April 1, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

The clay season is already upon us – or, in the case of Charleston, the one-week Har-Tru season.

There are two WTAs – a 500, and a 250 – and a pair of WTA 125s.

One is in Antalya, Turkey, the third such event in three successive weeks. That’s very ITF-like, and it makes travel and scheduling so much easier for players at that level.

But the weather didn’t cooperate in Bogotá, at all. And it turned sour at the end of the day in Charleston, too.

(Charleston is on EDT; Bogotá is an hour behind, La Bisbal is six hours ahead and Antalya is seven hours ahead).

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Credit One Charleston Open
Location: Charleston, S.C.
Category: WTA 500 
Surface: Har-Tru
Dates:  March 31 – April 6, 2025
Prize Money: $1,064,510
Draws: S48 – D16

Monday, March 31, 2025
Final results

 

Singles, first round

Katie Volynets (USA) def. [Q] Katherine Sebov (CAN) 60 60

 

Caroline Dolehide (USA) def. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 64 61

Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def Harriet Dart (GBR) 61 36 61

[Q] Caty McNally (USA) def Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 46 61 64

Robin Montgomery (USA) def Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 61 63

Polina Kudermetova (RUS) def. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 63 64

Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) def [WC] Maria Mateas (USA) 60 62

Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def. [LL] Kyoka Okamura (JPN) 36 61 62

 

Sofia Kenin (USA) vs. Bernarda Pera (USA) 42 – suspended

 

Anna Blinkova (RUS) vs. Ann Li (USA) – cancelled

 

 

Doubles, first round

[1] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) def. Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) / Katie Volynets (USA) 26 63 [10-2]

 

Hailey Baptiste / Caty McNally (USA) def Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 64 62

Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. Olivia Gadecki (AUS) / Eri Hozumi (JPN) 36 62 [10-7]

 

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Copa Colsanitas Zurich
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Category: WTA 250 
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates:  March 31 – April 6, 2025
Prize Money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, March 31, 2025
Final results

 

Singles, first round

[5] Laura Siegemund (GER) vs. Laura Pigossi (BRA) 52 – suspended

[7] Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) vs. Selena Janicijevic (FRA) 16 10 – suspended

 

 

[1] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) vs. [Q] Aleksandra Krunic (SRB)

[3] Alycia Parks (USA) vs. Iva Jovic (USA)

Emina Bektas (USA) vs. [WC] Maria Torres Murcia (COL)

[Q] Lea Boskovic (CRO) vs. [Q] Irina Bara (ROU)

 

 

Doubles, first round

Maria Kozyreva / Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) vs. Jessie Aney / Jessica Failla (USA) 21 – suspended

 

Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) / Julia Riera (ARG) vs. [WC] Mariana Isabel Higuita Barraza / Maria Jose Sanchez Uribe (COL)

Emiliana Arango (COL) / Selena Janicijeevic (FRA) vs [WC] Valentina Mediorreal Arias / Maria Paulina Perez Garcia (COL)

 

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Mesagaray Hotels Open
Location: Antalya, Turkey
Category: WTA 125 
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates:  April 1 – 6, 2025
Prize Money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D16

Monday, March 31, 2025
Final results
Qualifying, final round

 

(First-round opponents in brackets)

Lia Karatancheva (BUL) def [WC] Defne Cirpanli (TUR) 63 63 (Veronika Erjavec)

[5] Zhibek Kulambayeva (KAZ) def [2] Zheng Wushuang (CHN) 67 (5) 65 retd (Mona Barthel)

Jesika Maleckova (CZE) def Amina Anshba (RUS) 62 61 ([7] Elsa Jacquemot)

[3] Tara Wuerth (CRO) def. [6] Nina Vargova (SVK) 64 36 75 ([3] Ella Seidel)

 

Qualifying, first round

Lia Karatancheva (BUL) def [7] Nastasja Schunk (GER) 76 (4) 61

 

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Open Internacional Femení Solgironès
Location: La Bisbal D’Empordá, Spain
Category: WTA 125 
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates:  March 31 – April 6, 2025
Prize Money: $115,000
Draws: S32 – D8

Monday, March 31, 2025
Final results

 

Singles, first round

[7] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def. Giorgia Pedone (ITA) 64 63

[8] Panna Udvardy (HUN) def. Nina Stojanovic (SRB) 63 61

 

[WC] Aliona Bolsova (ESP) def Nao Hibino (JPN) 63 63

Sinja Kraus (AUT) def. Andrea Lazaro Garcia (ESP)  46 62 61

[WC] Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales (ESP) def. [WC] Carlotta Martinez Cirez (ESP) 36 60 62

[Q] Caroline Werner (GER) def Miriam Bulgaru (ROU) 75 61

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