Former WTA Finals champion Elina Svitolina will lead the player list at the 2025 Open Capfinances Rouen Métropole. Grand Slam champions Emma Raducanu and Sofia Kenin are also set to participate in the WTA 250 clay-court tournament, which begins on April 14th. Another Grand Slam winner, Bianca Andreescu, will take part in the qualifying rounds. (It was announced on March 31st that Andreescu has been granted a wild card for the main draw.)
This will be the first Rouen appearance for all four players. Svitolina, Raducanu, and Kenin have shown promising form in 2025 as they aim to regain their Top 10 rankings. Svitolina, a three-time major semifinalist, is currently ranked No. 22 and has reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and Indian Wells this year. Raducanu, the former US Open champion and currently No. 60, is projected to return to the Top 50 after reaching the Miami quarterfinals this week. Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion, is ranked No. 46 following her Doha quarterfinal appearance in February.
Andreescu, who won the 2019 US Open, is scheduled to compete for the first time since October, when she reached the Tokyo quarterfinals. The 24-year-old had to postpone the start of her 2025 season due to an emergency appendectomy. Andreescu previously returned to the tour last May after a nine-month absence due to a back injury.
Former world No. 11 Alizé Cornet, who retired at Roland Garros last year and is now making a professional tennis comeback, has received a wild card, along with 2022 WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia.
The Rouen tournament was previously a WTA 125 event in 2022 and 2023 before becoming a tour-level tournament in 2024. While the defending champion Sloane Stephens is not participating this year, last year`s runner-up Magda Linette is on the entry list. Other notable players include 2024 Australian Open quarterfinalist Linda Noskova, former No. 3 Maria Sakkari, reigning Cleveland and Hobart champion McCartney Kessler, and French No. 1 Varvara Gracheva.
Completing the main draw entry list are Elina Avanesyan, Wang Xinyu, Olga Danilovic, Marie Bouzkova, Moyuka Uchijima, Anhelina Kalinina, Katerina Siniakova, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Alycia Parks, Lucia Bronzetti, Sonay Kartal, Viktoriya Tomova, Ann Li, and Irina-Camelia Begu.
The top five alternates are Suzan Lamens, Jaqueline Cristian, Garcia, Kamilla Rakhimova, and Emiliana Arango.
