CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, September 6, 2023 (by Michael Dickens)
Defending champion Ons Jabeur and 2022 titlist Belinda Bencic have joined the Credit One Charleston Open 2024 player field, the tournament announced on Wednesday. The annual WTA Tour 500 event on green clay is the largest women’s-only tennis tournament in North America.
The World No. 5 Jabeur of Tunisia and World No. 13 Bencic of Switzerland have met in back-to-back Charleston finals the past two years. In 2023, Jabeur defeated defending champion Bencic 7-6 (6), 6-4 in a rematch of the 2022 final, where Bencic prevailed 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.
Could the 2024 tournament, which takes place next March 30 to April 7 on Daniel Island in the South Carolina Lowcountry, make it three straight between Jabeur and Bencic? Stay tuned.
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“It was a rematch to remember,” Bob Moran, Tournament Director of the Credit One Charleston Open and President of Beemok Sports & Entertainment, said in a statement. “Ons and Belinda are incredible Charleston champions and our fans were in for a treat watching them compete in back-to-back finals. We are excited to have them return to the Lowcountry for a potential third clash in the final next year. They have played extraordinary tennis these past two seasons and we are looking ahead to next April.”
The 2024 tournament will be the 29-year-old Jabeur’s sixth Charleston Open appearance, where she’s 15-4 lifetime. The Tunisian hero, already the most successful African and Arab player in history after having reached three major singles finals, has successfully reached the semifinals or better each of the last three years.
Meanwhile, in her eight Charleston Open appearances, Bencic, 26, has a compiled an impressive 18-6 win-loss record. The Swiss star, who won an Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games, made the semifinals in 2014 and quarterfinals in 2019 before capturing her first Charleston title in 2022.
Belinda 🤝 Charleston
2022 #CharlestonOpen champion @belindabencic is heading to the #Lowcountry to compete for the eighth time. Join us March 30 – April 7 at the @creditonestad to watch the Olympic Gold Medalist in action. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/fxZFRVynya
— Credit One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) September 6, 2023
Credit One Charleston Open notes
Tournament Long Ticket Packages and Mini-Plans for the 2024 tournament will be available to the general public on September 25 and can be purchased online at creditonecharlestonopen.com or by calling (843) 856-7900. Single session tickets will be available on November 6.
