WTA Jul 6-12: Budapest & Båstad Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, HUN INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Live Scores WTA .pdf: draws & OOP .html OOP & results pics: Y!: sports - news | WTA - tourney Budapest: radar - forecast - map Hungary News # , # # , # Nordic Light Open, Båstad, SWE INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Live Scores WTA .pdf: draws & OOP     results pics: Y!: sports - news | tourney - WTA Båstad: radar - forecast - news # , # # , #

Budapest: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 Stockholm: 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004   Helsinki: 2003 previous other tourney pages next Stockholm 2008: #29 Caroline Wozniacki 5'10" 128lb RH 2H-BH Budapest 2008: #17 Alize Cornet 5'8" 132lb RH 2H-BH

    The Budapest & Båstad 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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Budapest, 2008:     On Sunday in Budapest, Hungary, in the final of the Budapest Grand Prix, 18-year-old 2nd-seeded # 17 Alize Cornet from Nice, France, won her first WTA singles title by defeating 22-year-old # 134 Andreja Klepac from Koper, Slovenia, 7-6(5), 6-3 (Alize is shown after match point). Alize's prize is $28,000; Andreja's, $15,000.     Alize won despite gastrointestinal illness. Alize said: "I was sick this morning; I went to see the doctor before my match and I was not sure I'd be able to play, so it was tough in the beginning of the match, especially since [Andreja] hits the ball so hard, and I knew I had to move well to have a chance. But when I was behind I just fought as hard as I could, and after I won the first set things went much better for me the rest of the match...     "I knew she had a difficult match yesterday. For my part I had quite an easy day yesterday, so without my GI illness I was probably in a much better position today physically. But she's really a fighter." WTA story     Alize and Andreja had never before met on the field of combat - in singles. Alize and her partner Janette Husarova defeated Andreja and Bryanne Stewart in a doubles semifinal on Saturday, 6-2, 6-1.

    After Sunday's singles final, Alize returned to the court, and, with her very able partner Janette, won her first WTA doubles title by defeating Iona Raluca Olaru & Vanessa Henke, 6(5)-7, 6-1, (10-6). It was Janette's 24th WTA doubles title.

    Alize said: "I've had a great time playing doubles with Janette this week; she's a great doubles player and I like her very much. There won't be any celebration today! I'm still a little bit sick so I'll probably just go to bed really early tonight. My flight to Austria [for next week's Gastein Ladies tourney, where Alize is seeded 2nd] is at 8am!"

    Alize is now 1-2 in WTA singles finals: she was defeated by Flavia Pennetta in the Acapulco final last March, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, and was defeated by Jelena Jankovic two months ago in the Rome final, 6-2, 6-2. Alize's match record in 2008 is now 24-14.
    Andreja, who has won 3 ITF singles titles and 7 ITF doubles titles, was playing in her first WTA singles final. She now has a 17-21 record for this year.

  Stockholm, 2008:

    On Sunday in Stockholm, in the final of the Nordic Light Open, 18-year-old 4th-seeded # 29 Caroline Wozniacki from Copenhagen, Denmark, a local hero across Scandanavia and a welcome sight around the world, won her first WTA title by defeating 21-year-old # 65 Vera Dushevina from Khimki, Russia, 6-0, 6-2 (Caroline is shown after match point). Caroline's prize is $22,925; Vera's is $12,450.

    Due to a rainout on Saturday, both finalists had to play two matches on Sunday. In the semis on Sunday morning, Caroline defeated top-seeded # 10 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-1, and Vera defeated 3rd-seeded # 26 Katarina Srebotnik 6-1, 6-2.

    Caroline said: "I'm very happy I've won my first title. It's always tough to play two matches on the same day, but Vera had to do it as well.
    "At the start I had her under pressure, and I think that frustrated her. She played better in the second set and began putting pressure on me instead. She had break points at 2-all, and I think getting out of that was the key to the match...
    "In the beginning of the year my goal was to be in the Top 50. I've kept on moving it up since." WTA story

    Caroline and Vera had played only once before, in the quarterfinals last week in Portoroz, where Caroline also won easily, 6-0, 6-1.

    Caroline is now 1-0 WTA singles finals; she has been rising fairly steadily through the rankings, reaching the quarters at the Tier I Doha tourney this year, and the semis last year at the Japan Open and last week at Portoroz. Caroline now has a 33-13 match record in 2008.
    Vera is now 0-3 in WTA singles finals; she was defeated in the 2007 Stockholm final by Agnieszka Radwanska. Vera now has a 13-11 match record in 2008.

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Budapest & Båstad s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Budapest Grand Prix,  Budapest, Hungary   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Hungary News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Budapest: The 30-player main draw for Budapest has 8 seeds, with no 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   Római Tenisz Akadémia, Budapest, Hungary Latitude: 47.584338 Longitude: 19.066719 goto link for World Wind Budapest Grand Prix venue address: Királyok útja 105, Budapest, Hungary; Tel. 240-8616

Budapest, 1st Rd, Mon noon-Tue 11:30am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

Budapest, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 11:30am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30

Budapest, QFs, Fri 11:30am loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70

Budapest, SFs, Sat noon loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130

Budapest, Final, Sun 3pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280

Budapest, Doubles Final, Sun loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Budapest, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 6 noon losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Budapest, Withdrawals

Nordic Light Open,  Båstad, Sweden   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Sweden News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Båstad: The main draw for Båstad has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers and 3 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying (2 rounds) starts on Sunday; qualifying finals are on Monday.   click for broader view   Båstad Tennis Stadium venue map Latitude: 56.434502 Longitude: 12.838769 goto link for World Wind The Nordic Light Open, held at Stockholm's 1912 Olympic Stadium in recent years, has been moved to Båstad for the 2009 season. Båstad has been the site of the ATP Swedish Open since it began in 1948; the women also played there until 1990. Båstad Tennis Stadium is a few hundred yards from the beach, close to Pepe's Bodega, a local restaurant and nightclub. The stadium was rebuilt in 2002 to accommodate the Hotel Skansen underneath the seaside bleachers. 2008: On Sunday, July 27, in Stockholm, local resident Johanna Larsson played mini-tennis... Meanwhile, Caroline Wozniacki posed for pics for the local press, and signed some autographs... row 2: On Tuesday, Lucie Safarova was shot for a local newspaper interview, and, at the player party, Johanna, Caroline, Agnieszka Radwanska, and Vera Dushevina made some lovely pics...

Båstad, 1st Round, Mon-Wed 11am-10am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

Båstad, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu 11am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30

Båstad, QFs, Fri 11am loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70

Båstad, SFs, Sat 11am loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130

Båstad, Final, Sun 3pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280

Båstad, Doubles Final Sat loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Båstad, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 6 losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Båstad, Withdrawals

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