2009 Family Circle Cup

2009 Family Circle Cup
DateApril 13–19
Edition37th
CategoryPremier
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$1,000,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationCharleston, South Carolina, U.S.
VenueFamily Circle Tennis Center
Attendance87,786
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, 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.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2009 Family Circle Cup – Singles

Sabine Lisicki defeated 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

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

Entrants

Seeds

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

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

References

  1. ^ "Lisicki claims maiden WTA Tour title". CNN. April 19, 2009.
  2. ^ "Lisicki makes title breakthrough in Charleston". ABC. April 20, 2009.
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