The draw for the inaugural ATX Open, which will be played from February 27th to March 5th was released.
This WTA 250 tournament will be played for the first time and it will be held at the Westwood Country Club in Austin, Texas, United States. Former Grand Slam champion, Emma Raducanu was supposed to attend the event, but she withdrew last minute because of an injury.
But there will still be a major winner in the draw as the fifth-seeded Sloane Stephens, who won the 2017 US Open, will participate in the event. In the first round, the American will play against fellow compatriot Taylor Townsend.
The list of Americans in the draw is quite long and it would be surprising if some of them wouldn't make it to the latter stages. Alycia Parks is the seventh-seeded and she will start against Mirjam Bjorklund from Sweden, while the sixth-seeded Lauren Davis will begin against Anna Kalinskaya.
2022 Australian Open finalist, Danielle Collins is the fourth-seeded player and she will start against Magdalena Frech from Poland. Another Polish player appears on the line 1 of the draw, as Magda Linette, this year's Australian Open semifinalist is the first-seeded player. She will start against Varvara Gracheva.
The second-seeded Shuai Zhang will play against Harriet Dart with the winner of this match meeting winner of match between Anna-Lena Friedsam and Dayana Yastremska.
2023 ATX Open Austin WTA Draw:
| 1. Magda Linette (1) |
| 2. Varvara Gracheva |
| 3. Anna Blinkova |
| 4. Qualifier |
| 5. Danka Kovinic |
| 6. Qualifier |
| 7. Taylor Townsend |
| 8. Sloane Stephens (5) |
| 9. Anastasia Potapova (3) |
| 10. Elizabeth Mandlik |
| 11. Katie Volynets |
| 12. Alison Riske-Amritraj |
| 13. Peyton Stearns |
| 14. Qualifier |
| 15. Mirjam Bjorklund |
| 16. Alycia Parks (7) |
| 17. Lauren Davis (6) |
| 18. Anna Kalinskaya |
| 19. Qualifier |
| 20. Qualifier |
| 21. Caty McNally |
| 22. Qualifier |
| 23. Magdalena Frech |
| 24. Danielle Collins (4) |
| 25. Marta Kostyuk (8) |
| 26. Dalma Galfi |
| 27. Madison Brengle |
| 28. Qualifier |
| 29. Dayana Yastremska |
| 30. Anna-Lena Friedsam |
| 31. Harriet Dart |
| 32. Shuai Zhang (2) |
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