What is the prize money for the 2025 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix?
Defending champion Elena Rybakina missing from the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix draw after opting to represent her country at the BJK Cup.
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Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek (via X/WTA/Miami Open)
The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix has attracted seven of the Top 10 players in the WTA. It is a tournament in which players always have an eye on claiming both the prize money and a brand-new Porsche car. No other women’s clay tournament will match its competitiveness on the court this week.
However, the WTA 500 wasn’t always as prolific as it is currently. It began in 1977, but its organizers struggled to attract top players despite being one of the top tournaments during the clay swing. It was not until 2006 when the tournament had to move to its current venue in Stuttgart that it began to attract the likes of Maria Sharapova and Ashleigh Barty.
At this year’s edition, the defending champion, Elena Rybakina is missing from the draw. The Kazakhstan star opted to represent her country at the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers last week rather than the tournament. She defeated Marta Kostyuk in the final last year to win the prestigious title for the first time.
She’s not the only top player missing from the list as, Qinwen Zheng and Ons Jabeur withdrew from the tournament last week. But Paula Badosa and Barbora Krejcikova had been the first to withdraw. The former suffered a back injury at the Miami Open, which forced her not to play in the Round of 16 of the Miami Open. The latter, who won the 2024 Wimbledon Championship, has been away from the tour since the start of the season. She has been dealing with a back injury.
Nonetheless, World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka tops the draw. She’s seeking for her first Stuttgart Open title, having finished as runners-up three consecutive times between 2021 and 2023. Two-time champion Iga Swiatek is the No.2 seed and will be aiming to win the title for the third time in her career.
Jessica Pegula will be making her debut at the tournament. The American has always opted to rest this week while focusing on the Madrid Open. But she’s in the best form of her career after winning the Charleston Open and has been to four finals this season. Another debutant is Mirra Andreeva. She took the tennis world by storm winning the Dubai Championships and Indian Wells. She will be aiming for her first WTA 500 career title in Stuttgart.
Coco Gauff, Emma Navarro, Jasmine Paolini, Danielle Collins, and Jelena Ostapenko make the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix draw. Meanwhile, Emma Raducanu, who has featured in Stuttgart for the past three seasons, opted to compete at the Open de Rouen WTA 250 event instead.
Prize money for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix has one of the world’s most prestigious car manufacturers on board, with its renumeration packages quite impressive. The total prime money for the 2025 edition of the event is $1,064,510, which is a 15.38% increase from last year.
The champion will receive a cheque for $164,002, up 15.5% compared to what Elena Rybakina received when she won the title last year. The runners-up have been relegated to receive $100,999 in prize money, a minus 8.7% less than last year’s losing finalist.
The prize money for each round is as follows
| Round 1 | $11,302 |
| Round of 16 | $15,824 |
| Quarter-finals | $31,096 |
| Semifinal | $59,001 |
| Runners-up | $100,999 |
| Champion | $164,002 |
Martina Navratilova holds the record for most titles won, having claimed it six times. Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin are some of the notable winners of the tournament.
However, defending champion Rybakina will not be at the event. She currently sits at No.10 in the WTA rankings with 3,808 points. Losing 500 points at the event means she will slip just one spot to No.11. The last time the Kazakhstan star was outside the Top 10 was in January 2022, as she began the year as World No.21 due to injury
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