2009 PTT Pattaya Women's Open

2009 Pattaya Women's Open 7–15 February 18th WTA International $220,000 32S / 16D Hard / outdoor Pattaya, Thailand RUS Vera Zvonareva KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova THA Tamarine Tanasugarn The 2009 PTT Pattaya Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Pattaya Women's Open, and was part of the International category on the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place in Pattaya, Thailand, from 7 February through 15 February 2009. The total prize money for the tournament was US$220,000, upgraded from last year's US$170,000 prize money. The singles draw was headlined by Australian Open semifinalist Vera Zvonareva, Caroline Wozniacki, Dominika Cibulková. Other top players were 2007 champion Sybille Bammer, Peng Shuai, home favourite Tamarine Tanasugarn, 2006 champion Shahar Pe'er and Magdaléna Rybáriková. Vera Zvonareva won the singles title.Zvonareva wins Pattaya Open title https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7891140.stm BBC Sport 15 February 2009Zvonareva pips Sania to Pattaya title https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2009/Feb/15/zvonareva-pips-sania-to-pattaya-title-26077.html The New Indian Express 15 February 2009 Finals Singles 2009 Pattaya Women's Open – Singles RUS Vera Zvonareva defeated IND Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1 It was Zvonareva's 1st singles title of the year and 8th of her career. Doubles 2009 Pattaya Women's Open – Doubles KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova / THA Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated UKR Yuliya Beygelzimer / RUS Vitalia Diatchenko 6–3, 6–2 Tournament The Pattaya Women's Open was held at the Dusit Resort Pattaya in Thailand on outdoor hard courts. The tournament featured two competitions, an individual or singles tournament with 32 players involved and a doubles tournament with 10 pairs. A quarter of the players in the singles draw are seeded (8 players) and 4 from the doubles, based on their world ranking, with the seeded doubles pairs receiving a bye into the second round. In the singles tournament, players have to progress through 5 rounds if they want to win the event, whereas it is one round less for doubles. Matches are best of 3 sets and can be settled by tiebreaks if necessary. The third set of the doubles tournament match is decided by a champions tiebreak. Entrants Seeds Dominika Cibulková was the third seed, but had to withdraw.https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3898830 Dominika Cibulkova withdraws, Sybille Bammer upset at Pattaya Open ESPN 11 February 2009 14 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090222144124/http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3898830 22 February 2009 live Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Vera Zvonareva RUS Russia 5 1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN Denmark 12 2 Dominika Cibulková SVK Slovakia 18 3 Sybille Bammer AUT Austria 26 4 Peng Shuai CHN China 35 5 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA Thailand 41 6 Shahar Pe'er ISR Israel 48 7 Magdaléna Rybáriková SVK Slovakia 51 8 Rankings as of February 9, 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: THA Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA Nicha Lertpitaksinchai JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: UKR Yuliya Beygelzimer RUS Vitalia Diatchenko KAZ Sesil Karatantcheva CRO Ivana Lisjak JPN Ryōko Fuda (as a lucky loser) Events Singles All of the seeded players progressed into the second round. Top seed Vera Zvonareva and second seed Caroline Wozniacki both recorded straight sets victories against Andreja Klepač and Chan Yung-jan respectively.http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C02%5C11%5Cstory_11-2-2009_pg2_13 Top seeds advance at Pattaya Open Daily Times 11 February 2009 14 February 2009 Sybille Bammer, Shahar Pe'er and Magdaléna Rybáriková also progressed, while Peng Shuai won by default when her opponent Mara Santangelo had to retire with illness in the second set.http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2961 Illness sends Peng past Santangelo in Pattaya City Women's Tennis Association Sony Ericsson WTA Tour 9 February 2009 14 February 2009 The only seeded player from Thailand, Tamarine Tanasugarn (6) beat Akgul Amanmuradova. The other two home players, junior number one and 2008 Wimbledon girls singles finalist Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Nicha Lertpitaksinchai both lost in the first round, against Pe'er and Sania Mirza respectively. In the second round, Bammer was the sole seed to exit the tournament, losing to Russian Vera Dushevina.http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2968 Dushevina Provides Tourney's First Upset with Victory Versus Bammer Women's Tennis Association Sony Ericsson WTA Tour 11 February 2009 14 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090213132531/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2968 13 February 2009 live Zvonareva beat Yaroslava Shvedova, Peng won her match against Galina Voskoboeva, Tanasugarn defeated Neuza Silva while Pe'er and Rybáriková both defeated qualifiers. Second seed Wozniacki recovered from losing the first set on a tiebreak to level the match before her opponent, Ksenia Pervak, became the third player to withdraw from the tournament with injury or illness. Mirza was the only other non-seeded player to reach the quarter-finals by beating qualifier Vitalia Diatchenko.http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2971 Zvonareva, rest of seeds in action move into quarters Women's Tennis Association Sony Ericsson WTA Tour 12 February 2009 14 February 2009 In two all-seeded quarterfinal ties, Zvonareva defeated Peng 6–2, 6–3 but Wozniacki, the second seed, was beaten 6–4, 6–1 by Rybáriková who was seeded eighth. Sixth seed Tanasugarn also lost her match 7–5, 6–4 against Mirza but Pe'er made sure that there would be three seeds in the semi-finals by defeating Dushevina 6–4, 4–6, 6–2.http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2975 Rybáriková powers past Wozniacki; Next stop Mirza Women's Tennis Association Sony Ericsson WTA Tour 13 February 2009 13 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090218112331/http://sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2975 18 February 2009 live The first semifinal took to the court on Saturday, and saw eighth seed Rybáriková take on Mirza. Unseeded Mirza comfortably took the first set 6–4. In the second set, Mirza failed to serve out the match, while 5–3 and 30–15 up. Rybáriková then went on to win the following four games to take the set 7–5 and force a decider. The third set however was again one-sided, in Mirza's favour. Mirza closed out the set 6–1 and won the match with the scoreline 6–4, 5–7, 6–1. Doubles In a small tournament with only 10 pairs competing, the top four seeds received byes into the second round. Thai pair Nungnadda Wannasuk and Varatchaya Wongteanchai progressed into the second round where they faced second seeds Yaroslava Shvedova and another Thai player Tamarine Tanasugarn, who they lost to 6–0, 6–3. Top-seeded Mirza and Santangelo qualified for the semi-finals at the expense of Elena Bovina and Ksenia Pervak. Amandurova and Chuang Chia-jung overcame Ryōko Fuda. Fourth seeds Klepač and Urszula Radwańska had to withdraw before their second round match with Yuliya Beygelzimer and Vitalia Diatchenko. In the semi-finals, Amanmuradova and Chuang, the top seeds lost to Beygelzimer and Diatchenko 6–2, 6–4, missing out on a place in the final. References External links Official website WTA tournament draws ITF tournament draws Category:2009 WTA Tour Category:2009 in women's tennis Tennis, WTA Tour, PTT Pattaya Women's Open Tennis, WTA Tour, PTT Pattaya Women's Open 2009 Tennis, WTA Tour, PTT Pattaya Women's Open