2009 Hansol Korea Open

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2009 Hansol Korea Open
Date21–27 September
Edition6th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$220,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location Seoul, South Korea
Venue Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
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The 2009 Hansol Korea Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the event known that year as the Hansol Korea Open, and was part of the WTA International category of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea, from 21 September 27 through September 2009. Unseeded 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.

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Finals

Singles

Flag of Japan.svg Kimiko Date-Krumm defeated Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears defeated Flag of the United States.svg Carly Gullickson / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Kriz, 6–3, 6–4

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK Daniela Hantuchová 211
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 232
Flag of Italy.svg ITA Francesca Schiavone 243
Flag of Romania.svg ROU Sorana Cîrstea 294
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Alisa Kleybanova 315
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 416
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Vera Dushevina 467
Flag of Austria.svg AUT Sybille Bammer 478

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: