2024 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem | |
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Date | 19 – 25 May |
Edition | 22nd |
Category | WTA 250 |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $267,082 |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
Location | Rabat, Morocco |
Venue | Club des Cheminots [1] |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Peyton Stearns | |
Doubles | |
Irina Khromacheva / Yana Sizikova |
The 2024 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a professional women's tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and part of the WTA 250 category of the 2024 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 19 and 25 May 2024. [2]
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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CHN | Yuan Yue | 38 | 1 |
Anna Blinkova | 46 | 2 | |
ESP | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 47 | 3 |
ITA | Lucia Bronzetti | 48 | 4 |
NED | Arantxa Rus | 49 | 5 |
CHN | Wang Xiyu | 53 | 6 |
ITA | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 56 | 7 |
CHN | Zhu Lin | 57 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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CHN | Guo Hanyu | CHN | Jiang Xinyu | 88 | 1 |
KAZ | Anna Danilina | CHN | Xu Yifan | 94 | 2 |
JPN | Eri Hozumi | JPN | Makoto Ninomiya | 99 | 3 |
Irina Khromacheva | Yana Sizikova | 118 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
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