WTA: June 14-20 Eastbourne & NED AEGON International Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, GBR PREMIER $600,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: grass Live Scores draws: qual - main - doub - OOP draws: WTA pics: Y!: sports - news - UK | WTA Eastbourne: radar - forecast - map # , # # , # Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, NED Autotron Rosmalen INTL $220,000 32m/16q/16d outdoor: grass - Live Video Live Scores draws: WTA pics: Y!: sports - news | WTA Dutch radar - forecast - map # , # # , #

Eastbourne-'s-Hertogenbosch: 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 previous other tourney pages next 's-Hertogenbosch 2009: #47 Tamarine Tanasugarn 5'5" 139lb RH 2H-BH Eastbourne 2009: #9 Caroline Wozniacki 5'10" 128lb RH 2H-BH

    The Eastbourne & 's-Hertogenbosch 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.

from Hard Courts by John Feinstein (page 297):     The women have played a Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Eastbourne since the nineteenth century, after all these years still playing at the same site, Devonshire Park.     Eastbourne is two hours southeast of London, an easy train ride or a harrowing drive along narrow country roads. It sits on the English Channel and is the English version of St. Petersburg [Florida], a small resort town where a substantial part of the population is over the age of seventy.     Devonshire Park is a two-hundred-yard walk from the beach, a veritable melting pot of the tennis world. The old is very much in evidence: the north stand, which was built in 1881, is often filled with septuagenarians who have been coming here for as long as anyone can remember. Towering oak trees rise up behind the north stand and sea gulls often swoop by noisily, distracting the players.     Two things make Eastbourne different than other tournaments. First, it is a six-day tournament, ending Saturday...     The second thing that makes Eastbourne unique is the player party. Every tennis tournament in the world has a player party. On the women's tour, WTA public relations and marketing people as well as their counterparts at Kraft and Virginia Slims usually spend the first few days at each tournament trying to round up players to come to the party. For the players, one more party with one more group of sponsors telling them how wonderful they are is boring, a time-waster. They understand they have to do their share to keep these people happy, but they don't enjoy it very much.     Eastbourne is different because of the talent show. The players--even Navratilova--show up because they expect the show to be funny. The person most responsible for making it funny every year is Elsie Burgin, director, writer, and star.     This year's [1990's] show was built around a mock game show...     ...Most of this was very inside humor. If you weren't part of the women's tour in some way, the jokes meant little. [Sophie] Amiach broke the crowd up with her Stefano Capriati imitation: "I deserve the credit," she said. "I produce the child. I teach the child. I coach the child. I am the star." To his credit, Stefano Capriati laughed as hard as anyone...

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  Eastbourne, 2009:

    On Saturday at Eastbourne, England, in the final of the AEGON International, 18-year-old 6th-seeded #9 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), won her 5th WTA singles title by narrowly defeating 26-year-old #25 Virginie Razzano from Nimes, France, 7-6(5), 7-5 (Caroline is shown with the hardware after the match).

    Caroline's prize is $98,500; Virginie's is $52,500.

    Caroline said: "I felt the ball really well today, and we had some good rallies. The sets were very tight. I wish I could have closed the first set out a little bit earlier, having had 6-1 in the tie-break; and I was also up a break in the second set. But it doesn't matter how I win - I won, and that's the main thing!.” WTA story

    Virginie said: "I think I have a done great job this week. It was tough every day but I’m happy to go into the final today and I would like to give congratulation to Caroline. She played well this week, she is a great player.” tourney story

    Caroline and Virginie had met twice before, both times this year, and both on green clay. In April, in the 2nd round at Ponte Vedra Beach, Caroline, on her way to the title, defeated Virginie 6-3, 7-5. The following week, in the quarterfinals at Charleston, Caroline defeated Virginie again, 6-2, 6-0.

    Caroline is now 5-4 in WTA singles finals; she also won at Ponte Vedra Beach and reached the Madrid, Charleston and Memphis finals earlier this year. Caroline has a 42-12 match record this season.

    Virginie is now 2-4 in WTA singles finals; she won both her titles in 2007 at Guangzhou and Tokyo (the Japan Open). Virginie, who reached the Dubai final earlier this year, has a 24-13 record in 2009.

  's-Hertogenbosch, 2009:

    Also on Saturday, at the Autotron Rosmalen, not far from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, in the final of the Ordina Open, last year's 's-Hertogenbosch champion, 32-year-old unseeded # 47 Tamarine Tanasugarn from Bangkok, Thailand, became the first player ever to win the 's-Hertogenbosch title two years in a row, by defeating Tammy will play 28-year-old #50 Yanina Wickmayer from Deurne, Belgium, 6-3, 7-5 (Tammy is also shown with the hardware after the match).

    Tammy's prize is $37,000; Yanina's is $19,000.

    Thai #1 Tammy, who loves chlorophyll courts, defeated #1 Dinara Safina in the semifinals on Friday, the biggest win of her career (by rank).

    Tammy also defeated then #9 Dinara in last year's Ordina Open final, 7-5, 6-3. Ten days later Tammy had reached the 2008 Wimbledon quarterfinals by defeating then #3 Jelena Jankovic in the 4th round, 6-3, 6-2 (Tammy's previous best win by ranking). In the quarters, Tammy lost to then #7 Venus Williams 4-6, 3-6; Venus went on to capture her 5th Wimbledon singles title.

    Tammy said: "It was a tough match. Yanina did a good job running me around. I'm happy I held on to win. Last year it was a great experience to win here and I'm so proud I could do it again. I love playing here." WTA story

    Tammy and Yanina had met only once before, last year on grass in the quarterfinals of the ITF Surbiton, England tourney, when Yanina won, 6-2, 3-0 retired.

    Tammy is now 3-6 in WTA singles finals; in addition to 's-Hertogenbosch last year, she won at Hyderabad in 2004. Tammy has a 10-10 match record this year, including her 5 wins this week.

    Yanina is now 1-2 in WTA singles finals; she won her title on red clay at Estoril earlier this year, and reached the Birmingham final last year. Yanina is 30-14 in matches this season.

's-Hertogenbosch player's blog by Michaella Krajicek

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Eastbourne & 's-Hertogenbosch s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? International Women's Open,  Eastbourne, England   tourney time:        = GMT +1 hours        = US EDT +5 hours        = US PDT +8 hours England News - UK News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Eastbourne: The main draw for Eastbourne has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Monday.   click for broader view   Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England Latitude: 50.763621 Longitude: 0.283821 goto link for World Wind International Women's Open venue address: International Lawn Tennis Centre, Devonshire Park, College Rd, Eastbourne, Sussex, BN21 4JJ United Kingdom how to get there 2009: On Tuesday, June 16, at the Eastbourne player party, Polish-Danish Caroline Wozniacki posed for a photo with her all-Pole pals, 2008 Eastbourne champ Agnieszka Radwanska and her sister Urszula... Earlier on Tuesday, The Woz did the autograph thing...

Eastbourne, 1st Rd, Mon-Tue 11:30am loser's prize: $4,300 US; points: 1

Eastbourne, 2nd Rd, Wed 11:30am losers' prize: $8,000 US; points: 60

Eastbourne, QFs, Thu 11:30am losers' prize: $15,100 US; points: 120

Eastbourne, SFs, Fri 11:30am losers' prize: $28,100 US; points: 200

Eastbourne, Final, Sat noon loser's prize: $52,500 US; points: 320 winner's prize: $98,500 US; points: 470

Eastbourne, Doubles Final, Sat losers' prize: $16,500 US winners' prize: $31,000 US Eastbourne, Qual Finals, Mon Jun 14 11:30am losers' prizes: q1 $660 1pt; q2 $1,230 8pts; q3 $2,300 12pts; qualifier 20 points Eastbourne, Withdrawals

Ordina Open,  's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Netherlands News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     's-Hertogenbosch: The main draw for 's-Hertogenbosch has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. Once there were no qualifying rounds; but in 2006 4 qualifiers were added to the main draw.   click for broader view   Autotron Rosmalen Latitude: 51.70962 Longitude: 5.420122 goto link for World Wind Ordina Open venue address: Autotron Rosmalen, Graafsebaan 133 5248 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 2009: On Saturday, June 13, at the Autotron Rosmalen, 2006 tourney champ Michaella Krajicek practiced, while Sorana Cirstea helped out at the main draw ceremony... On Sunday, Dominika Cibulkova signed autographs, and former WTA # 1 Kim Clijsters defeated Michaella in an exhibition as Kim prepares to return from retirement to WTA play this summer...

's-Hertogenbosch, 1st Rd, Sun-Tue 11am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

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

's-Hertogenbosch, QFs, Thu 11am loser's prize: $5,380 US; points: 70

's-Hertogenbosch, SFs, Fri 11am loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130

's-Hertogenbosch, Final, Sat noon loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280

's-Hertogenbosch, Doubles Final, Fri 5pm+ loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US 's-Hertogenbosch, Qual Finals, Sun Jun 13 11am losers' prizes: q1 $350 1pt; q2 $700 6pts; qualifier 10 points 's-Hertogenbosch, Withdrawals

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