NÜRNBERG, April 16, 2019

Three local players will compete for the title at this year’s Nürnberger Versicherungscup, held from 18 to 25 May 2019. Julia Görges, Mona Barthel and Andrea Petkovic will play at Germany’s second biggest WTA tournament, which offers a total prize money of $200,000.

Görges, currently ranked World No. 17, leads the entry list. Petkovic has been the only German player so far, who reached the final in Nürnberg back in 2013.

The trio will be joined by a couple of international top-players such as Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, who advanced to the quarterfinals twice and Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic.

“The cut-off will be, as in previous years, at about World No. 90. Once again we will have a great line-up. Of course, the focus is on our three German tennis cracks. I hope that they can fight for the trophy. A champion from Germany would be great,” tournament director Sandra Reichel of the sports agency MatchMaker stated in a press release.

Entry list:

1       Julia Görges (GER) – WTA 18

2       Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) – WTA 38

3       Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) – WTA 39

4       Katerina Siniakova (CZE) – WTA 41

5       Alison Riske (USA) – WTA 50

6       Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) – WTA 55

7       Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) – WTA 57

8       Vera Lapko (BLR) – WTA 65

9       Tamara Zidansek (SLO) – WTA 67

10     Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) – WTA 69

11     Andrea Petkovic (GER) – WTA 70

12     Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) – WTA 72

13     Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) – WTA 79

14     Taylor Townsend (USA) – WTA 80

15     Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) – WTA 82

16     Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) – WTA 83

17     Mona Barthel (GER) – WTA 84

18     Johanna Larsson (SWE) – WTA 87

19     Katie Boulter (GBR) – WTA 88

20     Polona Hercog (SLO) – WTA 89

21     Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) – WTA 90