By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday March 27, 2024
Yearly the clay season kicks off on the inexperienced clay of Charleston South Carolina, and this yr the Credit score One Charleston Open boasts a superb area – buoyed by a quartet of must-see wild playing cards.
On Wednesday the match awarded wild playing cards to former World No. 1 and 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki, World No. 13 Beatriz Haddad Maia, Charleston native Shelby Rogers and 2023 Wimbledon ladies singles champion Clervie Ngounoue.
Meet the #CharlestonOpen wildcards 🃏
▪️ Former World No. 1 & ’11 #CHS champ Caroline Wozniacki 🏆▪️ Brazilian trailblazer & World No. 13 Beatriz Haddad Maia 🇧🇷▪️ #Charleston native Shelby Rogers🌴▪️ 17-year-old American & ’23 Wimbledon ladies’ singles champ Clervie Ngounoue🌱 pic.twitter.com/25rd2LGLvQ
— Credit score One Charleston Open (@CharlestonOpen) March 27, 2024
The sphere is stacked in Charleston for the one 500 clay court docket occasion held on US Open. World No. 5 and 2023 Montreal champion Jessica Pegula is joined by World No. 6, three-time Grand Slam finalist and 2023 Charleston champion Ons Jabeur and World No. 9 and 2023 Guadalajara champion Maria Sakkari.
Along with Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, Sofia Kenin and Sloane Stephens, every a former Grand Slam champion, have additionally entered the sector. 2011 champ Wozniacki, simply eight months into her comeback from maternity depart, joins Jabeur (2023), Stephens (2016), Daria Kasatkina (2017), Madison Keys (2019) and Veronika Kudermetova (2021) as one among six former Charleston champions returning to the inexperienced clay.
Danielle Collins, Leylah Fernandez, Elina Svitolina and Emma Navarro have additionally entered – see the complete participant entry checklist right here.
