2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships
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2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships
| 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships | ||||
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| Date: | August 3 – August 9 | |||
| Edition: | 36th | |||
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 Flavia Pennetta |
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| Doubles | ||||
 Chuang Chia-jung /  Yan Zi |
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LA Women's Tennis Championships
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The 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships (also known as the 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th 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, near Los Angeles, California, United States, from August 3 through August 9, 2009. It was the second women's event on the 2009 US Open Series.
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WTA Entrants
Seeds
| Player | WTA Tour Rank* | Seeds |
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 Dinara Safina |
1 | 1 |
| Vera Zvonareva |
7 | 2 |
 Victoria Azarenka |
8 | 3 |
 Caroline Wozniacki |
9 | 4 |
| Nadia Petrova |
10 | 5 |
 Ana Ivanović |
11 | 6 |
 Dominika Cibulková |
12 | 7 |
 Agnieszka Radwańska |
13 | 8 |
 Marion Bartoli |
14 | 9 |
| Flavia Pennetta |
15 | 10 |
| Virginie Razzano |
17 | 11 |
| Li Na |
18 | 12 |
 Samantha Stosur |
20 | 13 |
| Zheng Jie |
22 | 14 |
 Kaia Kanepi |
23 | 15 |
| Francesca Schiavone |
24 | 16 |
 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
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Jill Craybas- Melanie Oudin
Chanelle Scheepers
Michaëlla Krajicek- Carly Gullickson
Olga Savchuk- Anastasia Rodionova
Kimiko Date-Krumm
The following player received the lucky loser spot:
Champions
Singles
Main article: 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships - Singles
Flavia Pennetta def. 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
Chuang Chia-jung / Yan Zi def. Maria Kirilenko / Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–0, 4–6, 10–7.
External links
| Preceded by Stanford |
2009 US Open Series Women's Events |
Succeeded by Cincinnati |
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