WTA: June 9-15 2008DFS Classic Birmingham, GBREdgbaston Priory Club Tier III $200,000 56 players - outdoor: grass Live Scores - in popup window WTA .pdf: draws & OOP - notes pics: Yahoo! BC - ED - WTA Birmingham: UK radar - forecast - map # , # # , # Barcelona KIA Barcelona, ESP Olympic Tennis Center Tier IV $145,000 32 players - outdoor: red clay WTA .pdf: draws & OOP pics: Yahoo! - tourney - WTA Barcelona: radar - forecast # , # # , # |
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The 4-week chlorophyll court season begins this week at Birmingham, followed by Eastbourne and s'Hertengobosch next week, and then the Wimbledon fortnight.
Birmingham is the tourney that may have the lowest total prize $ to # of players ratio of the WTA Tour. The 56 players in the main draw (and 24 more who lost in qualifying) are there to get some time in playing on grass to prepare for Wimbledon, more than for the $200,000 prize money. Next week at Eastbourne, the last week before Wimbledon, there will be about half as many players, and over 3 times as much prize money.
Barcelona was a new tourney in 2007, on red clay.
Birmingham 2007:
Bradenton Princesses: On Sunday in Birmingham, England, in the final of the DFS Classic, 22-year-old 2nd-seeded # 5 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia (residence: Bradenton, Florida, home of the Bollettieri Academy), defeated the 2004 and 2005 Birmingham champ, 20-year-old top-seeded # 2 Maria Sharapova of Russia (like Jelena a Bollettieri grad, with residences in California & Bradenton, Florida), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 (Jelena is shown during the match and with the hardware--the Maud Watson Trophy--afterward, with Maria applauding in the background).
Maria broke Jelena's serve in the 2nd game of the 3rd set, and then held her own to take a 3-0 lead. But Jelena won the next three games, broke Maria again in the 11th game to take a 6-5 lead, and then served out the match.
Jelena said: "When I started I was a bit slow and not feeling the ball well, but as the match went on I became the player I am, the one that gave me all these results this year. I suddenly started fighting, got into the match and pulled through. I was losing the whole time, but I was just fighting point by point." WTA story
Maria was playing in her third tourney since a 7 week layoff due to a shoulder injury which had plagued her since the beginning of the season. Her shoulder seems to be better: although she hit 7 double faults in the match, she also fired 8 aces.
Maria said: "I can only take good things from the match. I lost the edge in the second set when I was up and [Jelena] took advantage of it, but all in all it was a good week. It was a good performance from both of us.
"I think I've improved tremendously; I am a much better grass court player than four matches ago. Coming into the week my goal was to play five matches, so I couldn't be more pleased. I asked to play five matches and I did."
It was the second match of the day for both players. Earlier, in the rain-delayed semifinals, Jelena defeated 25-year-old 8th-seeded # 31 Mara Santangelo from Cavalese, Italy, 6-1, 7-5; in the other semi Maria defeated 22-year-old 5th-seeded # 21 Marion Bartoli of France (residence: Geneva, Switzerland) 7-5, 6-0.
Jelena is actually ranked # 3 this week, the highest rank of her career, after reaching the semis at Roland Garros. But the previous week's rankings are used to determine seeds, and those ranks are usually used on these pages so they will match the drawsheets.
All-terrain: Jelena is now 5-5 in WTA singles finals. She also won the titles this year at Auckland (hardcourt), Charleston (green clay), and Rome (red clay); this is her first chlorophyll court crown.
2006 US Open and 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria is now 15-6 in WTA singles finals. Maria still leads Jelena 3-1 in career matches; all of their meetings have been three setters (including their previous meeting, the 2005 Birmingham final, which Maria won 6-2, 4-6, 6-1) except a match in Beijing in 2004 from which Jelena retired due to injury.
Barcelona 2007:
In the Barcelona final on Saturday, 28 year old 6th seeded # 61 Meghann Shaughnessy from Scottsdale, Arizona defeated 22 year old # 104 Edina Gallovits of Romania (residence: Atlanta, Georgia), 6-3, 6-2 (the photo of Meghann after match point is the first to escape from Barcelona this week).
Meghann and Edina had never before met on the field of combat. Meghann said: "I went into the final not knowing what to expect. The key today was my serve, and dictating play from the baseline. If I gave her too much time [Edina] would have run me around...
"I always just play one match at a time, because the competition is so tough these days it doesn't matter what you did yesterday or last week. Even though I only lost one set this week, every one was very close, and I'm just really happy. I feel more confident about my game." WTA story
Edina said: "I came out and played well, and it was close until 3-all but then [Meghann] stepped it up. I had a point for 3-1 in the first set but I just didn't use my chances. I made a few easy mistakes and just wasn't aggressive enough."
Meghann, whose career high ranking is # 11, is now 6-4 in WTA singles finals, and has 15 doubles titles as well. Edina was playing in her 1st WTA singles final; she has won 12 singles and 8 doubles titles in ITF play.
Barcelona player blog by Flavia Pennetta
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WTA SCOREBOARD: Birmingham & Barcelona
DFS Classic, Birmingham, England
DFS Classic venue address: The Edgbaston Priory Club, Sir Harrys Road, Birmingham, England
Sania Mirza also did the TV thing on Monday, after her 1st round win; on Tuesday, 2nd-seed Jelena Jankovic had a TV interview |
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Birmingham, 1st Round, Mon-Tues 11am loser's prize: $580; points: 1 entry list, from Jiro's Tennis Pages; seeds will be based on June 2 rankings Main draw 1 Jelena JANKOVIC 2 Marion BARTOLI 3 Vera ZVONAREVA 4 Agnieszka RADWANSKA 5 Dinara SAFINA 6 Alona BONDARENKO 7 Sybille BAMMER 8 Victoria AZARENKA 9 Virginie RAZZANO 10 Sania MIRZA 11 Caroline WOZNIACKI 12 Olga GOVORTSOVA 13 Michaella KRAJICEK 14 Tamira PASZEK 15 Kateryna BONDARENKO 16 Aravane REZAI 17 Milagros SEQUERA SR 18 Casey DELLACQUA 19 Mariya KORYTTSEVA 1 20 Tatiana PEREBIYNIS 21 Jill CRAYBAS 1 22 Akgul AMANMURADOVA 23 Camille PIN 1 24 Virginia RUANO PASCUAL 1 25 Anastasia RODIONOVA 1 26 Ioana raluca OLARU 1 27 Ekaterina MAKAROVA 1 28 Mara SANTANGELO 29 Angelique KERBER 1 30 Aiko NAKAMURA 31 Marta DOMACHOWSKA 1 32 Yung-jan CHAN 33 Nathalie DECHY 34 Marina ERAKOVIC 1 35 Tamarine TANASUGARN 36 Meilen TU 37 Galina VOSKOBOEVA 1 38 Tzipora OBZILER 39 Petra KVITOVA 40 Petra CETKOVSKA 41 Ayumi MORITA 42 Sorana CIRSTEA 1 43 W 44 W 45 W 46 W GOLD/SILVER EXEMPT: 47 Q 48 Q 49 Q 50 Q 51 Q 52 Q 53 Q 54 B 55 B 56 57 B 58 B 57 B 58 B 59 B 60 B 61 B 62 B 63 X Dothan, AL, USA 21 April 08 MATTEK, Bethanie 64 X St. Gaudens, FRA 12 May 08 Next In Main Draw 1 MDO KUDRYAVTSEVAAlla RUS 2 LISICKI Sabine GER 3 DITTY Julie USA 4 DUBOIS Stephanie CAN 1 5 YUAN Meng CHN 6 KLOESEL Sandra GER 1 7 CAMERIN Maria elena ITA 1 8 KING Vania USA 1 9 MDO HSIEH Su-wei TPE 2 10 BYCHKOVA Ekaterina RUS 1 11 MDO MATTEK Bethanie USA 12 O'BRIEN Katie GBR 13 MDO CASTANO Catalina COL 2 14 PUCHKOVA Olga RUS 15 MDO FEDAK Yuliana UKR 2 16 MDO VORACOVA Renata CZE 2 17 KEOTHAVONG Anne GBR 18 MDO SANCHEZ Olivia FRA 2 19 BREMOND Severine FRA 1 20 KREMER Anne LUX 1 21 MDO SCHRUFF Julia GER 2 22 NICULESCU Monica ROU 1 23 ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA Barbora CZE 1 24 WICKMAYER Yanina BEL 25 MDO ANI Maret EST 2 26 MDO JOHANSSON Mathilde FRA 2 27 WASHINGTON Mashona USA SR 28 GOERGES Julia GER 1 29 LIKHOVTSEVA Elena RUS 30 GRANVILLE Laura USA Main draw only lists 1 MDO Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA 9 MDO Su-wei HSIEH 11 MDO Bethanie MATTEK 13 MDO Catalina CASTANO 15 MDO Yuliana FEDAK 16 MDO Renata VORACOVA 18 MDO Olivia SANCHEZ 21 MDO Julia SCHRUFF 25 MDO Maret ANI 26 MDO Mathilde JOHANSSON 39 MDO Varvara LEPCHENKO 47 MDO Alina JIDKOVA 49 MDO Eva BIRNEROVA SR Qualifying List 1 Sabine LISICKI 2 Julie DITTY 3 Stephanie DUBOIS 1 4 Meng YUAN 5 Sandra KLOESEL 1 6 Maria elena CAMERIN 1 7 Vania KING 1 8 Ekaterina BYCHKOVA 1 9 Katie O'BRIEN 10 Olga PUCHKOVA 11 Anne KEOTHAVONG 12 Severine BREMOND 1 13 Anne KREMER 1 14 Monica NICULESCU 1 15 Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA 1 16 Yanina WICKMAYER 17 Mashona WASHINGTON SR 18 Julia GOERGES 1 19 Elena LIKHOVTSEVA 20 Laura GRANVILLE 21 Stephanie FORETZ 1 22 Yaroslava SHVEDOVA 23 Melinda CZINK 1 24 Vesna MANASIEVA 1 25 Ahsha ROLLE 26 W 27 W 28 W 29 W 30 X Civitavecchia, ITA 31 March 08 JOZAMI, Betina 31 X Pelham, AL, USA 31 March 08 KOPS-JONES, Raquel 32 X Jackson, MS, USA 7 Apil 08 ESPERON, Soledad Qualifying Next-in List 1Tatiana POUTCHEK 2 Elena BALTACHA 3 Andreja KLEPAC 1 4 Nika OZEGOVIC 1 5 Samantha STOSUR 6 Regina KULIKOVA 7 Sunitha RAO 8 Angelika BACHMANN 1 9 Jorgelina CRAVERO 1 10 Melanie SOUTH 1 11 Margit RUUTEL 12 Monique ADAMCZAK 1 13 Kathrin WOERLE 2 14 Chanelle SCHEEPERS 2 15 Ekaterina DZEHALEVICH 1 16 Mariana DUQUE MARINO 1 17 Hana SROMOVA 2 18 Eva HRDINOVA 1 19 Jarmila GAJDOSOVA 2 20 Selima SFAR 1 21 Neuza SILVA 1 22 Youlia FEDOSSOVA 1 23 Caroline MAES 2 24 Corinna DENTONI 2 25 Junri NAMIGATA 1 26 Raquel KOPS-JONES 27 Rika FUJIWARA 28 Abigail SPEARS 1 29 Julie COIN 30 Oxana LYUBTSOVA 2 31 Sophie FERGUSON 2 32 Tetiana LUZHANSKA 1 33 Marie-eve PELLETIER 1 34 Roberta VINCI 35 Kirsten FLIPKENS 1 36 Betina JOZAMI 2 37 Urszula RADWANSKA 38 Naomi CAVADAY 39 Agnes SZATMARI 1 40 Stefanie VOGELE 1 41 Anastasia PIVOVAROVA 1 42 Jelena PANDZIC 2 43 Lucie HRADECKA 1 44 Ye-ra LEE 1 45 Sandra MARTINOVIC 2 46 Kumiko IIJIMA 1 47 Anda PERIANU 2 48 Sandra ZAHLAVOVA 1 49 Christina WHEELER 2 50 Anastasia PAVLYUCHENKOVA 51 Kristina BARROIS 1 52 Maria fernanda ALVES 2 53 Akiko YONEMURA 54 Anastasija SEVASTOVA 1 55 Alberta BRIANTI 1 56 Andrea HLAVACKOVA 2 57 Ekaterina IVANOVA 2 58 Anna FLORIS 2 59 Brenda SCHULTZ-MCCARTHY 60 Irena PAVLOVIC 61 Alexa GLATCH 1 62 Tina SCHIECHTL 2 63 Mervana JUGIC-SALKIC 1 64 Carly GULLICKSON SR 65 Yuliya BEYGELZIMER 1 66 Ana VRLJIC 1 67 Alexandra STEVENSON 68 Darya KUSTOVA 2 69 Yevgenia SAVRANSKA 2 70 Liana UNGUR 2 71 Marinne GIRAUD 2 72 Chin-wei CHAN 73 Madison BRENGLE 1 74 Seiko OKAMOTO 75 Amber LIU 76 Anna GERASIMOU 2 77 Alexandra DULGHERU 2 78 Natalie GRANDIN 1 79 Lauren ALBANESE 1 80 Magda MIHALACHE 2 81 Melanie OUDIN 1 82 Ana JOVANOVIC 2 83 Ekaterina SHULAEVA 1 84 Teodora MIRCIC 1 85 Erika TAKAO 1 86 Ekaterina AFINOGENOVA 2 87 Galyna KOSYK 1 88 Maria KONDRATIEVA 2 89 Arina RODIONOVA 1 90 Sarah BORWELL 91 Giulia GABBA 2 92 Frederica PIEDADE 1 93 Veronika CHVOJKOVA 1 94 Justine OZGA 2 95 Anne SCHAEFER 2 96 Melanie KLAFFNER 2 97 Kelly LIGGAN 1 98 Evgenia GREBENYUK 2 99 Anna FITZPATRICK 100 Neha UBEROI 1 101 Carmen KLASCHKA 1 102 Marija ABRAMOVIC 2 103 Alexandra MUELLER 2 104 Katarina KACHLIKOVA 2 105 Chia-jung CHUANG 106 Ria DOERNEMANN 2 107 Debbrich FEYS 2 108 Story TWEEDIE-YATES 2 109 Nicole KRIZ 1 110 Veronika KAPSHAY 1 111 Maria fernanda ALVAREZ TERAN 1 112 Aniko KAPROS 2 113 Stefania BOFFA 114 Maria MOKH 1 115 Laura HABERKORN 1 116 Mandy MINELLA 2 117 Dominika NOCIAROVA 1 118 Amanda ELLIOTT 119 Anna SMITH 120 Ana-clara DUARTE 1 121 Kristina KUCOVA 122 Robin STEPHENSON 1 123 Marina SHAMAYKO 2 124 Elizaveta TOCHILOVSKAYA 2 125 Sophie LEFEVRE 2 126 Liga DEKMEIJERE 2 127 Mary GAMBALE 2 128 Mirjana LUCIC 1 129 Natasha KHAN 130 Petra PAJALIC 2 131 Emily WEBLEY-SMITH 132 Ipek SENOGLU 2 133 Stamatia FAFALIOU 2 134 Marina MELNIKOVA 2 135 Anja POGLAJEN 2 136 Ekaterina DRANETS 1 137 Anna KOUMANTOU 1 138 Alicja ROSOLSKA 1 139 Kelly ANDERSON 1 140 Prerana APPINENI 2 141 Antonia xenia TOUT 1 142 Anne priska SCHAEFER 2 143 Tara MOORE 1 144 Mallory CECIL 1 145 Paula ZABALA 2 146 Shikha UBEROI 147 Brie WHITEHEAD 2 148 Sarah GRONERT 1 149 Sheila SOLSONA CARCASONA 2 150 Maja KAMBIC 1 151 Danielle MILLS 152 Tegan EDWARDS 1 153 Ines JANBAKHSH 1 154 Kit CARSON 2 155 Eleonore PICOT 1 |
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Birmingham, 2nd Round, Tue-Wed 11am loser's prize: $1,125 US; points: 10 |
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Birmingham, 3rd Round, Thu 11am loser's prize: $2,180 US; points: 20 |
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Birmingham, QFs, Fri 11am loser's prize: $4,230 US; points: 35 |
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Birmingham, SFs, Sat noon loser's prize: $8,220 US; points: 65 |
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Birmingham, Final, Sun 1pm loser's prize: $16,000 US; points: 100 winner's prize: $31,000 US; points: 140 |
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Birmingham, Doubles Final, Sun cC m5 loser's prize: $4,760 winner's prize: $9,250 Birmingham, Qualifying Finals, Sun Jun 8 losers' prizes: q1 $155 1pt; q2 $300 3pts; qualifier 4 points Birmingham, Withdrawals |
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Barcelona KIA, Barcelona, Spain
Centro Municipal de Tenis de la Vall d’Hebron - Barcelona Tennis Olímpic (BTO), Paseo de la Vall d’Hebron 178-196, Barcelona 08035 Tel. 93 427 65 00 |
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Barcelona, 1st Round, Mon-Tue 1pm losers' prize: $1,035 US; points: 1 |
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Barcelona, 2nd Round, Wed 1pm losers' prize: $1,925 US; points: 15 |
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Barcelona, QFs, Thu 1pm losers' prize: $3,580 US; points: 30 |
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Barcelona, SFs, Fri 1pm losers' prize: $6,650 US; points: 50 |
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Barcelona, Final, Sat 3:30pm loser's prize: $12,345 US; points: 80 winner's prize: $22,900 US, KIA Cee’d Automobile; points: 115 |
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Barcelona, Doubles Final, Sat after singles losers' prize: $3,640 US winners' prize: $6,750 US Barcelona, Qual Finals, Mon Jun 9 1pm losers' prizes: q1 $175 1pt; q2 $300 2pts; q3 $555 3pts; qualifier 7 points Barcelona, Withdrawals |
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