WTA NOTTINGHAM. Raducanu accepts a wild card to challenge Cirstea, Giorgi, Cornet for the title

Emma Raducanu decided to play a grass event next week to fine-tune her Wimbledon preparation

Emma Raducanu In Nottingham

Emma Raducanu ended up the clay-court season after losing in the 2nd round to Aliaksandra Sasnovich 3-6 6-1 6-1. Nevertheless, it’s time for Emma to bounce back on grass, a surface she loves to play on. Raducanu accepted a wildcard to play next week in the WTA250 in Nottingham to join Sorana Cirstea, Camila Giorgi and Alize Cornet who will be the other top seeds.

This is the latest entry list.

Seed Name Rank
1 (WC) Emma Raducanu 12
2 Sorana Cirstea 26
3 Camila Giorgi 30
4 Alizé Cornet 40
5 Shuai Zhang 41
6 Ajla Tomljanovic 42
7 Alison Riske 43
8 Clara Tauson 44
Beatriz Haddad Maia 48
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 51
Magda Linette 52
Viktorija Golubic 53
Tereza Martincova 54
Camila Osorio 66
Xinyu Wang 77
Caroline Garcia 79
Oceane Dodin 84
Magdalena Frech 89
Lin Zhu 99
Tatjana Maria 105
Qiang Wang 129
Sofia Kenin 147

Emma Raducanu in 2022

Emma Raducanu

23 - 13win/loss

Hard
9-8
I Hard
3-0
Clay
4-2
Grass
7-3
22 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked world no.12, Emma played her last match on the 25th of May when she capitulated to world no.47 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 3-6 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in French Open (draw).

At present, during this year the Brit owns a composed 8-10 record.

Raducanu
French Open
Raducanu's Record
 

Sorana Cirstea in 2022

Sorana Cirstea

12 - 16win/loss

Hard
9-8
Clay
3-5
Grass
0-3
34 year old
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2024 Highlights

Currently the world no.26, the Romanian played her last match on the 25th of May when she was overcome by world no.64 Sloane Stephens 3-6 6-2 6-0 in the 2nd round in French Open (draw).

Until now, during this year Cirstea has achieved an overall 15-13 win-loss record. Sorana Cirstea’s most significant performance of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Lyon and Istanbul.

Cirstea
French Open
Cirstea's Record

Emma Raducanu and Sorana Cirstea played each other just once. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Raducanu. When they played, Emma Raducanu won 6-3 7-5 in the 3rd round in London (Wimbledon) in July 2021.

You can see them in action in the following highlights.

Camila Giorgi in 2022

Camila Giorgi

3 - 6win/loss

Hard
3-5
I Hard
0-1
32 year old
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2024 Highlights

Now ranked no.30, Giorgi played her last match on the 30th of May when she was defeated by world no.20 Darya Kasatkina 6-2 6-2 in the 4th round in French Open (draw).

During this season the Italian has a 7-8 record.

Giorgi
French Open
Giorgi's Record

Alize Cornet in 2022

Alize Cornet

8 - 13win/loss

Hard
0-5
I Hard
3-1
Clay
5-7
34 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked world no.40, Cornet played her last match on the 28th of May when she had to retire when playing against world no.74 Qinwen Zheng in the 3rd round and the scoreline was 6-0 3-0 .

This year the French player has a 9-13 record.

Cornet
French Open
Cornet's Record

Camila Giorgi and Alize Cornet played each other 7 times. The head to head is 5-2 for Giorgi. The last time they fought against each other, Camila Giorgi won 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Lyon (Open 6 Sens) in March 2020.

Emma Raducanu

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