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. Second-seeded Shahar Pe'er won the singles title.[1]

2009 Tashkent Open
Date21–27 September
Edition11th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$220,000
SurfaceHard
LocationTashkent, Uzbekistan
VenueOlympic Tennis School
Champions
Singles
Israel Shahar Pe'er
Doubles
Belarus Olga Govortsova / Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
← 2008 · Tashkent Open · 2010 →

Finals

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Singles

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  Shahar Pe'er defeated   Akgul Amanmuradova 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Pe'er's 2nd and last singles title of the year and the 5th and last of her career.

Doubles

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  Olga Govortsova /   Tatiana Poutchek defeated   Vitalia Diatchenko /   Ekaterina Dzehalevich 6–2, 6–7(1–7), [10–8]

WTA entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 55 1
  ISR Shahar Pe'er 57 2
  ROU Ioana Raluca Olaru 66 3
  BLR Olga Govortsova 73 4
   SUI Stefanie Vögele 74 5
  ROU Monica Niculescu 78 6
  AUT Patricia Mayr 83 7
  KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 96 8
  • 1 Rankings are based on the rankings of September 14, 2009

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a Lucky loser

References

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  1. ^ "Israel's Peer claims Tashkent championship". UPI. 27 September 2009.
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