2009 İstanbul Cup
# 2009 İstanbul Cup

The 2009 İstanbul Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the İstanbul Cup, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 July through 2 August 2009. Vera Dushevina won the singles title.

## Entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 7 | 1 |
| SUI | Patty Schnyder | 19 | 2 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 20 | 3 |
| FRA | Aravane Rezaï | 39 | 4 |
| RUS | Vera Dushevina | 49 | 5 |
| KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 57 | 6 |
| BLR | Olga Govortsova | 65 | 7 |
| CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 69 | 8 |

* Seeds are based on Rankings on July 20, 2009

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

* Pemra Özgen
* İpek Şenoğlu
* Çağla Büyükakçay

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Anastasiya Yakimova
* Ekaterina Dzehalevich
* Alina Jidkova
* Yuliana Fedak

## Finals

### Singles

Vera Dushevina defeated Lucie Hradecká, 6–0, 6–1

* It was Dushevina's first career title.

### Doubles

Lucie Hradecká / Renata Voráčová defeated. Julia Görges / Patty Schnyder, 2–6, 6–3, 12–10

