Former WTA Finals champion Elina Svitolina is leading the entry list for the 2025 Open Capfinances Rouen Métropole. Grand Slam champions Emma Raducanu and Sofia Kenin will also join her at the clay-court WTA 250 event, which begins on April 14th. Another Grand Slam winner, Bianca Andreescu, will participate in the qualifying rounds.
All four players will be playing in Rouen for the first time. Svitolina, Raducanu, and Kenin have shown promising performances in 2025 as they aim to regain their Top 10 rankings. Svitolina, a three-time major semifinalist, is currently ranked No. 22 and has reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and Indian Wells this year. Raducanu, the former US Open champion, is currently No. 60 but is expected to return to the Top 50 after reaching the Miami quarterfinals this week. Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion, is ranked No. 46 after making it to the Doha quarterfinals in February.
Andreescu, who won the 2019 US Open, is set to compete for the first time since October after reaching the Tokyo quarterfinals. The 24-year-old had to delay the start of her 2025 season due to an emergency appendectomy. Andreescu had previously returned to tennis last May after a nine-month break due to a back injury.
Former No. 11 Alizé Cornet, who retired at Roland Garros last year and is now making a comeback to professional tennis, has been announced as a wild card recipient along with 2022 WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia.
The tournament was a WTA 125 level event in 2022 and 2023 before becoming a tour-level event in 2024. While defending champion Sloane Stephens will not participate this year, last year`s runner-up Magda Linette is on the entry list. Other notable players include Linda Noskova, a 2024 Australian Open quarterfinalist, former No. 3 Maria Sakkari, reigning Cleveland and Hobart champion McCartney Kessler, and French No. 1 Varvara Gracheva.
The main draw entry list is completed by Elina Avanesyan, Wang Xinyu, Olga Danilovic, Marie Bouzkova, Moyuka Uchijima, Anhelina Kalinina, Katerina Siniakova, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Alycia Parks, Lucia Bronzetti, Sonay Kartal, Viktoriya Tomova, Ann Li, and Irina-Camelia Begu.
The top five alternates are Suzan Lamens, Jaqueline Cristian, Garcia, Kamilla Rakhimova, and Emiliana Arango.
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