The 2009 Hansol Korea Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the event known that year as the Hansol Korea Open, and was part of the WTA International category of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea, from 21 September 27 through September 2009. Unseeded 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.
Finals Singles
Kimiko Date-Krumm defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–3, 6–3 It was her only singles title of the year, 1st title after 13 years break, and the 8th and last of her career.
Doubles
Chan Yung-jan / Abigail Spears defeated Carly Gullickson / Nicole Kriz, 6–3, 6–4
Entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Daniela Hantuchová 21 1 Anabel Medina Garrigues 23 2 Francesca Schiavone 24 3 Sorana Cîrstea 29 4 Alisa Kleybanova 31 5 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 41 6 Vera Dushevina 46 7 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
Yoo Mi Kim So-Jung Lee Ye-Ra
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Yurika Sema Chang Kai-Chen Sophie Ferguson Junri Namigata
External links
WTA tournament draws