It was also the birthplace of the Ukrainian tennis players Valeria Bondarenko, Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko.
Alona Bondarenko | Valeria Bondarenko | Kateryna Bondarenko | Nadezhda Bondarenko | Roman Bondarenko | Mykhailo Bondarenko | Bohdan Bondarenko | 15230 Alona |
Other top seeds were Dubai semifinalist Francesca Schiavone, Viña del Mar and Acapulco winner Flavia Pennetta, Maria Kirilenko, Katarina Srebotnik and Alona Bondarenko.