The Women’s Stuttgart Open is a WTA 500 tennis tournament that is played on indoor clay courts at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany with the tournament being the longest-running women’s indoor tournament in Europe.
The Stuttgart tennis tournament is a popular event on the WTA tour as the players have voted it their favorite premier tournament at the WTA Tournament Awards on 10 separate occasions.
WTA Stuttgart Open 2024
| Official Name: | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix |
| Location: | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Tour Level: | WTA 500 |
| Court Surface: | Indoor Claycourt |
| Draw Size: | 32 Singles, 16 Doubles |
| Prize Money: | $780,637 (2023) |
Dates
The 2024 WTA Stuttgart Open (also known as the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix) tennis tournament will take place from the 15th to the 21st of April 2024with the 2024 tournament being held in the same week as the tennis tournaments in Barcelona, Bucharest, and Munich.
Tickets
Tickets for the 2024 WTA tournament in Stuttgart are for sale on the tournament’s official website, with ticket prices starting at €20.
Players
The official entry list for the 2024 WTA 500 tournament in Stuttgart has not yet been released but in 2023, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek were the top ranked players in the singles draw.
Other top players listed in the 2023 singles entry list were Coco Gauff, Ons Jabeur, and Emma Raducanu.
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Barbora Krejcikova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Caroline Garcia
- Coco Gauff
- Daria Kasatkina
- Donna Vekic
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Elena Rybakina
- Emma Raducanu
- Every Swiatek
- Jelena Ostapenko
- Jule Niemeier
- Karolina Pliskova
- Lyudmila Samsonova
- Maria Sakkari
- Martina Trevisan
- Our Jabeur
- Peter Kvitov
- Qinwen Zheng
- Tatjana Maria
- Veronika Kudermetova
Schedule
The main draws of the 2024 WTA Stuttgart tennis tournament will start on Monday, the 15th of April 2024, with the finals being played on Sunday, the 21st of April 2024.
| Date | Round |
|---|---|
| Monday, 15 April 2024 | 1st Round |
| Tuesday, 16 April 2024 | 1st and 2nd Round |
| Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | 2nd and 3rd Round |
| Thursday, 18 April 2024 | 3rd Round |
| Friday, 19 April 2024 | Quarterfinals |
| Saturday, 20 April 2024 | Semifinals |
| Sunday, 21 April 2024 | Finals |
Draw
The draws for the 2024 singles and doubles tournaments in Stuttgart will be made a few days before the start of the tournament and will be available to view on the Official WTA Tour website.
Women’s Singles Draw: TBC
Women’s Singles Qualifying Draw: TBC
Women’s Doubles Draw: TBC
Prize Money and Ranking Points
The total financial commitment for the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix has yet to be confirmed in 2023 it was $780,637.
This was the total investment by tournament organizers and included marketing fees, prize money, and bonus pool contributions.
How the prize money and points were split for the 2023 tournament is detailed below.
Women’s Singles
The winner of the women’s singles tournament in 2023 received $120,150 and 470 points, while the runner-up won $74,161 and 305 points.
| Performance | $ – Payout | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $120,150 | 470 |
| Finalist | $74,161 | 305 |
| Semifinalist | $43,323 | 185 |
| Quarterfinalist | $21,075 | 100 |
| 2nd Round | $11,500 | 55 |
| 1st Round | $8,310 | 1 |
Women’s Doubles
The winners of the women’s doubles tournament in 2023 received $40,100 ($20,050 each) and 470 ranking pointswhile the runner-ups received $24,300 ($12,150 each) and 305 ranking points.
| Performance | $ – Per Team | $ – Per Player | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | $40,100 | $20,050 | 470 |
| Finalists | $24,300 | $12,150 | 305 |
| Semifinalists | $13,900 | $6,950 | 185 |
| Quarterfinalists | $7,200 | $3,600 | 100 |
| 1st Round | $4,350 | $2,175 | 1 |
Past Winners
Women’s Singles
Iga Swiatek defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the singles event 6-3, 6-4 in the 2023 singles final (see match highlights from the final below).
This was the third year in a row that Aryna Sabalenka was beaten in the final by a world number 1 after she lost to the then world number 1 Ashleigh Barty in the 2021 singles final and the current world number 1 Iga Swiatek in the 2022 singles final.
Martina Navratilova currently holds the record for most singles titles in Stuttgart with six titles to her name, followed by Martina Hingis and Tracy Austin with four titles each.
Below is a list of past winners and runner-ups in the singles event from 2012 to 2023. For a full list, check the official WTA Tour website.
| Year | Winner | Runner Up | Score in Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Every Swiatek | Aryna Sabalenka | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 2022 | Every Swiatek | Aryna Sabalenka | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 2021 | Ashleigh Barty | Aryna Sabalenka | 3–6, 6–0, 6–3 |
| 2020 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2019 | Peter Kvitov | Anett Kontaveit | 6–3, 7–6 |
| 2018 | Karolina Pliskova | CoCo Vandeweghe | 7–6, 6–4 |
| 2017 | Laura Siegemund | Kristina Mladenovic | 6–1, 2–6, 7–6 |
| 2016 | Angelique Kerber | Laura Siegemund | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 2015 | Angelique Kerber | Caroline Wozniacki | 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| 2014 | Maria Sharapova | Ana Ivanovic | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2013 | Maria Sharapova | Li Na | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2012 | Maria Sharapova | Victoria Azarenka | 6-1, 6-4 |
Women’s Doubles
Demi Schuurs and Desirae Krawczyk are the defending champions in the doubles event after beating Giuliana Olmos and Nicole Melichar-Martinez 6-4, 6-1 in the 2023 doubles final.
Martina Navratilova currently holds the record for the most doubles titles with eight titles to her name.
Below is a list of past winners and runner-ups in the doubles event going back to 2012. For a full list, check the official WTA Tour website.
| Year | Winners | Runners Up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Demi Schuurs and Desirae Krawczyk | Giuliana Olmos and Nicole Melichar-Martinez | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 2022 | Demi Schuurs and Desirae Krawczyk | Coco Gauff and Zhang Shuai | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2021 | Ashleigh Barty and Jennifer Brady | Desirae Krawczyk and Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 6–4, 5–7, 10–5 |
| 2020 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2019 | Mona Barthel and Anna-Lena Friedsam | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Šafářová | 2–6, 6–3, 10–6 |
| 2018 | Raquel Atawo and Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Nicole Melichar and Květa Peschke | 6–4, 6–7, 10–5 |
| 2017 | Raquel Atawo and Jelena Ostapenko | Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2016 | Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic | Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza | 2–6, 6–1, 10–6 |
| 2015 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova | Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2014 | Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci | Cara Black and Sania Mirza | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2013 | Mona Barthel and Sabine Lisicki | Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza | 6–4, 7–5 |
| 2012 | Iveta Benešová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Julia Görges and Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 6–4, 7–5 |
Source: https://toomanyrackets.com/womens-stuttgart-open/
