The 2025 Ladies

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in May 2025. It was the first time the event was held in the

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since 2017 as the event follows a rotation through the four tennis-playing countries. The singles event was successfully defended by World Champion

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, recording her eighth consecutive victory in the event. The event will be held at the same venue as the Men's

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for the first time, albeit not at the same time of year.

Format

The Ladies World Championship followed a new format in 2025. Through the previous 20 editions, both the singles and doubles draws were held as Open draws, with all female real tennis players eligible. In 2025, the singles draw was restricted to the top 6 players, with at most 8 players entering through qualifying for 2 places. Players were be seeded by handicap, with the defending champion automatically receiving a bye to the singles final. The second ranked player overall received a bye to the semi final. Up to 8 players will compete for two qualifying places. The singles final was played as a best-of-5 set match for the first time.

Qualification

The top 4 available players qualified directly to the main draw. The four direct qualifiers were confirmed in February 2025 as

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, Tara Lumley and Saskia Bollerman. As defending champion, Fahey qualified directly to the final, while Van Der Zwalmen qualified directly to the semi final as the next best ranked player. World numbers three and four, Bollerman and Lumley entered the main draw directly. A qualification tournament will be held among the seven entered players for the remaining two places. There is no qualification event for the doubles, with the top four pairs entering straight into the semi finals.

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Results

The schedule for the main draw matches and the identities of the top four seeds was confirmed by the organising committee in February 2025.

Singles

Doubles

References

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