2009 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles

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Doubles
2009 Bank of the West Classic
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Runners-up Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yung-Jan Chan
Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu
Final score64, 61
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
  2008  · Bank of the West Classic ·  2010  

Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Yung-Jan Chan and Monica Niculescu.

Contents

Serena Williams and Venus Williams won in the final, 64, 61, against Yung-Jan Chan and Monica Niculescu.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams / Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams (champions)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Romania.svg Sorana Cîrstea / Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko (semifinals)

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 the United States.svg A Haynes
Flag of Ukraine.svg O Savchuk
1 3  1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg C Black
Flag of the United States.svg L Huber
5 3  
  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-j Chan
Flag of Romania.svg M Niculescu
62 [10]  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-j Chan
Flag of Romania.svg M Niculescu
76 
  Flag of France.svg S Foretz
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
4 6[6]   Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-j Chan
Flag of Romania.svg M Niculescu
3 6[10]
4 Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea
Flag of Russia.svg M Kirilenko
5 6[10]4 Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea
Flag of Russia.svg M Kirilenko
63 8
  Flag of the United States.svg L Granville
Flag of the United States.svg C Gullickson
73 [5] 4 Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea
Flag of Russia.svg M Kirilenko
66 
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Keothavong
Flag of Japan.svg A Morita
63 r   Flag of France.svg J Coin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg M-È Pelletier
3 3  
  Flag of France.svg J Coin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg M-È Pelletier
4 5    Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y-j Chan
Flag of Romania.svg M Niculescu
4 1  
  Flag of Russia.svg A Kleybanova
Flag of Russia.svg A Rodionova
66 2 Flag of the United States.svg S Williams
Flag of the United States.svg V Williams
66 
  Flag of the United States.svg J Craybas
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-W Hsieh
2 2    Flag of Russia.svg A Kleybanova
Flag of Russia.svg A Rodionova
4 6[10]
  Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtseva
Flag of Belarus.svg T Poutchek
64 [4] 3 Flag of the United States.svg B Mattek-Sands
Flag of Russia.svg N Petrova
64 [12]
3 Flag of the United States.svg B Mattek-Sands
Flag of Russia.svg N Petrova
4 6[10]3 Flag of the United States.svg B Mattek-Sands
Flag of Russia.svg N Petrova
2 2  
  Flag of Latvia.svg L Dekmeijere
Flag of the United States.svg J Ditty
67 2 Flag of the United States.svg S Williams
Flag of the United States.svg V Williams
66 
WC Flag of the United States.svg H Barte
Flag of the United States.svg L Burdette
4 65   Flag of Latvia.svg L Dekmeijere
Flag of the United States.svg J Ditty
1 0  
ALT Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Y Chen
Flag of the United States.svg M Washington
4 2  2 Flag of the United States.svg S Williams
Flag of the United States.svg V Williams
66 
2 Flag of the United States.svg S Williams
Flag of the United States.svg V Williams
66 

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