The Hungarian Ladies Open in Budapest is a hard-court indoor event played in the beautiful city of Budapest. It is the 22nd edition of the event, which has seen itself as a clay-court event back in the day. Here we share with you players to look out for during the tournament rated as favorites by several bookmakers including NetBet Sport.
Dominika Cibulkova
Dominika is the top-seed and one of the fastest players on the WTA Tour. Her quick feet and aggressiveness have enabled her to enjoy remarkable success on the global stage. She has eight WTA singles titles and reached the final of the 2014 Australian Open. Dominika has been an incredible performer over the past 12 months reaching the quarterfinals or better in all four Grand Slam tournaments she participated in. In addition to her run to the final of the Australian Open , she won the year-end WTA Finals in 2016 becoming the fourth player after Petra Kvitova (2011), Maria Sharapova (2004), and Serena Williams (2001) to win the tournament on debut.
Zhang Shuai
The current second highest ranking female Chinese singles Player, Zhang Shuai has had a stellar career that includes 20 ITF Women’s Circuit titles, two WTA 125s, and two WTA Tour titles, both of which came at the Guangzhou International Women’s Open. In 2016 at the Australian Open, Zhang won her first Grand Slam tournament match en route to the quarterfinals. Alongside Peng Shuai, Zheng Jie, and Li Na, she is one of only four Chinese tennis players to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament.
Tímea Babos
Hungary will be represented at the Hungarian Tennis Open by one of their own, Timea Babos. Babos was born and bred in the town of Sapron in Hungary. Babos is one of the most decorated Hungarian tennis players of all time, recently she won the doubles at the 2018 Australian Open adding to 17 doubles wins and 3 singles wins on the WTA Tour. She also has 12 singles and 9 doubles titles on the ITF Women’s Circuit. Babos’ first game at the Hungarian Tennis Open will be against Tatjana Maria from Germany at the Kormoczy Court in the Round of 32.
