2007 Sunfeast Open | |
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Date | 17–23 September |
Edition | 3rd |
Category | Tier III |
Draw | 32M/16Q/16D |
Prize money | $175,000 |
Surface | Hard / Indoor |
Location | Kolkata, India |
Venue | Netaji Indoor Stadium |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2007 Sunfeast Open was a Tier III tennis event on the 2007 WTA Tour, organised for women's professional tennis organized at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta. [1] This was the third edition of the tournament.
Seed | Country | Player name |
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1 | ![]() | Marion Bartoli |
2 | ![]() | Daniela Hantuchová |
3 | ![]() | |
4 | ![]() | Maria Kirilenko [2] |
5 | ![]() | Alla Kudryavtseva |
6 | ![]() | |
7 | ![]() | Flavia Pennetta |
8 | ![]() | Chan Yung-jan |
9 | ![]() | Yaroslava Shvedova |
These players got entry from the qualifying draw.
These players entered through the Lucky loser spot.
The following players received Wildcards into the main draw.
Maria Kirilenko def.
Mariya Koryttseva, 6-0, 6-2
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) /
Vania King (USA) defeated
Alberta Brianti (ITA) /
Mariya Koryttseva (UKR), 6-1, 6-4
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