2024 Prague Open

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2024 Prague Open
Date21 – 26 July
Edition15th
Category WTA 250
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Prague, Czech Republic
Venue TK Sparta Prague
Champions
Singles
Flag of Poland.svg Magda Linette
Doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
  2023  · WTA Prague Open ·  2025  

The 2024 Prague Open (branded as the Livesport Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the TK Sparta Prague. It was the 15th edition of the tournament, a WTA 250 tournament on the 2024 WTA Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic from 21 to 26 July 2024. [1] Magda Linette and Magdalena Fręch played the first all-Polish final on the WTA Tour in the Open Era, [2] while wildcard entrant Laura Samson became the first player born in 2008 or later to win a WTA Tour main draw match. [3]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Linda Nosková 261
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 382
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Anhelina Kalinina 473
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Magda Linette 484
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Viktoriya Tomova 495
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Magdalena Fręch 566
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Nadia Podoroska 717
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 798

Rankings are as of 15 July 2024.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 241
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 502
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Tsao Chia-yi 1413
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Camilla Rosatello Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kimberley Zimmermann 1634

Rankings are as of 15 July 2024.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcard entry into the doubles main draw:

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References

  1. "Livesport Prague Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Linette, Frech advance in Prague; set first all-Polish final of Open Era". 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. "Prague milestones: Breakthrough wins for Samson, Shibahara and Von Deichmann". WTA. Retrieved 23 July 2024.