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Budapest, Hungary is the site of a brand new Women's Tennis Association Tournament and its titled the GDF Suez Grand Prix, scheduled to be held July 5th through the 11th and this tournament features a prize purse of $220,000 and a singles draw of thirty two, doubles draw of sixteen. The women of the WTA will contest this tournament on red clay in outdoors courts and you can catch it live right from your computer from anywhere in the world with your membership. Simply click on the banners on this page to get started.

 

 

The 2009 tournament ended with a final between Agnes Szavay and Patty Schnyder which lasted three sets and saw Szavay win the title in Budapest. She was seeded fourth but nearly was out in the second round in a match to Tathiana Garbin who has won here in the past. She served at 5-4 in the third set but came back and took the GDF SUEZ Grand Prix title. In the doubles tournament, It was Monica Niculescu and Alisa Kleybanova taking the title against the Bondarenko sisters. Niculescu and Kleybanova were seeded number one in the tournament.

 

 

Now, as we head into the 2010 event, we have Serena Williams at the top of the rankings, followed by sister Venus Williams. Jelena Jankovic takes third place on the leader board with 5,780 ranking points. In fourth place is Caroline Wozniacki with Elena Dementieva in fifth. The rest of the top ten include Samantha Stosur, Francesca Schiavone, Kim Clijsters, Agnieszka Radwanska and Flavia Pennetta. If you want to watch the WTA Budapest Live then get your membership at the links on this page and watch in high quality video.

 

Posted: 6th July 2009

 

The WTA's Budapest Tennis Grand Prix is a big tournament in the area, played on red clay in Hungary and boasting a purse of $220,000 for this season. It will be held July 6^th through the 12^th, and was previously called the Gaz De France Grand Prix, now is called the GDF Suez Grand Prix. This tournament features players like Sybille Bammer, Ekaterina Makarova, Agnes Szavay, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci, Lucie Afarova and Maria Koryttseva just to name a few and you are in the perfect place to catch all the tournament action as we will have links to the live feeds and streams in our exclusive members area.

 

 

This tournament began in 1996, with the prize money only $105,000 and takes place in a brand new stadium in Hungary, which means that this tournament is able to get some of the world's best tennis players for the GDF Suez. Other players you may want to keep an eye on are Alize Cornet, Alisa Kleybanova, Alona Bondarenko, and Patty Schnyder who got in on a wild card, and then of course the player that holds the title of Hungary's best player, Agnes Szavay will be playing doubles with her sister Blanka. This will be Agnes Szavay's sixth time at this tournament. The Szavay girls may well match up with the Williams sisters or the Bondarenko sisters.

 

 

Since 1993 thirteen different women have held the singles title, with only Anna Smashnova taking it twice, once in 2005 against Catalina Castano and once in 2006 against Spain's Lourdes Dominguez. Gisela Dulko took the title in 2007, against Sorana Cirstea and last year the tournament was won by Alize Cornet. In the doubles, 2007 saw Agnes Szavay and Vladimira Uhlifova defeating Martina Muller and Gabriela Navroatilova, while last year Alize Cornet once again shone, winning the doubles final alongside Janette Husarova, against Vanessa Henke and Ioana Raluca Olaru. To watch this tournament get your membership at the banners on this page and you'll have access to our exclusive members area. Don't miss the 2009 Budapest Tennis Grand Prix.

 

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