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2009 Family Circle Cup

RUS 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, 2009. It was the 37th edition of the tournament and 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 courts. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,000,000. Sabine Lisicki, who was seeded 16th, won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2009 Family Circle Cup – Singles

GER Sabine Lisicki defeated DEN Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Lisicki's only singles title of the year and the first of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2009 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

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

Entrants

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Elena DementievaRUS Russia31
Venus WilliamsUSA United States52
Vera ZvonarevaRUS Russia63
Nadia PetrovaRUS Russia104
Caroline WozniackiDEN Denmark125
Marion BartoliFRA France136
Dominika CibulkováSVK Slovakia197
Patty SchnyderSUI Switzerland178
Aleksandra WozniakCAN Canada299
Peng ShuaiCHN China3510
Alyona BondarenkoUKR Ukraine4111
Bethanie Mattek-SandsUSA United States3812
Virginie RazzanoFRA France4213
Olga GovortsovaBLR Belarus5914
Barbora Záhlavová-StrýcováCZE Czech Republic6815
Sabine LisickiGER Germany6316
  • Rankings as of April 13, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • RUS Elena Dementieva
  • USA Mallory Cecil
  • RUS Anastasia Pivovarova
  • USA Alexandra Stevenson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • USA Shenay Perry
  • USA Madison Brengle
  • USA Angela Haynes
  • LAT Anastasija Sevastova
  • USA Melanie Oudin
  • USA Abigail Spears
  • CAN Marie-Ève Pelletier
  • SVK Lenka Wienerová

References

References

  1. (April 19, 2009). "Lisicki claims maiden WTA Tour title".
  2. (April 20, 2009). "Lisicki makes title breakthrough in Charleston".
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