The 2025 grass-court swing is in full flow and all the top players will be heading to Germany for week two as they have signed up for the Berlin Tennis Open.
The tournament in the German capital is a WTA 500 event so there will be plenty of points up for grabs during the main draw with organisers also confirming a total financial commitment of €949,000 (just over $1m).
And the best in women’s tennis will compete in Berlin as nine of the top 10 in WTA Rankings have signed up while a total of seven Grand Slam winners will feature.
World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka leads the list of seeds while world No 3 Jessica Pegula will be back to defend her title.
Coco Gauff, Jasmine Paolini, Zheng Qinwen, Mirra Andreeva, Madison Keys and Paula Badosa are the top eight seeds.
The only top-10 player missing from the field is five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek.
Besides reigning major winners Sabalenka, Gauff and Keys, former Slam champions Elena Rybakina, Marketa Vondrousva, Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka will also play in Berlin.
The Berlin event is the only Wimbledon warm-up tournament for the likes of Sabalenka and Gauff while Pegula, Keys, Zheng, Rybakina and Raducanu have signed up for other events ahead of the grass-court Grand Slam.
Points on offer 2025 Berlin Ladies Open
It is a WTA 500 event so a handy haul of points are on offer for those who make it past the first round.
First round: 1 point
Second round: 60 points
Quarter-finals: 108 points
Semi-finals: 195 points
Finalist: 325 points
Champion: 500 points
Of course, the WTA Rankings uses a rolling 52-week, cumulative system so players will drop/defend points they earned during the corresponding period in 2024.
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Pegula stands to lose a lot as she is the defending champion so will defend 500 points while Gauff lost in the semi-final so will drop 195 points. Sabalenka and Rybakina retired in the quarter-final so will drop 108 points.
2025 Prize money on offer…
Gauff earned €2,550,000 (about $2,9m) after winning the French Open last week while Sabalenka went home with a cheque of €1,275,000 ($1,4m) after finishing runner-up at Roland Garros.
The prize money is a lot lower at WTA 500 events, but there is a nice increase from 2024 as Pegula won €123,480 for her title while the runner-up received €76,225.
This year it is up by 15% as the champion will boost her bank account by €142,610.
First round: €9,829
Second round: €13,651
Quarter-finals: €24,950
Semi-finals: €51,305
Finalist: €87,825
Champion: €142,610
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