Charleston 2024: Dates, draws, prize money and everything you need to know
The Hologic WTA Tour moves to the clay next week at the Credit One Charleston Open and the Copa Colsanitsas in Bogota, Colombia. The WTA 500 event features a strong field once again, including World No.5 Jessica Pegula
Here's what you need to know about Charleston:
When does the tournament start?
The Credit One Charleston Open is the first WTA 500 tournament of the clay season and the only clay-court WTA tournament in North America. The tournament is played on outdoor green clay (Har-Tru) at Live to Play Daniel Island, home of Credit One Stadium. The Dunlop Grand Prix Regular Duty ball will be used.
The tournament features a 48-player singles field (with 16 first-round byes) and a 16-team doubles field.
Main-draw play begins on Monday, April 1.
Charleston, South Carolina is on Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4).
When are the finals?
Both singles and doubles finals will be played on Sunday April 7. The doubles final will begin at noon, followed by the singles final at 2:30 p.m.
Who are the defending champions?
Ons Jabeur
In doubles, Danielle Collins
Who is playing?
The entry cut-off was based on the Hologic WTA Tour rankings on March, 4. Paula Badosa
For the full player field click here.
Projected Top 8 seeds:
1. Jessica Pegula
Ranking: No.5
Best Charleston result: Semifinalist (2023)
Previous tournament: Miami quarterfinal (l. Alexandrova)
2. Ons Jabeur
Ranking: No.6
Best Charleston result: Champion (2023)
Previous tournament: Miami second round (l. Avanesyan)
3. Maria Sakkari
Ranking: No.8
Best Charleston result: Quarterfinal (2019)
Previous tournament: Miami quarterfinal (l. Rybakina)
4. Daria Kasatkina
Ranking: No.11
Best Charleston result: Champion (2017)
Previous tournament: Miami Round 3 (l. Cirstea)
5. Beatriz Haddad Maia
Ranking: No.13
Best Charleston result: First Round (2018)
Previous tournament: Miami Round 3 (l. Boulter)
6. Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranking: No.16
Best Charleston result: Semifinal (2022)
Previous tournament: Miami semifinal (l. Collins)
7. Elina Svitolina
Ranking: No.17
Best Charleston result: Round of 16 (2014)
Previous tournament: Miami second round (l. Osaka)
8. Madison Keys
Ranking: No.18
Best Charleston result: Champion (2019)
Previous tournament: Miami Round of 16 (l. Rybakina)
In addition to the Top 8 seeds, the tournament will feature four major champions, with Victoria Azarenka
Since the main-draw cut-off, the following players have withdrawn: Jelena Ostapenko
What does the draw look like?
Main draw in Charleston (WTA 5000), where Jessica Pegula
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) March 30, 2024View Profile , Ons JabeurView Profile , Maria SakkariView Profile and Daria KasatkinaView Profile are the top seeds. pic.twitter.com/aAT5HBhoOY
What are the points and prize money on offer?
First round: 1 point/ $5,540
Second round: 32 points/ $6,940
Round of 16: 60 points/ $11,190
Quarterfinals: 108 points/ $22,146
Semifinals: 195 points/ $44,286
Finalist: 325 points/ $87,665
Champion: 500 points/ $142,000
How last year's clay season played out
After three months of rolling through the hard courts of Australia, the Middle East, and America, the Hologic WTA Tour kicks off the clay season next week in Charleston and the WTA 250 tournament in Bogota, Colombia.
After a one-week break for national call-ups for Billie Jean King Cup, the tour will begin its march through the European clay. After tournaments in Stuttgart, Germany and Rouen, France, back-to-back two-week WTA 1000 events will be played in Madrid and Rome before the second Slam of the season gets underway at Roland Garros.
Here's a look back at how the 2023 clay-court season played out:
Charleston (WTA 500): Ons Jabeur
Bogota (WTA 250): Tatjana Maria
Stuttgart (WTA 500): Iga Swiatek
Madrid (WTA 1000): Aryna Sabalenka
Rome (WTA 1000): Elena Rybakina
Strasbourg (WTA 250): Elina Svitolina
Rabat (WTA 250): Lucia Bronzetti
Roland Garros (Grand Slam): Iga Swiatek
