2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open Explained

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, People's Republic of China, from September 14 through September 20, 2009.

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles. Shahar Pe'er defeated 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

See main article: 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles. Olga Govortsova / Tatiana Poutchek defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm / Sun Tiantian 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Spain	Anabel Medina Garrigues	21	1
	Zheng Jie	22	2
		44	3
	Katarina Srebotnik	56	4
	Shahar Pe'er	64	5
		65	6
Japan	Ayumi Morita	69	7
		85	8
		86	9

• 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

• Lu Jingjing
• Yan Zi
• Han Xinyun

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Chen Yanchong
• Zhang Ling
• Chang Kai-Chen
• Tatiana Poutchek

The following players received lucky loser spot in the Main Draw:

• Abigail Spears