2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships

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2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships
DateAugust 3–9
Edition36th
Category Premier Series
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$700,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Carson, California, U.S.
Venue Home Depot Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi
←  2008  · WTA Los Angeles

The 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th and last edition of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, near Los Angeles, United States, from August 3 through August 9, 2009. It was the second women's event on the 2009 US Open Series. Tenth-seeded Flavia Pennetta won the singles title. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi defeated Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko / Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 4–6, [10–7]

Entrants

Seeds

Player WTA Tour Rank*Seeds
Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Safina 11
Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva 72
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka 83
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki 94
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova 105
Flag of Serbia.svg Ana Ivanovic 116
Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominika Cibulková 127
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska 138
Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli 149
Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta 1510
Flag of France.svg Virginie Razzano 1711
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na 1812
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur 2013
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie 2214
Flag of Estonia.svg Kaia Kanepi 2315
Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone 2416
Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki 2517

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

References

  1. ↑ "Pennetta wins LA Womens' [sic] Tennis title". UPI . August 9, 2009.
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