Simona Halep joins Genie Bouchard in Prague

Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard will delight the tennis fans in Prague. The Canadian beauty obtained a wildcard to compete in the Czech Republic. Her participation comes a bit as a surprise as she was expected to compete in North American tournaments. The WTA event in Lexington will be held in the same week as the WTA tournament in Prague (10th August).

Simona Halep in Prague and the doubts about the US Open

Simona was widely excepted to compete in Prague. It’s more and more obvious that the Romanian ace will skip the North American swing and the US Open to get focussed on the clay season in Europe. Therefore, after playing the International event in Palermo (3rd of August), Simona will go and fly to the Czech Republic.

Simona Halep announced her participation in Prague with a video message saying:

“Hi everyone. I can’t wait to take part in the tournament in the magnificent city of Prague. See you in August.”

Simona Halep in 2020

Currently ranked no.2, Halep played her last match on the 22^nd of February when she overcame Elena Rybakina 3-6 6-3 7-6⁵ in the final in Dubai to win her 20^th career title.

During this season Halep has a 10-2 win-loss record. The Romanian has won 1 title in Dubai.

Eugenie Bouchard in 2020

Ranked world no.328, the Canadian played her last match on the 27^th of January when she was overcome by Alexa Glatch 6-1 6-2 in the 1^st round of the Oracle Challenger Series Newport Beach.

Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard played each other 5 times. The head to head is 4-1 for Halep. The last time that they competed against each other, Simona Halep won 7-6⁴ 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Championships) in February 2019.