Ai Sugiyama is a Japanese former tennis player. She reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. In her career, she won six singles and 38 doubles titles, including three Grand Slam titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. Sugiyama held the all-time record, for both male and female players, for her 62 consecutive Grand Slam main-draw appearances, until she was surpassed by Roger Federer at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
Jarmila Wolfe is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player.
Tamira Shelah Paszek is an Austrian tennis player.
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina is a Russian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
Anastasia Ivanovna Rodionova is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player.
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva is a retired Russian tennis player.
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea is a Romanian tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21, on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-high ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March 2009. Her biggest achievements: reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 French Open and the final at the 2013 Rogers Cup. Over her career, Cîrstea has defeated 13 Top 10 players: Anna Chakvetadze, Sara Errani, Jelena Janković, Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitová, Li Na, Karolína Plíšková, Francesca Schiavone, Samantha Stosur, Caroline Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva, Johanna Konta and Venus Williams.
Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Sara Errani and Bethanie Mattek.
Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina is an inactive Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of 67.
The 2008 Sony Ericsson Open women's singles was the women's singles event of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, a WTA Tier I tennis tournament held in late March and early April. Serena Williams was the defending champion, and won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 against Jelena Janković. It was the fifth time Williams had won the tournament, tying the record with Steffi Graf.
Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but Srebotnik chose not to participate, and only Sugiyama competed that year.
Sugiyama partnered with Ayumi Morita, but lost in the quarterfinals to Květa Peschke and Rennae Stubbs.
Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Anastasiya Yakimova were the defending champions. They are both present but do not compete together.
Dzehalevich partnered with Yaroslava Shvedova, but were forced to withdraw before their quarterfinals match against Alexandra Panova and Magdaléna Rybáriková due to an illness for Shvedova.
Yakimova partnered with Vesna Manasieva, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Yaroslava Shvedova.
Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 71, which she achieved on 17 November 2014. On 21 February 2011, she peaked at No. 60 in the doubles rankings.
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but did not participate due to her retirement in April.
The 2009 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Tashkent Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 21 September through 27 September 2009. Shahar Pe'er won the singles title.
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.
The 2010 Tashkent Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the Tashkent Open, and is part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It was held at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from September 20 through September 26, 2010.
Li Na was the defending champion, but lost the final against Victoria Azarenka, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3.
The 2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open was a Tier 3 Women's WTA Tennis Tournament held in Bangalore, Karnataka, India from 13 - 19 February 2006.
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Pauline Parmentier 
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