DATE: April 11 - 19, 2026
SURFACE: Clay
PRIZE MONEY: € 1,049,083
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jelena Ostapenko
Seeds:
1. RYBAKINA, Elena
2. SWIATEK, Iga
3. GAUFF, Coco
4. SVITOLINA, Elina
5. PAOLINI, Jasmine
6. ANDREEVA, Mirra
7. MUCHOVA, Karolina
8. ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina
The Tournament:
The Stuttgart Open, also known by its sponsored name Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, is a women's tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany (until 2005, in Filderstadt, a southern suburb of Stuttgart). Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. The event was part of the Tier II category from 1990 until 2008 and as of 2009 has been a Premier tournament on the WTA Tour. The singles champion receives prize money and a Porsche sports car. Until 2008 the tournament was played on hardcourt in autumn. Since 2009 it is played on clay court in spring, as a warm-up tournament to the French Open, making it one of the premier indoor clay court event's on the women's tour. A new addition to the tournament is a Porsche vehicle awarded for the top 4 seeds that win their first round matches.
Beyond the on-court competition, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix sends a strong social message with its “Aces for Charity” initiative. For every ace hit during the tournament, Porsche donates 100 euros to charitable causes. At the 2025 tournament, this initiative raised a rounded total of 30,000 euros, benefiting the Stuttgart Children’s Foundation and the Agapedia Foundation.
The players voted for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix as their favorite Premier tournament in 2007, 2008, 2010–2012, 2014–2017, 2019.
The tournament has been won by many former number ones and Grand Slam champions. Martina Navratilova holds the record for most singles wins at the event, with six titles between 1982 and 1992, in addition to eight doubles titles. Tracy Austin and Martina Hingis both come second with four wins each in the singles event, with Austin winning four consecutive. This is followed by Lindsay Davenport and Maria Sharapova with three wins each. Other Grand Slam champions, Iga Swiatek and Angelique Kerber with 2 wins each, Jelena Ostapenko, Elena Rybakina, Ash Barty and Petra Kvitova with a single title each.
About Stuttgart:
Stuttgart is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron". It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Its urban area has a population of 634,830, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region and 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living, innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey.
Winner's Car for 2026
Tourism Guide:
SURFACE: Clay
PRIZE MONEY: € 1,049,083
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jelena Ostapenko
Seeds:
1. RYBAKINA, Elena
2. SWIATEK, Iga
3. GAUFF, Coco
4. SVITOLINA, Elina
5. PAOLINI, Jasmine
6. ANDREEVA, Mirra
7. MUCHOVA, Karolina
8. ALEXANDROVA, Ekaterina
The Tournament:
The Stuttgart Open, also known by its sponsored name Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, is a women's tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany (until 2005, in Filderstadt, a southern suburb of Stuttgart). Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. The event was part of the Tier II category from 1990 until 2008 and as of 2009 has been a Premier tournament on the WTA Tour. The singles champion receives prize money and a Porsche sports car. Until 2008 the tournament was played on hardcourt in autumn. Since 2009 it is played on clay court in spring, as a warm-up tournament to the French Open, making it one of the premier indoor clay court event's on the women's tour. A new addition to the tournament is a Porsche vehicle awarded for the top 4 seeds that win their first round matches.
Beyond the on-court competition, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix sends a strong social message with its “Aces for Charity” initiative. For every ace hit during the tournament, Porsche donates 100 euros to charitable causes. At the 2025 tournament, this initiative raised a rounded total of 30,000 euros, benefiting the Stuttgart Children’s Foundation and the Agapedia Foundation.
The players voted for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix as their favorite Premier tournament in 2007, 2008, 2010–2012, 2014–2017, 2019.
The tournament has been won by many former number ones and Grand Slam champions. Martina Navratilova holds the record for most singles wins at the event, with six titles between 1982 and 1992, in addition to eight doubles titles. Tracy Austin and Martina Hingis both come second with four wins each in the singles event, with Austin winning four consecutive. This is followed by Lindsay Davenport and Maria Sharapova with three wins each. Other Grand Slam champions, Iga Swiatek and Angelique Kerber with 2 wins each, Jelena Ostapenko, Elena Rybakina, Ash Barty and Petra Kvitova with a single title each.
About Stuttgart:
Stuttgart is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron". It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Its urban area has a population of 634,830, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region and 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living, innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey.
Winner's Car for 2026
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