Internationaux de Strasbourg — Prize Money, History & Past Champions

Strasbourg: clay's last audition before Roland-Garros

Founded in 1987 as the Strasbourg Grand Prix, the Internationaux de Strasbourg owns one fixed slot on the calendar — the WTA clay week that runs straight into the French Open. The conditions are the point: the same dirt and the same balls players will see at Roland-Garros days later, which turns this 500-level stop into the final competitive tune-up before the season's second major. Since 2011 it has been staged at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg, a compact Alsatian venue that trades the scale of a Madrid or Rome for intimacy.

That intimacy is the character. Where the clay Masters events run sprawling combined draws, Strasbourg is a women's-only field where a deep run is measured in real Roland-Garros currency — match reps, rhythm on a slow surface, and seeding insurance for the major. The draw skews toward players who'd rather arrive in Paris with wins than with a bye, which is why the title list reads less like a warm-up footnote and more like a who's-who of clay-capable contenders.

The recent honor roll backs that up. Elina Svitolina took the 2023 title over Anna Blinkova, Madison Keys followed in 2024 past Danielle Collins, and Elena Rybakina edged Liudmila Samsonova across three sets in 2025. The 2026 edition went to Emma Navarro, who recovered from dropping the second set to beat Victoria Mboko 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 — a first Strasbourg crown built on bagelling the opener and reasserting in the decider.

Navarro's win continues the pattern of top-30 names treating Strasbourg as a serious title rather than a throwaway, and the event's placement guarantees its relevance: as long as the French Open follows it, the last week of clay before Paris belongs here.

Past champions

Every Internationaux de Strasbourg champion on The Drop Shot — 4 editions from 2023 to 2026, and Emma Navarro won the most recent edition (2026).