2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Introduction The '''2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open''' (also known as the ''TOE Life Ceramics Guangzhou International Women's Open'' for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 14 through September 20, 2009.
Champions === Singles === '''Shahar Pe'er''' defeated  Alberta Brianti 6–3, 6–4* It was Pe'er first title in over 3 years, and her 4th title overall. * It was Brianti's first final appearance at the WTA Tour.=== Doubles === '''Olga Govortsova''' /  '''Tatiana Poutchek''' defeated  Kimiko Date-Krumm /  Sun Tiantian 3–6, 6–2, 10–8
Entrants === Seeds === Country Player Rank1 SeedAnabel Medina Garrigues211 Zheng Jie222 Peng Shuai 443 Katarina Srebotnik564 Shahar Pe'er645 Olga Govortsova 656Ayumi Morita697 Alberta Brianti 858 Maria Elena Camerin 869* 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of August 31, 2009* Jie Zheng was forced to withdraw due to a left wrist injury, so Maria Elena Camerin became the no. 9 seed.=== Other entrants ===The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw*  Lu Jingjing*  Yan Zi*  Han XinyunThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:*  Chen Yanchong*  Zhang Ling*  Chang Kai-Chen*  Tatiana PoutchekThe following players received lucky loser spot in the Main Draw:*  Abigail Spears=== References ===
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