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2009 Family Circle Cup | |
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Date | April 13–19 |
Edition | 37th |
Category | Premier |
Draw | 56S / 16D |
Prize money | $1,000,000 |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
Location | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
Venue | Family Circle Tennis Center |
Attendance | 87,786 |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2009 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2009 WTA Tour, which took place from April 13 to April 19, 2009. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the second and last event of the clay court season played on green clay courts. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,000,000. Sabine Lisicki, who was seeded 16th, won the singles title.
Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
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Elena Dementieva | ![]() | 3 | 1 |
Venus Williams | ![]() | 5 | 2 |
Vera Zvonareva | ![]() | 6 | 3 |
Nadia Petrova | ![]() | 10 | 4 |
Caroline Wozniacki | ![]() | 12 | 5 |
Marion Bartoli | ![]() | 13 | 6 |
Dominika Cibulková | ![]() | 19 | 7 |
Patty Schnyder | ![]() | 17 | 8 |
Aleksandra Wozniak | ![]() | 29 | 9 |
Peng Shuai | ![]() | 35 | 10 |
Alyona Bondarenko | ![]() | 41 | 11 |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands | ![]() | 38 | 12 |
Virginie Razzano | ![]() | 42 | 13 |
Olga Govortsova | ![]() | 59 | 14 |
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | ![]() | 68 | 15 |
Sabine Lisicki | ![]() | 63 | 16 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Sabine Lisicki defeated
Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4 [1]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands /
Nadia Petrova defeated
Līga Dekmeijere /
Patty Schnyder, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]
Sabine Katharina Lisicki is a German inactive professional tennis player.
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