2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships

The 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships (also known as the 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th 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, near Los Angeles, California, 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]

2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships
DateAugust 3 – 9
Edition36th
CategoryPremier Series
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$700,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationCarson, CA, U.S.
VenueHome Depot Center
Champions
Singles
Flavia Pennetta
Doubles
Chuang Chia-jung / Yan Zi

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Singles

Flavia Pennetta defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3

  • It was Pennetta's second title of the year and eighth overall.

Doubles
Main article: 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Doubles

Chuang Chia-jung / Yan Zi defeated Maria Kirilenko / Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 4–6, [10–7]

Entrants

Seeds
PlayerWTA Tour Rank*Seeds
Dinara Safina11
Vera Zvonareva72
Victoria Azarenka83
Caroline Wozniacki94
Nadia Petrova105
Ana Ivanovic116
Dominika Cibulková127
Agnieszka Radwańska138
Marion Bartoli149
Flavia Pennetta1510
Virginie Razzano1711
Li Na1812
Samantha Stosur2013
Zheng Jie2214
Kaia Kanepi2315
Francesca Schiavone2416
Sabine Lisicki2517
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of July 27, 2009.
  • Maria Bartoli withdrew, so Sabine Lisicki became the No. 17 seed.

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' Tennis title". UPI. August 9, 2009.


Preceded by
Stanford		 2009 US Open Series
Women's Events		 Succeeded by
Cincinnati


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