Julia Görges will serve at the NÜRNBERGER Versicherungscup 2018. This gave the German number 1 and world number 14. in the context of the second Christmas-Get-Together on Tuesday evening at the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg.
The sixth edition of the US $250,000 WTA women’s tennis tournament will take place from 19. till 26. May 2018 again on the tennis court of the 1. I am pleased to serve my home crowd at the NÜRNBERGER Versicherungscup 2018 “, says the 29-year-old Fed Cup player. Görges has already competed three times and now wants to win the title.
For tournament organizer Sandra Reichel, a pre-Christmas wish comes true:”Jule has always been one of the absolute favourites of the public in Nuremberg. After her fantastic 2017 season, she will surely be one of the closest favourites next year. We are very pleased that Jule is loyal to the NÜRNBERGER Versicherungscup.”
In 2017, Michael Geserer’s protégé reached the finals of the WTA tournaments in Mallorca, Bucharest and Washington in 2017 before winning her first title at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow in October at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. A few days later, Görges was even allowed to lift the trophy of the B-WM in Zhuhai. In doing so, she jumped to 14th place in the WTA World Ranking – the highest ranking of her career – and replaced Angelique Kerber as the best German. In addition, Görges and the Eckert Bundesliga team of TC RB Regensburg also won this year’s German Championship for the second time in a row.
“The NÜRNBERGER Versicherungscup is characterised by a familiar atmosphere, which gives fans the opportunity to experience world-class women’s tennis at close quarters, and we are very pleased with Julia Görges’ commitment, which has shown great performances on all floor coverings in recent months,”says Dr. Görges. Armin Zitzmann, Chairman of the Management Board of NÜRNBERGER Versicherung.
The Nuremberg Sports Mayor Dr. At the Christmas get-together, Klemens Gsell emphasized the steadily increasing importance of the tournament for the city of Nuremberg. And he added:”For the sixth edition next year, I wish the tournament a new audience record.”
Since 6. Tickets for the NÜRNBERGER Versicherungscup 2018 can be bought on December 12th – just in time to make a nice Christmas present for tennis fans. Until 31. An early booking discount of 15% applies from 1 January.
Ticket prices vary between 5 euros on qualifying day and 60 euros in the best category on the semi-final Friday. On Whitsun weekend a two-day ticket will be available for the first time (Sun. 20.5. and Mo. 21.5.) for 33,42 or 50 Euro. The family ticket for the final day is also new in the offer. There are also numerous discounts. For example, children and young people under the age of 16 receive free admission on the first three days and premium members of mybigpoint receive a 20 percent discount from Monday to Saturday.
On the tournament website www.nuernberger-versicherungscup.de all ticket categories are clearly arranged. Tickets are available on the Internet at ticketmaster. de and by telephone on 01806 999 0000 (0.20 Euro from the German fixed network, max. 0.60 Euro from the German mobile network). VIP tickets or VIP ticket inquiries by e-mail to ticket@nuernbergercup.de or by phone at +43 7242/63747-44.