Date
16 April to 24 April 2021, Porsche Arena, Stuttgart
Organiser
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart
Tournament Director
Markus Günthardt
Operating Tournament Director
Anke Huber
Press
Markus Rothermel
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
Spokesperson Sports Communications
Tel: + 49 711 911-25117
E-mail: markus.rothermel@porsche.de
Claus-Peter Andorka
CPA Sports
Tournament Media Director
Mobile: +49 (0)172-6911-517
E-mail: cpa.sports@t-online.de
During the tournament, Claus-Peter Andorka will be your on-site contact in the Press Center in the Porsche Arena.
Competing players
28 in the singles main draw, 16 in singles qualifying, 16 pairs in the doubles main draw.
Start of play
On qualifying weekend, matches will be played on Courts 1 and 2 starting at 11.00 am. The qualifying finals will be played on Court 1 from 11.00 am. (all times are local – CEST).
The main draw starts on Centre Court in the Porsche Arena at 3.00 pm on Monday, 18 April. From Tuesday, 19 April to Friday, 22 April, play will start daily at 12.30 pm. The singles semifinals (not before 2.00 pm) and the doubles semifinals (1st doubles from 12.00 midday, 2nd doubles after the singles) will take place on Saturday, 23 April. The singles final is scheduled on Centre Court at 1.00 pm on Sunday, 24 April. It will be followed by the doubles final.
Television
Together with top TV partners, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix ensures that tennis fans get their money’s worth at home in front of their screens. The majority of matches in the Porsche Arena will be televised live by Eurosport as well as Tennis Channel and Porsche Tennis TV. Internationally, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix will be broadcast in over 100.
Eurosport will commence its live transmissions on Monday and will show two matches live daily from 5.00 pm until Friday. The two singles semifinals can be seen live from 2.00 pm on Saturday. Sunday’s final will be aired live from 1.00 pm.
The livestream on Porsche Tennis TV’s tournament website will this year be enhanced by a live programme including guests and the latest videos of the action at the long-established tournament in the Porsche Arena. Viewable at www.porsche-tennis.com.
A detailed international TV schedule can be found on the tournament website.
Prize money
Total prize money: 611.210 euro
Winner – singles: 93.823 euro
Winning doubles: 31.452 euro
Main prize
The singles winner will receive the prize money and the main prize, a Porsche Taycan GTS Cross Turismo.
Status Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is a WTA 500 event. Since moving to the Porsche Arena in 2006, the players have voted it as their favourite tournament worldwide ten times in its category (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019).
Sponsors
Amundi, BOSE, FILA, TAG Heuer, Turkish Airlines
Premium Partners
Ensinger, Hilton Garden Inn Stuttgart Neckar Park / Success Hotel Group, Konica Minolta, Marbach Concepte, Porplastic, WILSON, Walter Knoll, Klingenberg
Equipment suppliers
APA, Art of Oil, Coca Cola, GINSTR, Matrix, Seitenbacher, Veltins, Lavazza
Aces for Charity campaign
As a part of the “Aces for Charity” campaign, Porsche is this year once again supporting charity organisations. For every ace hit during the course of the tournament, the company will donate 100 euro. The donation will be split up equally amongst the charity partners, “Stiftung Agapedia” foundation and the regional “Landessportverband Baden-Württemberg” sports association.
A look back to 2019
Singles final
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) – Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-0,6-3
Doubles final
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) / Jennifer Brady (USA) – Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-4, 5-7, 10-5
First Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
First played in 1978, it is Europe’s oldest women’s indoor tournament. The first winner was the American Tracy Austin who went on to win the next three Grand Prix.
The most successful players
With six wins to her name, Martina Navratilova (USA) is the most successful player in the history of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Behind her are Tracy Austin (USA) and Martina Hingis (SUI) on four wins apiece, Maria Sharapova (RUS) and Lindsay Davenport (USA) with three wins and Anke Huber (GER), Kim Clijsters (BEL), Justine Henin (BEL) and Angelique Kerber (GER), who have each won twice.
German winners
Four German players have managed to win the tournament to date: Anke Huber (1991 and 1994), Julia Görges (2011), Angelique Kerber (2015 and 2016) and Laura Siegemund (2017).
Men’s tournament
The only Porsche Tennis Grand Prix for men was held in 1979. Two Porsche Grand Prix took place that year. For the record: The Pole Wojtek Fibak beat the Argentine Guillermo Vilas in the final and won a Porsche 928.
Porsche press database
The data bank contains texts, tournament draws, background information and photos as a free of charge download as well as the tournament media hub.
https://presse.porsche.de/tennis
Porsche Newsroom
Additional Porsche tennis contents for journalists, blogger and online multipliers:
https://newsroom.porsche.com/de
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