The Algarve will welcome its most prestigious tennis event to date as The Campus Carby Volkswagen Ladies Open returns to Quinta do Lago from October 12 to 19. Now upgraded to the ITF W75 category, the women’s tournament will offer $60,000 (over €51,000) in prize money and 75 WTA ranking points, marking a milestone for professional women’s tennis in the region.
Organised by The Campus multi-sport complex in Quinta do Lago in collaboration with the Portuguese Tennis Federation, the event has grown rapidly in stature since its debut in 2022. Initially classified as an ITF W25, it was elevated each year – reaching W40 in 2023, W50 in 2024, and now W75 for the 2025 edition.
The 2025 edition will feature several players ranked inside the WTA top 200, as well as Portugal’s current best players.
Qualifying matches will begin on Sunday, while the main draw – led by Nuria Brancaccio – gets underway on Tuesday. The 24-year-old Italian currently sits at no. 158 in the WTA rankings and won an ITF W75 title in Cordenons in August. Just last month, she came close to surpassing that achievement by reaching the final of a WTA 125 event.
Brancaccio will be joined by Maria Timofeeva (no. 157), the 21-year-old Russian who claimed the ITF W100 in Figueira da Foz this summer and previously won a WTA 250 title in Budapest.
Sofia Costoulas (no. 165), Jana Fett (no. 171), and Clervie Ngounoue (no. 173) complete the group of top 200 players, while former world no. 23 Mona Barthel (currently no. 203) is also among the confirmations. The 35-year-old German has four WTA titles in seven finals and earned 21 Grand Slam main draw wins, including a fourth-round appearance at the 2017 Australian Open.
Portugal’s top two players, sisters Matilde Jorge (no. 245) and Francisca Jorge (no. 248), have both secured direct entry into the main draw. At 21, Matilde Jorge is enjoying the best moment of her career. She recently claimed her biggest title to date by defeating her older sister in the final of the ITF W50 in Montemor-o-Novo — a victory that earned her the status of Portuguese no. 1 in singles for the first time, a position eventually also claimed in doubles. Francisca Jorge, three years older, has also added to her résumé this season by winning the second consecutive all-sister final to defend her title in their hometown. The 25-year-old reached a career-high ranking of no. 176 in July 2024 and is pursuing a return to Grand Slam tournaments. She has chosen The Campus as the stage for her comeback after four weeks recovering from a right foot sprain sustained in Évora.
This will be the last international tournament on home soil for both sisters before representing Portugal in the Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs, which will take place in Hobart, Australia, in November.
Other Portuguese players in the field include Angelina Voloshchuk, Inês Murta, Ana Filipa Santos, Analu Freitas, Lena Couto, and Teresa Franco Dias. The final line-up will be confirmed once wild cards are announced.
All matches will be free to attend, with schedules to be announced in the coming days.
