2009 İstanbul Cup
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The 2009 İstanbul Cup was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the İstanbul Cup
, and was part of the WTA International tournaments
of the 2009 WTA Tour
. It took place in İstanbul
, Turkey
, from July 27 through August 2, 2009.
s into the singles main draw
Pemra Özgen
İpek Şenoğlu
Çağla Büyükakçay
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Anastasiya Yakimova
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Alina Jidkova
Yuliana Fedak
Vera Dushevina
def.
Lucie Hradecká
, 6–0, 6–1
Lucie Hradecká
/ Renata Voráčová
def.
Julia Görges
/
Patty Schnyder
, 2–6, 6–3, 12–10
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the İstanbul Cup
Istanbul Cup
The İstanbul Cup is a tennis tournament held in İstanbul, Turkey. Held since 2005, this WTA Tour event is a WTA International Tournaments and is played on outdoor clay courts. From 2009, it switched to outdoor hard courts...
, and was part of the WTA International tournaments
WTA International tournaments
The International Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier III and Tier IV events...
of the 2009 WTA Tour
2009 WTA Tour
The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....
. It took place in İstanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, from July 27 through August 2, 2009.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia |
7 | 1 | |
| Switzerland |
19 | 2 | |
 Spain |
20 | 3 | |
 France |
39 | 4 | |
| Russia |
49 | 5 | |
 Kazakhstan |
57 | 6 | |
 Belarus |
65 | 7 | |
| Czech Republic |
69 | 8 |
- Seeds are based on Rankings on July 20, 2009
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcardWild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
s into the singles main draw
Pemra Özgen
Pemra Özgen
Pemra Özgen is a Turkish tennis player.-Career:Özgen had begun her career at the age of 8 when she was emulating her friends to play tennis in 1994. She kept training at İstanbul based clubs; respectively at Taçspor Kulübü and Dağcılık Tenis Spor Kulübü. She had been invloved in tournaments at...
İpek Şenoğlu
Ipek Senoglu
İpek Şenoğlu , nicknamed İpeko, is a Turkish tennis player. Şenoğlu first made history in June 2004 when she was accepted into the women's doubles qualifying for Wimbledon. Though İpek did not advance into the main draw of Wimbledon, she became the first Turk ever to play in a qualifying tournament...
Çağla Büyükakçay
Çağla Büyükakçay
Çağla Büyükakçay , is a Turkish tennis player. She is a member of the Enkaspor tennis team.She is the most successful Turkish player in singles women tennis with a career high WTA ranking of 168 ....
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova is a female tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.-2009:...
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Ekaterina Dzehalevich is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 134th, which she reached on October 6, 2008. Her career high in doubles is 64th, which she reached on September 29, 2008. She has won four ITF and Satellite titles during her career...
Alina Jidkova
Alina Jidkova
Alina Vladimirovna Jidkova , soubriquet Alinka, is a former Women's Tennis Association tennis player....
Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Leonidivna Fedak is a female tennis player from Ukraine.On September 18, 2006, Fedak reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 63.-WTA Tour Titles :-Performance timeline:-External links:...
Singles
Vera DushevinaVera Dushevina
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she privately amended the presentation of her surname so as to be more English language friendly, adopting Dushevina in place of Douchevina which is a...
def.
Lucie HradeckáLucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won ten WTA doubles titles. This total includes the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.-Career:...
, 6–0, 6–1
- It was Dushevina's first career title.
Doubles
Lucie HradeckáLucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won ten WTA doubles titles. This total includes the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.-Career:...
/
Renata VoráčováRenata Vorácová
Renata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No...
def.
Julia GörgesJulia Görges
Julia Görges is a professional tennis player from Germany. Görges reached career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 16 on 6 June 2011 and a doubles ranking of 31 on 6 June 2011...
/
Patty SchnyderPatty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
, 2–6, 6–3, 12–10