2009 Tashkent Open Explained

The 2009 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Tashkent Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 21 September through 27 September 2009. Shahar Pe'er won the singles title.^[1]

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
		55	1
		57	2
		66	3
		73	4
		74	5
		78	6
		83	7
		96	8

• ¹ Rankings are based on the rankings of September 14, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Nigina Abduraimova
• Alexandra Kolesnichenko
• Sabina Sharipova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alexandra Panova
• Lesia Tsurenko
• Ksenia Lykina
• Arina Rodionova

The following players received entry as a Lucky loser

• Yuliana Fedak

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2009 Tashkent Open – Singles. Shahar Pe'er defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6–3, 6–4

• It was Pe'er's 2nd title of the year, in successive weeks, and 5th of her career.

Doubles

See main article: 2009 Tashkent Open – Doubles. Olga Govortsova / Tatiana Poutchek defeated Vitalia Diatchenko / Ekaterina Dzehalevich 6–2, 6–7^(1–7), [10–8]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Israel's Peer claims Tashkent championship. UPI. 27 September 2009.