WTA Charleston Open 2022: Women’s Singles Draw Preview and Prediction

The WTA Charleston Open 2022 will begin the Golden Swing of the WTA Tour for the 250 and above categories. The event is a WTA-500 tournament and is the only event to have ‘Green’ coloured Clay courts. This year’s edition will be the 50th edition of the tournament and will feature four Top-10 players.

Tournament Details:

• Tournament: WTA Charleston Open 2022
• Date: April 4 – April 10
• Number of Entrants: 56 (Singles), 16 (Doubles)
• Venue: Family Circle Tennis Center, Charleston
• Surface: Clay Court
• Prize Money: $888,636
• Defending Champion: Veronika Kudermetova

Top Seeds

• Aryna Sabalenka
• Paula Badosa
• Karolina Pliskova
• Ons Jabeur
• Elena Rybakina
• Jessica Pegula
• Leylah Fernandez
• Veronika Kudermetova

Women’s Singles Draw Analysis and Prediction

First Quarter

Top-seed Aryna Sabalenka heads the draw and has a first-round bye and is likely to start against Alison Riske who begins against Caty McNally. 15th seeded Amanda Anisimova and Yulia Putintseva can meet in the second round as both will be favourites in their first-round clashes against qualifiers yet to be confirmed.

9th seeded Madison Keys starts against Anastasia Gasanova with the winner set to clash with the winner of the clash between Mariam Bolkvadze and Lauren Davis. 6th seeded Jessica Pegula has a first-round bye and is likely to take on Jasmine Paolini who starts against a qualifier.

First Quarter-Final Prediction: Amanda Anisimova vs Jessica Pegula

Second Quarter

4th seeded Ons Jabeur leads the quarter and will start directly in the second round with a bye in the opening round. She is likely to take on Madison Brengle who starts against Emma Navarro. Xinyu Wang begins against Irina Camelia Begu with the winner set to take on 14th seeded Ajla Tomljanovic who starts a qualifier.

12th seeded Alize Cornet starts against Alycia Parks with the winner set to take on the winner from the clash between Elena Gabriela Ruse and Hailey Baptiste. Aliaksandra Sasnovich will take on Anhelina Kalinina in the opening round and the winner will meet 5th seeded Elena Rybakina who has a bye in the first round.

Second Quarter-Final Prediction: Alize Cornet vs Ons Jabeur

Third Quarter

3rd seeded Karolina Pliskova is the top-seed of the quarter and has a bye in the first round and will take on the winner of the match between Katarina Zavatska and Yue Yuan. Ekaterina Alexandrova awaits a qualifier while former champion and the 13th seeded Sloane Stephens starts against Qinwen Zheng.

7th seeded Leylah Fernandez gets a first-round bye and will await the winner of the clash between Magda Linette and Katie Volynets. Shelby Rogers starts against Estonian veteran Kaia Kanepi and the winner will take on the victorious player from the clash between 11th seeded Petra Kvitova will take on Magdalena Frech in the first round

Third Quarter-Final Prediction: Karolina Pliskova vs Leylah Fernandez

Fourth Quarter

2nd seeded Paula Badosa is the highest seed in the quarter and deservedly gets a bye in the first round awaiting the winner of the clash between Arianne Hartono and Anna Bondar. Claire Liu and 16th seeded Shuai Zhang both start against a qualifier and can potentially meet in the second round.

Defending champion and the 8th seeded Veronika Kudermetova has a first-round bye and awaits one of the two qualifiers in the second round. Ana Konjuh will start against teenager Linda Fruhvirtova with the winner set to meet the victorious player of the match between 10th seed Belinda Bencic and Xiyu Wag.

Fourth Quarter-Final Prediction: Paula Badosa vs Veronika Kudermetova

Semifinals

Amanda Anisimova and Ons Jabeur look the likely winners from their respective quarter-final clashes and could meet for the first time. Both the players will come well rested into the match and can certainly play out a thriller. Ons is better experienced among the two and has a better Clay record as well.

Leylah Fernandez looks the favourite against Pliskova given the former World No. 1’s recent struggles with fitness. Kudermetova might not be able to fend off the in-form Paula Badosa and the Canadian youngster could clash with Paula for the 3rd time with both of their earlier meetings going in Badosa’s favour.

WTA Charleston Open 2022 Final: Paula Badosa vs Ons Jabeur

Final

Ons and Paula have met thrice with the Spaniard leading 2-1 in the head-to-head. While all of their meetings have come on hardcourts, it will be a different challenge on the green clay of the tournament in Charleston. Given their current form coming into the tournament, Paula looks the one to take the title home.

Champion: Paula Badosa

Also Read: ‘Delayed start on Clay’ World No.1 Iga Swiatek withdraws from the WTA-500 Charleston Open 2022

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