2009 Hansol Korea Open
Tennis tournament
| 2009 Hansol Korea Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | September 21–27, 2009 | |||
| Edition | 6th | |||
| Category | WTA International tournaments | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Seoul, South Korea | |||
| Venue | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Kimiko Date-Krumm | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Chan Yung-jan /  Abigail Spears | ||||
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The 2009 Hansol Korea Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the event known that year as the Hansol Korea Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea, from September 21 through September 27, 2009.
Entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 21 | 1 |
 ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 23 | 2 |
 ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 24 | 3 |
 ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 29 | 4 |
 RUS | Alisa Kleybanova | 31 | 5 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 41 | 6 |
| RUS | Vera Dushevina | 46 | 7 |
 AUT | Sybille Bammer | 47 | 8 |
- 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of September 14, 2009
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Finals
Singles
Kimiko Date-Krumm defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–3, 6–3
- Date-Krumm, one day short of her 39th birthday, became the second-oldest player in the Open era to win a singles title on the WTA Tour, after Billie Jean King, who won the Edgbaston Cup at Birmingham in 1983 aged 39 and seven months.
- It was her 1st title after 13 years break, and the 8th of her career.
Doubles
Chan Yung-jan / Abigail Spears defeated Carly Gullickson / 
Nicole Kriz, 6–3, 6–4
External links
- Official website
- Singles, Doubles, and Qualifying Singles draws
