2009 Aegon Classic – Doubles

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Doubles
2009 Aegon Classic
Final
Champions Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
Score6–1, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
  2008  · Birmingham Classic ·  2010  

Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions and won in the final by beating Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears.

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Seeds

  1. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber (champions)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond (first round)
  3. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung / Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza (semifinals)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears (final)

Draw

Key

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black
Flag of the United States.svg L Huber
66 
  Flag of Italy.svg S Errani
Flag of Russia.svg M Kirilenko
4 1  1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black
Flag of the United States.svg L Huber
64 [10]
  Flag of the United States.svg J Ditty
Flag of the United States.svg C Gullickson
2 3    Flag of Hungary.svg M Czink
Flag of South Africa.svg N Grandin
4 6[5]
  Flag of Hungary.svg M Czink
Flag of South Africa.svg N Grandin
66 1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black
Flag of the United States.svg L Huber
76 
3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-j Chuang
Flag of India.svg S Mirza
67 3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-j Chuang
Flag of India.svg S Mirza
5 3  
  Flag of the United States.svg V King
Flag of Turkey.svg İ Şenoğlu
1 5  3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-j Chuang
Flag of India.svg S Mirza
76 
  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-j Chan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Z Yan
66   Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-j Chan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Z Yan
651  
WC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg S Borwell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Keothavong
2 4  1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black
Flag of the United States.svg L Huber
66 
  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Y Shvedova
Flag of Thailand.svg T Tanasugarn
60 [11]4 Flag of the United States.svg R Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
1 4  
  Flag of Ukraine.svg M Koryttseva
Flag of Belarus.svg T Poutchek
2 6[9]   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Y Shvedova
Flag of Thailand.svg T Tanasugarn
3 64 
  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg A Amanmuradova
Flag of Russia.svg A Rodionova
2 3  4 Flag of the United States.svg R Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
67 
4 Flag of the United States.svg R Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
66 4 Flag of the United States.svg R Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
67 
  Flag of Japan.svg A Morita
Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama
644    Flag of Italy.svg F Schiavone
Flag of Italy.svg R Vinci
1 65 
  Flag of Germany.svg J Görges
Flag of Spain.svg A Parra Santonja
76   Flag of Germany.svg J Görges
Flag of Spain.svg A Parra Santonja
75 [10]
  Flag of Italy.svg F Schiavone
Flag of Italy.svg R Vinci
66   Flag of Italy.svg F Schiavone
Flag of Italy.svg R Vinci
5 7[12]
2 Flag of the United States.svg B Mattek-Sands
Flag of the United States.svg L Raymond
3 3  

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Raquel Kops-Jones and Bethanie Mattek-Sands were the defending champions, but Mattek-Sands chose not to participate this year.
Kops-Jones partnered up with Sarah Borwell, but they lost in the quarterfinals against Cara Black and Yan Zi.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Meghann Shaughnessy won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Black and Yan.

Sarah Borwell and Raquel Kops-Jones were the defending champions. They both participated, but competed with different partners. Borwell played alongside Melanie South, while Kops-Jones decided to play with Abigail Spears.
Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai won the final against Kops-Jones and Spears 6–4, 7–6(7).

Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond defeated Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–1 in the final.

Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva were the defending champions but Govortsova decided not to participate.
Kudryavtseva played alongside Iveta Benešová.
Tímea Babos and Hsieh Su-wei won the title beating top seeded Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in the final, 7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]

Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions but chose not to participate.
Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears won the final 6–2, 6–4 against Vania King and Nadia Petrova.

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions, but Huber chose not to compete that year. Raymond played with Sabine Lisicki.
Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears defeated in the final the fourth seeded Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Květa Peschke with the score 6–1, 6–4.

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but decided not to participate together this year.
Huber played alongside Hsieh Su-wei, but lost to Daniela Hantuchová and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round while Raymond partnered up with Samantha Stosur, but lost to Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in the quarterfinals.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the final 2–6, 6–3, [10–6].

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but chose not to participate together. Huber played with Hsieh Su-wei, but lost in the first round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza. Raymond played alongside Samantha Stosur but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova.
Mattek-Sands and Mirza won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 6–4, 2–6, [10–7].

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but chose not to play together. Huber partnered up with María José Martínez Sánchez, but lost in the first round to Daniela Hantuchová and Anabel Medina Garrigues, whilst Raymond played alongside Samantha Stosur, but lost in the second round to Kimiko Date-Krumm and Casey Dellacqua.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but Pavlyuchenkova chose not to participate this year.
Šafářová played alongside Kristina Mladenovic and successfully defended the title, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková and Liezel Huber in the final 6–3, 7–6(8–6).

Tímea Babos and Hsieh Su-wei were the defending champions, but Babos decided not to participate.
Hsieh played alongside Daniela Hantuchová, but they withdrew in the quarterfinals due to Hsieh upper respiratory illness.
Third seeded Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua won the final over Cara Black and Marina Erakovic with the score of 7–5, 6–4.

Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but could not defend after Venus withdrew with a back injury before the start of competition.

Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears successfully defended their title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Janette Husárová in the final, 6–4, 6–1.

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions, but lost to Serena and Venus Williams in the quarterfinals.
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká won the title, defeating Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4.

Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Jelena Janković and Katarina Srebotnik.
Cara Black and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Liezel Huber in the final, 4–6, 6–0, [11–9].

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5.

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Julie Coin and Pauline Parmentier.

Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, 6–7(1–7), 1–6.

This was the first edition of the event as a WTA International tournament.

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