Challenge Bell 2009
Challenge Bell 2009 | |
date | September 14, 2009 - September 20, 2009 |
Edition | 17th |
navigation | 2008 ◄ 2009 ► 2010 |
WTA tour | |
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venue | Québec Canada |
Tournament number | 656 |
category | WTA International |
Tournament type | Indoor tournament |
Game surface | carpet |
draw | 32E / 32Q / 16D |
Prize money | US $ 220,000 |
Website | Official website |
Last year's winner (individual) | Nadia Petrova |
Last year's winner (double) |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King |
Winner (singles) | Melinda Czink |
Winner (doubles) |
Vania King Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová |
Tournament supervisor | Tony Cho |
Last direct assumption | Jorgelina Cravero (168) |
Player representatives |
Valerie Tetreault Rebecca Marino |
As of May 10, 2013 |
The Challenge Bell 2009 was the 17th edition of the women's tennis tournament in Québec , Canada . The indoor tournament (carpet) in the International category was part of the WTA Tour 2009 and took place parallel to the Guangzhou International Women's Open in China from September 14th to 20th, 2009.
The defending champions were Nadja Petrowa in singles and the pairing Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Vania King in doubles.
Melinda Czink won the individual final against Lucie Šafářová 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5; in doubles, Vania King and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová prevailed in the final against the pairing Sofia Arvidsson / Séverine Brémond 6-1 and 6-3.
qualification
singles
Wildcard
The following players received their eligibility to play through a wildcard from the organizers:
qualification
The following players played their way into the main draw during the qualifying round:
The following players came into the main field via the lucky loser rule:
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Results
Double
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Results
Remarkable
- Sabine Lisicki had to cancel because of a foot injury that she sustained in the second round of the 2009 US Open .
- Nadja Petrowa gave up in the quarterfinals because of a viral illness.
Web links
- Official homepage of the tournament
- Challenge Bell 2009 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage