2009 Open GDF Suez

2009 Open GDF Suez 9–15 February 17th Premier 32S / 16D $700,000 Hard / indoor Paris, France Stade Pierre de Coubertin FRA Amélie Mauresmo ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber 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. 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.Mauresmo ends long drought https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/4926129/mauresmo-ends-long-drought Sky Sports 16 February 2009Mauresmo beats Dementieva in Paris https://www.cbc.ca/sports/mauresmo-beats-dementieva-in-paris-1.803217 CBC 15 February 2009 Finals Singles 2009 Open GDF Suez – Singles FRA Amélie Mauresmo defeated RUS Elena Dementieva 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–4 It was Mauresmo's only singles title of the year and 25th and last of her career. Doubles 2009 Open GDF Suez – Doubles ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber defeated CZE Květa Peschke / USA 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.http://www.opengdfsuez.com/tips.php?detail=294235&language=uk Jelena Janković: Last Minute Replacement opengdfsuez.com 2009-02-06 2009-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090212134825/http://opengdfsuez.com/tips.php?detail=294235&language=uk 12 February 2009 dead Katarina Srebotnik also withdrew from the event with an ongoing injury. Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Serena Williams USA United States 1 1 Jelena Janković SRB Serbia 3 2 Elena Dementieva RUS Russia 4 3 Agnieszka Radwańska POL Poland 10 4 Alizé Cornet FRA France 13 5 Patty Schnyder SUI Switzerland 16 6 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP Spain 20 7 Amélie Mauresmo FRA France 24 8 Rankings as of February 9, 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: SRB Jelena Janković SVK Daniela Hantuchová FRA Virginie Razzano FRA Nathalie Dechy The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: FRA Émilie Loit CRO Karolina Šprem UKR Oxana Lyubtsova LAT Anastasija Sevastova 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$700,000http://www.opengdfsuez.com/articles.php?detail=14&language=uk Prize Money opengdfsuez.com 2009-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090211105345/http://opengdfsuez.com/articles.php?detail=14&language=uk 11 February 2009 dead RoundSinglesDoubles Prize money (US$) WTA ranking points Prize money (US$) WTA ranking pointsWinner 107,000 470 34,000 470Finalist 56,000 320 17,800 320Semifinal 30,000 200 9,400 200Quarterfinal 15,925 120 4,950 120Round of 16 8,950 60 2,650 1Round of 32 4,580 1 - -Qualified - 20 - -Qualifying 3rd round 2,460 12 - -Qualifying 2nd round 1,320 8 - -Qualifying 1sf round 700 1 - - References External links Official website WTA tournament draws Open GDF Suez Category:Open GDF Suez Open GDF Suez Open GDF Suez Open Gaz de France Open GDF Suez