STUTTGART, Germany — Defending champion Angelique Kerber is the top seed this week as the WTA’s elite slide into the red clay at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. A two-time winner in her home country, Kerber is joined in the top 8 seeds by fellow former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, as eight of the WTA top 10 are competing in Stuttgart.

Check out the Stuttgart stories of the top 8 seeds and others who’ll be unseeded and looming in the German city this week:

1. Angelique Kerber (GER)

6th appearance (13-3)

Best result: CHAMPION (2015, 2016)

2. Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

2nd appearance (2-1)

Best result: QF (2016)

3. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

5th appearance (0-4)

Best result: R32 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)

4. Simona Halep (ROU)

4th appearance (2-3)

Best result: SF (2015)

5. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)

3rd appearance (2-2)

Best result: QF (2016)

6/WC. Johanna Konta (GBR)

3rd appearance (0-2)

Best result: R32 (2014, 2016)

7. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

10th appearance (13-9)

Best result: SF (2011, 2012, 2016)

8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

8th appearance (14-6)

Best result: CHAMPION (2009)

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Samantha Stosur (AUS)

6th appearance (9-5)

Best result: F (2010)

Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)

6th appearance (7-5)

Best result: QF (2014, 2015, 2016)

Maria Sharapova (RUS)

5th appearance (13-1)

Best result: CHAMPION (2012, 2013, 2014)