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Women Doubles Entries 5/16/2009 10:29 AM INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE 2009 ROLAND GARROS 24 Mai - 7 Juin Double Dames Liste Officielle des Equipes Acceptées Classement du 11/05/2009 SNG DBL SNG DBL ENT TDS 1 BLACK Cara (ZIM) 670 1 HUBER Liezel (USA) 9999 1 2 2 WILLIAMS Serena (USA) 2 11 WILLIAMS Venus (USA) 3 11 5 3 MEDINA GARRIGUES Anabel (ESP) 17 4 RUANO PASCUAL Virginia (ESP) 118 5 9 4 PESCHKE Kveta (CZE) 9999 8 RAYMOND Lisa (USA) 9999 3 11 5 STOSUR Samantha (AUS) 31 6 STUBBS Rennae (AUS) 9999 10 16 6 HANTUCHOVA Daniela (SVK) 39 26 SUGIYAMA Ai (JPN) 33 7 33 7 LLAGOSTERA VIVES Nuria (ESP) 85 16 MARTINEZ SANCHEZ Maria Jose (ESP) 42 17 33 8 KIRILENKO Maria (RUS) 41 20 PENNETTA Flavia (ITA) 14 21 34 9 HSIEH Su-Wei (TPE) 136 22 PENG Shuai (CHN) 32 19 41 10 PAVLYUCHENKOVA Anastasia (RUS) 27 100 SCHIAVONE Francesca (ITA) 45 15 42 11 AZARENKA Victoria (BLR) 9 23 VESNINA Elena (RUS) 52 36 45 12 MATTEK-SANDS Bethanie (USA) 44 35 PETROVA Nadia (RUS) 10 14 45 13 GROENEFELD Anna-Lena (GER) 53 25 SCHNYDER Patty (SUI) 20 27 45 14 YAN Zi (CHN) 281 31 ZHENG Jie (CHN) 16 34 47 15 CIRSTEA Sorana (ROU) 40 38 WOZNIACKI Caroline (DEN) 11 74 49 16 KING Vania (USA) 104 28 NICULESCU Monica (ROU) 56 32 60 17 DECHY Nathalie (FRA) 62 24 SANTANGELO Mara (ITA) 108 45 69 18 CHAKVETADZE Anna (RUS) 22 289 KVITOVA Petra (CZE) 49 873 71 19 CHUANG Chia-Jung (TPE) 531 13 MIRZA Sania (IND) 90 60 73 20 DULKO Gisela (ARG) 43 39 SZAVAY Agnes (HUN) 38 79 77 21 SHVEDOVA Yaroslava (KAZ) 96 33 TANASUGARN Tamarine (THA) 48 56 81 22 KOPS-JONES Raquel (USA) 438 37 SPEARS Abigail (USA) 193 44 81 23 BENESOVA Iveta (CZE) 30 41 ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA Barbora (CZE) 74 55 85 24 BONDARENKO Alona (UKR) 46 43 BONDARENKO Kateryna (UKR) 59 42 85 25 BAMMER Sybille (AUT) 29 905 HUSAROVA Janette (SVK) 9999 64 93 26 DOKIC Jelena (AUS) 68 9999 KLEYBANOVA Alisa (RUS) 26 61 94 27 DEKMEIJERE Liga (LAT) 627 69 WOZNIAK Aleksandra (CAN) 25 896 94 28 DUSHEVINA Vera (RUS) 67 48 RODIONOVA Anastasia (RUS) 148 46 94 29 RADWANSKA Agnieszka (POL) 12 57 RADWANSKA Urszula (POL) 83 130 95 30 MAKAROVA Ekaterina (RUS) 35 47 PARRA SANTONJA Arantxa (ESP) 191 62 97 31 CETKOVSKA Petra (CZE) 78 140 SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla (ESP) 23 474 101 32 ANI Maret (EST) 132 83 KANEPI Kaia (EST) 19 237 102 33 JANS Klaudia (POL) 9999 58 ROSOLSKA Alicja (POL) 9999 52 110 34 KORYTTSEVA Mariya (UKR) 89 70 VOSKOBOEVA Galina (KAZ) 94 40 110 35 SAFAROVA Lucie (CZE) 50 86 UHLIROVA Vladimira (CZE) 9999 66 116 36 AMANMURADOVA Akgul (UZB) 100 68 KUDRYAVTSEVA Alla (RUS) 75 50 118 37 DOMINGUEZ LINO Lourdes (ESP) 98 85 ERRANI Sara (ITA) 36 115 121 38 MORITA Ayumi (JPN) 76 72 RYBARIKOVA Magdalena (SVK) 51 257 123 39 HLAVACKOVA Andrea (CZE) 243 65 HRADECKA Lucie (CZE) 82 59 124 40 GARBIN Tathiana (ITA) 71 225 VINCI Roberta (ITA) 55 134 126 41 CRAYBAS Jill (USA) 91 51 GULLICKSON Carly (USA) 135 75 126 42 JUGIC-SALKIC Mervana (BIH) 173 73 POUTCHEK Tatiana (BLR) 174 54 127 43 CZINK Melinda (HUN) 61 163 GRANDIN Natalie (RSA) 236 71 132 44 BARROIS Kristina (GER) 77 160 KEOTHAVONG Anne (GBR) 57 102 134 45 SENOGLU Ipek (TUR) 905 76 WICKMAYER Yanina (BEL) 64 124 140 46 GROTH Jarmila (SVK) 73 348 VORACOVA Renata (CZE) 176 67 140 47 MAYR Patricia (AUT) 72 239 YAKIMOVA Anastasiya (BLR) 70 157 142 48 COHEN-ALORO Stephanie (FRA) 128 469 CORNET Alize (FRA) 15 107 143 49 GALLOVITS Edina (ROU) 81 95 GOVORTSOVA Olga (BLR) 63 110 144 50 SAVCHUK Olga (UKR) 178 81 SUN Tiantian (CHN) 892 63 144 51 JOHANSSON Mathilde (FRA) 66 193 PARMENTIER Pauline (FRA) 79 152 145 52 DOMACHOWSKA Marta (POL) 92 92 PASZEK Tamira (AUT) 60 322 152 53 HRDINOVA Eva (CZE) 180 94 VAIDISOVA Nicole (CZE) 58 9999 152 54 PIRONKOVA Tsvetana (BUL) 47 141 SFAR Selima (TUN) 196 106 153 55 BREMOND Severine (FRA) 88 139 COIN Julie (FRA) 69 119 157 56 DZEHALEVICH Ekaterina (BLR) 170 84 KLEPAC Andreja (SLO) 127 89 173 57 DITTY Julie (USA) 120 80 SALERNI Maria-Emilia (ARG) 95* 577 175 58 GOERGES Julia (GER) 86 114 PELLETIER Marie Eve (CAN) 310 91 177 59 LEFEVRE Sophie (FRA) 757 90 VEDY Aurélie (FRA) 288 87 177 60 BORWELL Sarah (GBR) 406 93 KONDRATIEVA Maria (RUS) 275 98 191 61 FORETZ Stéphanie (FRA) 102 108 PIN Camille (FRA) 109 97 199 62 FEDOSSOVA Yulia (FRA) 199 202 PICHET Virginie (FRA) 454 274 473 63 LAISNE Kinnie (FRA) 315 724 VONGSOUTHI Stéphanie (FRA) 316 675 631 1/1.
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