2009 Open GDF Suez

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2009 Open GDF Suez
Date9–15 February
Edition17th
Category Premier
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$700,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationParis, France
Venue Stade Pierre de Coubertin
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo
Doubles
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber
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The 2009 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hardcourts. It was the 17th edition of the Open GDF Suez (formerly known as the Open Gaz de France) and was a Premier tournament on the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, from 9 February until 15 February 2009.

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The top three seeds were Serena Williams, the 2009 Australian Open singles champion and twice the winner of this event, Jelena Janković, a former world No. 1, and Elena Dementieva, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in singles and a 2009 Australian Open semifinalist. Agnieszka Radwańska, home favourite Alizé Cornet, Patty Schnyder, Anabel Medina Garrigues, and two-time champion Amélie Mauresmo also played this event.

Eighth-seeded Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title. It was her third title at the event, also winning in 2001 and 2006. [1] [2]

Finals

Singles

Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo defeated Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]

Entrants

Seeds

Maria Sharapova was initially set to make her season debut here after sitting out several months with a shoulder injury. However, she eventually withdrew. She was replaced by Jelena Janković. [3] Katarina Srebotnik also withdrew from the event with an ongoing injury.

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States11
Jelena Janković Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 32
Elena Dementieva Flag of Russia.svg Russia43
Agnieszka Radwańska Flag of Poland.svg Poland104
Alizé Cornet Flag of France.svg France135
Patty Schnyder Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland166
Anabel Medina Garrigues Flag of Spain.svg Spain207
Amélie Mauresmo Flag of France.svg France248

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Prize money & points

The total prize money for the tournament was US$700,000, upgraded from the previous year's US$600,000.

Total prize money: US$700,000 [4]

RoundSinglesDoubles
Prize money (US$)WTA ranking pointsPrize money (US$)WTA ranking points
Winner107,00047034,000470
Finalist56,00032017,800320
Semifinal30,0002009,400200
Quarterfinal15,9251204,950120
Round of 168,950602,6501
Round of 324,5801--
Qualified-20--
Qualifying 3rd round2,46012--
Qualifying 2nd round1,3208--
Qualifying 1sf round7001--

References

  1. ↑ "Mauresmo ends long drought". Sky Sports. 16 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "Mauresmo beats Dementieva in Paris". CBC. 15 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "Jelena Janković: Last Minute Replacement". opengdfsuez.com. 2009-02-06. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  4. ↑ "Prize Money". opengdfsuez.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
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