World No. 2 commits to 2023 Credit One Charleston Open

World No. 2 and two-time 2022 Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur has entered the 2023 Credit One Charleston Open, the largest women-only tennis tournament in North America. 

 

The WTA 500 tournament, which is the annual clay season kickoff event on the WTA Hologic Tour, will return April 1-9, 2023, at Credit One Stadium on Daniel Island. The Tunisian joins Jessica Pegula, Paula Badosa and past Charleston champions Belinda Bencic, Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens in the growing player field for next year’s event. 

 

Jabeur’s current World No. 2 ranking is the highest ever for an African or Arab tennis player. The  28-year-old finished the 2022 season with a win-loss record of 47-17, capturing the Berlin and Madrid titles and reaching the Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Charleston and Rome finals.

She also had six quarterfinals berths this season and qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time. 

 

The 2023 Credit One Charleston Open will be Jabeur’s fifth time competing in the field, where she holds a 10-4 win-loss record on Charleston’s green clay. In addition to reaching the tournament’s finals in 2022, she was a semifinalist in 2021. She also made a finals appearance at the 2021 MUSC Health Women’s Open, a one-time WTA Hologic Tour 250 event in Charleston. 

 

The nine-day Credit One Charleston Open showcases a singles draw of 56 players, a qualifying draw of 32 players and a doubles draw of 16 players. The event traditionally hosts more than 90,000 attendees. Additional players who have committed to competing in 2023 will

be announced in the coming weeks.