Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff lead entry list for National Bank Open in Montreal

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jul 03, 2025 12:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff header a star-studded women's tract for the National Bank Open successful Montreal, Tennis Canada announced Thursday.

The satellite No. 1 and No. 2 are scheduled to instrumentality centre signifier astatine IGA Stadium successful a tract that's besides acceptable to see two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula.

The WTA's apical 68 competitors are poised to vie arsenic portion of a 96-player main gully — the largest successful the event's past — arsenic the yearly showcase enters its caller 12-day format.

Sabalenka, a three-time Grand Slam champion, has posted a 44-8 grounds truthful acold successful 2025, including victories successful Miami and Madrid, on with an quality successful the French Open final.

Gauff, who defeated Sabalenka astatine Roland-Garros for her 2nd Grand Slam win, owns a 31-10 grounds this season.

There volition beryllium astatine slightest 3 Canadians successful the main draw, with Leylah Fernandez (No. 38) of Laval, Que., acceptable to marque her sixth NBO appearance. Toronto's Victoria Mboko, who was eliminated successful the 2nd circular astatine Wimbledon connected Thursday, and Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., person some been awarded wild-card berths.

Pegula became the archetypal pistillate to seizure back-to-back NBO titles since Martina Hingis successful 2000 erstwhile she triumphed successful Toronto past summer. The satellite No. 3 has added titles successful Charleston, Austin and Bad Homburg to her resume this season, marking the archetypal clip she's won 3 tournaments successful a azygous campaign

Iga Swiatek (No. 4), Jasmine Paolini (No. 5), Qinwen Zheng (No. 6), Mirra Andreeva (No. 7), Madison Keys (No. 8), Paula Badosa (No. 9), and Emma Navarro (No. 10) are besides scheduled to instrumentality portion successful the Canadian event.

Other notable names see past Canadian champions Elina Svitolina (No. 13) and Belinda Bencic (No. 35), on with 3 Wimbledon winners — Barbora Krejcikova (No. 16), Marketa Vondrousova (No. 73) and Elena Rybakina (No. 11).

The archetypal NBO nether the caller format begins with qualifying July 26. Main-draw play runs July 27 done Aug. 7. The apical 32 seeds volition person first-round byes and volition statesman play July 29 oregon July 30.