STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 14, 2025 (by Michael Dickens)
The 48th annual Porsche Tennis Grand Prix begins Monday in Stuttgart, Germany – and it brings together the world’s top women’s players from the WTA Tour. Six of the Top 10 – and 11 Top-20 players in all – will compete on the red clay inside Porsche Arena in the Tour’s annual kickoff to the European clay season.
First the Porsche Museum, now Centre Court.
Jasmine #Paolini is all set for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Dream car? Black 911.
Next target? The Macan Turbo.#porschetennis #PTGP25 #DrivenByDreams #WTA #Porsche911 pic.twitter.com/tm5fydGLSh— Porsche Tennis (@PorscheTennis) April 13, 2025
With 2024 champion Elena Rybakina not returning to defend her champion in the WTA 500-series event, top seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus hopes to finally win her first Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title – and the grand prize of a new Porsche Macan Turbo sports car – after finishing runner-up three straight years (2021-23). The World No. 1 sits at the top of the 28-player draw and will open against either No. 38 Anastasia Potapova of Russia or No. 21 Clara Tauson of Denmark, who play Monday evening, following a first-round bye.
Two-time champion (2022, 2023) Iga Swiatek of Poland, who beat Sabalenka for both of her title victories in Porsche Arena, anchors the bottom of the draw field and begins her quest for a third crown – and Porsche – against either 154th-ranked qualifier Jana Fett or No. 20 Donna Vekic, both from Croatia.
✍️ The main draw is out! You can now find the first round matches on our website: https://t.co/UWGLWUhTOE
Many thanks to @laurasiegemund, who supported us with the draw today and will face fellow German Jule #Niemeier in her first round match. pic.twitter.com/JP03pEvq19
— Porsche Tennis (@PorscheTennis) April 13, 2025
The draw took place inside Porsche Arena Sunday afternoon, conducted by Operating Tournament Director Anke Huber with help from 2017 champion Laura Siegemund, who is one of the four German wild cards in the main draw.
The eight seeds for this year’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix are: No. 1 Sabalenka, No. 2 Swiatek, No. 3 Jessica Pegula of the United States, No. 4 Coco Gauff of the United States, No. 5 Jasmine Paolini of Italy, No. 6 Mirra Andreeva of Russia, No. 7 Emma Navarro of the United States and No. 8 Diana Shnaider of Russia. The top four seeds earned first-round byes into the second round. Wild cards were awarded to Germans Eva Lys, Tatjana Maria, Jule Niemeier and Siegemund.
After Siegemund drew her name to play against Niemeier, she remarked: “The nice thing is that a German will definitely be in the next round!”
touched down in Stuttgart #PorscheTennis pic.twitter.com/alO9R9Nlw6
— wta (@WTA) April 12, 2025
Sasnovich, four others from qualifying move into main draw
The second day of singles qualifying began with No. 5 seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus becoming the first to punch her ticket to the main draw after defeating Erika Andreeva of Russia, older sister of World No. 7 Mirra Andreeva, 6-1, 6-4, in an hour and 26 minutes on Court 1. It continued with top seed Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine defeating No. 6 seed Ella Seidel of Germany, 6-3, 6-4.
Then, No. 2 seed Veronika Kudermetova eliminated No. 8 seed Sara Errani of Italy, 6-1, 6-2. Finally, in the most competitive and – at three hours and 39 minutes – longest match of the afternoon, Jana Fett of Croatia pulled out a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) victory over Rebeka Masarova of Switzerland.
Welcome in the main draw, Aliaksandra Sasnovich! #PTGP25 pic.twitter.com/s948NjiGLY
— Porsche Tennis (@PorscheTennis) April 13, 2025
After the qualifying matches were completed, the four qualifiers who won were placed into the main draw. The 109th-ranked Sasnovich will open against No. 29 Elise Mertens of Belgium. Yastremska will face No. 24 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia. Kudermetova will play fellow Russian and eighth seed Diana Shnaider, and Fett will play fellow Croatian Donna Vekic, ranked 20th.
Finally, the 125th-ranked Seidel was added as a lucky loser to replace Danielle Collins of the United States, who withdrew due to illness. She will face fellow German Tatjana Maria, who is ranked 81st.
Aliaksandra #Sasnovic, Dayana #Yastremska, Jana #Fett and Veronika #Kudermetova complete the main draw! Congratulations – it’s time for some Centre Court action! #PTGP25 pic.twitter.com/pBkTmWgjQn
— Porsche Tennis (@PorscheTennis) April 13, 2025
Around the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Sport and fun in the Porsche Arena under the motto “Kick & Serve: VfB Stuttgart meets Porsche Tennis,” an entertaining mixed doubles exhibition event will mark the highlight on the first day of main draw matches on Centre Court at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
The three competing pairings each consist of a footballer and a tennis player. In action from the Porsche partner club VfB Stuttgart will be three former players – Cacau, Zdravco Kuzmanovic and Fernando Meira. At their sides will be tennis players Andrea Petkovic, Eva Lys and Laura Siegemund. Two champions tie-breaks will be followed by two sets football tennis – both as a round robins. Objects selected by chance will respectively provide obstacles and produce thrilling elements of surprise.
Monday’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix order of play
By the numbers
The singles champion of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix will receive €142,610 in prize money, 500 WTA ranking points and, arguably, the most coveted prize on tour: a Porsche Macan Turbo.
“Quotable …”
“Jasmine is in the Top 10 for a good reason. She’s incredibly consistent and plays amazingly intensively on clay. But I took a lot away from our first match and am looking forward to the challenge.”
– Wild card Eva Lys of Germany, who will play No. 5 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy in her first-round match, during a pre-tournament news conference. Lys played Paolini earlier this season in Dubai.
