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PYW Stuttgart
Welcome to Suttgart, Germany! New surface, new date, same tournament! The players start their perparation for Roland Garros in Stuttgart. Even on clay, the field is attractive as always. But who will win? Vote now as the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix gets started with the qualifying competition!
The Favourites
First Quarter: Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [1]
Second Quarter: Vera Dushevina RUS [2]
Third Quarter: Karolina Sprem CRO [6]
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fourth Quarter: Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [5]
Second Qualifying Round
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [1] vs Stephanie Gehrlein GER
Mervana Jugic-Salkic BIH vs Karin Knapp ITA
Vera Dushevina RUS [2] vs Su-Wei Hsieh TPE
Sarah Gronert GER [WC] vs Alberta Brianti ITA [7]
Tamira Paszek [3] vs Astrid Besser ITA
Elena Bovina RUS vs Karolina Sprem CRO [6]
Olga Govortsova BLR [4] vs Andrea Petkovic GER [WC]
Julia Schruff GER vs Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ


Welcome to Suttgart, Germany! New surface, new date, same tournament! The players start their perparation for Roland Garros in Stuttgart. Even on clay, the field is attractive as always. But who will win? Vote now as the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix gets started with the qualifying competition!
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[FONT=Book Antiqua][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][U]Ranking Points:[/U][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/B][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][U][B][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua]Premier (32, $700.000):[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/U][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]W -[/B] [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua]470[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]F -[/B] 320[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]SF -[/B] 200[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]QF -[/B] 120[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]R16 -[/B] 60[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]R32 -[/B] 1[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]Qualifier -[/B] 20 *[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]Q3 -[/B] 12[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]Q2[I] -[/I][/B] 8[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2][B]Q1 [/B]- 1[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Book Antiqua][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=2]* [I]If a qualifier loses in the first round, no first round points are awarded on top of the qualifying points.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]
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[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][U]Previous Finals:[/U][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2004: Elena Dementieva RUS [5] [/B]beat Mary Pierce FRA [B]| 6-1 6-2[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]005: Anastasia Myskina RUS [8][/B] beat Alicia Molik AUS [B]| 6-4 4-6 6-3[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2006: Elena Dementieva RUS [3] [/B]lost to Daniela Hantuchova SVK[B] | 1-6 7-6 4-6[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2007:[/B] Elena Dementieva RUS beat [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua]Tatiana Golovin FRA[B] | 2-6 6-1 6-3[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]2[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=red][COLOR=navy][SIZE=2][FONT=Book Antiqua][B]008: Elena Dementieva RUS [4][/B] beat [FONT=Book Antiqua]Flavia Pennetta ITA [B]| 6-1 6-3[/B][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
The Favourites

First Quarter: Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [1]

Second Quarter: Vera Dushevina RUS [2]

Third Quarter: Karolina Sprem CRO [6]
OUT OF COMPETITION
Fourth Quarter: Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE [5]
Second Qualifying Round
Tsvetana Pironkova BUL [1] vs Stephanie Gehrlein GER
Mervana Jugic-Salkic BIH vs Karin Knapp ITA
Vera Dushevina RUS [2] vs Su-Wei Hsieh TPE
Sarah Gronert GER [WC] vs Alberta Brianti ITA [7]
Tamira Paszek [3] vs Astrid Besser ITA
Elena Bovina RUS vs Karolina Sprem CRO [6]
Olga Govortsova BLR [4] vs Andrea Petkovic GER [WC]
Julia Schruff GER vs Sesil Karatantcheva KAZ