PREVIEW NOTES: WINNERS OPEN 2021 CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA | AUG 2 - 8, 2021 | USD $235,238 WTA250 WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: www.winnersopen.ro WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon (
[email protected]) – office coverage You can now download the WTA’s new live scoring app to receive real time match and tournament updates from across the Tour. In addition to play-by-play score updates, WTA Scores offer the latest rankings and the Porsche Race to Shenzhen Leaderboard, as well as match stats provided by SAP, draw sheets and daily orders of play. WTA Scores is available on iOS and Android devices and can be downloaded on Apple’s App Store or Google Play. WINNERS OPEN – QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Monday, August 2-8, 2021 Singles Final: Sunday, August 8, 5pm Doubles Final: Saturday, August 7, NB 6pm (after singles semifinals) Venue: Strada Calvaria FN Status: WTA 250 Staging: Tournament’s first year Draw sizes: 32 singles / 16 doubles teams / 24 singles qualifying Surface: Red Clay / Outdoors Tennis Ball: Dunlop Fort Clay Court SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS Winner 29,200 280 Runner-Up 16,398 180 Semifinalist 10,100 110 Quarterfinalist 5,800 60 Round of 16 3,675 30 Round of 32 2,675 1 MAIN DRAW QUICK-HITS Wildcards: Alexandra Eala (PHI), Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU), Briana Szabo (ROU), Evelyne Tiron (ROU) Most career WTA singles titles: Alizé Conet, Andrea Petkovic (both six) Prize money leader: Andrea Petkovic ($8,156,003) Youngest singles player: Briana Szabo (15) Oldest singles player: Andrea Petkovic (33) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 PREVIEW NOTES: WINNERS OPEN 2021 CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA | AUG 2 - 8, 2021 | USD $235,238 WTA250 TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS • The inaugural Winners Open is the 17th and final WTA clay court event of the 2021 season • Headlining this year’s field is top seed Alizé Cornet, who is bidding to win her first title since Gstaad in 2018.