Volvo Women's Open, Pattaya, Thailand : Entry List

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Main Draw Entry players list : (Ranking as of 9 September)
Information : as of 27 September

1. Ai sugiyama 20 JPN
2. Tatiana Panova 22 RUS
3. Tammarine Tanasugarn 26 THA :hearts: :hearts:
4. Eleni Daniilidou 34 GRE
5. Elena Bovina 39 RUS
6. Iroda Tulyaganova 40 UZB
7. Martina Sucha 42 SVK
8. Herieta Nagyova 47 SVK
9. Vera Zvonareva 49 RUS
10. Emmanuelle Gagliardi 51 SUI
11. Adriana Serra Zanetti 53 ITA
12. Emilie Loit 56 FRA
13. Denisa Chladkova 63 CZE
14. Rossana Neffa-de Los Rios 64 PAR
15. Angelique Widjaja 65 INA
16. Tathiana Garbin 68 ITA
17. Anca Berna 71 GER
18. Alina Jidkova 72 RUS
19. Tatiana Poutchek 75 BLR
20. Jill Craybas 77 USA
21. Angelika Roesch 80 GER
22. Jeong Yoon Cho 83 KOR
23. Petra Mandula 85 HUN
24. Greta Arn 89 GER
25. Q
26. Q
27. Q
28. Q
29. WC Suchanan Viratprasert THA :hearts: :hearts:
30. WC
31. WC
32. WC

Qualify Entry Player : (Ranking as of 9 September)
Information : as of 27 September

1 TALAJA, SILVIJA 90 CRO
2 CERVANOVA, LUDMILA 91 SVK
3 WEINGARTNER, MARLENE 92 GER
4 MOLIK, ALICIA 93 AUS
5 DIAZ-OLIVA, MARIANA 95 ARG
6 GRZYBOWSKA, MAGDALENA 96 POL
7 ASAGOE, SHINOBU 97 JPN
8 OBATA, SAORI 98 JPN
9 PRAKUSYA, WYNE 99 INA
10 MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL 101 ESP
11 WASHINGTON, MASHONA L 103 USA
12 SERRA ZANETTI, ANTONELLA 108 ITA
13 KAPROS, ANIKO 110 HUN
14 KOULIKOVSKAYA, EVGENIA 115 RUS
15 SELYUTINA, IRINA 117 KAZ
16 PEREBIYNIS, TATIANA 119 UKR
17 PRUSOVA, LIBUSE 121 CZE
18 KLEINOVA, SANDRA 124 CZE
19 GUBACSI, ZSOFIA 126 HUN
20 ONDRASKOVA, ZUZANA 128 CZE
21 KOUKALOVA, KLARA 129 CZE
22 HSIEH, SU-WEI 131 TPE
23 VASKOVA, ALENA 132 CZE
24 DOMINIKOVIC, EVIE 133 AUS
25 KURHAJCOVA, LUBOMIRA 134 SVK
26 WC TATCHA WITAYAVIROT THA :hearts: :hearts:
27 WC NAPAPORN TONSAREE THA :hearts: :hearts:
28 WC
29 WC
30
31
32

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The Volvo Women's Open 2002 will take place at the Dusit Resort Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand where you can see 3 tennis courts in the above picture.

Pattaya is 147 kilometers southeast of Bangkok, and faces the Gulf of Thailand. Pattaya is Asia's premier beach resort, and caters with equal appeal to Pattaya's relaxing tropical ambience is synonymous with every ingredient for memorable holidays.

Pattaya's sunny world is synonymous with pleasant beaches, every conceivable water sport from windsurfing to scuba diving, alluring offshore coral islands, excellent accommodation lining the resort's palmfringed, crescent bay, outstanding seafood, a colourful, relaxing tropical ambience and, after dark, all the magic and enchantment of a vibrant nightlife.


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Wow! Pattaya looks lovely:hearts:

Good Luck Tammy:kiss:

Hi Benny, :wavey:

I'm going to take Tammy's and other players' pictures for you especially welcome party's pictures.

Can't wait to meet Tammy there.

:hearts: :kiss: :hearts: :kiss:

Go for it, Tatiana. Win your first title!;)

WOW!!!! THis field is awesome. But Masha, Dinara, or Svetlana should be here!:mad: Go Vera, Lena, Angie, Yoong, ANABEL!!!!:hearts: & :kiss: :kiss: and Su Wei!!!

Oh and Elena B.

Hey Jiro!

You know what? Last year I went to the stadium at 10 am but all tickets were sold out! Then I needed to come back to standy by at the stadium if there is any no-shows. Gosh...I got worried if I will be able to sit in the stand or not. At last, I managed to be up there. It was a very tired day.

THE NET, :wavey:

For sure please follow the below instruction to buy the ticket.

" The ticket for the semifinal and final is 200 and 300 baht. You can buy the ticket by transfering money to their account at
Account Name :Pentangle Promotions Co., Ltd.
Account No.: 063-0-072890 savings account
Bank : Bangkok Bank
Branch: Ekkamai
After that also fax slip payin to their company at Fax No. (662) 382-3490 ( Tel : 02-3823491-3 )
The buyer can pick up the tickets at tennis court at Dusit Resort, Pattaya "

Hope to see you there. :hearts: :hearts: :hearts:

Go vera!! Good luck and have fun in the cool lookin resort :)

Good Luck IRODA

where is nicky pratt????????

Go Henrieta & Vera!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope Anna could come in and win :roll:

dont think medina garrigues will play

C'mon IRODA

Silvija Talaja will be in MAIN DRAW!

No Patty defending title? :(

:bounce: Emmanuelle :bounce:

Good Luck

TAMMY and All Thai Player ..... :) :) :) :) :)

Looking forward to seeing the photo's Jiro:)
Have fun!

Good Luck Elena,Iri and Anabelita! :D

Good luck to Angie, Wynne, Tammy also Su-Wei and Sugiyama

good job, jiro. it's good that we have you there.

I will try to take Angie and Wynne's photos for you.

Can't wait to meet them in Pattaya.

The defending champion, Patty isn't in the list but yesterday they announced that Patty, Ai, Tanya, Eleni, Iroda, Wynne, Angie, Cho and Tammy will play.

I just received the updated players' list as below :

Information as of 14 Oct, 2002

Main Draw :

1 PANOVA, TATIANA(RUS) 21
2 DANIILIDOU, ELENI(GRE) 24
3 SUGIYAMA, AI(JPN) 25
4 TANASUGARN, TAMARINE(THA) 32
5 TULYAGANOVA, IRODA(UZB) 44
6 SUCHA, MARTINA(SVK) 50
7 ZVONAREVA, VERA(RUS) 51
8 NAGYOVA, HERIETA(SVK) 55
9 SERRA ZANETTI, ADRIANA(ITA) 57
10 GAGLIARDI, EMMANUELLE(SUI) 59
11 CRAYBAS, JILL(USA) 61
12 LOIT, EMILIE(FRA) 62
13 BARNA, ANCA(GER) 67
14 CHLADKOVA, DENISA(CZE) 69
15 GARBIN, TATHIANA(ITA) 73
16 TALAJA, SILVIJA(CRO) 74
17 ROESCH, ANGELIKA(GER) 78
18 JIDKOVA, ALINA(RUS) 79
19 NEFFA-DE LOS RIOS, ROSSANA(PAR) 84
20 POUTCHEK, TATIANA(BLR) 85
21 WIDJAJA, ANGELIQUE(INA) 87
22 MANDULA, PETRA(HUN) 88
23 ARN, GRETA(GER) 89
24 CERVANOVA, LUDMILA(SVK) 91
25 CHO, YOON JEONG(KOR) 102
26 W SUCHANAN VIRATPRASERT(THA) 459
27 W SCHNYDER, PATTY(SUI) 19
28 W KRASNOROUTSKAYA, LINA(RUS) 240
29 Q
30 Q
31 Q
32 Q

Qualify Draw : As of 14 Oct 2002

1 MOLIK, ALICA(AUS) 101
2 GRZBOWSKA, MAGDALENA(POL)
3 WEINGARTNER, MARLENE(GER) 99
4 SERRA ZANETTI, ANTONELLA(ITA) 100
5 KOULIKOVSKAYA, EVGENIA(RUS) 109
6 OBATA, SAORI(JPN) 108
7 KAPROS, ANIKO(HUN) 103
8 PRAKUSYA, WYNNE(INA) 104
9 PRUSOVA, LIBUSE(CZE) 105
10 ASAGOE, SHINOBU(JPN) 110
11 PEREBIYNIS, TATIANA(UKR) 115
12 MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL(ESP) 111
13 GUBACSI, ZSOFIA(HUN) 112
14 KURHAJCOVA, LUBOMIRA(SVK) 114
15 WASHINGTON, MASHONA(USA) 117
16 SELYUTINA, IRINA(KAZ) 122
17 KOUKALOVA, KLARA(CZE) 119
18 VORACOVA, RENATA(CZE) 128
19 ONDRASKOVA, ZUZANA(CZE) 130
20 BOOGERT, KRISTIE(NED) 133
21 KANDARR, JANA(GER) 132
22 KLEINOVA, SANDRA(CZE) 148
23 DOMINIKOVIC, EVIE(AUS) 141
24 VASKOVA, ALENA(CZE) 152
25 HSIEH, SU-WEI(TPE) 222
26 WC TATCHA WITAYAVIROT(THA)
27 WC NAPAPORN TONSAREE(THA)
28 WC
29 WC

Glad to know they gave a wild cards to Patty and Lina.

I think Tammy can beat all of the players there.

GOOD LUCK:bounce:

Tammy's decided to skip next week indoor tournament in Europe(Linz) because she need to rest.

It's good for her to get well prepare for next upcoming Volvo Women's Open.

Good luck Tammy.

GO GO GO TAMMY

Come on LENA !!!
Will she be seeded #2?

Come on MARIANA!!!

Come on LENA !!!

Hello Catriel,

Do you mean DANIILIDOU, ELENI from Greece. According to the updated ranking she will be seeded 2. Last year I did not have chance to take her picture. This year I will do.

BTW, LENA or LINA ??? How can I pronounce her name ?

Patty:D

jirobkk, what is with the updated qualifying singles draw?

Main Draw changes I can follow. Judging by the amendments to the main draw, Elena Bovina has withdrawn and a wildcard has been forgone to let another next in fill the place. So Bovina/WC out and Talaja and Cervanova get in. Thats self explanatory

The Qualifying draw though doesnt make sense for starters Molik isnt ranked 61? try 101!

Commitments for qualifying dont get revised in ranking order. Those originally in the qualifying draw are committed regardless of any drop in ranking.

So players like Hsieh, Vaskova and Dominikovic that had direct entry to qualifying before still have acceptance into the qualifying draw unless they have withdrawn.

Players like Morigami who have risen in ranking are actually on the next in list!!

Judging by the updated qualifying list you have posted a draw that has only 25 players in the qualifying draw of which two are wildcards?? Where as before you had posted a qualifying draw with 27 players confirmed!

Further it appears Magda Grybowska, Sandara Kleinova, Zuzana Ondraskova, Su-Wei Hsieh, Alena Vaskova and Evie Dominikovic have suddenly been removed? I mean its possible a couple withdrew, but judging by the rankings posted I think its a mistake!

Also now in the Qualifying draw are Iveta Benesova, Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, Akiko Morigami, Anastassia Rodionova, Renata Voracova and Marie-Eve Pelletier, mostly cos they have all had ranking rises, not because they initially made the cut off!

Can someone find a more accurate commitment list???

Updated Main Draw and Qualify Draw players' list

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Sorry AUSBOY,
They just updated the main draw and qualify draw list again today.

Originally posted by jirobkk
Updated Main Draw and Qualify Draw players' list

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Sorry AUSBOY,
They just updated the main draw and qualify draw list again today. Hello Jiro :wavey: ,

Have you posted the updated list somewhere :confused: ? If so can you please let me know the URL to the page? My connection is currently extremely slow and I can't browse the WTAworld site easily :sad: .

I wonder if Su-Wei is still in the commitments list with her current wrist injury, though she has loads of points to defend there ...

HELLO Steveg,

I just edited the above list and replace the new one.

Don't worry Su-Wei is in the qualify list.

Originally posted by jirobkk
HELLO Steveg,

I just edited the above list and replace the new one.

Don't worry Su-Wei is in the qualify list. Thanks for the info Jiro. But whether she plays or not I worry :sad: :

- if she plays, her injury may aggravate and it could become very bad :sad:
- if she does not play, she will lose a lot of points :sad:

I'm so upset to know her (bad) relation with her dad. I had chance to chat to her dad last year and I felt like he is nice person.

Hope their reletion is getting better and better.

seed 1 goes to patty :D :bounce:

i hope Patty is #1 seed here too
that means she won't play LA ;)

Hi,all friends..
I seldom come to post but this time it's nearly to start Volvo open so I just want to say "GOOD LUCK" to Tammy and have a good time for every players.
I really hope to see Tammy get the trophy in her own home. Let's go Tammy!!! go ..go...sweetheart!!!

Originally posted by TheBoiledEgg
i hope Patty is #1 seed here too
that means she won't play LA ;)

hahaha, looking that patty can make championships :D ;)

Patty should make it with her win in Zurich

GO IRODA, PANOVA AND MASHONA! :D

patty play in la

panova will be seeded no. 1 then!?!!? that's rare for her...

I hope Magda Grzybowska will play !! GO MAGDA :)

Lina will be here too ;)

Anca could even get a seed. :D

Patty Schnyder's withdrew from Volvo Women's Open. Here below is Main Draw seed. (Ranking as of 21 October)

1. Tanya (23)
2. Ai (24)
3. Eleni (25)
4. Tammy (32) :hearts:
5. Iroda (45)
6. Vera (49)
7. Nagyova (54)
8. Martina (61)

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News from local newspaper

Russia's Tatiana Panova, ranked 21st in the world, has been named top seed in the Volvo Women's Tennis Open tournament which takes place on November 2-10 at the Dusit Resort, Pattaya.

Thai star Tamarine Tanasugarn is seeded fourth.

Panova's top seeding follows the withdrawal of defending champion Patti Schnyder of Switzerland.

Other seeds include Greece's Eleni Danillidou (2), Japan's Ai Sugiyama (3) and Asian Games gold medallist, Iroda Tulyaganova (5).

Another likely hot contender is 18-year-old Russian Vera Zvonareva (7), the world No 52, who took Serena Williams to 3 sets in the French Open.

Apart from Tammy's finger she said she felt okay and had rested her muscles She said she had been training for up to four hours a day.

GO VERA! :D

Hi Jordan,

Vera is becoming famous in Thailand. The Thai newspaper call her "Anna 2".

Can't wait to see her in Pattaya.

Iroda won't be seeded as her Linz pts fall off :sad:

Thanks TheBoiledEgg,

But I think Iroda's points after Linz is enough to be seeded, around 8 or 7.

It is besides likely Ai will not be at the Volvo Open, if she qualifies at the Sanex doubles championships.

jirobkk, wow, thats great that shes becoming popular! :D Thanks for telling me! :)

:D

good luck ANCA!

Iroda should be in tremendous form. So her seeding is not so important, a biger question is if she can control her eager and play with both heart and head in the heat.
ketdik, Iroda :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Will Marta Marrero play here?

whoohoo!! :bounce::bounce::bounce:HORRAY FOR "ANNA2" :D :bounce::bounce::bounce:

Go to Emilie Loit :) :D :) :D ;) !!!!!

hi salima. I'm skeptical about fact she'll be here....

Anabel :D

Ai Sugiyama and Rika Fujiwara became finalist at Lintz ,so they go to LA and Sugiyama withdraw this tournament.:wavey:

Poor Tammy, her finger still giving her troubles.

Good Luck as #3 seed if I aerolike is right that Ai withdrew.

Any updated or final entry list?

I heard that Aiko Nakamura No.320 in Japan go to Pattaya.but I
think No 200 is the most lowest ranking at this tournament.
What do you think?

Last year direct acceptance in the qualies : BYE (7)There was also last year Stephanie Cohen Aloro who was then ranked around #350.

So Aiko has some chances :) . I hope to see her there :D .

GO IRODA:D

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: GOOD LUCK IRODA:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Volvo Women’s Open tennis attracts strong entry list

The 14th Volvo Women’s Open, professional tennis tournament, with prize money of US$110,000 will be held at the Dusit Resort, Pattaya from the 2 – 10 November 2002.
The Volvo Women’s Open is part of the Sanex-WTA World Tour, which comprises of 66 tournaments in 33 countries. The tournament, which is the last stop on the tour, is the longest running professional women’s tennis tournament in Asia, outside of Japan.

This year the tournament has once again attracted a very strong field of entries, the list of players is of a similar quality to other Sanex-WTA tournaments in Asia which offer higher levels of prize money.

The entry list includes all the top Asian players Ai Sugiyama of Japan, Asian Games gold medallist Iroda Tulyaganova of Uzbekistan, Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia and Yoon Jeong Cho of Korea. Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn completes the quintet of top Asian players. Of the Asian players Ai Sugiyama is top ranked at no 25, followed by Tamarine who is ranked 32. In addition to the top Asian players, the tournament entry list includes last year’s winner Patty Schnyder a late entry who is ranked no 19 and a quartet of Russian players led by Tatiana Panova, who is enjoying her best year to date, she has risen to number 21 in the world. Supporting her will be the latest crop of Russian sensations to hit the tennis scene such as Vera Zvonareva, Alina Jidkova, and Lina Krasnoroutskaya.

Amongst other contenders for the crown are Greece’s Eleni Danilidou, who has risen to no 24 in the world and Slovakia’s Henrietta Nagyova, who was runner-up last year. The tournament qualifying rounds are played from the 2 – 4 November, with the main draw running from the 4 – 10 November. The singles final on Sunday 10 November will be televised “ live” on TV channel 9. Admission is free for the qualifying rounds through till the quarter-finals on Friday 8 November. Tickets are available at 200 baht and 300 baht for the semi-finals and finals on the 9 – 10 November.

In addition to the tennis tournament, Volvo will also organise a motor rally from Bangkok on 9 November and a mountain bike race with the start/finish at the Dusit Resort, Pattaya on 10 November. The Volvo Women’s Open is supported Kuwait Petroleum (Q8), the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Mega-Universal, Sanex ,Wilson, Volvo Leasing, Prince and Traffic Corner. The tournament is sanctioned by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand (LTAT).

Thanks for the news Jiro :) .

I doubt Ai will be participating though ;) .

thats pretty amazing, FREE entry until the semis

:) thanks jiro

Originally posted by TheBoiledEgg
thats pretty amazing, FREE entry until the semis This is the same every year actually. And there is hardly anyone watching the matches, except the players :rolleyes: , that is why it is free.

It is not very crowded for the semis either. Only for the final (at least last year). Not much crowd also for the week-end of the qualies.

I have seen more crowd in Vietnam for the challenger events (with paying entry) :) .

I guess that the tourney has besides enough sponsors (with the resort in particular) to justify this decision.

Patty and Ai will skip this tournament as they will participate in Championship (Patty in single, Ai in double with Fujiwara). Wynne will also go to LA because her point (with partner Janet Lee) is enough for that tournament after the withdrawal of Hingis/Anna Kournikova. Then, Tammy could be No. 2 seeded after Eleni. But the matches will remain tough.

Tammy will be the third seed after Panova right. not second .

Tammy will be 3 seeded after Eleni and Tanya if Patty and Ai won't come.

Good luck Tamarine.

Oops ... sorry, I left Panova out of my head. So, the games will be tougher.

According for her homepage,She will in Main Draw.

Which means I won't see Shinobu during the qualies :sad: .

:eek: :eek:
I have seen the draw in the site, and I didn´t find Eleni there!!
What happened??
:sad: Where is Lena??:sad: Snif!!!!!!:sad: