The first three Transylvania Open tournaments were held in October, but tournament officials from Cluj-Napoca have announced that it now has a clear place on the WTA circuit after the 2024 tournament took place in February.

Transylvania Open secured a place in the WTA tournament. The next tournament will be held in February 2025

The organizers of the tournament managed to acquire a license that will ensure the continuity of the event, and the next tournament will be held on February 1-9, 2025. The Transylvania Open was recognized as the best tournament in the world in the “WTA 250″. ” category two years in a row.

“It is with great joy that I officially announced at the end of this year’s tennis tournament that from now on the Transylvania Open has a future. We have shown that if we work for our dreams, we can achieve almost anything.

This is a team that does it with extreme passion. We had a dream: to stop renting licenses, and to have our own license and conduct this tour, for life, at home. And now I succeeded.

From now on, a place on the WTA calendar will be in February, a much more advantageous position than at the end of the season. From this moment, we can calmly build and focus exclusively on the quality of the event” – Patrick Churchilldirector of the Transylvania Open.

What you need to know about the Transylvania Open

Transylvania Open 2024 was held from February 5 to 11 in the BTarena multifunctional hall in Cluj-Napoca. Matches were held indoors, on hard, on two equipped tennis courts. A total of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams competed for 250 WTA points and $267,082 in prize money.

The players had two additional training fields at their disposal. The arrangement of the two playing fields required special logistical work to separate the multi-purpose hall, achieved by installing 3,000 square meters of sound-absorbing and fire-proof curtain. A team of almost 1,000 people worked on the organization of the tournament, and the budget was 1.5 million euros.

So far, the competition has been held four times: 2021 (Anette Kontaveit won, score 6-2, 6-3, after the final with Simona Halep), 2022 (Anna Blinkova won, score 6-2, 3-6, 6-2). , with Jasmin Paoloni), 2023 (Tamara Korpatch lifted the trophy after 6-3, 6-4 with Gabriela Ruse) and 2024 (Karolina Pliskova beat Ana Bohdan in the final, score 6-4, 6-3).