In 2024, Qinwen Zheng fulfilled her dream of winning gold as the 22-year-old Chinese became the Olympic champion in Paris. It crowned a highly successful season in which she not only won the WTA tournaments in Tokyo and Palermo. At the Australian Open, the current world No. 9 reached her maiden Grand Slam final. She was also the runner-up at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, the season’s highlight with the year’s eight most successful players, after winning four matches. The two-time Porsche Tennis Grand Prix participant thrilled the crowds with her powerful game when competing in 2023 and 2024.
Paula Badosa’s most successful season came in 2022 when she went all the way to the last four at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. One day after the tournament in the Porsche Arena, she became the world No. 2. Many experts felt she would go right to the top before persistent back problems forced her to end the 2023 season prematurely. She duly came back all the stronger in 2024 when the Spaniard, who was born in New York, trains in Barcelona and lives in Dubai, secured her fourth WTA title in Washington D.C. She reached the semifinals in Cincinnati, Beijing and Ningbo and was a quarterfinalist at the French Open. At the end of the season, she was named the WTA’s “Comeback Player of the Year” and is regarded to be one of the most popular players on the Tour. The 27-year-old climbed back into the world’s Top 10 after reaching the Australian Open semifinals in January.
It means five Top 10 players – Aryna Sabalenka (No. 1), Iga Swiatek (2), Jasmine Paolini (6), Qinwen Zheng (9) and Paula Badosa (10) – in the WTA ranking are momentarily set to contest the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Germany’s Eva Lys is a main draw certainty after receiving a wild card. The entry deadline is 18 March.
Porsche Macan Turbo as the main prize for the winner
Awaiting the winner of this year’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is a Porsche Macan Turbo as the main prize. The exacting requirements of Porsche customers are fulfilled by the all-electric Macan Turbo with its progressive, timeless design, characteristic Porsche performance, long-distance range and real everyday usability. In delivering overboost performance of up to 470 kW (639 PS, Macan Turbo Electric: emissioni CO₂ combinato (WLTP) 0 g/km, consumo elettrico combinato (WLTP) 20,7 – 18,9 kWh/100 km, Gamma elettrica combinata (WLTP) 518 – 590 km, Gamma elettrica in aree urbane (WLTP) 670 – 762 km), it offers impressive e-performance on every terrain. At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, it is a tradition that the winner, alongside the prize money and world ranking points, receives a Porsche – a quite special motivation for the players. “There’s always space for a Porsche in the garage,” said Iga Swiatek, the two-time winner of the tournament.
Ticket sales
Tickets for the 48th Porsche Tennis Grand Prix are available as always via the official www.porsche-tennis.com tournament website or at Easy Ticket Service – in Internet at www.easyticket.de or by calling +49 711 / 2 55 55 55. The Easter weekend is already almost sold-out. There are only a few tickets still available.
Porsche in Tennis
The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is the flagship of Porsche’s worldwide involvement in women’s tennis. First played in Filderstadt in 1978, the long-standing Stuttgart tournament has been held in the city’s Porsche Arena since 2006. It stands for tradition and innovation, as does the Porsche brand. As the most loyal sponsor of women’s international tennis, Porsche has accompanied the WTA’s oldest indoor event right from the start. Furthermore, Porsche has been supporting women’s tennis internationally for years. Iga Swiatek and Maria Sakkari are “Friends of the Brand” in their home countries. Porsche has been a premium partner of the “Deutsche Tennis Bund” (DTB – German Tennis Association) since 2012 and is committed to fostering up-and-coming players in the Porsche Talent Team and the Porsche Junior Team.
