The 10 highest-ranked players who have captured at least one International tournament during the year and who are not participating in singles at the year-end Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha will qualify for the event, along with two wildcards.

[1] Marion Bartoli Completing her fourth straight season as a member of the world's Top 20, France's Bartoli won her fourth and fifth Tour singles titles in 2009 – at the inaugural Monterrey Open defeating Li Na 6–4, 6–3 and at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, where she defeated World No.

Her best Grand Slam performance came at the Australian Open, where she advanced to the last eight losing to Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–0, and achieved her second win over a reigning World No.

Samantha Stosur 2009 was a career year for the Australian, she had her breakthrough at the Sony Ericsson Open, where she reached the Quarterfinals defeating then world no.

She then advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal at Roland Garros losing to eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–3 defeating Elena Dementieva 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 en route.

She then won her maiden Tour singles title at the HP Open defeating Caroline Wozniacki 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 in the Semifinals and Francesca Schiavone 7–5, 6–1 in the Final.

1 Flavia Pennetta 7–6(5), 6–3 in the semifinal and defeating Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–4 both International events on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendar.

In addition, Lisicki enjoyed two wins during Germany's triumph over China in Fed Cup and had her best performance at a Grand Slam by reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Caroline Wozniacki but falling to top seed Dinara Safina 6–7(5), 6–4, 6–1.

María José Martínez Sánchez Since turning professional in 1996, Spain's Martínez Sánchez is having the most successful season of her career, winning two International events this season – the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas defeating Gisela Dulko 6–3, 6–2 in the final and the Swedish Open upsetting Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–4 in the final.

She was also involved in a controversial match against Serena Williams at the third round of the Roland Garros losing 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, when she was accused of cheating.

Pe'er also teamed with Gisela Dulko to reach the doubles final at the BNP Paribas Open in March.

She was also involved in a controversy in Dubai when she was denied a visa, which led to a penalty to the tournament and the withdrawal of then-defending Men's champion Andy Roddick.

She also reached the last four at the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, but was forced to retire against eventual champion Medina Garrigues, and was a four-time quarterfinalist this season.

She won two qualifying matches, then as a lucky loser advanced to the quarterfinals losing to eventual champion Venus Williams 6–2, 5–7, 6–1.

She scored three wins against Top 10 players this year – Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Ana Ivanovic – bringing her career total to seven.

She then broke through for her first Tour singles title at the Internationaux de Strasbourg defeating Lucie Hradecká 7–6(2), 6–1 in the final in May, and carried her strong form into the following week at Roland Garros, advancing to the fourth round losing to Dinara Safina 6–1, 6–0 and equaling her best result at a Grand Slam.

Additionally, she was a quarterfinalist at the Gastein Ladies and the Pilot Pen Tennis, and equaled her career-best Grand Slam showing at the US Open by reaching the third round losing to Venus Williams 6–2, 7–5.

After the return, Date-Krumm has won several ITF titles prior to capturing a trophy at the Hansol Korea Open upsetting top-seed Daniela Hantuchová 7–6(3), 4–6, 6–4 in the Quarterfinals before defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3 in the finals, thus becoming the second-oldest player in the Open Era, after Billie Jean King, to win a singles title on the WTA Tour.

The draw was made for the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, with round-robin matches taking place from Wednesday 4th until Friday 6 November.

Group A featured 2007 Wimbledon Finalist Marion Bartoli, Israeli Shahar Pe'er and rising star Magdaléna Rybáriková.

Group B featured Hungarian Ágnes Szávay and top doubles players Samantha Stosur and María José Martínez Sánchez.

1 A player get 70 points for competing and 90 for each RR win The first day of the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, started with Group D, with German Sabine Lisicki taking on Aravane Rezaï.

Her forehand winners and unforced errors from Lisicki helped Rezaï jump out to a 3–0 lead and hold on serve to level the match.

The 3rd match saw top seed Marion Bartoli and Magdaléna Rybáriková aiming to gain an early lead in their group.

The second seed make a good start, while Szávay obviously had a nervous beginning as Stosur won the first set 6–2 and did not face a single break point on her serve.

This win meant that Martínez Sánchez match with Samantha Stosur will declare the group's representative in the Semifinals.

The first match was between two doubles players Samantha Stosur and María José Martínez Sánchez who was competing for a semifinal berth.

At first it looked like Medina Garrigues was going to run away with the match as she broke the Dushevina serve in the first game and then held off two break points to secure a 2–0 lead.

This was between top seed Marion Bartoli who claimed victories over Shahar Pe'er and Magdaléna Rybáriková in her Round robin matches and Kimiko Date-Krumm in semifinals, and hasn't drop a set yet in the tournament.

She is facing a hot rising player in Aravane Rezaï who had wins over Sabine Lisicki and Melinda Czink in the round robin and María José Martínez Sánchez in Semifinals, Rezaï on the other hand hasn't lost a set since the first set lost against Lisicki.