By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro lead American goals at this month’s San Diego Open.
The Cymbiotika San Diego Open WTA 500 occasion will probably be performed Saturday, February 24 by Sunday, March 3 at Barnes Tennis Center, 4490 W. Point Loma Blvd, San Diego, CA 92107.
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The 29-year-old Pegula, who not too long ago introduced her break up from coach David Witt, is ranked No. 4. She has gained 4 profession WTA singles titles and reached the singles quarterfinals at Grand Slam tournaments on six events since making her Grand Slam debut on the US Open in 2015.
A flexible all-court participant, Pegula has additionally captured seven profession WTA doubles titles, together with the inaugural Cymbiotika San Diego Open in 2022 when she teamed with fellow American Coco Gauff to defeat Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos of Mexico 1-6, 7-5, 10-4 to win the doubles championship at Barnes Tennis Center.
Pegula achieved the No. 1 doubles rating on the earth on September 11, 2023.
The 2024 Cymbiotika San Diego Open WTA 500 participant area will embrace the next rivals:
(Listed by WTA Ranking at time of entry)
4 Jessica Pegula, United States
10 Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic
13 Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil
23 Emma Navarro, United States
28 Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine
29 Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine
31 Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine
34 Donna Vekic, Croatia
34* Paula Badosa, Spain
37 Leylah Fernandez, Canada
38 Anna Kalinskaya, Russia
40 Xinyu Wang, China
41 Caroline Dolehide, United States
42 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia
43 Arantxa Rus, Netherlands
44 Tatjana Maria, Germany
45 Lin Zhu, China
*Special Ranking
Among the Main Draw entrants are 2023 French Open singles finalist Karolina Muchova of Czech Republic and rising younger American Emma Navarro.
The 22-year-old Navarro, a local of Charleston, S.C., isn’t any stranger to San Diego. In 2019, she reached the singles remaining of the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18s National Championships that are contested in August at Barnes Tennis Center.
In 2021, Navarro gained the NCAA singles title as a freshman on the University of Virginia. She additionally gained her first profession WTA singles title earlier this 12 months in Hobart, Australia. For further info on Navarro, click on right here.
The WTA 500 event, that includes the highest girls tennis professionals on the earth, presents $922,573 in prize cash and could have a 28-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw.
Qualifying rounds are scheduled for Saturday, February 24 and Sunday, February 25 with Main Draw matches beginning Monday, February 26 and concluding with the singles and doubles finals on Sunday, March 3.
The beginning instances for every day of the 2024 Cymbiotika San Diego Open will probably be as follows:
Day 1 Qualifying – Saturday, February 24 – 10 a.m.
Day 2 Qualifying – Sunday, February 25 – 11 a.m.
Main Draw Sessions
Monday, February 26, Tuesday, February 27 and Wednesday, February 28 – 1 p.m.
Thursday, February 29 – 11:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Friday, March 1 (Quarterfinals) – 11:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 2 (Semifinals) – 1 p.m.
Doubles Championship – Sunday, March 3 – 1:30 p.m.
Singles Championship – Sunday, March 3 – 4 p.m.
(All instances are PST)
Tickets for the 2024 Cymbiotika San Diego Open are presently on sale.
Ticket info is offered on the official event web site at wtasdopen.com.
Former French Open champion and present world No. 10 Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic swept the singles and doubles titles on the 2023 Cymbiotika San Diego Open.
The 28-year-old Krejcikova overcame American Sofia Kenin 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 within the singles remaining after which teamed with compatriot Katerina Siniakova for a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Americans Danielle Collins and Coco Vandeweghe within the doubles championship.
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