2009 Monterrey Open

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2009 Monterrey Open
Date2–8 March
Edition1st
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$220,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location Monterrey, Mexico
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Dechy / Flag of Italy.svg Mara Santangelo
Monterrey Open ·  2010  

The 2009 Monterrey Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. [1] It was the first edition of the Monterrey Open and was categorized as an International tournament on the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Sierra Madre Tennis Club in Monterrey, Mexico, [1] from 2 March through 8 March 2009.

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The tournament included four players who were ranked in the top 20: Agnieszka Radwańska; Marion Bartoli, the 2009 Brisbane runner-up; Flavia Pennetta, the 2009 Acapulco runner-up; and Zheng Jie. Also in the field were Ágnes Szávay; Iveta Benešová, the 2009 Hobart runner-up and a 2009 Acapulco semifinalist; Gisela Dulko, the 2009 Bogotá runner-up; and Maria Kirilenko.

Entrants

Marion Bartoli at the 2008 US Open.jpg

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Agnieszka Radwańska Flag of Poland.svg Poland101
Marion Bartoli Flag of France.svg France132
Flavia Pennetta Flag of Italy.svg Italy153
Zheng Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China184
Ágnes Szávay Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary275
Iveta Benešová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 316
Gisela Dulko Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 367
Maria Kirilenko Flag of Russia.svg Russia388

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Finals

Singles

Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli defeated Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of France.svg Nathalie Dechy / Flag of Italy.svg Mara Santangelo defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Iveta Benešová / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–3, 6–4

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