| Week |
Name |
City |
Prize |
Court |
Draw M/Q/D |
| Jan 5 |
Brisbane International*! |
Brisbane, AUS |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 15 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d # 17 s3 Marion Bartoli FRA 6-3, 6-1
Anna-Lena Groenefeld & Vania King d Klaudia Jans & Alicja Rosolska 3-6, 7-5, (10-5)
| | Victoria Azarenka won her 1st WTA singles title, in her 5th final, on Saturday, January 10, 2009. |
|
|
| Jan 5 |
ASB Bank Classic * |
Auckland, NZL |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 4 s1 Elena Dementieva RUS d # 79 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-4, 6-1
Nathalie Dechy & Mara Santangelo d Nuria Llagostera Vives & Arantxa Parra Santonja 4-6, 7-6(3), (12-10)
| | Elena Dementieva won her 12th WTA singles title, in her 25th final, on Saturday, January 10, 2009. |
|
|
| Jan 12 |
Medibank International !** |
Sydney, AUS |
$600,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 4 s3 Elena Dementieva RUS d # 3 s2 Dinara Safina RUS 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
cdr80 Su-Wei Hsieh & Shuai Peng d cdr67 Nathalie Dechy & Casey Dellacqua 6-0, 6-1
| | Elena Dementieva won her 13th WTA singles title, in her 26th final, on Friday, January 16, 2009. |
|
|
| Jan 12 |
Moorilla International !* |
Hobart, AUS |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 48 Petra Kvitova CZE d # 42 Iveta Benesova CZE 7-5, 6-1
cdr151 Flavia Pennetta & Gisela Dulko d cdr21 s1 Alona Bondarenko & Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2, 7-6(4)
| | Petra Kvitova won her first WTA singles title, in her first final, on Friday, January 16, 2009. |
|
|
| Jan 19 |
-31 Australian Open * |
Melbourne, AUS |
˝ AUD$23,140,000 |
HO |
128/96/64 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draws, .pdf
#2 s2 Serena Williams USA d #3 s3 Dinara Safina RUS 6-0, 6-3
s10 Serena Williams & Venus Williams d s9 Daniela Hantuchova & Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3
juniors: s3 Ksenia Pervak RUS d s5 Laura Robson GBR 6-3, 6-1
s6 Christina McHale USA & Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d A Krunic SRB & S Zaniewska POL 6-1, 2-6, (10-4)
Serena Williams won her 10th Grand Slam tourney singles title (33rd WTA), on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009. |
|
| Feb 2 |
FED CUP I (QFs) |
Feb 7-8 |
|
|
|
full World Group results with photos & quotes
World Group I Results:
home teams in italics
Russia d China 5-0
USA d Argentina 3-2
Italy d France 5-0
Czech Republic d Spain 4-1
| |
World Group II results:
home teams in italics
Ukraine d Israel 3-2
Serbia d Japan 4-1
Slovak Republic d Belgium 4-1
Germany d Switzerland 3-2
| |
Zonal Group Winners:
Poland
Australia
Canada
Estonia
|
The 2008 Fed Cup World Group I semifinals and World Group I & II playoffs will be held on April 25-26.
Flavia Penneta of Italy is shown after defeating Alizé Cornet of France
on Sun, Feb 8, 2009 in Orleans, France, clinching a Fed Cup semifinal berth for Italy. |
|
| Feb 9 |
GDF Suez Open |
Paris, FRA |
$700,000 |
GSI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 23 s8 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d # 4 s3 Elena Dementieva RUS 7-6(7), 2-6, 6-4
cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber v cdr13 s2 Lisa Raymond & Kveta Peschke 6-4, 3-6, (10-4)
| | Amelie Mauresmo won her 25th WTA singles title, in her 48th final, on Sunday, February 15, 2009. It was her third Paris indoor title. |
|
|
| Feb 9 |
Pattaya Open |
Pattaya City, THA |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 5 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d # 127 Sania Mirza IND 7-5, 6-1
cdr105 s2 Tamarine Tanasugarn & Yaroslava Shvedova d Yulia Beygelzimer & Vitalia Diatchenko 6-3, 6-2
| | Vera Zvonareva won her 8th WTA singles title, in her 19th final, on Sunday, February 15, 2009. Vera is 10-1 in 2009. |
|
|
| Feb 16 |
Barclays Dubai Tennis Chmps * |
Dubai, UAE |
$2,000,000 |
HO |
56/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 6 s6 Venus Williams USA d # 57 Virginie Razzano FRA 6-4, 6-2
cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr81 Maria Kirilenko & Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 6-3
| | Venus Williams won her 40th WTA singles title, in her 62nd final, on Saturday, February 21, 2009. Venus received the trophy from Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, Jordanian wife of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum. |
|
|
| Feb 16 |
Cellular South Cup !* |
Memphis, TN, USA |
$220,000 |
HI |
32/16/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 15 s2 Victoria Azarenka BLR d # 12 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-1, 6-3
cdr104 s2 Victoria Azarenka & Caroline Wozniacki d cdr241 Yuliana Fedak & Michaella Krajicek 6-1, 7-6(2)
| | Victoria Azarenka won her 2nd WTA singles title, in her 6th final, on Saturday, February 21, 2009. |
|
|
| Feb 16 |
Copa Colsanitas |
Bogota, COL |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 69 s7 Maria Jose Martinez Sánchez ESP d # 44 s3 Gisela Dulko ARG 6-3, 6-2
cdr40 s1 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martínez Sánchez
d cdr114 s2 Gisela Dulko & Flavia Pennetta 7-5, 3-6, (10-7)
| | Maria Jose Martinez Sánchez won her 1st WTA singles title, in her 2nd final, on Sunday, February 22, 2009. |
|
|
| Feb 23 |
Abierto Mexicano Pegaso * |
Acapulco, MEX |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 6 s1 Venus Williams USA d # 15 s2 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-1, 6-2
cdr40 s1 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martinez Sánchez
d cdr372 Lourdes Dominguez Lino & Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4, 6-2
| | Venus Williams won her 41st WTA singles title, in her 63nd final, on Saturday, February 28, 2009. Venus says she will have to give the sombrero to her dad, who demanded it. |
|
|
| Mar 2 |
Monterrey Open |
Monterrey, Mexico |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 14 s2 Marion Bartoli FRA d # 54 Na Li CHN 6-4, 6-3
cdr85 s4 Nathalie Dechy & Mara Santangelo d cdr112 Iveta Benesova & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-3, 6-4
| | Marion Bartoli won her 4th WTA singles title, in her 9th final, on Sunday, March 8, 2009. The Monterrey hardware is unique, and yet looks very nice, a combination rarely seen in tennis trophies. |
|
|
| Mar 11 |
-24 BNP Paribas Open !!! |
Indian Wells, CA, USA |
$4,500,000 |
HO |
96/48/32 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 6 s4 Vera Zvonareva RUS d # 7 s5 Ana Ivanovic SRB 7-6(5), 6-2
cdr75 Vera Zvonareva & Victoria Azarenka d cdr114 Gisela Dulko & Shahar Peer 6-4, 3-6, (10-5)
| | Vera Zvonareva won her 9th WTA singles title, and her first big tourney title, in her 20th final, on Sunday, March 22, 2009. The Indian Wells trophy is no longer cetacean, but rather glacial-looking, due to a change of tourney sponsor. |
|
|
| Mar 25 |
-Apr 5 Sony Ericsson Open !!!* |
Miami, FL, USA |
$4,500,000 |
HO |
96/48/32 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 11 s11 Victoria Azarenka BLR d # 1 s1 Serena Williams USA 6-3, 6-1
cdr377 Svetlana Kuznetsova & Amelie Mauresmo d cdr14 s3 Kveta Peschke & Lisa Raymond 4-6, 6-3, (10-3)
| | Victoria Azarenka won her 3rd WTA singles title, and her first big tourney title, in her 7th final, on Saturday, April 4, 2009. |
|
|
| Apr 6 |
Andalucia Tennis Experience |
Marbella, ESP |
$500,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 3 s2 Jelena Jankovic SRB d # 32 s5 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
cdr119 s2 Kladia Jans & Alicja Rosolska d s1 cdr11 Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-3, 6-3
| | Jelena Jankovic won her 10th WTA singles title, in her 20th final, on Sunday, April 12, 2009. |
|
|
| Apr 6 |
MPS Group Champ's |
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA |
$220,000 |
GCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 12 s2 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d # 29 s5 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 6-1, 6-2
cdr106 Chia-Jung Chuang & Sania Mirza d cdr14 s1 Kveta Peschke & Lisa Raymond 6-3, 4-6, (10-7)
| | Caroline Wozniacki won her 4th WTA singles title, in her 6th final, on Sunday, April 12, 2009. |
|
|
| Apr 13 |
Family Circle Cup |
Charleston, SC, USA |
$1,000,000 |
GCO |
56/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 62 s16 Sabine Lisicki GER d # 12 s5 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-2, 6-4
s4 cdr69 Nadia Petrova & Bethanie Mattek-Sands d cdr115 Patty Schnyder & Liga Dekmeijere 6(5)-7, 6-2, (11-9)
| | Sabine Lisicki won her first WTA singles title, in her second final, on Sunday, April 19, 2009. |
|
|
| Apr 13 |
Barcelona Ladies Open |
Barcelona, ESP |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 67 Roberta Vinci ITA d # 38 s6 Maria Kirilenko RUS 6-0, 6-4
cdr31 s1 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
d cdr139 Sorana Cirstea & Andreja Klepac 3-6, 6-2, (10-8)
| | Roberta Vinci won her second WTA singles title, in her second final, on Sunday, April 19, 2009. |
|
|
| Apr 20 |
FED CUP II (SFs) ^ |
Apr 25-26 |
|
|
|
full results with photos & quotes USA will travel to play at Italy in the 2009 Fed Cup final, Nov 13-14.
Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone celebrated their victory over Russia
with teammates Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (out of picture) on April 26. |
|
| Apr 27 |
Porsche Grand Prix |
Stuttgart, GER |
$700,000 |
RCI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 9 s5 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d # 1 s1 Dinara Safina RUS 6-4, 6-3
cdr74 Nadia Petrova & Bethanie Mattek-Sands d cdr63 Gisela Dulko & Flavia Pennetta 5-7, 6-3, (10-7)
| | Svetlana Kuznetsova won her 10th WTA singles title, in her 27th final, on Sunday, May 3, 2009. The trophy is small, but this year it comes with a Porsche Boxster S sports car worth about $50,000 (previous Porsche TGP champs had to choose between their prize money and the car). |
|
|
| Apr 27 |
Grand Prix La Princesse |
Fes, MAR |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 18 s1 wc Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d # 51 s6 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-0, 6-1
cdr120 s2 Ekaterina Makarova & Alisa Kleybanova d cdr54 s1 Maria Kirilenko & Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 2-6, (10-8)
| | Anabel Medina Garrigues won her 9th WTA singles title, in her 14th final, on Saturday, May 2, 2009. |
|
|
| May 4 |
Internazionali d' Italia |
Rome, ITA |
$2,000,000 |
RCO |
56/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 1 s1 Dinara Safina RUS d # 9 s7 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 6-3, 6-2
cdr50 s7 Su-Wei Hsieh & Shuai Peng d cdr42 s5 Daniela Hantchova & Ai Sugiyama 7-5, 7-6(5)
| | Dinara Safina won her 10th WTA singles title, in her 20th final, on Saturday, May 9, 2009. |
|
|
| May 4 |
Estoril Open |
Estroil, POR |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 83 Yanina Wickmayer BEL d # 51 s6 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 7-5, 6-2
cdr101 s3 Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears d cdr491 Sharon Fichman & Katalin Marosi 2-6, 6-3, (10-5)
| | Yanina Wickmayer won her first WTA singles title, in her second final, on Saturday, May 9, 2009. |
|
|
| May 11 |
Madrid Open |
Madrid, ESP |
$4,500,000 |
RCO |
60/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 1 s1 Dinara Safina RUS b # 11 s9 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 6-2, 6-4
cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr10 s3 Kveta Peschke & Lisa Raymond 4-6, 6-3, (10-6)
| | Dinara Safina won her 11th WTA singles title, and her second in a row, in her 21st final, on Sunday, May 17, 2009. |
|
|
| May 18 |
Warsaw Open |
Warsaw, POL |
$600,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 209 q Alexandra Dulgheru ROU d # 46 s8 Alona Bondarenko UKR 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-0
cdr72 s3 Raquel Kops-Jones & Bethanie Mattek d cdr65 s2 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng 6-1, 6-1
| | Alexandra Dulgheru won her first WTA singles title, in her first final (and her first ever WTA singles main draw), on Saturday, May 23, 2009. |
|
|
| May 18 |
Internationaux * |
Strasbourg, FRA |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 95 Aravane Rezai FRA d # 82 Lucie Hradecka CZE 7-6(2), 6-1
cdr69 s2 Nathalie Dechy & Mara Santangelo d cdr813 Claire Feuerstein & Stephanie Foretz 6-0, 6-1
| | Aravane Rezai won her first WTA singles title, in her third final, on Saturday, May 23, 2009. |
|
|
| May 25 |
- Jun 7 Roland Garros !* |
Paris, FRA |
€7,226,040 |
RCO |
128/96/64 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#7 s7 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d #1 s1 Dinara Safina RUS 6-4, 6-2
cdr10 s3 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP & Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP
d cdr58 s12 Victoria Azarenka BLR & Elena Vesnina RUS 6-1, 6-1
xd: s3 s1 Liezel Huber USA & Bob Bryan USA d Vania King USA & Marcelo Melo BRA 5-7, 7-6(5), (10-7)
girls: s9 wta#338 Kristina Mladenovic FRA d wta#463 Daria Gavrilova RUS 6-3, 6-2
girls doub: s2 Elena Bogdan ROU & Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA
d s3 Timea Babos HUN & Heather Watson GBR 3-6, 6-3, (10-8)
| | Svetlana Kuznetsova won her second Grand Slam tourney title, and her 11th WTA
singles title, while playing in her 29th WTA singles final, on Saturday, June 6, 2009. |
|
|
| Jun 8 |
AEGON Classic |
Birmingham, GBR |
$220,000 |
GO |
56/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#53 s13 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK d #25 s4 Na Li CHN 6-0, 7-6(2)
cdr 2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr76 s4 Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears 6-1, 6-4
| | Magdalena Rybarikova won her first WTA singles title, in her first final, on Sunday, June 14, 2009. |
|
|
| Jun 15 |
Int'l Women's Open * |
Eastbourne, GBR |
$600,000 |
GO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#9 s6 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #25 Virginie Razzano FRA 7-6(5), 7-5
cdr69 Ai Sugiyama & Akgul Amanmuradova d cdr16 s4 Samantha Stosur & Rennae Stubbs 6-4, 6-3
| | Caroline Wozniacki won her 5th WTA singles title, in her 9th final,
on Saturday, June 20, 2009. |
|
|
| Jun 15 |
Ordina Open *! |
's-Hertogenbosch, NED |
$220,000 |
GO |
32/16/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#47 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA d #61 wc Yanina Wickmayer BEL 6-3, 7-5
cdr136 Sara Errani & Flavia Pennetta d cdr211 Michaella Krajicek & Yanina Wickmayer 6-4, 5-7, (13-11)
| | Tammy Tanasugarn won her 3rd WTA singles title, in her 9th final, on Saturday, June 20, 2009. |
|
|
| Jun 22 |
-Jul 5 The Championships * |
Wimbledon, GBR |
˝ Ł11,812,000 |
GO |
128/96/64 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#2 s2 Serena Williams USA d #3 s3 Venus Williams USA 7-6(3), 6-2
s4 Serena Williams & Venus Williams d s3 Samantha Stosur & Rennae Stubbs 7-6(4), 6-4
xd: s9 Anna-Lena Groenefeld & Mark Knowles d s1 Cara Black & Leander Paes 7-5, 6-3
girls: wta#406 s4 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA d wta#322 s1 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
girls d: Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA & Sally Peers AUS d s2 K Mladenovic FRA & Silvia Njiric CRO 6-1, 6-1
| | Serena Williams won her 11th Grand Slam tourney title, her 3rd at Wimbledon, on Saturday, July 4, 2009. |
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|
| Jul 6 |
Collector Swedish Open |
Bastad, SWE |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#42 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP d #9 s1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 7-5, 6-4
cdr54 s2 Gisela Dulko & Flavia Pennetta
d cdr41 s1 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-2, 0-6, (10-5)
| | Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez won her second WTA singles title, in her third final, on Saturday, July 11, 2009. |
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|
| Jul 6 |
Budapest Grand Prix |
Budapest, HUN |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#28 s4 Agnes Szavay HUN d #22 s1 wc Patty Schnyder SUI 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
cdr97 s1 Alisa Kleybanova & Monica Niculescu
d cdr106 s2 Alona Bondarenko & Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 7-6(5)
| | Agnes Szavay won her third WTA singles title, in her fifth final, on Sunday, July 12, 2009. |
|
|
| Jul 13 |
Internazionali Femminili |
Palermo, ITA |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#15 s1 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #38 s5 Sara Errani ITA 6-1, 6-2
cdr42 s2 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
d Mariya Koryttseva & Darya Kustova 6-1, 6-2
| | Flavia Pennetta won her 7th WTA singles title, in her 16th final, on Sunday, July 19, 2009. |
|
|
| Jul 13 |
ECM Prague Open |
Prague, CZE |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#30 s2 Sybille Bammer AUT d #28 s1 Francesca Schiavone ITA 7-6(4), 6-2
cdr108 s2 Alona Bondarenko & Kateryna Bondarenko
d cdr91 s1 Iveta Benesova & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1, 6-2
| | Sybille Bammer won her second WTA singles title, in her second final, on Sunday, July 19, 2009. |
|
|
| Jul 20 |
Slovenia Open |
Portoroz, SLO |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#1 s1 Dinara Safina RUS d #47 s5 Sara Errani ITA 6(5)-7, 6-1, 7-5
cdr176 s3 Julia Goerges & Vladimira Uhlirova d cdr590 Klara Zakopalova & Camille Pin 6-4, 6-2
| |
Dinara Safina won her 12th WTA singles title,
in her 22nd final, on Sunday, July 26, 2009. |
|
|
| Jul 20 |
Gastein Ladies |
Bad Gastein, AUT |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#98 Andrea Petkovic GER d #59 Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU 6-2, 6-3
cdr119 s3 Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka d cdr255 Andrea Petkovic & Tatjana Malek 6-2, 6-4
| |
Andrea Petkovic won her first WTA singles title,
in her first final, on Sunday, July 26, 2009. |
|
|
| Jul 27 |
Bank of the West Classic |
Stanford, CA, USA |
$700,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#15 s8 Marion Bartoli FRA d #3 s2 Venus Williams USA 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
cdr20 s2 Venus Williams & Serena Williams d Yung-Jan Chan & Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-1
| | Marion Bartoli won her 5th WTA singles title,
in her 10th final, on Sunday, August 2, 2009. |
|
|
| Jul 27 |
Istanbul Cup * |
Istanbul, TUR |
$220,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#49 s5 Vera Dushevina RUS d #69 s8 Lucie Hradecka CZE 6-0, 6-1
cdr129 Lucie Hradecka & Renata Voracova d cdr100 Julia Goerges & Patty Schnyder 2-6, 6-3 (12-10)
| |
Vera Dushevina won her first WTA singles title,
in her fourth final, on Sunday, August 2, 2009. |
|
|
| Aug 3 |
East West Bank Classic |
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
$700,000 |
HO |
56/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#15 s10 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #20 s13 Samantha Stosur AUS 6-4, 6-3
cdr60 Zi Yan & Chia-Jung Chuang d cdr65 Maria Kirilenko & Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 4-6, (10-7)
| | Flavia Pennetta won her 8th WTA singles title, in her 17th final, on Sunday, August 9, 2009. |
|
|
| Aug 10 |
W&S Financial Open |
Cincinnati, OH |
$2,000,000 |
HO |
56/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#5 s5 Jelena Jankovic SRB d #1 s1 Dinara Safina RUS 6-4, 6-2
cdr2 s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber
d cdr35 s7 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-3, 0-6 (10-2)
| | Jelena Jankovic won her 11th WTA singles title, in her 21st final, on Sunday, August 16, 2009. |
|
|
| Aug 17 |
Rogers Cup (Canadian Open) |
Toronto, CAN |
$2,000,000 |
HO |
56/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#4 s4 Elena Dementieva RUS d #49 Maria Sharapova RUS 6-4, 6-3
cdr35 s6 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
d cdr13 s3 Samantha Stosur & Rennae Stubbs 2-6, 7-5, (11-9)
| | Elena Dementieva won her 14th WTA singles title, in her 28th final, on Sunday, August 23, 2009. |
|
|
| Aug 24 |
Pilot Pen Tennis !* |
New Haven, CT, USA |
$600,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#8 s2 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d #34 Elena Vesnina RUS 6-2, 6-4
cdr25 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
d cdr93 Iveta Benesova & Lucie Hradecka 6-2, 7-5
| | Caroline Wozniacki won her 6th WTA singles title, in her 11th final, on Saturday, August 29, 2009. |
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| Aug 31 |
-Sep 13 US Open * |
Flushing Meadows, NY |
½$21,600,000 |
HO |
128/128/64 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - draws, .pdf
#NR wc Kim Clijsters BEL d #9 s9 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 7-5, 6-3
s4 Serena Williams & Venus Williams d s1 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 6-2, 6-2
xd: Carly Gullickson USA & Travis Parrott USA d s2 Cara Black ZIM & Leander Paes IND 6-2, 6-4
girls: wta#755 s11 Heather Watson GBR d wta#837 Yana Buchina RUS 6-4, 6-1
girls doub: Valeria Solovieva RUS & Maryna Zanevska UKR d s3 E Bogdan ROU & N Lertcheewakarn THA 1-6, 6-3, (10-7)
| | Kim Clijsters won her 35th WTA singles title, in her 51st final, on Sunday, September 13, 2009. It was Kim's 2nd Grand Slam singles title; she also won the US Open in 2005. |
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| Sep 14 |
Guangzhou Open |
Guangzhou, CHN |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#64 s5 Shahar Peer ISR d #85 s8 Alberta Brianti ITA 6-3, 6-4
cdr308 Olga Govortsova & Tatiana Poutchek d
cdr234 Tiantian Sun & Kimiko Date Krumm 3-6, 6-2, (10-8)
| | Shahar Peer won her 4th WTA singles title, in her 5th final, on Sunday, September 20, 2009. |
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| Sep 14 |
Bell Challenge |
Quebec City, CAN |
$220,000 |
HI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#51 s5 Melinda Czink HUN d #48 s4 Lucie Safarova CZE 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
cdr73 s1 Vania King & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova d
cdr419 Sofia Arvidsson & Severine Bremond Beltrame 6-1, 6-3
| | Melinda Czink won her first WTA singles title, in her second final, on Sunday, September 20, 2009. |
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| Sep 21 |
Hansol Korea Open |
Seoul, KOR |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#150 Kimiko Date Krumm JPN d #23 s2 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-3, 6-3
Yung-Jan Chan & Abigail Spears d Carly Gullickson & Nicole Kriz 6-3, 6-4
| | Kimiko Date Krumm won her 8th WTA singles title (and her first since returning to play in 2008 after retiring in 1996), in her
14th final, on Sunday, September 27, 2009. |
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| Sep 21 |
Tashkent Open |
Tashkent, UZB |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#57 s2 Shahar Peer ISR d #122 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 6-3, 6-4
Olga Govortsova & Tatiana Poutchek d Vitalia Diatchenko & Ekaterina Dzehalevich 6-2, 6(1)-7, (10-8)
| | Shahar Peer won her 5th WTA singles title, in her 6th final, on Sunday, September 27, 2009. |
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| Sep 28 |
Toray Pan Pacific Open |
Tokyo, JPN |
$2,000,000 |
HO |
56/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#25 Maria Sharapova RUS d #8 s7 Jelena Jankovic SRB 5-2 retired—right arm injury
Francesca Schiavone & Alisa Kleybanova d Ai Sugiyama & Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-2
last match of Ai Sugiyama's 17-year career
| | Maria Sharapova won her 20th WTA singles title, in her 28th final, on Saturday, October 3, 2009.
It was Maria's first title since returning to WTA play after a prolonged right shoulder injury. |
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| Oct 5 |
China Open |
Beijing, CHN |
$4,500,000 |
HO |
60/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#6 s6 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS d #12 s12 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 6-2, 6-4
cdr33 s5 Shuai Peng & Su-Wei Hsieh d cdr75 Alla Kudryavtseva & Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-1
| | Svetlana Kuznetsova won her 12th WTA singles title, in her 30th final, on Sunday, October 11, 2009. |
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| Oct 12 |
Generali Ladies Linz |
Linz, AUT |
$220,000 |
HI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#25 s3 Yanina Wickmayer BEL d #54 Petra Kvitova CZE 6-3, 6-4
cdr57 s1 Katarina Srebotnik & Anna-Lena Groenefeld d cdr103 s3 Klaudia Jans & Alicija Rosolska 6-1, 6-4
| | Yanina Wickmayer won her 2nd WTA singles title, in her 3rd final, on Sunday, October 18, 2009. |
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| Oct 12 |
HP Japan Open |
Osaka, JPN |
$220,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#14 s3 Samantha Stosur AUS d #26 s4 Francesca Schiavone ITA 7-5, 6-1
cdr55 s1 Chia-Jung Chuang & Lisa Raymond d Chanelle Scheepers & Abigail Spears 6-2, 6-4
| | Samantha Stosur won her first WTA singles title, in her sixth final, on Sunday, October 18, 2009. |
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| Oct 19 |
Ladies Kremlin Cup |
Moscow, RUS |
$1,000,000 |
SI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#26 s8 Francesca Schiavone ITA d #66 Olga Govortsova BLR 6-3, 6-0
cdr51 s3 Maria Kirilenko & Nadia Petrova d cdr311 Klara Zakopalova & Maria Kondratieva 6-2, 6-2
| | Francesca Schiavone won her second WTA singles title, in her 12th final, on Sunday, October 25, 2009. |
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| Oct 19 |
BGL Luxembourg Open |
Luxembourg, LUX |
$220,000 |
HI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#70 Timea Bacsinszky SUI d #28 s6 Sabine Lisicki GER 6-2, 7-5
cdr73 s2 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova & Iveta Benesova
d Vladimira Uhlirova & Renata Voracova 1-6, 6-0, (10-7)
| | Timea Bacsinszky won her first WTA singles title, in her first final, on Sunday, October 25, 2009. |
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| Oct 26 |
WTA Tour Championships |
Doha, QAT |
$4,450,000 |
HO |
8 RR / - / 4 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#2 Serena Williams USA d #7 Venus Williams USA 6-2, 7-6(4)
Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez d Cara Black & Liezel Huber 7-6(0), 5-7, (10-7)
| | Serena Williams won her 35th WTA singles title, in her 48th final, on Sunday, November 1, 2009. |
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| Nov 2 |
C. Bank Tournament of Champions |
Bali, INA |
$600,000 |
HO |
12 RR / - / - |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#44 Aravane Rezai FRA d #12 Marion Bartoli FRA 7-5 retired—left quad strain
| | Aravane Rezai won her 2nd WTA singles title, in her 4th final, on Sunday, November 8, 2009. |
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Italy: #11 Flavia Pennetta, #16 Francesca Schiavone, #47 Sara Errani, #64 Roberta Vinci
USA: #49 Melanie Oudin, #79 Vania King, #132 Alexa Glatch, #NR d1 Liezel Huber
| | Flavia Pennetta is shown holding her Fed Cup champion's medal after leading Italy to their second title on Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 in Reggio Calabria, Italy. |
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2009 WTA Player Tourney Prize Money Earnings
As of Nov 29, 2009, in US dollars, includes WTA bonuses
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| | Name | Nation | Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Total |
| 1 | Williams, Serena | USA |
$5,584,437 |
$636,149 |
$0 | $6,545,586 |
| 2 | Safina, Dinara | RUS |
$3,601,325 |
$8,893 |
$0 | $4,310,218 |
| 3 | Kuznetsova, Svetlana | RUS |
$3,280,865 |
$152,976 |
$0 | $3,658,841 |
| 4 | Williams, Venus | USA |
$2,240,745 |
$636,149 |
$0 | $3,126,894 |
| 5 | Jankovic, Jelena | SRB |
$1,491,514 |
$0 |
$0 | $2,491,514 |
| 6 | Wozniacki, Caroline | DEN |
$2,324,692 |
$46,858 |
$0 | $2,371,550 |
| 7 | Dementieva, Elena | RUS |
$1,880,156 |
$825 |
$0 | $2,343,481 |
| 8 | Azarenka, Victoria | BLR |
$1,827,770 |
$287,766 |
$0 | $2,115,536 |
| 9 | Zvonareva, Vera | RUS |
$1,397,361 |
$144,784 |
$0 | $1,642,145 |
| 10 | Clijsters, Kim | BEL |
$1,630,150 |
$2,410 |
$0 | $1,632,560 |
| 11 | Radwanska, Agnieszka | POL |
$1,264,286 |
$87,678 |
$0 | $1,614,464 |
| 12 | Stosur, Samantha | AUS |
$844,162 |
$326,522 |
$8,997 | $1,179,681 |
| 13 | Pennetta, Flavia | ITA |
$827,724 |
$118,633 |
$13,792 | $960,149 |
| 14 | Bartoli, Marion | FRA |
$902,819 |
$0 |
$0 | $940,319 |
| 15 | Sharapova, Maria | RUS |
$896,619 |
$2,000 |
$0 | $923,619 |
| 16 | Ivanovic, Ana | SRB |
$713,450 |
$1,275 |
$0 | $914,725 |
| 17 | Martinez Sanchez, Maria Jose | ESP |
$433,129 |
$460,255 |
$5,000 | $898,384 |
| 18 | Schiavone, Francesca | ITA |
$655,722 |
$174,372 |
$1,325 | $831,419 |
| 19 | Petrova, Nadia | RUS |
$614,629 |
$181,173 |
$25,940 | $821,742 |
| 20 | Medina Garrigues, Anabel | ESP |
$439,996 |
$349,747 |
$16,318 | $806,061 |
| 21 | Huber, Liezel | USA |
$0 |
$645,815 |
$108,076 | $753,891 |
| 22 | Black, Cara | ZIM |
$0 |
$645,815 |
$82,093 | $727,908 |
| 23 | Hantuchova, Daniela | SVK |
$496,621 |
$198,682 |
$0 | $720,303 |
| 24 | Mauresmo, Amelie | FRA |
$574,527 |
$141,084 |
$0 | $715,611 |
| 25 | Kleybanova, Alisa | RUS |
$471,656 |
$218,497 |
$15,236 | $705,389 |
| 26 | Wickmayer, Yanina | BEL |
$625,224 |
$40,641 |
$0 | $665,865 |
| 27 | Vesnina, Elena | RUS |
$449,583 |
$202,054 |
$10,726 | $662,363 |
| 28 | Peng, Shuai | CHN |
$341,973 |
$315,027 |
$2,228 | $659,228 |
| 29 | Li, Na | CHN |
$646,085 |
$0 |
$0 | $646,085 |
| 30 | Razzano, Virginie | FRA |
$603,434 |
$23,831 |
$2,472 | $629,737 |
| 31 | Cibulkova, Dominika | SVK |
$606,841 |
$14,820 |
$7,938 | $629,599 |
| 32 | Llagostera Vives, Nuria | ESP |
$163,707 |
$460,976 |
$0 | $624,683 |
| 33 | Lisicki, Sabine | GER |
$582,651 |
$8,987 |
$0 | $591,638 |
| 34 | Schnyder, Patty | SUI |
$426,219 |
$128,162 |
$7,966 | $562,347 |
| 35 | Zheng, Jie | CHN |
$379,265 |
$154,907 |
$0 | $534,172 |
| 36 | Rezai, Aravane | FRA |
$518,418 |
$14,658 |
$0 | $533,076 |
| 37 | Cirstea, Sorana | ROU |
$469,001 |
$62,034 |
$0 | $531,035 |
| 38 | Bondarenko, Alona | UKR |
$440,864 |
$87,413 |
$1,325 | $529,602 |
| 39 | Dulko, Gisela | ARG |
$361,426 |
$148,499 |
$2,228 | $512,153 |
| 40 | Bondarenko, Kateryna | UKR |
$431,303 |
$76,073 |
$2,439 | $509,815 |
| 41 | Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia | RUS |
$446,763 |
$51,344 |
$0 | $498,107 |
| 42 | Groenefeld, Anna-lena | GER |
$224,774 |
$153,485 |
$102,813 | $481,072 |
| 43 | Suarez Navarro, Carla | ESP |
$452,965 |
$26,565 |
$0 | $479,530 |
| 44 | Benesova, Iveta | CZE |
$363,454 |
$84,612 |
$28,331 | $476,397 |
| 45 | Szavay, Agnes | HUN |
$426,660 |
$49,095 |
$0 | $475,755 |
| 46 | Ruano Pascual, Virginia | ESP |
$86,942 |
$353,962 |
$27,179 | $468,083 |
| 47 | Makarova, Ekaterina | RUS |
$259,567 |
$204,611 |
$1,114 | $465,292 |
| 48 | Peer, Shahar | ISR |
$346,048 |
$98,286 |
$1,325 | $445,659 |
| 49 | Kirilenko, Maria | RUS |
$268,187 |
$174,289 |
$2,228 | $444,704 |
| 50 | Wozniak, Aleksandra | CAN |
$413,766 |
$24,051 |
$5,466 | $443,283 |
| 51 | Dushevina, Vera | RUS |
$358,494 |
$82,204 |
$1,114 | $441,812 |
| 52 | Hsieh, Su-wei | TPE |
$34,342 |
$322,149 |
$28,942 | $385,433 |
| 53 | Safarova, Lucie | CZE |
$337,607 |
$36,950 |
$0 | $374,557 |
| 54 | Errani, Sara | ITA |
$322,841 |
$47,138 |
$0 | $369,979 |
| 55 | Kanepi, Kaia | EST |
$332,084 |
$32,075 |
$2,500 | $366,659 |
| 56 | Bammer, Sybille | AUT |
$335,728 |
$14,410 |
$13,911 | $364,049 |
| 57 | Rybarikova, Magdalena | SVK |
$336,326 |
$25,740 |
$0 | $362,066 |
| 58 | Mirza, Sania | IND |
$201,797 |
$99,358 |
$59,374 | $360,529 |
| 59 | Govortsova, Olga | BLR |
$309,150 |
$43,484 |
$0 | $352,634 |
| 60 | Oudin, Melanie | USA |
$340,618 |
$8,592 |
$2,500 | $351,710 |
| 61 | Cornet, Alize | FRA |
$319,209 |
$24,750 |
$5,233 | $349,192 |
| 62 | Stubbs, Rennae | AUS |
$0 |
$326,522 |
$15,753 | $342,275 |
| 63 | Kudryavtseva, Alla | RUS |
$186,217 |
$143,221 |
$0 | $329,438 |
| 64 | Czink, Melinda | HUN |
$294,269 |
$28,655 |
$0 | $322,924 |
| 65 | Shvedova, Yaroslava | KAZ |
$242,888 |
$68,461 |
$4,700 | $316,049 |
| 66 | Niculescu, Monica | ROU |
$189,191 |
$121,495 |
$4,728 | $315,414 |
| 67 | Mattek-sands, Bethanie | USA |
$137,773 |
$158,375 |
$14,428 | $310,576 |
| 68 | King, Vania | USA |
$160,480 |
$102,076 |
$38,932 | $301,488 |
| 69 | Vinci, Roberta | ITA |
$260,821 |
$34,790 |
$0 | $295,611 |
| 70 | Garbin, Tathiana | ITA |
$225,789 |
$58,221 |
$0 | $284,010 |
| 71 | Chakvetadze, Anna | RUS |
$255,187 |
$22,954 |
$1,114 | $279,255 |
| 72 | Dokic, Jelena | AUS |
$264,452 |
$7,487 |
$0 | $271,939 |
| 73 | Craybas, Jill | USA |
$209,088 |
$51,701 |
$6,114 | $266,903 |
| 74 | Zahlavova Strycova, Barbora | CZE |
$178,313 |
$82,492 |
$2,228 | $263,033 |
| 75 | Voskoboeva, Galina | KAZ |
$185,992 |
$70,602 |
$3,553 | $260,147 |
| 76 | Kvitova, Petra | CZE |
$249,659 |
$9,642 |
$0 | $259,301 |
| 77 | Radwanska, Urszula | POL |
$207,766 |
$49,695 |
$0 | $257,461 |
| 78 | Amanmuradova, Akgul | UZB |
$149,289 |
$87,145 |
$2,500 | $238,934 |
| 79 | Raymond, Lisa | USA |
$0 |
$220,251 |
$18,226 | $238,477 |
| 80 | Hradecka, Lucie | CZE |
$160,749 |
$60,707 |
$1,114 | $222,570 |
| 81 | Bacsinszky, Timea | SUI |
$197,493 |
$16,239 |
$0 | $213,732 |
| 82 | Coin, Julie | FRA |
$176,637 |
$34,251 |
$2,472 | $213,360 |
| 83 | Pironkova, Tsvetana | BUL |
$195,927 |
$16,112 |
$0 | $212,039 |
| 84 | Rodionova, Anastasia | RUS |
$120,771 |
$80,095 |
$9,906 | $210,772 |
| 85 | Barrois, Kristina | GER |
$162,844 |
$47,108 |
$0 | $209,952 |
| 86 | Koryttseva, Mariya | UKR |
$149,287 |
$53,921 |
$0 | $203,208 |
| 87 | Morita, Ayumi | JPN |
$173,459 |
$28,712 |
$0 | $202,171 |
| 88 | Tanasugarn, Tamarine | THA |
$169,022 |
$29,540 |
$2,228 | $200,790 |
| 89 | Yan, Zi | CHN |
$23,736 |
$161,307 |
$14,933 | $199,976 |
| 90 | Dulgheru, Alexandra | ROU |
$184,293 |
$7,708 |
$0 | $192,001 |
| 91 | Gullickson, Carly | USA |
$72,240 |
$44,271 |
$75,000 | $191,511 |
| 92 | Peschke, Kveta | CZE |
$0 |
$186,186 |
$3,797 | $189,983 |
| 93 | Petkovic, Andrea | GER |
$165,984 |
$23,421 |
$0 | $189,405 |
| 94 | Dominguez Lino, Lourdes | ESP |
$164,299 |
$21,992 |
$0 | $186,291 |
| 95 | Gallovits, Edina | ROU |
$150,020 |
$36,077 |
$0 | $186,097 |
| 96 | Flipkens, Kirsten | BEL |
$184,016 |
$1,937 |
$0 | $185,953 |
| 97 | Olaru, Ioana Raluca | ROU |
$166,064 |
$19,765 |
$0 | $185,829 |
| 98 | Groth, Jarmila | SVK |
$161,519 |
$18,957 |
$2,733 | $183,209 |
| 99 | Keothavong, Anne | GBR |
$158,469 |
$21,920 |
$1,114 | $181,503 |
| 100 | Goerges, Julia | GER |
$147,569 |
$25,480 |
$0 | $173,049 |
| 137 | Cohen-aloro, Stephanie | FRA |
$87,414 |
$11,545 |
$2,472 | $101,431 |
| 198 | Tatishvili, Anna | GEO |
$41,790 |
$8,333 |
$0 | $50,123 |
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(Jan 29, 2009) The WTA has upgraded the Warsaw Open to a $600,000 "Premier" level event, and moved it to May 18, the spot formerly occupied by the Berlin German Open, the week preceding the French Open at Roland Garros. WTA story
The WTA has also placed 2 more "International" level ($220,000) events on the calendar, reinstating the Gastein Ladies in Bad Gastein, Austria (July 20, Tamira Paszek is expected to play) and adding the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella, Spain (April 6; Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic, and Anabel Medina Garrigues are expected to play).
(Jan 14, 2009) The AP has reported that the Berlin German Open, which in recent years was sponsored by Qatar Telecom and run by the Qatar Tennis Federation, has been removed from the WTA schedule due to the lack of a sponsor. AP story
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(Oct 12-21, 2008 revised) WTA # 2 Dinara Safina and other top players are concerned about new rules for the 2009 WTA Tour schedule. The new rules make play in the four $4.5 million tourneys mandatory for all who qualify by rank (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid & Beijing, in addition to the four Grand Slams, already mandatory), while also demanding that high-ranked players also play in four of the five $2 million tourneys (Canada, Dubai, Rome, Cincinnati & Tokyo PPO).
But players are complaining that the new rules also limit the number of high-ranked players who can compete in the lower-payout tourneys.
After her loss in the Kremlin Cup semifinals, Dinara said: "If they [WTA] don't listen to what we have to say, we might even choose to boycott the new Tour... There are a lot of grey areas. No one seems to understand which tournaments you can play and which you can't."
Svetlana Kuznetsova said: "I was told only two players from the top 10 could enter a smaller tournament like the Kremlin Cup next year. What if [No. 1-ranked] Jelena Jankovic and Serena or Venus [Williams] want to play here? Then all the top Russian players, and there are five of us in the top 10, will not be able to play in their home tournament. That's nonsense."
ESPN reported on Sunday, Oct 12 that "a WTA Tour official said the Kremlin Cup can receive unlimited top players under the new plan." But clearly the new rules are not clear to the players and media at this time. ESPN-Reuters story
At Linz on Oct 21, # 4 Ana Ivanovic said: "We do have our voice and we have to come together... The changes were made in the middle of the season and when you're playing grand slams you don't really want to think about next year's schedule. Many players probably didn't look deep into it and kind of let it go, and all of a sudden you're there with the change so it's a little bit hard. We're all in the same position so we have to talk more between us...
"I think it's good that tournaments will have guaranteed players, and week after week have top players competing against each other. I think that's good for women's tennis. But on us individually it's tough to say what impact it's going to have." Reuters story
Also at Linz, # 10 Agnieszka Radwanska said: "After the new rules with the WTA, I don't want to be top 10, because the rules are so bad and everything is for the WTA. I cannot play the small tournaments and it's quite bad. I hate these rules. I can play just two small tournaments a year.
"We're all saying this, but the WTA is doing everything for themselves, for the sponsors, but they don't realise we have to choose where we want to play and not want to play."
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(Sep 16, 2008) The WTA has posted their 2009 schedule (.pdf version), which is reproduced below with links to most tourney websites. There are substantial changes from previous years' schedules, as the WTA Tour reaching their Roadmap 2010 goals. Some of the notable differences from 2008:
• The previous "Tier III" ($175,000) and "Tier IV" ($145,000) tourney classes have been replaced by a single class of tourneys called International, with a $220,000 prize money level. Tourneys paying $600,000 or greater prize money are now called Premier events.
• The Antwerp, Bangalore, Doha Qatar Total Open, Gastein, Forest Hills and Zurich tourneys have been dropped from the schedule.The Vina del Mar, Chile, tourney, played only once, has also been dropped, and a new tourney had been added in Monterrey, Mexico.
• 1st round byes have been dropped from many events, give more players a chance to play despited the lower number of tourneys on the schedule.
• A new tourney, the Madrid Open, has been added, with $4,500,000 in prize money for WTA & ATP combined. The China Open has been promoted to this level. Both will have 64 player (6-round) draws. The Indian Wells & Miami tourneys will also have this prize money level, although they will remain 2-week events with 7-round (96 player) draws. A $220,000 tourney has also been added in Warsaw, Poland, none was held there in 2008.
• The AIG Japan Open has been moved from Tokyo to Osaka; the Toray Pan Pacific Open, just 2 weeks earlier, will remain in Tokyo.
• Many tourneys have changed positions on the calendar, too many to list.
• The Bali tourney will become The Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, to be held from November 4-8 as the last event of the WTA season. At Bali, 12 top players who did not qualify for the previous week's WTA Championships (where the 8 top players compete) will play in a round-robin format (3 groups of 4 players each) for $600,000 in prize money. If player wins three "International" level tourneys during the season and wins the Tournament of Champions, they will receive a $1,000,000 bonus. WTA story
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