After the Transylvania Open tournament , Romania will have another WTA competition. From 2022, Iasi will host a WTA 125 tournament
From 2022, a category 125 WTA tournament will take place in Iasi
The Romanian Tennis Federation (FRT) made the big announcement.
“It gives us great pleasure to announce that Iași will host, starting in 2022, a WTA 125 tournament. Traditionally from now on, the Concord Iași Open (no – male Challenger tournament) will also take place in the next three years in Iași, not being excluded at all for these two events to take place in July, in consecutive weeks.
After two consecutive editions, in which Iași received a place of honor on the world tennis map, being noticed since the first ATP 100 challenger tournament, held in 2020, here is that for 2022 we have already prepared a surprise for you: we signed the contract on three years for a WTA 125 tournament!
The attractive competition will take place in the second half of July, we will determine whether it will start on the 18th or 25th of July. The name of the WTA 125 tournament will probably be decided by the end of the year.
We must be even-handed and give equal opportunities to girls as well. Prizes for the women’s tournament will be $125,000, and six wild cards are awarded in the main singles draw. Whoever loses in the first singles round on the main draw will receive a point in the world ranking”, says the organizer of the tournament, Andrei Orita, according to a press release from the Federation.
Transylvania Open, live on Digi Sport. Emma Răducanu and Simona Halep, headliners
Thus, the tournament in Iasi will be the second in Romania, after the one in Cluj, which will premiere this year. The Transylvania Open , category 250 competition, will be attended by Simona Halep, who is the main favorite, and the new sensation of world tennis, Emma Răducanu (18 years old), fresh winner at the US Open.
- Emma Răducanu participates in the Transylvania Open, live on Digi Sport. Simona Halep is the main favorite
The Transylvania Open is a WTA 250 category tournament, in which players such as Elise Mertens (18th WTA), Anett Kontaveit (23rd WTA) or Paula Badosa (27th WTA) participate.
In addition to these, the main draw includes: Veronika Kudermetova (31 WTA), Ekaterina Alexandrova (32 WTA), Jil Teichmann (38 WTA), Ajla Tomljanovic (44 WTA), Viktoria Golubic (46 WTA), Marta Kostyuk (57 WTA), Anhelina Kalinina (60 WTA), Andrea Petkovic (64 WTA), Kaia Kanepi (66 WTA), Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (70 WTA), Mayar Sherif (74 WTA), Anastasia Potapova (80 WTA), Danka Kovinic ( 85 WTA), Rebecca Peterson (86 WTA) and Varvara Gracheva (88 WTA).
