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2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships

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.

Finals

Singles

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

ITA Flavia Pennetta defeated AUS 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

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

Entrants

Seeds

PlayerWTA Tour Rank*Seeds
RUS Dinara Safina11
RUS Vera Zvonareva72
BLR Victoria Azarenka83
DEN Caroline Wozniacki94
RUS Nadia Petrova105
SRB Ana Ivanovic116
SVK Dominika Cibulková127
POL Agnieszka Radwańska138
FRA Marion Bartoli149
ITA Flavia Pennetta1510
FRA Virginie Razzano1711
CHN Li Na1812
AUS Samantha Stosur2013
CHN Zheng Jie2214
EST Kaia Kanepi2315
ITA Francesca Schiavone2416
GER 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

  • USA Vania King
  • USA CoCo Vandeweghe
  • POR Michelle Larcher de Brito

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • USA Jill Craybas
  • USA Melanie Oudin
  • RSA Chanelle Scheepers
  • NED Michaëlla Krajicek
  • USA Carly Gullickson
  • UKR Olga Savchuk
  • RUS Anastasia Rodionova
  • JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

  • USA Varvara Lepchenko

References

References

  1. (August 9, 2009). "Pennetta wins LA {{as written".
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