womens tennis 2009 Sony Ericsson Open womens tennis $4.500.000 Surface: hard WTA Schedule; March 25 - April 4 2009. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour upgraded the Warsaw Open to Premier event status and added new International level tournaments in Bad Gastein, Austria and Marbella, Spain to the 2009 Tour Calendar. The Warsaw Open, which will feature $600,000 in prize money, will move into the week of May 18 prior to Roland Garros, the week previously occupied by the German Open in Berlin. The Gastein Ladies in Bad Gastein will take place the week of July 20 (formerly occupied by the Warsaw Open) and the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella will take place the week of April 6. The 2009 Tour calendar features 55 tournaments (inclusive of the four Grand Slams, which are not operated by the Tour) across 31 countries and record prize money of over $86 million. The international breadth of tournaments includes 26 events in Europe, 15 events in the Americas and 14 events in the Asia-Pacific region. Seventeen combined events include Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Beijing, Sydney, Moscow, Eastbourne, New Haven, Brisbane, s’ Hertogenbosch, Estoril, Memphis and Acapulco, along with the four Grand Slams. Seven back-to-back men/women events include Dubai, Tokyo, Rome, Cincinnati, Canada, Auckland and Bastad. 2009 will also see new tournaments in Madrid, Brisbane, Monterrey, Ponte Vedra Beach, Bastad, Warsaw, Osaka, Bad Gastein and Marbella.
womens tennis
womens tennis 2009 Sony Ericsson Open womens tennis $4.500.000 Surface: hard WTA Schedule; March 25 - April 4 2009. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour upgraded the Warsaw Open to Premier event status and added new International level tournaments in Bad Gastein, Austria and Marbella, Spain to the 2009 Tour Calendar. The Warsaw Open, which will feature $600,000 in prize money, will move into the week of May 18 prior to Roland Garros, the week previously occupied by the German Open in Berlin. The Gastein Ladies in Bad Gastein will take place the week of July 20 (formerly occupied by the Warsaw Open) and the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella will take place the week of April 6. The 2009 Tour calendar features 55 tournaments (inclusive of the four Grand Slams, which are not operated by the Tour) across 31 countries and record prize money of over $86 million. The international breadth of tournaments includes 26 events in Europe, 15 events in the Americas and 14 events in the Asia-Pacific region. Seventeen combined events include Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Beijing, Sydney, Moscow, Eastbourne, New Haven, Brisbane, s’ Hertogenbosch, Estoril, Memphis and Acapulco, along with the four Grand Slams. Seven back-to-back men/women events include Dubai, Tokyo, Rome, Cincinnati, Canada, Auckland and Bastad. 2009 will also see new tournaments in Madrid, Brisbane, Monterrey, Ponte Vedra Beach, Bastad, Warsaw, Osaka, Bad Gastein and Marbella.