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Tourney pages: Zurich: 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 previous other tourney pages next Zurich 2007: #18 Tatiana Golovin 5' 9" 132lb RH 2H-BH Zurich 2007: #1 Justine Henin 5' 5¾" 126lb RH 1H-BH

    The Zurich draws are not yet available as of this writing (qualifying draws are usually up on the Friday before the tourney begins, main draws on Saturday, sometimes later). The links are above for your convenience when the draws become available.

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Zurich 2007:
    On Sunday in Switzerland, in the final of the Zurich Open, 25-year-old top-seeded # 1 Justine Henin of Belgium (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), defeated 19-year-old # 18 Tatiana Golovin of France (residence: on Brickell Key, Miami, Florida), 6-4, 6-4 (Tatiana is shown during the match, Justine with the tableware afterward).

    Justine now leads Tatiana 4-0 in career matches, but Tatiana has always given Justine a run for her money. The first time they met, in the Charleston semis in 2005, Justine won 7-6(4) 7-5. Earlier this year in the quarters of the Paris indoor tourney, Justine won 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. In their last meeting, two weeks ago in the Stuttgart Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final, Justine won 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.

    Tatiana took a 4-1 lead at the start of the match. Tatiana said: "[Justine] started off very strong - better than in Stuttgart. I had to play flawlessly to go 4-1 up. After I missed the forehand that would have given me 5-1, she was a different player. I felt she was dictating more and there was less power in my shots and serve. Basically, she raised her level and I didn't. That's what I have to do during a match against the top players if I want to win more." WTA story

    Justine said: "Even if I didn't play my best, I was more positive than yesterday [against Nicole Vaidisova]. I definitely learned from our match in Stuttgart. I knew I'd have to hit more to her backhand, and come in and be as aggressive as possible. The turning point was at 4-2 in the first set, when I realized I was too far behind the baseline. I was giving her too much time and I had to take that away from her."

    Justine is now 38-16 in WTA singles finals and has won 9 of the 13 tourneys she has played in this year; she has a 58-4 match record for the season. Tatiana is now 2-5 in WTA singles finals (she won her 2nd title four weeks ago in Portoroz), and her match record in 2007 is 46-17.

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Zurich s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Zurich Open,  Zurich, Switzerland       The time in Zurich is UCT (GMT, Zulu, Greenwich...) plus 2 hours. That is US EDT+6 hours, PDT+9 hours. Switzerland news Plan your trip Local Radar Detailed Forecast     Zurich: The main draw for Zurich has 8 seeds, with 4 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw.     Qualifying (3 rounds) starts on Saturday, qualifying finals are on Monday.     click for broader view   Hallenstadion, Zurich, SUI Latitude: 47.411529 Longitude: 8.551859 goto link for World Wind Zurich Open venue address: Hallenstadion, Wallisellenstrasse 45, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland 2007: Marion Bartoli signed autographs on Monday in Zurich, a day after Ana Ivanovic did likewise (although she appears to be perusing a pic of Maria Sharapova)... Serb-national-but-Swiss-resident Ana also did the player rep thing at the draw ceremony on Sunday, while Patty Schnyder was tackling online chat chores, and 2006 Zurich Open champ Maria met the press--unfortunately Maria's shoulder was no go, and she was forced to withdraw from the tourney... Serena Williams became the 5th player to qualify for one of the 8 places in the season-ending WTA Championships when the rankings came out on Monday; on Tuesday, the four players who qualified ahead of Serena, Justine Henin, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Jelena Jankovic, and Ana Ivanovic, also lined up for a photo... also on Tuesday, Elena Dementieva, who qualified for the WTA Championships the last 8 years in a row, and might make it again this year, signed autographs in the Yonex booth...

Zurich, 1st Rd, Mon noon, Tue-Wed 2pm & 1pm loser: $4,175 US; 1 point

Zurich, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 2pm loser: $7,820 US; 35 points

Zurich, QFs, Fri 2pm loser: $14,600 US; 70 points

Zurich, SFs, Sat 1:30pm loser: $27,300 US; 125 points

Zurich, Final, Sun 1:30pm loser: $51,000 US; 190 points winner: $95,500 US; 275 points

Zurich, Doubles Final, Sun after singles losers' prize: $16,120 US winners' prize: $30,000 US Zurich, Qual Finals, Mon Oct 13 noon q1 $640 1pt; q2 $1,195 5pts; q3 $2,230 US, 10pts; qualifier: 15 points Zurich, Withdrawals

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