Dates, draws, prize money and everything else to know
The WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz’s Grass-Court Swing will proceed with the Bad Homburg Open. Alongside the WTA 250 Eastbourne Open, the WTA 500 occasion is the tune-up match for Wimbledon.
Previously to the WTA 250 occasion, Bad Homburg will host its third match on the 500 stage, and includes a star-studded lineup together with three Grand Slam champions.
From dates, attracts, prize money and extra, here is everything you want to know about Bad Homburg.
What are the dates for every spherical?
Main-draw play for each the singles and doubles attracts begins on Sunday, June 21, and singles qualifying will happen on Saturday, June 20.
The finals will happen on Saturday, June 27, starting with the doubles championship at 11 am native time (10 am BST, 5 am EST). The closing singles will observe, not earlier than 1:30 pm native time.
Singles
First spherical: June 21-22
Second spherical: June 23-24
Quarterfinals: June 25
Semifinals: June 26
End: June 27
Doubles
First spherical: June 21-23
Quarterfinals: June 24-25
Semifinals: June 26
End: June 27
How huge is the draw, and who’re the highest gamers within the area?
There will probably be a 28-player singles drawn and a 16-team doubles drawn in Bad Homburg.
The singles draw will characteristic 19 direct entries, 4 wild playing cards, 4 qualifiers and one particular exemption. The high 4 gamers can have a bye. Four high 10 gamers headline the sphere, and all direct entrants are at the moment ranked within the high 30 of the PIF WTA Rankings.
Top 10 gamers: (3) Iga Swiatek, (5) Mirra Andreeva, (8) Elina Svitolina, (10) Karolina Muchova
Swiatek, who made the ultimate right here final yr, and Andreeva are set to start their grass seasons on the occasion, whereas Svitolina will try to get by means of to the quarterfinals for the primary time in three tries.
Defending champion Jessica Pegula just isn’t scheduled to compete at this yr’s match.
Linda Noskova, Naomi Osaka, 2024 champion Diana Shnaider, Iva Jovic and Ekaterina Alexandrova are among the many high 20 gamers within the fold.
To see the complete Bad Homburg participant record, click here.
Wild playing cards: Alexandra Eala, Eva Lys, Venus Williams and Zheng Qinwen
Williams will play her first match since Madrid, and following Bad Homburg she’s going to companion with Serena Williams within the Wimbledon doubles draw.
Withdrawals: Elena Rybakina, Sorana Cirstea (knee), Hailey Baptiste (knee), Cristina Bucsa (wrist)
Moved into important draw: Wang Xinyu
Wang moved into the draw Tuesday after Bucsa pulled out. (Bucsa had moved in following Cirstea’s withdrawal.)
Who are the defending champions?
After an early exit in Berlin the week prior, then-No. 3 Pegula bounced again in Bad Homburg, defeating Swiatek 6-4, 7-5 for her second profession grass-court title. The win gave Pegula a title on each floor in 2025, after Pegula gained in Austin and Charleston earlier within the season.
Pegula wanted three units to win her quarterfinal and semifinal matches towards Emma Navarro and Noskova, respectively, however dealt with the ultimate with extra ease, successful in 1 hour and 46 minutes. She solely confronted one break level within the match.
In doubles, Guo Hanyu and Alexandra Panova gained the second WTA 500 title of their respective careers with a 4-6, 7-6 (4), [10-5] comeback towards No. 2 seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Ellen Perez. Their first title had are available Adelaide in January of that yr.
What are the prize money and rating factors at stake?
The match can have a collective prize pool of roughly €1.049 million ($1.21 million USD), comparable to Berlin. As with all WTA 500 occasions, a most of 500 rating factors can be found relying on how far a participant or workforce advances within the match.
Here’s a full breakdown of the prize money, in euros, and rating factors accessible within the singles draw.
Singles
First spherical: €11,309 | 1 rating level
Second spherical: €15,690 | 60 rating factors
Quarterfinals: €30,435 | 108 rating factors
Semifinals: €57,395 | 195 rating factors
Finalist: €99,565 | 325 rating factors
Champion: €161,310 | 500 rating factors
The double champions will obtain €53,510 and 500 rating factors, with the finalists incomes €32,520 and 325 factors.
