2009 Aegon Classic Explained

The 2009 Aegon Classic is a tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 28th edition of the event, known that year as the Aegon Classic, It is taking place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 8 to 14 June 2009. Thirteenth-seeded Magdaléna Rybáriková won the singles title.

Entrants

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Zheng Jie China151
Kaia Kanepi Estonia182
Aleksandra Wozniak Canada243
Li Na China254
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Russia275
Ekaterina Makarova Russia386
Francesca Schiavone Italy407
Sara Errani Italy448
Bethanie Mattek-Sands United States459
Maria Kirilenko Russia4710
Anne Keothavong United Kingdom4811
Tamarine Tanasugarn Thailand5212
Magdaléna Rybáriková Slovakia5313
Roberta Vinci Italy5414
Aravane Rezaï France5715
Melinda Czink Hungary6216

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2009 Aegon Classic – Singles. Magdaléna Rybáriková defeated Li Na, 6–0, 7–6(7–2)

Doubles

See main article: 2009 Aegon Classic – Doubles. Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 6–1, 6–4

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