2009 Family Circle Cup

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. 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. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,000,000.

2009 Family Circle Cup
DateApril 13–19
Edition37th
CategoryPremier
Draw56S / 16D
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationCharleston, South Carolina, U.S.
VenueFamily Circle Tennis Center
Attendance87,786
Champions
Singles
Germany Sabine Lisicki
Doubles
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Russia Nadia Petrova
← 2008 · Family Circle Cup · 2010 →

Entrants

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Seeds

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Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding
Elena Dementieva   Russia 3 1
Venus Williams   United States 5 2
Vera Zvonareva   Russia 6 3
Nadia Petrova   Russia 10 4
Caroline Wozniacki   Denmark 12 5
Marion Bartoli   France 13 6
Dominika Cibulková   Slovakia 19 7
Patty Schnyder   Switzerland 17 8
Aleksandra Wozniak   Canada 29 9
Peng Shuai   China 35 10
Alyona Bondarenko   Ukraine 41 11
Bethanie Mattek-Sands   United States 38 12
Virginie Razzano   France 42 13
Olga Govortsova   Belarus 59 14
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová   Czech Republic 68 15
Sabine Lisicki   Germany 63 16
  • Rankings as of April 13, 2009.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

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Singles

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  Sabine Lisicki defeated   Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4[1]

  • It was Lisicki's first career title

Doubles

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  Bethanie Mattek-Sands /   Nadia Petrova defeated   Līga Dekmeijere /   Patty Schnyder, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]

References

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