2014 Baku Cup

{{TennisEventInfo|2014|Baku Cup| | date= 21–27 July | edition=4th | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] | location=[[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]] | champs={{flagicon|UKR}} [[Elina Svitolina]] | champd={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexandra Panova]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]] }}

The '''2014 [[Baku Cup]]''' was a professional tennis tournament played on [[hardcourt|hard courts]]. This was the fourth edition of the tournament, which was part of the [[2014 WTA Tour]]. It took place in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]] between 21 and 27 July 2014.

==Points and prize money==

=== Point distribution === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- |style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' |style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' |style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85|Q |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Women's singles |rowspan=2|280 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|110 |rowspan=2|60 |30 |1 |18 |12 |1 |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Women's doubles |1 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

=== Prize money === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|'''Event''' |width=80 bgcolor=lime|'''W''' |width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F |width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF |width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16 |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style=background:#ededed|Women's singles |$43,000 |$21,400 |$11,500 |$6,175 |$3,400 |$2,100 |$1,020 |$600 |- !style=background:#ededed|Women's doubles |$12,300 |$6,400 |$3,435 |$1,820 |$960 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

==Singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Sorana Cîrstea]] |29 |1 |- |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Elina Svitolina]] |35 |2 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Magdaléna Rybáriková]] |37 |3 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Kurumi Nara]] |38 |4 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Bojana Jovanovski]] |40 |5 |- |{{flag|AUT}} |[[Yvonne Meusburger]] |42 |6 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Heather Watson]] |57 |7 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Jana Čepelová]] |71 |8 |} * 1 Rankings are as of July 14, 2014

===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ksenia Gaydarzhi]] * {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Ons Jabeur]] * {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Nazrin Jafarova]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Nigina Abduraimova]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Vesna Dolonc]] * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Misa Eguchi]] * {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Danka Kovinić]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Olga Savchuk]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Mona Barthel]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Klára Koukalová]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Shuai]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Alison Van Uytvanck]] (gastrointestinal illness)

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|GEO}} |[[Oksana Kalashnikova]] |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Olga Savchuk]] |130 |1 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Janette Husárová]] |{{flag|POL}} |[[Klaudia Jans-Ignacik]] |145 |2 |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Raluca Olaru]] |{{flag|ISR}} |[[Shahar Pe'er]] |191 |3 |- |{{flag|ISR}} |[[Julia Glushko]] |{{flag|AUT}} |[[Sandra Klemenschits]] |222 |4 |} * 1 Rankings are as of July 14, 2014

=== Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Tamari Chalaganidze]] / {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Nazrin Šafářová]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandra Korashvili]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tereza Martincová]]

=== Retirements === * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] (right lower leg injury)

==Champions==

===Singles=== {{main|2014 Baku Cup – Singles}} * {{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Elina Svitolina]]''' def. {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Bojana Jovanovski]], 6–1, 7–6(7–2)

===Doubles=== {{main|2014 Baku Cup – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Alexandra Panova]]''' / {{flagicon|GBR}} '''[[Heather Watson]]''' def. {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Raluca Olaru]] / {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Pe'er]], 6–2, 7–6(7–3)

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120713050138/http://www.bakucup.az/?lang=2 Official website]

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