The 2009 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a tennis tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 9th edition of the

Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Inte ...

, and was on the International category of the

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. It took place in

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, Morocco, from April 27 through May 2, 2008.

Entrants

Seeds

* Rankings as of April 27, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Anabel Medina Garrigues *

Nadia Lalami Nadia Lalami Laaroussi (born 28 April 1990) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best singles ranking ...

* Fatima Zahrae El Allami The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Corinna Dentoni Corinna Dentoni (born 30 July 1989) is an inactive Italians, Italian tennis player. On 22 June 2009, she achieved her best WTA singles ranking of 132. Her career-high in doubles is world No. 151, which she reached on 25 May 2009. Dentoni has wo ...

* Polona Hercog * Nathalie Viérin The following players received entry as a lucky loser: * Vitalia Diatchenko *

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Finals

Singles

Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Ekaterina Makarova, 6–0, 6–1 * It was Medina Garrigues' first title of the year and 9th of her career.

Doubles

Alisa Kleybanova Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova (russian: Алиса Михайловна Клейбанова, born 15 July 1989) is a Russian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 20, achieved in February 2011. In her career. she wo ...

/ Ekaterina Makarova defeated Sorana Cîrstea / Maria Kirilenko, 6–3, 2–6, 10–8

External links

Official website

Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws
{{2009 WTA Tour

Morocco Open 2009 in Moroccan tennis