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2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open

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Edition
  
6th

Location
  
Guangzhou, China

Surface
  
Hard / Outdoor

Date
  
September 14 – September 20

The 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open (also known as the TOE Life Ceramics Guangzhou International Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 14 through September 20, 2009.

Contents

Singles

Shahar Pe'er defeated Alberta Brianti 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Pe'er first title in over 3 years, and her 4th title overall.
  • It was Brianti's first final appearance at the WTA Tour.

    • Doubles

    Olga Govortsova / Tatiana Poutchek defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm / Sun Tiantian 3–6, 6–2, 10–8

    Seeds

  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of August 31, 2009
  • Jie Zheng was forced to withdraw due to a left wrist injury, so Maria Elena Camerin became the no. 9 seed.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Lu Jingjing
  • Yan Zi
  • Han Xinyun

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Chen Yanchong
  • Zhang Ling
  • Chang Kai-Chen
  • Tatiana Poutchek

    • The following players received lucky loser spot in the Main Draw:

  • Abigail Spears

    • References

    2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA