2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open

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.

2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open
DateSeptember 14 – September 20
Edition6th
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
LocationGuangzhou, China
Champions
Singles
Shahar Pe'er
Doubles
Olga Govortsova / Tatiana Poutchek

Champions

Singles
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
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 Rank1 Seed
 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 21 1
 CHN Zheng Jie 22 2
 CHN Peng Shuai 44 3
 SLO Katarina Srebotnik 56 4
 ISR Shahar Pe'er 64 5
 BLR Olga Govortsova 65 6
 JPN Ayumi Morita 69 7
 ITA Alberta Brianti 85 8
 ITA Maria Elena Camerin 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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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

References
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