Comments on: The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Roadmap Guide

By: paulaV

paulaV — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:49:19 +0000

There will most likely be mixed doubles in the combined events.
The word “combined” makes it sound a bit confusing. That really just means that both men and women are be competing in the same tournament, but have their own, separate draw. The only time that the men and women would be competing against each other is in mixed doubles, and I’m sure that the four mandatory tournaments will have a mixed doubles component. To be sure, you can take a look at the tournament web sites to see if they’ve added that type of competition.
This raises an interesting question: which tournaments have mixed doubles? Is it all combined events? I will look into that. Too bad the mixed doubles doesn’t get more TV-time.

By: Willie M. Montgomery

Willie M. Montgomery — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:16:54 +0000

Thanks for the answer. Yes, I would like to know if the Men and Women would be competing aganist each other or would they be playing mixed doubles. Again Thankis

WMM

By: PaulaV

PaulaV — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:37:54 +0000

Tennis Observer – The only required tournaments are those in the “Premier Mandatory” category, for those who qualify by ranking. I’m assuming that the year-end championships is also mandatory for those who qualify. The Indian Wells tournament will be interesting for the Williams sisters, as they have boycotted that tournament for many years.

Willie – there are 17 combined events and 8 back-to-back, combined events, so yes, 25 in all.
Is there something specific that you would like to know?

By: Willie M. Montgomery

Willie M. Montgomery — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:44:25 +0000

Correct me if I am wrong. I see 25 events that the men and womens will be competeing against or Men will play each other, so will the women.
Shed some light on this for. Will looking for them on TV if it is carried by my provider.
Will make a copy of this for my own use. Thanks

WMM

By: Tennis Observer

Tennis Observer — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:40:00 +0000

For the Top 10 players the 4 Premier Mandatories, 4 from the 5 Premier 5s and 2 from the 9 Premier $700s are mandatory? Is that right?

By: Aaress Lawless

Aaress Lawless — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:04:23 +0000

Angelica,

What I think Paula meant was that the traditional autumn season has been removed from the calendar.

The FORTIS Championships Luxembourg is no longer on the calendar, and has been renamed the BGL-BNP Paribas Open Luxembourg. As for Linz, it was demoted for 2009. In 2008 it was a Tier II tournament with $600,000 prize money, but this season it will only offer a $220,000 purse as an International event. The Zurich Open has been removed from the calendar and Germany’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix will take place in April.

Paula, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

By: angelica

angelica — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:52:42 +0000

thanks, just a small mistake at the end Luxembourg and Linz are still in the calendar : October

By: paulaV

paulaV — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:07:52 +0000

Thanks – this was a fun piece to write.

By: Marija

Marija — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:04:38 +0000

Great job, Paula! I’ve just linked to this post and your blog.

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