During her professional tennis career, Kuznetsova has an impressive record on clay, including winning the French Open at Rolland Garros and Stuttgart in 2009.
Tournament total of 220 000 U.S. dollars (equivalent to USD 2.09 billion) it is the only tournament in the WTA calendar that goes on the African continent. In 2001, the tournament was held in Casablanca. Then, in 2005 moved to Rabat and since 2007 in Fes. City of Fes is Morocco's second largest city and a popular tourist destination. Tournament name Princess Lalla Meryem took the name of the sister of the King of Morocco Mohammed VI.
During 11 years of operation, there are 11 players who won the women's singles, among others, Marion Bartoli (France), Kuznetsova, Li Na (China), Dinara Safina (Russia), and Patty Schnyder (Switzerland). This year, there are two more former champions participating. They were champions in 2009 and 2008 runner-up Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) and defending champion Alberta Brianti (Italy).
For Garrigues, of 11 throughout his career WTA title 10 of which came from the clay, as in Fes. He never won the tournament in Palermo, Canberra, Estoril and Strasbourg. Players whose real name was Ana Isabel also collected the women's doubles title Grand Slam French Open 2008 and 2009.
Field type that is not my favorite. However, I always look to improve my game and especially in recent years, said Brianti who is now aged 32 years and only collected one championship during his career.
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