WTA Transylvania Open

The WTA Transylvania Open is a WTA 250 tennis tournament that is played on indoor hard courts at the BTarena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

The inaugural tournament was in 2021 with Anett Kontaveit winning the singles event and Irina Bara and Ekaterine Gorgodze winning the doubles event.

WTA Transylvania Open

2022 WTA Transylvania Open

Location:Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Tour Level:WTA 250
Court Surface:Indoor Hard Court
Draw Size:32 Singles, 16 Doubles
Prize Money:$251,750

Dates

The 2022 Transylvania Open tennis tournament in Cluj-Napoca took place from the 10th to the 16th of October 2022 with singles qualifying taking place the weekend before the start of the main tournament.

This year’s tournament was played in the same week as the ATP 250 tournaments in Gijon and Florence, and the WTA 500 tournament in San Diego, USA.

Tickets

Tickets for the 2022 tournament were on sale now through the Romanian ticketing website Entertix.ro.

For more information on ticketing for 2023, check out the tournament’s official website.

Players

The official entry list for the 2022 tournament has now been released and below is a selection of tennis players that played in the singles tournament in 2022.

  • Ana Bogdan
  • Anastasia Potapova
  • Anhelina Kalinina
  • Anna Bondar
  • Barbora Krejcikova
  • Diane Parry
  • Jasmine Paolini
  • Jule Niemeier
  • Kaja Juvan
  • Laura Siegemund
  • Lucia Bronzetti
  • Magda Linette
  • Marta Kostyuk
  • Nuria Parrizas Diaz
  • Xiyu Wang

Schedule

Below was the schedule for the 2022 singles tournament, with qualifying taking place on the 8th and 9th, first round matches being played on the 10th and 11th, and the singles final being played on Sunday, the 16th of October 2022.

DayDateRound
Saturday8th of October 2022Qualifying
Sunday9th of October 2022Qualifying
Monday10th of October 20221st Round
Tuesday11th of October 20221st Round
Wednesday12th of October 20222nd Round
Thursday13th of October 20222nd Round
Friday14th of October 2022Quarterfinals
Saturday15th of October 2022Semifinals
Sunday16th of October 2022Final

Draw

The draws for the 2022 WTA 250 tennis tournament in Cluj-Napoca have now been released and are available to view on the WTA Tour website (see links below).

Women’s Singles Qualifying: View Qualifying Draw

Women’s Singles: View Singles Draw

Women’s Doubles: View Doubles Draw

Similar to other WTA 250 tennis tournaments, the draw size for the singles competition was 32 while the draw size for the doubles competition was 16.

If you are looking for the draws for the 2021 tournament, they can be viewed on the WTA Tour website.

Prize Money and Points

The total financial commitment (including prize money) for the 2022 tournament was $251,750, which is in line with other WTA 250 tournaments.

How the prize money and points are to be split by round for the 2022 tournament is detailed below:

Women’s Singles

The winner of the Women’s Singles tournament in 2022 (Anna Blinkova) received $33,000 and 280 points, with the runner up (Jasmine Paolini) receiving $19,750 and 180 points.

Players losing in the 1st round of the tournament received $2,725 and 1 WTA Ranking Point.

Performance$WTA Points
Winner$33,200280
Finalist$19,750180
Semifinalist$11,000110
Quarterfinalist$6,20060
2nd Round$3,80030
1st Round$2,7251

Women’s Doubles

The winners of the Women’s Doubles tournament in 2022 (Kirsten Flipkens and Laura Siegemund) received $12,000 ($6,000 each) and 280 WTA Ranking Points, with the runner ups (Kamilla Rakhimova and Yana Sizikova) receiving $6,700 ($3,350 each) and 180 WTA Ranking Points.

Teams losing in the 1st round received $1,800 ($900 each) and 1 WTA Ranking Point.

Performance$WTA Points
Winners$12,000280
Finalists$6,700180
Semifinalists$3,950110
Quarterfinalists$2,35060
1st Round$1,8001

Past Winners and Runner Ups

Women’s Singles

The current champion in the women’s singles tournament is Anna Blinkova who beat Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in the women’s singles final in 2022 (see match highlights below).

YearWinnerRunner UpScore
2022Anna BlinkovaJasmine Paolini6-2, 3-6, 6-2
2021Anett KontaveitSimona Halep6-2, 6-3

Women’s Doubles

Kirsten Flipkens and Laura Siegemund are the current champions in the Women’s doubles tournament after beating Kamilla Rakhimova and Yana Sizikova 6-3, 7-5 in the women’s doubles final in 2022.

YearWinnersRunner UpsScore
2022Kirsten Flipkens and Laura SiegemundKamilla Rakhimova and Yana Sizikova6-3, 7-5
2021Irina Bara and Ekaterine GorgodzeAleksandra Krunic and Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove4–6, 6–1, 11–9