2009 Aegon Classic

2009 Aegon Classic
Date	June 8 – June 14
Edition	28th
Surface	Grass / Outdoor
Location	Birmingham, England
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber

The 2009 Aegon Classic is a tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 28th edition of the event, known that year as the Aegon Classic, It is taking place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, from June 8 through June 14, 2009.

Entrants

Seeds

Athlete	Nationality	Ranking*	Seeding
Zheng Jie	China	15	1
Kaia Kanepi	Estonia	18	2
Aleksandra Wozniak	Canada	24	3
Li Na	China	25	4
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Russia	27	5
Ekaterina Makarova	Russia	38	6
Francesca Schiavone	Italy	40	7
Sara Errani	Italy	44	8
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	United States	45	9
Maria Kirilenko	Russia	47	10
Anne Keothavong	United Kingdom	48	11
Tamarine Tanasugarn	Thailand	52	12
Magdaléna Rybáriková	Slovakia	53	13
Roberta Vinci	Italy	54	14
Aravane Rezaï	France	57	15
Melinda Czink	Hungary	62	16

Seedings are based on the rankings as of May 25, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2009 Aegon Classic – Singles

Magdaléna Rybáriková def. Li Na, 6–0, 7–6(2)

It was Rybáriková's first career title.

Doubles

Main article: 2009 Aegon Classic – Doubles

Cara Black / Liezel Huber def. Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 6–1, 6–4

External links

Birmingham tournaments

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Grand Slam events

Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)

WTA Premier tournaments

Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Rome (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Toronto (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA Tour Championships, Doha (S, D)

WTA International tournaments

Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Bali (S)

Team events

Fed Cup (World Group + Play-offs World Group II + Play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa)

* Bold denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships * S = Singles draw, D = Doubles draw, X = Mixed Doubles draw

2009 in tennis

Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open

Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals, London ATP Challenger Tour ITF Futures Tour

Women	Sony Ericsson WTA Tour WTA Tournament of Champions, Bali Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships, Doha ITF Women's Circuit

Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup

Other events	Bolivarian Games East Asian Games Maccabiah Games Mediterranean Games National Games of the PR of China Southeast Asian Games Summer Universiade

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