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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
| Player | WTA Tour Rank* | Seeds |
|---|---|---|
| RUS Dinara Safina | 1 | 1 |
| RUS Vera Zvonareva | 7 | 2 |
| BLR Victoria Azarenka | 8 | 3 |
| DEN Caroline Wozniacki | 9 | 4 |
| RUS Nadia Petrova | 10 | 5 |
| SRB Ana Ivanovic | 11 | 6 |
| SVK Dominika Cibulková | 12 | 7 |
| POL Agnieszka Radwańska | 13 | 8 |
| FRA Marion Bartoli | 14 | 9 |
| ITA Flavia Pennetta | 15 | 10 |
| FRA Virginie Razzano | 17 | 11 |
| CHN Li Na | 18 | 12 |
| AUS Samantha Stosur | 20 | 13 |
| CHN Zheng Jie | 22 | 14 |
| EST Kaia Kanepi | 23 | 15 |
| ITA Francesca Schiavone | 24 | 16 |
| GER Sabine Lisicki | 25 | 17 |
- 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
- (August 9, 2009). "Pennetta wins LA {{as written".
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