Top 10 player Anna Chakvetadze and former Top 10 player Patty Schnyder (pictured) are among the roster for the first tournament of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour summer hardcourt season, Cincinnati’s Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.
Here are the players who have committed to the W&SFG Women's Open and their rankings as of May 28. Please note that this list is subject to change.
| Player | From | Rank | Player | From | Rank | |||
| 1 | Chakvetadze, Anna | RUS | 9 | 13 | Jidkova, Alina | RUS | 74 | |
| 2 | Schnyder, Patty | SUI | 15 | 14 | Pin, Camille | FRA | 75 | |
| 3 | Bremond, Severine | FRA | 34 | 15 | Nakamura, Aiko | JPN | 78 | |
| 4 | Tu, Meilen | USA | 39 | 16 | Brianti, Alberta | ITA | 87 | |
| 5 | Kirilenko, Maria | RUS | 44 | 17 | Kerber, Angelique | GER | 93 | |
| 6 | Morigami, Akiko | JPN | 49 | 18 | Lepchenko, Varvara | UZB | 97 | |
| 7 | Mirza, Sania | IND | 50 | 19 | Castano, Catalina | COL | 99 | |
| 8 | Shaughnessy, Meghann | USA | 61 | 20 | Poutchek, Tatianna | BLR | 101 | |
| 9 | Vesnina, Elena | RUS | 65 | 21 | Mattek, Bethanie | USA | 113 | |
| 10 | Rodionova, Anastasia | RUS | 66 | 22 | Osterloh, Lilia | USA | 117 | |
| 11 | Granville, Laura | USA | 70 | 23 | Dellacqua, Casey | AUS | 119 | |
| 12 | Craybas, Jill | USA | 73 | 24 | Czink, Melinda | HUN | 123 | |
| 25 | Spears, Abigail | USA | 127 | |||||
The tournament will bestow its wild cards sometime before the draw on Saturday, July 14. Four spots will be determined by the qualifying tournament.
The main draw will be held July 16-22 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. The qualifying event for the tournament will be held on July 14 & 15 (with some qualifying matches the morning of Monday, July 16). The ceremony to place the players into the main draw will be open to anyone with a ticket to the qualifying matches on July 14. It will be held at noon in the Foodcourt, and adult tickets to the qualifying are only $5, free for kids 14-and-under.
For tickets or information click here, or call 513-651-0303. Tickets also are available via TicketMaster at 513-562-4949 or www.ticketmaster.com.








