2014 Baku Cup

2014 Baku Cup
2014 Baku Cup
Date	21–27 July
Edition	4th
Surface	Hard
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Champions
Singles
	Elina Svitolina
Doubles
	Alexandra Panova / ; Heather Watson

The 2014 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on 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

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Women's doubles	280	180	110	60	1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Women's doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	29	1
UKR	Elina Svitolina	35	2
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	37	3
JPN	Kurumi Nara	38	4
SRB	Bojana Jovanovski	40	5
AUT	Yvonne Meusburger	42	6
GBR	Heather Watson	57	7
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:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Alison Van Uytvanck (gastrointestinal illness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	UKR	Olga Savchuk	130	1
SVK	Janette Husárová	POL	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	145	2
ROU	Raluca Olaru	ISR	Shahar Pe'er	191	3
ISR	Julia Glushko	AUT	Sandra Klemenschits	222	4