Zheng, Badosa Added To Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Field

Zheng Qinwen (photo: Porsche AG)

STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, March 6, 2025 (by Michael Dickens)

Top 10 stars Zheng Qinwen of China and Paula Badosa of Spain have been added to 2025 WTA 500 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix field.

The annual start to the WTA Tour’s European spring clay season, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, which will take place at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany from April 12 to April 21.

With the addition of the World No. 9 Zheng, who won the Olympic gold medal in women’s singles last summer in Paris reached the finals at this year’s Australia Open in January, and World No. 10 Badosa, who reached the semifinals of the Australian Open, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix boasts five of the current Top 10 players in the world in its field.

In addition to Zheng and Badosa, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix has already received commitments from World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, World No. 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland and World No. 6 Jasmine Paolini of Italy. Germany’s Eva Lys, ranked 78th, is a main draw certainty after receiving a wild card. The entry deadline is March 18.

Besides prize money and WTA rankings points, the tournament winner will receive a grand prize of a brand new Porsche Macan Turbo.

Tickets for the 48th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix are available via the official www.porsche-tennis.com tournament website.