• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Tennis Panorama

Tennis News and Information, Tournament Coverage and Features

Tennis Panorama News

Tennis news and information, tournament coverage and features

  • Home
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Staff
  • RSS
  • Features
  • Tournament Coverage
  • Social Media
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • pinterest
  • Podcast
    • ITunes
  • Tennis Panorama Archive 2008-2017
You are here: Home / Front Page News / Simona Halep to Play Eastbourne’s Nature Valley International

Simona Halep to Play Eastbourne’s Nature Valley International

May 10, 2018 by Tennis Panorama News

 

Simona Halep

Simona Halep to Play at Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park for the Nature Valley International

(May 10, 2018) World No.1 Simona Halep has confirmed she will return to Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park for the Nature Valley International, a British Tennis event. The combined WTA Premier and ATP 250 tournament will take place 22 – 30 June. 

 

Halep’s entry into the Nature Valley International draw creates the potential final clash against world No.2 Caroline Wozniacki, 40 years after then-No.1 Chris Evert and No.2 Martina Navratilova contested their 1978 Eastbourne final.

 

Billed as one of the most important matches in their 15-year rivalry, that Eastbourne final saw the beginning of the end of Evert’s dominance over Navratilova, as Martina saved match point to defeat Chris 6-4, 4-6, 9-7 in a see-sawing grass court classic, before she went on to win Wimbledon a fortnight later.

 

At two wins to five, Halep and Wozniacki’s head-to-head falls some way short of Navratilova and Evert’s phenomenal 43 to 37 record, but their rivalry has already produced some impressive clashes, not least their three-set quarter-final at Eastbourne last year, and the thrilling three-set Australian Open 2018 final battle that saw Wozniacki overtake Halep for the No.1 spot in January 2018.

 

Halep opened her 2018 season with her sixteenth career title in Shenzhen and regained the top spot in the rankings on February 26, courtesy of a semi-final showing at Doha. She has since reached the semi-finals at Indian Wells and the quarter-finals at Stuttgart. 

Halep is looking forward to the grass court season and her return to the south coast: “I loved my first year competing in Eastbourne at Devonshire Park and I’m hoping to progress even further this year,” she said. “The depth of draw the Nature Valley International attracts every year makes it the perfect lead-up event to Wimbledon.”

 

Tournament Director Gavin Fletcher is excited to welcome the world No.1 back to Devonshire Park: “We are delighted to have Simona returning to Eastbourne for the Nature Valley International,” Fletcher said. “She has played some of the most entertaining tennis on the WTA Tour so far this year, so it’s great to give our fans the opportunity to see the world’s top female player battling it out for the trophy.”

 

One of two WTA Premier level grass court events played in the lead-up to Wimbledon, the Nature Valley International features Evert, Navratilova, Justine Henin, and Kim Clijsters among its former champions.

 

This year will mark the 40th anniversary of the BBC’s first Eastbourne telecast. In January, the BBC announced it will extend its existing partnership with the tournament for a further seven years until 2024, broadcasting coverage of both the WTA Premier and ATP 250 events, in a deal that sees live, free to air, coverage of the tournament across TV, radio and online. 

 

Don’t miss out on your ticket to summer! Catch world-class players in action at one of the British Tennis events, formed of the Nature Valley Open, Nature Valley Classic, Nature Valley International, Fever-Tree Championships and Fuzion 100 Trophy Series. Secure your seat as tickets are selling fast. Book now at www.lta.org.uk/major-events

Share

Filed Under: Front Page News, tennis news, tournaments Tagged With: Simona Halep, tennis, tennis news

Primary Sidebar

Search Tennis Panorama


Subscribe to Tennis Panorama via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this site and receive notifications of new articles by email.

newsnow_f_ab

cheap tennis shoes from China on DHgate.com

planetbarkad

Tennis Panorama on Twitter @TennisNewsTPN

Tweets by @TennisNewsTPN

Interested in advertising on this site? Please fill out a contact form.

RSS ATP World Tour

  • Davis Cup Qualifiers: Great Britain's Norrie & Austria's Thiem Among Stars In Action
  • The Best Of Andy Roddick In Netflix's Break Point
  • Cressy: 'I Don't Put Any Limits On Myself'
  • 18-Year-Old Michelsen Upsets Sock At Cleveland Challenger
  • Five Things We Learned From The Australian Open

RSS WTA Tour

RSS ESPN AP Tennis Headlines

  • Aussie director: Djokovic won with hamstring tear February 1, 2023
  • No discipline for Zverev after abuse investigation January 31, 2023
  • Way-too-early tennis rankings and predictions for the rest of 2023 January 30, 2023
  • Djokovic back at No. 1 on ATP after Aussie Open January 30, 2023
  • Advantage, Novak Djokovic in the race to be tennis' GOAT January 29, 2023

More Tennis Sites

15-lovetennis (French website)

ATP World Tour

BBC Tennis

ESPN

Jon Wertheim Sports Illustrated

International Tennis Federation (ITF)

New York Times Tennis page

Tennis Atlantic

Tennis Channel

Tennis with an Accent

Tennis Identity
USA Today

Tennis TV

WTA

ZooTennis.com






Footer

Subscribe to Tennis Panorama via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this website and receive notifications of new posts by email.

February 2023
S M T W T F S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728  
« Jan    

Categories

© by TennisPanorama 2014 and beyond
 

Loading Comments...