Former World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki (above) of Denmark has been granted a Wild Card entry into the Singles Main Draw of the 2024 Cymbiotika San Diego Open. The WTA 500 women’s professional tennis tournament is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 24 to Sunday, March 3 at Barnes Tennis Center, 4490 W. Point Loma Blvd.
A fierce on-court competitor, Wozniacki rose to No.1 in the world on Oct. 11, 2010, and held the No. 1 singles ranking for 67 weeks. Six years later, she returned to No.1 on Jan. 29, 2018, after winning the Australian Open title. That marked the longest gap between stints at the top spot since the WTA computer rankings were introduced in November 1975.
The 33-year-old Wozniacki, who made her professional tennis debut at age 15 in 2005, holds 30 career WTA singles titles and won at least one WTA singles title for 11 consecutive years from 2008 through 2018. In addition to the 2018 Australian Open title, she also captured the singles title at the 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore and reached the US Open singles final in 2009 and 2014.
Wozniacki married former NBA player David Lee in 2019 and at age 29, she retired from professional tennis in 2020. After a three-year hiatus, Wozniacki returned to the WTA Tour in 2023 and advanced to the fourth round of the US Open where she fell to eventual champion Coco Gauff in three sets.
“I would like to thank tournament director Ryan Redondo and the Cymbiotika San Diego Open for the main draw wild card,” Wozniacki said. “I have heard so many good things about the tournament and the venue at Barnes Tennis Center. I’m looking forward to going to San Diego later this month.”
“We look forward to having a great champion like Caroline Wozniacki come to San Diego to play our tournament. She has been such a great ambassador for women’s tennis,” said tournament director Ryan Redondo. “She brings so much excitement to the court. Tennis fans are going to have a great opportunity to watch her compete for a title at Barnes Tennis Center.”
The Cymbiotika San Diego Open, featuring the top women tennis professionals in the world, offers $922,573 in prize money and will have a 28-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw. Qualifying rounds are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 24, and Sunday, Feb. 25 with Main Draw matches starting Monday, Feb. 26, and concluding with the singles and doubles finals on Sunday, March 3.
The starting times for each day of the 2024 Cymbiotika San Diego Open will be:
Day 1 Qualifying – Saturday, Feb. 24 – 10 a.m.
Day 2 Qualifying – Sunday, Feb. 25 – 11 a.m.
MAIN DRAW SESSIONS
Monday, Feb. 26, Tuesday, Feb. 27 and Wednesday, Feb. 28 – 1 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 29, 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Friday, March 1 (Quarterfinals), 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 2 (Semifinals), 1 p.m.
Doubles Championship, Sunday, March 3 – 1:30 p.m.
Singles Championship, Sunday, March 3 – 4 p.m.
Tickets for the 2024 Cymbiotika San Diego Open are on sale. Ticket information is available at wtasdopen.com.
Former French Open champion and current world No. 10 Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic swept the singles and doubles titles at the 2023 Cymbiotika San Diego Open. The 28-year-old Krejcikova overcame American Sofia Kenin 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the singles final and then teamed with compatriot Katerina Siniakova for a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Americans Danielle Collins and Coco Vandeweghe in the doubles championship.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland captured the singles title at the inaugural Cymbiotika San Diego Open in 2022 with a thrilling 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 victory over Donna Vekic of Croatia. Coco Gauff and fellow American Jessica Pegula defeated Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos of Mexico 1-6, 7-5, 10-4 to win the doubles championship that year.
