2009 Hansol Korea Open

2009 Hansol Korea Open 21–27 September 6th WTA International 32S / 16D $220,000 Hard / outdoor Seoul, South Korea Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm TPE Chan Yung-jan / USA Abigail Spears Korea Open (tennis) Korea Open 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. Finals Singles 2009 Hansol Korea Open – Singles JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm defeated ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–3, 6–3 It was her only singles title of the year, 1st title after 13 years break, and the 8th and last of her career. Doubles 2009 Hansol Korea Open – Doubles TPE Chan Yung-jan / USA Abigail Spears defeated USA Carly Gullickson / AUS Nicole Kriz, 6–3, 6–4 Entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed SVK Daniela Hantuchová 21 1 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 23 2 ITA Francesca Schiavone 24 3 ROU Sorana Cîrstea 29 4 RUS Alisa Kleybanova 31 5 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 41 6 RUS Vera Dushevina 46 7 AUT Sybille Bammer 47 8 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of September 14, 2009 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw KOR Yoo Mi KOR Kim So-Jung KOR Lee Ye-Ra The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: JPN Yurika Sema TPE Chang Kai-Chen AUS Sophie Ferguson JPN Junri Namigata External links Official website WTA tournament draws Hansol Korea Open Category:Korea Open (tennis) Korea