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21.04.2024
Elena Rybakina won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix for the first time. In the final on Sunday, the 2022 Wimbledon winner confidently won 6:2, 6:2 against Marta Kostyuk from Ukraine in the sold-out Porsche Arena. It is the third tournament victory this year for the Kazakh.
Elena Rybakina is the new tennis queen of Stuttgart. The world number 4 beat Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 6:2, 6:2 in the final of the 47th Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and secured the main prize, a Porsche Taycan 4S Sport Turismo. In front of 4,200 spectators, she left no doubt about her success from the very first point. With her powerful baseline game, she dominated the rallies against the favorites of the tournament so far and demonstrated her great class in the few key moments. After just 1:09 hours, the 1.84 meter tall Rybakina converted her third match point, raised her winning fist in the air and cheered in the direction of her box.
“I am very satisfied with my performance this week, especially in the final I played very solid tennis,” said the 24-year-old, for whom the tournament victory in Stuttgart is already her third success this year. “My consistency this season is really impressive – that makes me very happy.”
For Elena Rybakina, the triumph in Stuttgart is her eighth tournament victory, three of which she celebrated on clay. “It was a very good start to the clay court season for me. I hope it continues like this. Then I’ll be one of the top favorites at the French Open,” said the happy winner, who received the winner’s trophy from Oliver Blume, CEO of Porsche AG. “It was an incredible week here in Stuttgart, which made it even nicer that I ended it with the title. I’m looking forward to coming back next year.”
By then she also wants to have her driving license in her pocket. If she is able to successfully defend her title in 2025, she can drive the winning Porsche onto Center Court herself after the final.
Marathon woman Marta Kostyuk, who knocked three top 10 players out of the tournament during the tournament, survived three three-set matches and was on the court for a total of almost eleven and a half hours, has already announced that she will serve again at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix next year want: “For me, this is one of the best tournaments in the world. I definitely want to come back because nothing is more painful than losing a final for a Porsche.”
Marta Kostyuk
After the award ceremony in the singles, the final of the doubles competition was on the program in the Porsche Arena. Hao-Ching Chan (Taipei) and Veronika Kudermetova won 4:6, 6:3, 10:2 against Norwegian Ulrikke Eikeri and her partner Ingrid Neel from Estonia.
“This year’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was outstanding in every respect – we are very happy and satisfied,” said tournament director Markus Günthardt about the event, which this year attracted more than 31,000 spectators to the Porsche Arena. “We offered world-class tennis on the courts, but also set high standards off the court with our supporting program.” Eight players from the top 10 were at the start, five of them reached the quarter-finals and there were three Grand Slam winners in the semi-finals. The sporting director Anke Huber also drew a positive conclusion: “Overall, we are very satisfied with how the tournament went. Spectators were treated to exciting matches almost every day until late in the evening. I’ve never experienced such good tennis here.”
“Aces for Charity”: Porsche donates 60,000 euros to a good cause
Not only was the 47th Porsche Tennis Grand Prix a success, but also the “Aces for Charity” campaign. This has been an integral part of the traditional Stuttgart tournament for many years. For every serve converted directly, Porsche donates 200 euros to charity. A total of 178 aces were hit up to the final. Porsche rounded up the donation amount to 60,000 euros, which went equally to the tournament’s charity partners, the Agapedia Foundation and the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe Stuttgart. Albrecht Reimold, member of the Production and Logistics Board of Porsche AG, handed over the donation checks before the final on Center Court. The money is intended to finance educational opportunities for refugees, especially from Ukraine. Elena Rybakina played a key role in the good donation result: the tournament winner hit a total of 26 aces.