2014 Baku Cup
# 2014 Baku Cup

The 2014 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the fourth edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 21 and 27 July 2014.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
| Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ROU | Sorana Cîrstea | 29 | 1 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 35 | 2 |
| SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 37 | 3 |
| JPN | Kurumi Nara | 38 | 4 |
| SRB | Bojana Jovanovski | 40 | 5 |
| AUT | Yvonne Meusburger | 42 | 6 |
| GBR | Heather Watson | 57 | 7 |
| SVK | Jana Čepelová | 71 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of July 14, 2014

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Ksenia Gaydarzhi
* Ons Jabeur
* Nazrin Jafarova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Nigina Abduraimova
* Kateryna Bondarenko
* Vesna Dolonc
* Misa Eguchi
* Danka Kovinić
* Olga Savchuk

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Mona Barthel
* Klára Koukalová
* Zhang Shuai

### Retirements

* Alison Van Uytvanck (gastrointestinal illness)

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | UKR | Olga Savchuk | 130 | 1 |
| SVK | Janette Husárová | POL | Klaudia Jans-Ignacik | 145 | 2 |
| ROU | Raluca Olaru | ISR | Shahar Pe'er | 191 | 3 |
| ISR | Julia Glushko | AUT | Sandra Klemenschits | 222 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of July 14, 2014

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Tamari Chalaganidze / Nazrin Šafářová
* Oleksandra Korashvili / Tereza Martincová

### Retirements

* Francesca Schiavone (right lower leg injury)

## Champions

### Singles

* Elina Svitolina def. Bojana Jovanovski, 6–1, $7–6^{(7–2)}$

### Doubles

* Alexandra Panova / Heather Watson def. Raluca Olaru / Shahar Pe'er, 6–2, $7–6^{(7–3)}$
