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Stuttgart & Fès: 2009   Stuttgart: 2008 - 2007 - 2006   Filderstadt: 2005 - 2004 - 2003 Fès: 2008 - 2007   Rabat: 2006 - 2005   Casablanca: 2004 previous other tourney pages next Stuttgart 2009: #9 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2988lb, 310hp 3.4L 7-spd flat 6, 0-60mph 5.2sec Fès 2009: #18 A Medina Garrigues 5'6½" 130lb RH 2H-BH

    The Stuttgart & Fès 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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  Stuttgart, 2009:

    On Sunday in Stuttgart, Germany, in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, 23-year-old 5th-seeded # 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), ended a long title drought by defeating her compatriot, 23-year-old top-seeded # 1 Dinara Safina (who, like Svetlana and several other WTA players, also resides in income tax-free Monte Carlo), 6-4, 6-3 (Svetlana is shown with the roadandtrackware after the match).

    In recent years the Porsche TGP champ has had to choose between prize money and a nice Porsche sports car, but this year someone at Porsche finally saw the light: Svetlana's prize is $107,000 and a Porsche Boxster S; Dinara's prize is $56,000.

    Svetlana said: "It has been a while. At the beginning today I was a little bit nervous. It's tough for me to play finals—I haven't won too many of them lately. But I started playing better and better as the match went on and I was able to win. I want to thank everybody for their support. It's a great thing to be here." WTA story - AP story

    Dinara said: "I just wasn't feeling that good on court today. Svetlana put me under pressure right from the start and played really well. She deserved to win."

    Dinara still leads Svetlana 7-5 in career matches, and won all of previous last four meetings, all of which were last year; Sveta now leads Dinara 4-3 on clay.

    2004 US Open champion Svetlana is now 10-17 in WTA singles finals; she reached the finals at Sydney, Dubai, and Indian Wells last year, but this was her first final of 2009. Svetlana's previous title came in 2007 in New Haven when Agnes Szavay retired due to injury; it was her only victory in previous 11 finals. Svetlana is now 17-5 in matches this year.
    2009 Australian Open finalist Dinara is now 9-10 in WTA singles finals; she won titles last year in Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Montreal, LA and Berlin, and reached the French Open final, where she lost to Ana Ivanovic. Dinara now has a 18-6 match record this season.

  Fès, 2009:

    In the Fès final on Saturday, 26-year-old top-seeded # 18 Anabel Medina Garrigues from Valencia, Spain, who had received a late-entry wild card, crushed, killed and destroyed 19-year-old 6th-seeded # 51 Ekaterina Makarova from Moscow, Russia, 6-0, 6-1 (Anabel is shown, apparently, after match point).

    Anabel's prize is $37,000; Ekaterina's is $19,000. The victory moved Anabel up to # 16 in the May 4 WTA singles rankings, the highest rank of her career. Anabel and Ekaterina had met only once before, on a hardcourt last year in the 1st round in Portoroz, when Anabel won, 6-1, 6-3.
    Although she lost the singles final, this week in Fès was the best week of Ekaterina's career, and she topped it off by winning her first WTA doubles title. In the doubles final, Ekaterina and her partner Alisa Kleybanova, seeded 2nd, defeated top seeds Maria Kirilenko & Sorana Cirstea, 6-3, 2-6, (10-8).

    Anabel is now 9-5 in WTA singles finals. Although she likes hardcourts as well, eight of Anabel's nine titles have come on red clay, including four in Palermo and three in Strasbourg, where she won last year. Anabel now has a 17-10 match record this season.
    Ekaterina was making her first trip beyond the quarterfinals in any WTA singles draw; she has won 3 ITF singles titles and 9 ITF doubles titles. Ekaterina has a 9-7 singles match record in 2009.

    Fès Player's Blog by Alisa Kleybanova

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WTA SCOREBOARD: Stuttgart & Fès s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Porsche Tennis Grand Prix,  Stuttgart, Germany   tourney time:        = GMT +2 hours        = US EDT +6 hours        = US PDT +9 hours Germany News Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar Stuttgart: The main draw for Stuttgart 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   Schleyer Halle/Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, GER Latitude: 48.793606 Longitude: 9.22843 goto link for World Wind Porsche Grand Prix of Tennis venue address: Schleyer Halle/Porsche Arena, Mercedesstrase 69, 70372 Stuttgart 2009: Players attending the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix opening ceremonies in Stuttgart on Sunday, April 26, included top-seeded Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki, Marion Bartoli, Patty Schnyder, Carla Suarez Navarro, Na Li, Agnes Szavay and Gisela Dulko... On Monday, new WTA # 1 showed her first-time-numero-uno trophy to the press... row 2: German # 1 Sabine Lisicki and Elena Dementieva also played Meet the Press on Monday... Ladies hoisting brewskis and chowing down at the player party on Tuesday evening included Dominika Cibulkova, Vera Dushevina, and Nadia Petrova (bkgd); also at the party, German qualifier Andrea Petkovic demonstrated that very pretty girls don't need to worry about people making fun of their silly hats...

Stuttgart, 1st Rd, Mon 1pm, Tue 12:15pm, Wed 1pm losers' prize: $4,580 US; points: 1

Stuttgart, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 2pm, 1pm losers' prize: $8,590 US; points: 60

Stuttgart, QFs, Fri 2pm losers' prize: $15,925 US; points: 120

Stuttgart, SFs, Sat 2pm losers' prize: $30,000 US; points: 200

Stuttgart, Final, Sun after doubles; 3:45pm+ loser's prize: $56,000 US; points: 320 winner's prize: $107,000 US ; points: 470

Stuttgart, Doubles Final, Sun 1:30pm; before singles losers' prize: $17,800 US winners' prize: $34,000 US Stuttgart, Qual Finals, Mon Apr 26 1pm losers' prizes: q1 $700 1pt; q2 $1,320 8pts; q3 $2,460 12pts; qualifier 20 points Stuttgart, Withdrawals

Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem,  Fès [Fez], Morocco   tourney time:        = GMT        = US EDT +4 hours        = US PDT +7 hours Morocco news Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar     Fès: The 32-player main draw for Fès has 8 seeds, with no 1st-round byes. There are 4 qualifiers and 3 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals are on Monday.   click for wider view   Royal Tennis Club de Fès, Complex Sportif Latitude: 34.002866 Longitude: -4.969168 goto link for World Wind Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem venue address: Complex Sportif de Fès, Boulevard Arrahma Narjiss, Fez (Fès), Morocco

Fès, 1st Round, Mon-Tue 11am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1

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

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

Fès, SFs, Fri 1pm loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130

Fès, Final, Sat 2:30pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280

Fès, Doubles Final, Sat after singles & rest loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Fès, Qual Finals, Mon Apr 26 11am losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Fès, Withdrawals

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