2009 Pattaya Women's Open
| 2009 Pattaya Women's Open | |
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| Date | February 7 – February 15 |
| Edition | 18th |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Vera Zvonareva
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| Doubles | |
 Yaroslava Shvedova /  Tamarine Tanasugarn
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The 2009 PTT Pattaya Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Pattaya Women's Open, and was part of the International category on the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place in Pattaya City, Thailand, from February 7 through February 15, 2009.
The total prize money for the tournament was US$220,000, upgraded from last year's US$170,000 prize money.
The singles draw was headlined by Australian Open semifinalist Vera Zvonareva, Caroline Wozniacki, Dominika Cibulková. Other top players were 2007 champion Sybille Bammer, Peng Shuai, home favourite Tamarine Tanasugarn, 2006 champion Shahar Pe'er and Magdaléna Rybáriková.
The Pattaya Women's Open was held at the Dusit Resort Pattaya in Thailand on outdoor hard courts. The tournament featured two competitions, an individual or singles tournament with 32 players involved and a doubles tournament with 10 pairs. A quarter of the players in the singles draw are seeded (8 players) and 4 from the doubles, based on their world ranking, with the seeded doubles pairs receiving a bye into the second round. In the singles tournament, players have to progress through 5 rounds if they want to win the event, whereas it is one round less for doubles. Matches are best of 3 sets and can be settled by tiebreaks if necessary. The third set of the doubles tournament match is decided by a champions tiebreak.
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