2009 Hansol Korea Open

2009 Hansol Korea Open
Date	September 21 – September 27
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

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

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

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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.

Chan Yung-jan / Abigail Spears defeated Carly Gullickson / Nicole Kriz, 6–3, 6–4

2005

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Grand Slam events

Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)

WTA Premier tournaments

Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Rome (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Toronto (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA Tour Championships, Doha (S, D)

Team events

Fed Cup (World Group + Play-offs World Group II + Play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa)

* Bold denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships * S = Singles draw, D = Doubles draw, X = Mixed Doubles draw

2009 in tennis

Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open

Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals, London ATP Challenger Tour ITF Futures Tour

Women	Sony Ericsson WTA Tour WTA Tournament of Champions, Bali Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships, Doha ITF Women's Circuit

Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup

Other events	Bolivarian Games East Asian Games Maccabiah Games Mediterranean Games National Games of the PR of China Southeast Asian Games Summer Universiade

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