2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships

2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships
DateAugust 3–9
Edition36th
CategoryPremier Series
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$700,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationCarson, California, U.S.
VenueHome Depot Center
Champions
Singles
Flavia Pennetta
Doubles
Chuang Chia-jung / Yan Zi

The 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th and last edition of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, near Los Angeles, United States, from August 3 through August 9, 2009. It was the second women's event on the 2009 US Open Series. Tenth-seeded Flavia Pennetta won the singles title.[1]

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Singles

Flavia Pennetta defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3

  • It was Pennetta's second title of the year and eighth overall.

Doubles

Main article: 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Doubles

Chuang Chia-jung / Yan Zi defeated Maria Kirilenko / Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 4–6, [10–7]

Entrants

Seeds

Player WTA Tour Rank* Seeds
Dinara Safina 1 1
Vera Zvonareva 7 2
Victoria Azarenka 8 3
Caroline Wozniacki 9 4
Nadia Petrova 10 5
Ana Ivanovic 11 6
Dominika Cibulková 12 7
Agnieszka Radwańska 13 8
Marion Bartoli 14 9
Flavia Pennetta 15 10
Virginie Razzano 17 11
Li Na 18 12
Samantha Stosur 20 13
Zheng Jie 22 14
Kaia Kanepi 23 15
Francesca Schiavone 24 16
Sabine Lisicki 25 17
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of July 27, 2009.
  • Maria Bartoli withdrew, so Sabine Lisicki became the No. 17 seed.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

References

  1. ^ "Pennetta wins LA Womens' [sic] Tennis title". UPI. August 9, 2009.
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