2009 Hansol Korea Open

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.

2009 Hansol Korea Open
DateSeptember 21–27
Edition6th
CategoryWTA International tournaments
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationSeoul, South Korea
VenueSeoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Doubles
Chan Yung-jan / Abigail Spears

Entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SVKDaniela Hantuchová211
 ESPAnabel Medina Garrigues232
 ITAFrancesca Schiavone243
 ROUSorana Cîrstea294
 RUSAlisa Kleybanova315
 RUSAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova416
 RUSVera Dushevina467
 AUTSybille Bammer478
  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of September 14, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2009 Hansol Korea Open – Singles

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.

Doubles
Main article: 2009 Hansol Korea Open – Doubles

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

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