.”

“With so many High 20 gamers entered within the match, this shall be one of many strongest participant fields for knowledgeable tennis occasion in San Diego sports activities historical past,” mentioned Match Director Ryan Redondo. “We expect giant crowds every day. Our 2,000-seat most important stadium shall be crammed to capability. I urge followers to buy tickets as quickly as potential.”   

The match will supply $757,000 in prize cash and can have a 32-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw. A 24-player qualifying draw may even be performed with six qualifiers advancing to the primary draw. Qualifying rounds shall be performed Oct. 8-9 with Essential Draw matches beginning Oct. 10 and concluding with the singles and doubles closing on Oct. 16.

Tickets for the inaugural San Diego Open WTA 500 are on sale now on the match web site at: https://barnessdopen.com/

The San Diego Open WTA 500 Match marks the return of the WTA to San Diego County, which has a wealthy historical past of internet hosting top-level girls’s tennis occasions relationship again to 1971. The newest WTA match was performed in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2015.

WTA Grand Slam champions who’ve received titles in San Diego embody Billie Jean King, Tracy Austin, Steffi Graf, Jennifer Capriati, Conchita Martínez, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Mary Pierce, Maria Sharapova, Justine Henin, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Samantha Stosur.