The St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy is an indoor hardcourt tennis tournament that is held annually in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and is a WTA 500 event on the WTA Tour.
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy
| Tournament Name: | St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy |
| Location: | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| WTA Tour Level: | WTA 500 |
| Court Surface: | Indoor Hardcourt |
| Defending Champion(s): | Anett Kontaveit (Singles), Anna Kalinskaya and Catherine McNally (Doubles) |
| Draw Size: | 32 Singles, 16 Doubles |
| Total Prize Money: | $703,580 |
| Official Website: | https://lt.formulatx.com/en/ |
When did the 2022 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy take place?
The 2022 tournament took place from the 7th to the 13th of February 2022.
How do you get tickets for the 2023 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy?
Tickets for the 2023 tournament in St. Petersburg are not yet on sale. More ticketing information is available from the tournament’s official website.
2022 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Players
The following top WTA players played in the WTA 500 event in Saint Petersburg in 2022.
The draw for the 2022 tournament included Anett Kontaveit, Maria Sakkari, and other top 25 WTA players like Belinda Bencic and Elena Rybakina.
| WTA Player |
|---|
| Anett Kontaveit |
| Maria Sakkari |
| Elena Rybakina |
| Belinda Bencic |
| Petra Kvitova |
| Elise Mertens |
| Jelena Ostapenko |
| Veronika Kudermetova |
| Camila Giorgi |
| Jil Teichmann |
| Sorana Cirstea |
| Marketa Vondrousova |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova |
| Tereza Martincova |
| Magda Linette |
| Alison Van Uytvanck |
| Petra Martic |
2022 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Tournament Schedule
| Date | Round |
|---|---|
| Monday, 7 February 2022 | 1st Round Matches |
| Tuesday, 8 February 2022 | 1st Round Matches |
| Wednesday, 9 February 2022 | 2nd Round Matches |
| Thursday, 10 February 2022 | 2nd Round Matches |
| Friday, 11 February 2022 | Quarterfinal Matches |
| Saturday, 12 February 2022 | Semifinal Matches |
| Sunday, 13 February 2022 | Doubles and Singles Finals |
Above was the tournament schedule for the 2022 tournament.
2022 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Draw
The draw for the 2022 tournament has been released and is available on the WTA Tennis website.
Maria Sakkari was seeded number 1 in the singles event with Anett Kontaveit seeded number 2.
In the doubles event, Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens were the number 1 seeds with Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko seeded number 2.
The number 1 and 2 seeds in the singles event made it to the final with Anett Kontaveit beating Maria Sakkari in a very close final 5-7, 7-6, 7-5.
In the doubles, the number 1 seeds Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens withdrew from the tournament due to injury and were replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova and Yana Sizikova.
The number 2 seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko lost in the 1st round to Sorana Cirstea and Raluca Olaru.
The women’s doubles final was between Alicja Rosolska/Erin Routliffe and Anna Kalinskaya/Catherine McNally with Anna Kalinskaya and Catherine McNally winning 6-3, 6-7, 10-4.
Draws for the tournament in previous years are also available from the official tournament website.
2022 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Prize Money
The total prize money for the 2022 tournament will be $703,580, which is an increase of approximately $138,000 from the 2021 Tournament.
How the prize money is to be split for the 2022 tournament is detailed below.
2022 Singles Prize Money
The winner of the WTA 500 Singles Event in St. Petersburg in 2022 received $108,000 in prize money, with the runner up receiving $66,800.
Except for the prize money for 1st round losers, the prize money for the 2022 tournament saw a big increase from the prize money awarded at the 2021 tournament.
| Performance | 2022 Prize Money | 2021 Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $108,000 | $68,570 |
| Finalist | $66,800 | $51,000 |
| Semifinalist | $39,000 | $32,400 |
| Quarterfinalist | $18,500 | $15,500 |
| 2nd Round | $9,500 | $8,200 |
| 1st Round | $ 6,200 | $6,650 |
2022 Doubles Prize Money
The winners of the WTA 500 Doubles Event in 2022 received $36,200 in prize money, with the runner ups receiving $22,000, with all levels of doubles prize money increased from 2021 levels.
| Performance | 2022 Prize Money | 2021 Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | $36,200 | $25,230 |
| Finalist | $22,000 | $17,750 |
| Semifinalist | $12,500 | $10,000 |
| Quarterfinalist | $6,500 | $5,500 |
| Round 1 | $3,900 | $3,500 |
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Past Winners
Past Singles Winners
The defending champion is Anett Kontaveit who beat Maria Sakkari 5-7, 7-6, 7-5 in the final of the 2022 tournament.
Previous champions of the singles event include two time grand slam champion Petra Kvitova and former number 1 doubles player Roberta Vinci.
| Year | Winner | Runner Up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Anett Kontaveit | Maria Sakkari | 5-7, 7-6, 7-5 |
| 2021 | Daria Kasatkina | Margarita Gasparyan | 6–3, 2–1 (Retired) |
| 2020 | Kiki Bertens | Elena Rybakina | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 2019 | Kiki Bertens | Donna Vekic | 7–6, 6–4 |
| 2018 | Petra Kvitova | Kristina Mladenovic | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2017 | Kristina Mladenovic | Yulia Putintseva | 6–2, 6–7, 6–4 |
| 2016 | Roberta Vinci | Belinda Bencic | 6–4, 6–3 |
Past Doubles Winners
Anna Kalinskaya and Catherine McNally are the defending champions in the doubles event after beating Alicja Rosolska and Erin Routliffe 6-3, 6-7, 10-4 in the final in 2022.
| Year | Winners | Runner Ups | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Anna Kalinskaya and Catherine McNally | Alicja Rosolska and Erin Routliffe | 6-3, 6-7, 10-4 |
| 2021 | Nadiia Kichenok and Raluca Olaru | Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria | 2–6, 6–3, 10–8 |
| 2020 | Japan Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara | Kaitlyn Christian and Alexa Guarachi | 4–6, 6–0, 10–3 |
| 2019 | Margarita Gasparyan and Ekaterina Makarova | Anna Kalinskaya and Viktória Kužmová | 7–5, 7–5 |
| 2018 | Timea Bacsinszky and Vera Zvonareva | Alla Kudryavtseva and Katarina Srebotnik | 2–6, 6–1, 10–3 |
| 2017 | Jeļena Ostapenko and Alicja Rosolska | Darija Jurak and Xenia Knoll | 3–6, 6–2, 10–5 |
| 2016 | Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza | Vera Dushevina and Barbora Krejcikova | 6–3, 6–1 |