2009 Family Circle Cup

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2009 Family Circle Cup
DateApril 13–19
Edition37th
Category Premier
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$1,000,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Venue Family Circle Tennis Center
Attendance87,786
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova
←  2008  · Family Circle Cup ·  2010  →

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. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki defeated Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova defeated Flag of Latvia.svg Līga Dekmeijere / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patty Schnyder, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]

Entrants

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Elena Dementieva Flag of Russia.svg Russia 31
Venus Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States 52
Vera Zvonareva Flag of Russia.svg Russia 63
Nadia Petrova Flag of Russia.svg Russia 104
Caroline Wozniacki Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 125
Marion Bartoli Flag of France.svg France 136
Dominika Cibulková Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 197
Patty Schnyder Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 178
Aleksandra Wozniak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 299
Peng Shuai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3510
Alyona Bondarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 4111
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of the United States.svg United States 3812
Virginie Razzano Flag of France.svg France 4213
Olga Govortsova Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 5914
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 6815
Sabine Lisicki Flag of Germany.svg Germany 6316

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

References

  1. ↑ "Lisicki claims maiden WTA Tour title". CNN . April 19, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
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