2014 BRD Bucharest Open

2014 BRD Bucharest Open
Date	7 – 13 July
Edition	1st
Category	International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Champions
Singles
Simona Halep
Doubles
Elena Bogdan / Alexandra Cadanțu

The 2014 BRD Bucharest Open was a professional tennis tournament played on red clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania between 7 and 13 July 2014.^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	3	1
ITA	Roberta Vinci	21	2
CZE	Klára Koukalová	32	3
ITA	Karin Knapp	47	4
GER	Annika Beck	54	5
SVK	Anna Schmiedlová	58	6
CZE	Petra Cetkovská	62	7
SLO	Polona Hercog	63	8

• ¹ Rankings as of June 23, 2014.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Cristina Dinu
• Andreea Mitu
• Raluca Olaru

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kiki Bertens
• Sesil Karatantcheva
• Anett Kontaveit
• Elitsa Kostova

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Indy de Vroome

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Julia Glushko
• Vania King
• Kristina Mladenovic
• Shahar Pe'er
• Yaroslava Shvedova
• Alison Van Uytvanck
• Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
POL	Katarzyna Piter	UKR	Olga Savchuk	130	1
SVK	Janette Husárová	CZE	Renata Voráčová	135	2
ESP	Lara Arruabarrena	ESP	Silvia Soler Espinosa	153	3
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	ARG	María Irigoyen	167	4

• ¹ Rankings as of June 23, 2014.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

• Elena Bogdan / Alexandra Cadanțu
• Ioana Ducu / Ioana Loredana Roșca

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Tamara Čurović / Elitsa Kostova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Verónica Cepede Royg (elbow injury)

Champions

Singles

Simona Halep (left) and Roberta Vinci holding their first and second-place trophies respectively

• Simona Halep def. Roberta Vinci, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles

• Elena Bogdan / Alexandra Cadanțu def. Çağla Büyükakçay / Karin Knapp, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]

References

1. "WTA Announces Bucharest Open For 2014". Women's Tennis Association. 4 February 2014.

External links

• Official website (English)
• 2014 BRD Bucharest Open on Facebook