After the US Open, Kristina Mladenovic and Fiona Ferro have decided to resume competition in Portoroz, back on the calendar for the first time in eleven years. Océane Dodin and Alizé Cornet, for their part, have decided to participate in the Luxembourg tournament.
For the first time since 2010 and the victory of the Russian Anna Chakvetadze, the WTA circuit stops in the Slovenian city of Portoroz. For this return, the local players are present in number, like Tamara Zidansek, seeded number 5. While Petra Martic and Yulia Putintseva will be the two main seeds, two Habs will be present in the first round. Indeed, Kristina Mladenovic and Fiona Ferro benefit from a direct entry into the main draw.
PORTOROZ (Slovenia, WTA 250, hard outside, 199,174 €)
Title holder (in 2010): Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
First round
Martic (CRO, n ° 1) – Juvan (SLO)
Qualified – Falkner (SLO)
Errani (ITA) – Kalinina (UKR)
Qualified – Zidansek (SLO, n ° 5)
Riske (USA, No. 3) – Lovric (SLO)
Qualified – Qualified
Radisic (SLO) – Mladenovic (FRA)
Konjuh (CRO) – Vekic (CRO, n ° 8)
Yastremska (UKR, n ° 6) – Paolini (ITA)
Kovinic (MNE) – Kalinskaya (RUS)
Martincova (RTC) – Kucova (SLQ)
Watson (GBR) – Cirstea (ROU, n°4)
Peterson (SUE, n°7) – Qualified
Currency (USA) – Iron (FRA)
Zavatska (UKR) – Qualified
Cristian (ROU) – Putintseva (KAZ, n ° 2)
Absent in 2020 because of the health situation, the Luxembourg tournament is back on the calendar and Jelena Ostapenko will be present to defend her title. The Latvian, seeded number 3, will not be exempt from the first round unlike Belinda Bencic and Elise Mertens. While Mandy Minella benefits from an invitation to represent her country in the table, Océane Dodin and Alizé Cornet, seeded number 8, also made the trip.
LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg, WTA 250, interior, € 189,708)
Title holder (in 2019): Jelena Ostapenko (LET)
First round
Bencic (SUI, n ° 1) – Bye
Diyas (KAZ) – Schmiedlova (SLQ)
Dodin (FRA) – Qualified
Doi (JAP) – Samsonova (RUS, n ° 7)
Ostapenko (LET, n°3) – Qualified
Qualified – Friedsam (ALL)
Gracheva (RUS) – Minella (LUX, WC)
Potapova (RUS) – Cornet (FRA, n ° 8)
Zhang (CHN, n°6) – Bouzkova (RTC)
Minnen (BEL) – Parrizad Diaz (ESP)
Sharma (AUS) – Tauson (AND)
Voegele (SUI, WC) – Alexandrova (RUS, n ° 4)
Vondrousova (RTC, n°5) – Van Uytvanck (BEL)
Qualified – Qualified
Qualified – Sasnovich (BIE)
Mertens (BEL, n ° 2) – Bye
