2009 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Doubles

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In the doubles event at the 2009 Internationaux de Strasbourg women's tennis tournament played in Strasbourg, France, the winning pair was Nathalie Dechy of France and Mara Santangelo of Italy.

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Seeds

  1. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung / Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn (first round)
  2. Flag of France.svg Nathalie Dechy / Flag of Italy.svg Mara Santangelo (champions)
  3. Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimíra Uhlířová (first round)
  4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká (semifinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 4 62 
 67  64 [9]
 4 65  3 6[11]
 67  66 
4 66 4 4 4  
 3 4  4 66 
 77  2 2  
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 666[4] 2 66 
 72 [10] 2 0  
 66  66 
3 4 4   3 62 
 3 3  2 67 
 66  4 6[7]
 2 2  2 62 [10]
2 66 

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