2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open

2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open September 14–20 6th WTA International Hard / outdoor Guangzhou, China ISR Shahar Pe'er BLR Olga Govortsova / BLR Tatiana Poutchek The 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open (also known as the TOE Life Ceramics Guangzhou International Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, China, from September 14 through September 20, 2009. Finals Singles 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles ISR Shahar Pe'er defeated ITA Alberta Brianti 6–3, 6–4 It was Pe'er first title in over 3 years, and her 4th title overall. It was Brianti's first final appearance at the WTA Tour. Doubles 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles BLR Olga Govortsova / BLR Tatiana Poutchek defeated JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm / CHN Sun Tiantian 3–6, 6–2, [10–8] Entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedESPAnabel Medina Garrigues211CHN Zheng Jie222CHN Peng Shuai 443SLO Katarina Srebotnik564ISR Shahar Pe'er645BLR Olga Govortsova 656JPNAyumi Morita697ITA Alberta Brianti 858ITA Maria Elena Camerin 869 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of August 31, 2009 Jie Zheng was forced to withdraw due to a left wrist injury, so Maria Elena Camerin became the no. 9 seed. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw CHN Lu Jingjing CHN Yan Zi CHN Han Xinyun The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: CHN Chen Yanchong HKG Zhang Ling TPE Chang Kai-Chen BLR Tatiana Poutchek The following players received lucky loser spot in the Main Draw: USA Abigail Spears References External links http://sports.21cn.com/09gzopen/eng/ WTA tournament draws Guangzhou International Women's Open 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open Category:2009 in Guangzhou Category:September 2009 sports events in China Category:2009 in Chinese women's sport