2009 Family Circle Cup
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2009 Family Circle Cup | |
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Date | April 13–19 |
Edition | 37th |
Category | Premier |
Draw | 56S / 16D |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
Location | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
Venue | Family Circle Tennis Center |
Attendance | 87,786 |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Sabine Lisicki | |
Doubles | |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova |
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.
Entrants[]
Seeds[]
Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
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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[]
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
- Elena Dementieva
- Mallory Cecil
- Anastasia Pivovarova
- Alexandra Stevenson
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Shenay Perry
- Madison Brengle
- Angela Haynes
- Anastasija Sevastova
- Melanie Oudin
- Abigail Spears
- Marie-Ève Pelletier
- Lenka Wienerová
Finals[]
Singles[]
Sabine Lisicki defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4
- It was Lisicki's first career title
Doubles[]
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nadia Petrova defeated Līga Dekmeijere / Patty Schnyder, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]
External links[]
Categories:
- 2009 WTA Tour
- Charleston Open
- 2009 in American tennis
- 2009 in sports in South Carolina
- April 2009 sports events in the United States