INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG 2009

12 SUMMARY 1. WELCOME3 TRANSPORT3 ACCOMMODATION4 ACCREDITATIONS & INVITATIONS5 2. TOURNAMENT CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION6 SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR SUPERVISOR6 REFEREE6 SURFACE6 BALLS7 DRAWS / SIGN-IN / SCHEDULE OF PLAY7 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE8 PRACTICE COURTS8 PRIZE MONEY9 3. FACILITIES & SERVICES10 MEDICAL SERVICE10 STRINGING SERVICE10 LOCKER ROOMS10 PLAYERS’ LOUNGES10 SNACK10 RESTAURANT10 INTERNET11 HAIRDRESSER 11 LAUNDRY 11 FITNESS ROOM11 4. ENTERTAINMENT PLAYERS’ PARTY 12 TO VISIT STRASBOURG 12 Players’ Lounge Tournament Organization Press CenterInterview Room Balls Kids’ and Line Umpires’ Locker Rooms Inside Courts Practice Courts Outside Courts Center Court First Aid Public Restaurant Official Stand West Stand East Stand South Stand East Boxes West Boxes South Boxes VIP Entrance Public Entrance Stand Booths Sponsors Car Park Press Car Park VIP Car Park VIP Village Toilets Emergency Exit Booths

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG WELCOME TRANSPORT TRANSPORT To book your car, please call the Players’ Welcome Desk. Please book your car the evening before by calling: +33(0) To help us comply with all requests, we could ask you to share your car with another person. The Official Transport Service cannot accept requests for personnal errands (shopping, private dinners…). Priority is given to players with matches that day. Please show your badge each time you use the Official Transport Service. Families and friends may travel with the player but the player must be one of the passengers in the car. Drivers are instructed to adhere to this rule and will refuse to transport any party in the absence of a player. Phone number+33(0) DateFrom Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 May HoursFrom 7.00 to Sites covered Internationaux de Strasbourg Stadium – Hautepierre Official Hotels Airports: Strasbourg and Baden Baden Train station: Strasbourg Accreditation giving access Important ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION  OFFICIAL HOTELS - Hospitality is extended to main draw and qualifying players ONLY. It is not transferable to coaches or family members. - The IBIS PONTS COUVERTS and the HILTON Strasbourg Hotels are the tournament’s two official hotels. Hospitality is only offered at these two hotels. - Please notify the hotel accommodation officer: if you change your date of arrival, or your credit card will be charged for the extra night(s) considered as no At the stadium, our staff at the players’ welcome area will be available to assist you with your hotel reservations.  QUALIFYING EVENT Hospitality (breakfast is not included) is offered to players in the qualifying event from Friday 15 May through the night of the player’s last match. Players wishing to come earlier or stay longer at the IBIS PONTS COUVERTS Hotel will benefit from the special FFT rate of: MAIN DRAW PLAYERS HILTON Avenue Herrenschmidt STRASBOURG Tél.: +33(0) Fax: +33(0) Single or Double 140€ Breakfast: 23€ Internet: 10€ per Day QUALIFYING PLAYERS Ibis Ponts Couverts 7 rue de Molsheim STRASBOURG Tél.: +33(0) Fax: +33(0) Single or Double From Monday to Thursday 75,60€ Breakfast: 8€ WIFI offered Single or Double From Friday to Sunday And Thursday 21 may 46€ Important34 ESPACE JOUEUSES

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG 2009 From Friday to Sunday and Thursday 21 May: 46€ for single or double occupancy + breakfast 8€. From Monday to Thursday: 75,60€ for single or double occupancy + breakfast 8€. Players wishing to stay at the HILTON Hotel will cover the difference in price between the two hotels.  MAIN DRAW - SINGLES DRAW Hospitality (breakfast is not included) is extended to players in the singles main draw from Sunday 18 May for a minimum of 4 nights through the night of the player’s last match. Players arriving before Sunday 18 May will have to pay for their room. - DOUBLES DRAW Hospitality (breakfast is not included) is extended to players in the doubles main draw from Sunday 18 May for a minimum of 3 nights through the night of the player’s last match. Players arriving before Sunday 18 May will have to pay for their room. Players wishing to arrive earlier or stay longer in this hotel will benefit from the special FFT rate (depending on availability): 140€ single or double occupancy. ACCREDITATIONS & INVITATIONS ACCREDITATIONS & INVITATIONS Players: accreditation gives access to all Internationaux de Strasbourg stadium’s areas. Coaches: accreditation gives access to all Internationaux de Strasbourg stadium’s areas except the following specific zones: -Locker rooms Families and guests: accreditation gives access to all Internationaux de Strasbourg stadium’s areas except the following specific zones: -Locker room -The Players’ Upper Lounge -Fitness Room -Press Center -Organisation area ESPACE JOUEUSES 2. TOURNAMENT CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR SUPERVISOR SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR SUPERVISOR Tony Cho will be the WTA Tour Supervisor. He will be on-site from Friday 15 to Saturday 23 May. REFEREE REFEREE Anne Lasserre will be on-site from Friday 15 to Saturday 23 May. SURFACE SURFACE Red Clay Players are required to wear tennis shoes accepted for play on clay courts only. The Referee has the authority to determine that a tennis shoe’s sole does not conform to such customs and standards and can prohibit its use. GRASS COURT SHOES SHALL NOT BE WORN FOR PLAY. Important56 MAIN DRAW SINGLES AND DOUBLES Each player is entitled to: One (1) accreditation for her One (1) accreditation for her official coach Two (2) accreditations for her family / guests Two (2) invitations for each of her match QUALIFYING EVENT Each player is entitled to: One (1) accreditation for her One (1) accreditation for her official coach One (1) accreditation for her family Two (2) invitations for each of her match

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG 2009 BALLS BALLS Six « Roland-Garros » balls will be provided on court. Ball change will occur after the first seven games of the match, and thereafter every nine games. For practice, balls are supplied at the on-site Practice Reservation Desk. Players are encouraged to return all used practice balls to the practice desk. DRAWS / SIGN-IN / SCHEDULE OF PLAY DRAWS / SIGN-IN / SCHEDULE OF PLAY The Main Draw Ceremony will take place on Sunday 17 May at 11:00 am at « Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain », 1 place Hans Jean Arp Strasbourg (Contact info: +33(0) ) EVENTS DRAW SIZES DRAW COMPRISES FORMATSSIGN-IN SCHEDULE OF PLAY Singles Qualifying 32 Competitors 28 direct acceptances, 4 wild cards Best of 3 tie-break sets Entry deadline Friday 15 May from to Saturday 16 May. Final on Monday 18 May Doubles 16 Teams 15 direct acceptances, 1 wild card Best of 2 sets. Final set: match tie-break Entry deadline Sunday 17 May by 12 noon A minimum ranking of 500 in either Singles or Doubles is required to enter Doubles Monday 18 May. Final on Saturday 23 May Singles Main Draw 32 Competitors 25 direct acceptances, 3 wild cards 4 qualified players Best of 3 tie-break sets Monday 18 May. Final on Saturday 23 May TENTATIVE SCHEDULE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE PRACTICE COURTS PRACTICE COURTS The Practice courts will be open for reservations once the schedule has been released by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Supervisor. Contact the Players’ Welcome Desk on site for booking. DatesSaturday 16 May Sunday 17 May Monday 18 May Tuesday 19 May Number of matches 1st round Qualifications 16 singles 2 nd round Qualifications 8 singles Last round Qualifications 4 singles 1st round 4 singles 2 doubles 1st round 12 singles 4 doubles DatesWednesday 20 May Thursday 21 May Friday 22 May Saturday 23 May Number of matches 1/8 Finals 8 singles 1st round 2 doubles 1/4 Finals 2 doubles 1/4 Finals 4 singles 2 doubles 1/2 Finals 1 double 1 /2 Finals 2 singles 1 double Finals 1 single 1 double 78

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG 2009 PRIZE MONEY PRIZE MONEY  Qualifying Event: Prize Money will be paid on-site in Euros at the Players’ Welcome Desk.  Main Draw: Prize Money will be paid by Travelex in USD. All Prize Money is subject to a 15% tax deduction. This applies to all foreign players regardless of their country of residence. We remind you that you must declare your French earnings even though the 15 % tax is actually a tax credit which will be taken into account when you make your fiscal declaration in your country. U.S.A.: Deduction of tax at source is operated systematically on all amounts paid to artists and sportsmen resident in the U.S.A., by the tax officers of France, according to articles 182 A and 182 B of the C.G.I. If the total amount (including what would be deducted at source) earned during the fiscal year does not exceed $10,000 a request for reimbursement should be forwarded by those concerned, directly or by intermediary of the tax debitor in France, to the Centre des Impôts des non-résidents, 10 rue du Centre – NOISY-LE-GRAND. Racket stringing will be deducted from the Prize Money. Winner$ Finalist$ Semi Final$ Quarter Final$ Round of 18$ Round of 28/32$ Q 3$ 860 Q 2$ 460 Q 1$ 265 Winner$ Finalist$ Semi Final$ Quarter Final$ Round of 18$ 860 SinglesDoubles Total On-Site Prize Money $ Important 3. FACILITIES AND SERVICES MEDICAL SERVICE MEDICAL SERVICE Any medical aid inside the stadium must be carried out exclusively by the official medical staff who will be at your disposal, one hour before match start, from Friday 16 to Saturday 23 May. STRINGING SERVICES STRINGING SERVICES During the tournament (for the qualifying and the main draw events), Warehouse will provide the official stringing service on-site from Friday 15 to Saturday 23 May. Rate: 18 € (Stringing only). LOCKER ROOMS LOCKER ROOMS The locker rooms are reserved for players only. Towels are available for use on-site, on the court and in the locker rooms only. As a large number of towels get lost, our supplier has difficulty in providing us with enough towels. Consequently, we kindly ask you to use them in the stadium only. Thank you for your help and consideration. Coaches do not have access to the locker rooms. PLAYERS’ LOUNGES PLAYERS’ LOUNGES The Players’ Lounge is reserved for competitors, their family and coaches. Access to the Players’ Lounge will be strictly monitored. Families and guests do not have access to the Upper Lounge. SNACK SNACK From the Saturday of the qualifications onwards, hot and cold beverages, fruits and light snacks will be available at any time throughout the day. RESTAURANT RESTAURANT From Saturday 16 May onwards a restaurant will be available for players and their guests. It is located in « Le Village ». Lunch served from to Dinner served from to depending on matches. 910

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG 2009 Each player will receive two lunch meal vouchers (one for the player and one for her guest) per day until elimination from all draws. These vouchers are not transferable for the following day. INTERNET INTERNET In the Players' Lounge two internet terminals will be at your disposal. The lounge will also be equiped with a wifi system and a printer. HAIRDRESSER HAIRDRESSER Hairdressing service provided by « Jacques Dessange » will be available in the Players‘ Upper Lounge from Saturday 16 May to Thusrday 21 May (11.00 to 18.00). Ask the Players' Welcome Desk for bookings. LAUNDRY LAUNDRY A complimentary laundry service for your tennis sport clothes only is provided. A special bag is available at the Players‘ Welcome Desk. Laundry CollectionEvery afternoon before Laundry ReturnNext day from No laudry return on Saturday 16, Sunday 17, Thursday 21 and Saturday 23 May (Week-end and bank holiday). FITNESS ROOM FITNESS ROOM A small fitness room is available on-site (facing the locker rooms). SatSunMonTuesWedThurFriSat 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May Collection Return Important 4. ENTERTAINMENT TO VISIT STRASBOURG TO VISIT STRASBOURG To visit Strasbourg, players can benefit from free admissions and reductions with the Strasbourg Pass cheque book:  Free offers: -Visit of one of the museums -Ascent to the cathedral platform -Disposal of a bicycle during half a day -Boat-tour through Strasbourg - Astronomical clock of the cathedral  Half price offers: -Visit of a second museum -Tour with the mini-tram -Visit of the Vaisseau -Visit of the Naviscope Alsace, an old Rhine boat. Ask to the person in charge of Entertainment at the Players’ Welcome Desk for more information. 1112

INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG 2009