2014 Baku Cup Explained

The 2014 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the fourth edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 21 and 27 July 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Women's doubles	280	180	110	60	1

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Romania	Sorana Cîrstea	29	1
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	35	2
Slovakia	Magdaléna Rybáriková	37	3
Japan	Kurumi Nara	38	4
Serbia	Bojana Jovanovski	40	5
Austria	Yvonne Meusburger	42	6
United Kingdom	Heather Watson	57	7
Slovakia	Jana Čepelová	71	8

¹ Rankings are as of July 14, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Alison Van Uytvanck (gastrointestinal illness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Georgia	Oksana Kalashnikova	Ukraine	Olga Savchuk	130	1
Slovakia	Janette Husárová	Poland	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	145	2
Romania	Raluca Olaru	Israel	Shahar Pe'er	191	3
Israel	Julia Glushko	Austria	Sandra Klemenschits	222	4