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2009 Hansol Korea Open

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Edition
  
6th

Location
  
Seoul, South Korea

Surface
  
Hard / outdoor

Date
  
September 21 – September 27

Category
  
WTA International tournaments

Venue
  
Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center

The 2009 Hansol Korea Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the event known that year as the Hansol Korea Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea, from September 21 through September 27, 2009.

Contents

Seeds

  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of September 14, 2009

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Yoo Mi
  • Kim So-Jung
  • Lee Ye-Ra

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Yurika Sema
  • Chang Kai-Chen
  • Sophie Ferguson
  • Junri Namigata

    • Singles

    Kimiko Date-Krumm defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–3, 6–3

  • Date-Krumm, one day short of her 39th birthday, became the second-oldest player in the Open era to win a singles title on the WTA Tour, after Billie Jean King, who won the Edgbaston Cup at Birmingham in 1983 aged 39 and seven months.
  • It was her 1st title after 13 years break, and the 8th of her career.

    • Doubles

    Chan Yung-jan / Abigail Spears defeated Carly Gullickson / Nicole Kriz, 6–3, 6–4

    References

    2009 Hansol Korea Open Wikipedia
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