Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff and Maria Sakkari are the players to watch in the upcoming ATP500 event that will be played in Eastbourne 1 week before Wimbledon.
This is the main draw.
Elena Rybakina in 2023
Ranked no.3 (career-high), Rybakina played her last match on the 21st of June when she capitulated to world no.23 Donna Vekic 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Berlin (draw).
At the moment, during this season the Kazakhstani has an overall 33-8 match record. The Kazakhstani conquered 2 titles in 2023 in Indian Wells and Rome. Rybakina got to the final at the Australian Open and Miami.
Jessica Pegula in 2023
Ranked no.5, Pegula played her last match on the 2nd of June when she surrendered to world no.28 Elise Mertens 6-1 6-3 in the 3rd round of the French Open (draw).
During this season Pegula has a compiled 29-10 match record. Pegula clinched 1 title in Australia. Jessica reached the final in Doha.
Elena Rybakina and Jessica Pegula fought against each other 3 times. Their record is 2-1 for Pegula. Previously, the last time they played each other, Elena Rybakina won 7-6(3) 6-4 in the semifinal in Miami (Miami Open) on the 30th of March 2023.
Here the video highlights.
Coco Gauff in 2023
At the moment ranked no.7, the American played her last match on the 22nd of June when she surrendered to world no.22 Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in Berlin (draw).
This season Coco has a 24-10 match record. Gauff conquered 1 title in Auckland.
Sakkari in Berlin, ranking, and results in 2023
Now ranked no.8, the Greek owns an overall 24-13 match record in 2023. The Greek is playing in Berlin where she bested the world no.60 Alize Cornet 6-4 6-2, the world no.70 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 6-1 and the world no.53 Marketa Vondrousova 7-67 6-1.
Maria Sakkari will take on the world no.26 Anhelina Kalinina in the 1st round. Their current head to head is 1-1.
Coco Gauff and Maria Sakkari played each other 5 times. The head to head is 4-1 for Sakkari. The last time they fought against each other, Maria Sakkari won 6-4 7-5 in the 3rd round in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in May 2022.
Here are the highlights.
