{"id":8337,"date":"2026-01-09T10:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8337"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:01:03","slug":"emma-raducanu-returns-to-cluj-for-transylvania-open-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8337","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu returns to Cluj for Transylvania Open 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Slam champion <strong>Emma Raducanu<\/strong> will compete in this year\u2019s <em>Transylvania Open WTA 250<\/em>, the tennis tournament held in Cluj-Napoca, in western Romania, the organizers announced.<\/p>\n<p>The British tennis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/emma-raducanu-us-open-win-2021\" target=\"_blank\">player with Romanian roots<\/a> will compete in the Cluj event for a second time.<\/p>\n<p>The main draw will also feature Romanian players Sorana C\u00eerstea, Jaqueline Cristian, Ana Bogdan, and Gabriela Ruse.<\/p>\n<p>Sorana C\u00eerstea has currently returned to the WTA Top 50, Jaqueline Cristian finished last year at a career-high ranking of No. 39 WTA, while Gabriela Ruse returned to the Top 100, reaching No. 83 after winning the tournament in Trnava.<\/p>\n<p>Anastasia Potapova, the 2025 Transylvania Open champion, also returns to Cluj to defend her title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are once again bringing a top-level tennis tournament to Cluj-Napoca, with a strong main draw that brings together world-class players and many Romanian athletes who truly deserve the public\u2019s full support. Emma Raducanu\u2019s return after five years is a particular joy for us, especially knowing how loved she is in Romania,\u201d Patrick Ciorcil\u0103, tournament director of the Transylvania Open, said.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth edition of the Transylvania Open WTA 250 will take place between January 31 and February 7 at BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca. Matches will be played indoors, on two hard courts. A total of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams will compete for the main trophies.<\/p>\n<p>The total prize money for the Cluj-Napoca tournament is USD 283,347.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo:\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/zair1952_info\">Zairbek Mansurov<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Slam champion Emma Raducanu will compete in this year\u2019s Transylvania Open WTA 250, the tennis tournament held in Cluj-Napoca, in western Romania, the organizers announced. The British tennis player with Romanian roots will compete in the Cluj event for a second time. The main draw will also feature Romanian players Sorana C\u00eerstea, Jaqueline Cristian, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}