2009 PTT Pattaya Women's Open
2009 Pattaya Women's Open | |
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Date | 7–15 February |
Edition | 18th |
Category | $220,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Pattaya, Thailand |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Vera Zvonareva | |
Doubles | |
The 2009 PTT Pattaya Women's Open was a women's
The total prize money for the tournament was US$220,000, upgraded from last year's US$170,000 prize money.
The singles draw was headlined by Australian Open semifinalist Vera Zvonareva, Caroline Wozniacki, Dominika Cibulková. Other top players were 2007 champion Sybille Bammer, Peng Shuai, home favourite Tamarine Tanasugarn, 2006 champion Shahar Pe'er and Magdaléna Rybáriková. Vera Zvonareva won the singles title.[1][2]
Tournament
The Pattaya Women's Open was held at the Dusit Resort Pattaya in
Entrants
Seeds
Dominika Cibulková was the third seed, but had to withdraw.[3]
Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
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Vera Zvonareva | Russia | 5 | 1 |
Caroline Wozniacki | Denmark | 12 | 2 |
Dominika Cibulková | Slovakia | 18 | 3 |
Sybille Bammer | Austria | 26 | 4 |
Peng Shuai | China | 35 | 5 |
Tamarine Tanasugarn | Thailand | 41 | 6 |
Shahar Pe'er | Israel | 48 | 7 |
Magdaléna Rybáriková | Slovakia | 51 | 8 |
- Rankings as of February 9, 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
- Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
- Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
- Kimiko Date-Krumm
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Yuliya Beygelzimer
- Vitalia Diatchenko
- Sesil Karatantcheva
- Ivana Lisjak
- Ryōko Fuda (as a lucky loser)
Events
Singles
All of the seeded players progressed into the second round. Top seed
In the second round, Bammer was the sole seed to exit the tournament, losing to Russian
In two all-seeded quarterfinal ties, Zvonareva defeated Peng 6–2, 6–3 but Wozniacki, the second seed, was beaten 6–4, 6–1 by Rybáriková who was seeded eighth. Sixth seed Tanasugarn also lost her match 7–5, 6–4 against Mirza but Pe'er made sure that there would be three seeds in the semi-finals by defeating Dushevina 6–4, 4–6, 6–2.[8]
The first semifinal took to the court on Saturday, and saw eighth seed Rybáriková take on Mirza. Unseeded Mirza comfortably took the first set 6–4. In the second set, Mirza failed to serve out the match, while 5–3 and 30–15 up. Rybáriková then went on to win the following four games to take the set 7–5 and force a decider. The third set however was again one-sided, in Mirza's favour. Mirza closed out the set 6–1 and won the match with the scoreline 6–4, 5–7, 6–1.
Doubles
In a small tournament with only 10 pairs competing, the top four seeds received byes into the second round. Thai pair Nungnadda Wannasuk and Varatchaya Wongteanchai progressed into the second round where they faced second seeds Yaroslava Shvedova and another Thai player Tamarine Tanasugarn, who they lost to 6–0, 6–3. Top-seeded Mirza and Santangelo qualified for the semi-finals at the expense of Elena Bovina and Ksenia Pervak. Amandurova and Chuang Chia-jung overcame Ryōko Fuda. Fourth seeds Klepač and Urszula Radwańska had to withdraw before their second round match with Yuliya Beygelzimer and Vitalia Diatchenko.
In the semi-finals, Amanmuradova and Chuang, the top seeds lost to Beygelzimer and Diatchenko 6–2, 6–4, missing out on a place in the final.
Finals
Singles
Vera Zvonareva defeated Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1
- It was Zvonareva's first title of the year and 8th of her career.
Doubles
Yaroslava Shvedova / Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated Yuliya Beygelzimer / Vitalia Diatchenko 6–3, 6–2
References
- ^ "Zvonareva wins Pattaya Open title". BBC Sport. 15 February 2009.
- ^ "Zvonareva sinks battling Mirza to win in Pattaya". Reuters. 15 February 2009.
- ^ "Dominika Cibulkova withdraws, Sybille Bammer upset at Pattaya Open". ESPN. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ "Top seeds advance at Pattaya Open". Daily Times. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association. 11 February 2009. Archivedfrom the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association. 13 February 2009. Archivedfrom the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
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