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.
Tamira Shelah Paszek is an Austrian tennis player.
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles.
Anastasia Ivanovna Rodionova is a Russian-born Australian former professional tennis player.
Casey Dellacqua is an Australian former professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham Classic, a quarterfinal finish at the 2014 Indian Wells Open and fourth round appearances at the 2008 Australian Open, the 2014 Australian Open and the 2014 US Open; she also won 22 ITF singles titles.
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva is a retired Russian tennis player.
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Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina is a Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 67.
Defending champion Serena Williams defeated Jelena Janković in the final, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2008 Miami Open. It was her fifth Miami Open title, tying Steffi Graf's record.
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 tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 71, achieved on 17 November 2014. On 21 February 2011, she peaked at No. 60 in the WTA doubles rankings.
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. Second-seeded Shahar Pe'er won the singles title.
Irina-Camelia Begu is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 22, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. Begu has won five singles titles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also has won three singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, with 12 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Maria Sharapova defeated Elena Dementieva in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2006 Indian Wells Masters.
The 2010 Tashkent Open was a women's 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. Seventh-seeded Alla Kudryavtseva won the singles title.
The 1999 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament played on hard courts at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that was part of the Tier IVb category of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 7 June through 13 June 1999. First-seeded Anna Smashnova won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.
Defending champion Victoria Azarenka defeated Serena Williams in the final, 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2013 WTA Qatar Open.
Michaëlla Krajicek was the defending champion, but chose not participate. She played in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix instead, which was held in the same week at Stuttgart, Germany.
Sun Tiantian won the title, defeating Iroda Tulyaganova in the final, 6–2, 6–4.
Maria Elena Camerin and Émilie Loit were the defending champions, but Loit did not compete this year.
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