The 2009 İstanbul Cup was a women's

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

tournament played on outdoor

hard court A hardcourt (or hard court) is a type of surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as Asphalt concrete, asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resin ...

s. It was the fifth edition of the İstanbul Cup, and was part of the

WTA International tournaments The WTA International tournaments was a category for tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. As of 2021 these events have been reclassifie ...

of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, Turkey, from 27 July through 2 August 2009.

Vera Dushevina Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina (; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the Wimbledon Championships, beating Maria Sharapova in ...

won the singles title.

Entrants

Seeds

* Seeds are based on Rankings on July 20, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw *

Pemra Özgen Pemra Özgen (born 8 May 1986) is a Turkish tennis player. Özgen has won 18 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 26 August 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 182. On 14 October 2013, she peaked at No. 179 ...

* İpek Şenoğlu * Çağla Büyükakçay The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Anastasiya Yakimova * Ekaterina Dzehalevich * Alina Jidkova * Yuliana Fedak

Finals

Singles

defeated

Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She w ...

, 6–0, 6–1 * It was Dushevina's first career title.

Doubles

Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 58 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circui ...

defeated. Julia Görges /

Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
Weltwoche, 14. September 2011 is a Swiss reti ...

, 2–6, 6–3, 12–10

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Istanbul Cup Istanbul Cup İstanbul Cup 2009 in Turkish tennis July 2009 sports events in Turkey August 2009 sports events in Turkey