The 2009 Aegon Classic is a tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 28th edition of the event, known that year as the Aegon Classic and was part of the WTA International category of the 2009 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 8 June until 14 June 2009. Thirteenth-seeded Magdaléna Rybáriková won the singles title.
Finals Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková defeated Li Na, 6–0, 7–6(7–2) It was Rybáriková's only singles title of the year and the 1st of her career.
Doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 6–1, 6–4
Entrants Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Zheng Jie China 15 1 Kaia Kanepi Estonia 18 2 Aleksandra Wozniak Canada 24 3 Li Na China 25 4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Russia 27 5 Ekaterina Makarova Russia 38 6 Francesca Schiavone Italy 40 7 Sara Errani Italy 44 8 Bethanie Mattek-Sands United States 45 9 Maria Kirilenko Russia 47 10 Anne Keothavong United Kingdom 48 11 Tamarine Tanasugarn Thailand 52 12 Magdaléna Rybáriková Slovakia 53 13 Roberta Vinci Italy 54 14 Aravane Rezaï France 57 15 Melinda Czink Hungary 62 16
Seedings are based on the rankings as of May 25, 2009.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
Katie O'Brien Georgie Stoop Elena Baltacha Naomi Cavaday
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Arantxa Parra Santonja Youlia Fedossova Lilia Osterloh Naomi Broady Chanelle Scheepers Carly Gullickson Tatiana Poutchek Anastasia Rodionova
References
External links Official website WTA tournament draws ITF tournament draws