2009 WTA Tour

Grand Slam women's singles champions of 2009: Australian Open and Wimbledon titlist Serena Williams (top/bottom left), French Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova (top right), and US Open champion Kim Clijsters (bottom right).

The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events.

Serena Williams and Dinara Safina engaged in a battle for the year-end No. 1 ranking, with Williams eventually coming out on top after winning the WTA Tour Championships. She won two Grand Slam titles during the year. Safina ascended to No. 1 in April and held it for much of the rest of the season. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Caroline Wozniacki and Elena Dementieva also enjoyed successful years in 2009.

In contrast, it was a season of struggles for Ana Ivanović, who dropped outside the top 20 by its conclusion. Jelena Janković also battled with inconsistent results, falling from No. 1 in January to No. 8 by November.

Kim Clijsters returned to competitive tennis in August after giving birth to her daughter, and won the US Open title. Maria Sharapova made her comeback in May, having missed all tournaments since the summer of 2008, and rose back into the top 20.

Former world No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo announced her retirement at the end of the season, while Ai Sugiyama and Nathalie Dechy were among other notable players who retired during the year.

Tour reforms

The 2009 season saw the Women's Tennis Association undergo what was described as "its most sweeping reforms in history", with the aim of creating a more fan friendly structure to the Tour, to reduce player withdrawals, and increase player commitment in the biggest tournaments.

The main features of the new "Roadmap" calendar saw the abolition of the previous Tier system, which were replaced by Premier and International tournaments. 20 Premier events were to be held throughout the season, down from the 26 Tier I and Tier II events that were held in 2008. Of those 20, four—the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open in Madrid, and the China Open in Beijing—would be mandatory,^[1] offering $4.5 million in prize money. Along with that were five other tournaments, the Premier 5s, which offered $2 million in prize money. Ten other Premier tournaments were also held throughout the season. These would all lead up to the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, which boasted a $4.5 million total prize fund.

In addition, 30 International events were created to replace the previous Tier III and IV categories. The top performers in the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships who won an International title during the season were to be eligible to compete in the season-ending Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, which was held the week after the Sony Ericsson Championships.

The Roadmap calendar also saw a 30% increase in the length off the off-season, from 7 to 9 weeks, with the season ending in October, as well as more breaks between the bigger tournaments throughout the season, an increase in back-to-back events, a decrease in player commitment, a limitation on top player participation in International tournaments and stronger penalties for top players who miss Premier tournament commitments.

The WTA Tour also moved more closely to a combined Tour with the ATP, with 31% of events being combined men and women events, and equal prize money being offered at ten of the biggest events throughout the season. Total prize money increased to $86 million, which was once again a record high, up from $67 million the previous year.

With the changes came a new ranking system, which now included the player's best-performing 16 events (down from 17), including the four Grand Slam tournaments and the four mandatory events for all players who qualified by ranking, and the awarding of "zero pointers" for top players missing commitments at the biggest events.^[2]

Lastly, the Women's Tennis Association also announced that On Court Coaching would be included in all events on the Roadmap calendar. Having been tested in many events since 2006, the decision to approve the move was made to increase the relationship between the viewer and the sport, with viewers being able to listen in on conversations between players and their coaches, who are required to wear a microphone during the exchange. Players were allowed to request their coach once per set, at a changeover or at the end of the set, or when the opposing player was taking a medical timeout or toilet break.^[3]

Season summary

Singles

Elena Dementieva started the season on a hot streak, taking the title in Sydney, beating Dinara Safina in the final, as well as winning a smaller tournament in Auckland the week before, putting her as a firm contender at the season's opening Grand Slam, the Australian Open.

Serena Williams won her 10th and 11th Grand Slam singles titles during the season.

During the Australian Open fortnight, Venus Williams became the first big casualty when she lost in the second round to Carla Suárez Navarro. Jelena Dokić made a fairytale run to the quarterfinals, the furthest she'd been in a Grand Slam event since 2002, and world No. 1 Jelena Janković lost in the fourth round to Marion Bartoli. In the quarterfinals, Dokić's run was ended by Safina, with Vera Zvonareva, Dementieva and Serena Williams also moving through. Williams eventually beat Safina in a match that saw the No. 1 ranking on the line, to win her tenth Grand Slam title, and fourth at the Australian Open, and sealing her return to the No. 1 spot.

February saw Amélie Mauresmo overcome her struggling form in the previous two seasons to win the Premier event in Paris. Venus Williams also won the Roadmap's first Premier 5 event in Dubai, beating surprise finalist Virginie Razzano.

At the mandatory Indian Wells, Zvonareva won her biggest career title thus far with a win over Ivanović in the final. Safina had another chance to reach No. 1 after this tournament, but lost to Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka won the event in Miami, stopping Serena Williams achieving a record-breaking sixth title there. Janković continued her struggles with her second straight loss, with Safina, Zvonareva and Ivanović also losing early.

Dinara Safina held No. 1 for 26 weeks from April.

Safina ascended to the No. 1 ranking on April 20 despite not playing the previous week, due to Williams not defending her title. Playing in her first tournament as the No. 1, Safina lost in the final of Stuttgart to Kuznetsova, before avenging the loss by beating Kuznetsova in the Rome final. In the final major warm-up event, Safina beat Caroline Wozniacki to win Madrid.

After a strong clay season, Safina was the favourite to win her first Grand Slam at the French Open, and she eventually moved through to the finals in the top half. On the bottom half, Kuznetsova came through, beating Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, to set up the third meeting between the two during the clay season. With Safina heavily favoured, Kuznetsova won the title for her second Grand Slam title in singles, and first since the US Open in 2004. Elsewhere, in a fortnight of surprises, Dominika Cibulková reached her first Grand Slam semifinal, beating Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals, who was returning from a lengthy lay-off from shoulder surgery recovery. Samantha Stosur also reached her first Grand Slam semifinal, taking down Elena Dementieva in the second round. Defending champion Ana Ivanović lost to Azarenka in the fourth round, a loss which dropped her out of the top 10 in the world.

Caroline Wozniacki broke the top 10 during the season, and reached the US Open final.

The top four seeds all reached the semifinals at Wimbledon, the first time it had happened since 2006. The first week did, however, see French Open champion Kuznetsova upset by Sabine Lisicki on her way to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, and Janković lose to American teenager Melanie Oudin. The semifinals were direct contrasts to each other, with Venus Williams thrashing Safina in the top half semifinal, and Serena Williams beating Dementieva in an epic 8–6 in the third encounter. The final was the fourth all-Williams Wimbledon final, and the second in a row. Serena avenged her loss to Venus in last year's final to win her third Wimbledon title, first since 2003, and eleventh Grand Slam title overall.

The US Open Series turned out to be an open race, with five different champions being crowned at the tournaments. Eventually, it went to Toronto champion Elena Dementieva, who also reached the semifinals in Cincinnati and Stanford. Flavia Pennetta finished second after winning Los Angeles and reaching the semifinals in Cincinnati and New Haven, results which saw her break into the top 10. Cincinnati champion Jelena Janković came third. Also during the summer hardcourt season, Kim Clijsters made her return to competitive tennis in Cincinnati after giving birth.

At the US Open, Caroline Wozniacki reached her first Grand Slam final after a half of upsets which saw Safina, Janković and Dementieva all lose in the first week. Melanie Oudin reached her first major quarterfinal by defeating Dementieva, Sharapova and Petrova back-to-back, while Yanina Wickmayer reached her first semifinal at this level. In the bottom half, Clijsters came through after defeating Venus Williams in the fourth round, and later her sister Serena in the semifinals, in a match that ended with Williams receiving a point penalty, and later a fine, for unsportsmanlike conduct after reacting to a foot fault called by the linesperson. In the final, Clijsters beat Wozniacki to win her second Grand Slam title in only her third tournament back, and become the first mother to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980.

The fall season saw Maria Sharapova win her first title since returning from her shoulder surgery in Tokyo. Kimiko Date-Krumm provided a notable story, becoming the second oldest player to ever win a title in the Open Era in Seoul. Svetlana Kuznetsova won the event in Beijing, beating Agnieszka Radwańska in the final. Following that tournament, Safina surrendered her No. 1 ranking to Serena Williams, before regaining it the week prior to the WTA Tour Championships. This meant that the year-end No. 1 would be decided in Doha, with whoever performed better in the tournament achieving the position. Safina retired in her first match, while Williams went on to win the title to become the year-end No. 1 for only the second time, after 2002.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.^[4][5]

Key

January

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 5	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Marion Bartoli	Amélie Mauresmo Sara Errani	Ana Ivanović Tathiana Garbin Olga Govortsova Lucie Šafářová
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King 3–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Elena Dementieva 6–4, 6–1	Elena Vesnina	Aravane Rezaï Anne Keothavong	Shahar Pe'er Edina Gallovits Ayumi Morita Caroline Wozniacki
		Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo 4–6, 7–6(3), [12–10]	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja
January 12	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier tournaments $600,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Elena Dementieva 6–3, 2–6, 6–1	Dinara Safina	Serena Williams Ai Sugiyama	Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska Svetlana Kuznetsova Alizé Cornet
		Hsieh Su-Wei Peng Shuai 6–0, 6–1	Nathalie Dechy Casey Dellacqua
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 7–5, 6–1	Iveta Benešová	Magdaléna Rybáriková Virginie Razzano	Melinda Czink Gisela Dulko Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Tsvetana Pironkova
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 7–6(4)	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
January 19 January 26	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam A$ - Hard - 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 6–0, 6–3	Dinara Safina	Vera Zvonareva Elena Dementieva	Marion Bartoli Jelena Dokić Carla Suárez Navarro Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–3, 6–3	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
		Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi 6–3, 6–1	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram

February

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 2	Fed Cup: First Round Moscow, Russia, Hard (i) Orléans, France, Hard (i) Surprise, United States, Hard Brno, Czech Republic, Carpet (i)	First Round winners  Russia 5–0  Italy 5–0  United States 3–2  Czech Republic 4–1	First Round losers  China  France  Argentina  Spain
February 9	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier tournaments $700,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo 7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams Jelena Janković	Émilie Loit Nathalie Dechy Agnieszka Radwańska Alizé Cornet
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Vera Zvonareva 7–5, 6–1	Sania Mirza	Shahar Pe'er Magdaléna Rybáriková	Peng Shuai Vera Dushevina Tamarine Tanasugarn Caroline Wozniacki
		Yaroslava Shvedova Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–2	Yulia Beygelzimer Vitalia Diatchenko
February 16	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,000,000 - Hard - 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Venus Williams 6–4, 6–2	Virginie Razzano	Serena Williams Kaia Kanepi	Ana Ivanović Elena Dementieva Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–3, 6–3	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska
	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Anne Keothavong Sabine Lisicki	Michaëlla Krajicek Marina Erakovic Lucie Šafářová Pauline Parmentier
		Victoria Azarenka Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 7–6(2)	Yuliana Fedak Michaëlla Krajicek
	Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 6–2	Gisela Dulko	Edina Gallovits Patricia Mayr	Maša Zec Peškirič Mathilde Johansson Ioana Raluca Olaru Betina Jozami
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
February 23	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Venus Williams 6–1, 6–2	Flavia Pennetta	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Iveta Benešová	Ágnes Szávay Maret Ani Mathilde Johansson Petra Cetkovská
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, 6–2	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja

March

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 2	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Marion Bartoli 6–4, 6–3	Li Na	Iveta Benešová Zheng Jie	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Gisela Dulko Vania King
		Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo 6–3, 6–4	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
March 9 March 16	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments $4,500,000 - Hard - 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Vera Zvonareva 7–6(5), 6–2	Ana Ivanović	Victoria Azarenka Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Dinara Safina Caroline Wozniacki Sybille Bammer Agnieszka Radwańska
		Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]	Gisela Dulko Shahar Pe'er
March 23 March 30	Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments $4,500,000 - Hard - 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Serena Williams	Venus Williams Svetlana Kuznetsova	Li Na Iveta Benešová Caroline Wozniacki Samantha Stosur
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond

April

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 6	Andalucia Tennis Experience Marbella, Spain WTA International tournaments $500,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Jelena Janković 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Carla Suárez Navarro	Sorana Cîrstea Anabel Medina Garrigues	Klára Zakopalová Kaia Kanepi Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
		Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 6–3	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
	MPS Group Championships Ponte Vedra Beach, United States WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Green) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–2	Aleksandra Wozniak	Nadia Petrova Elena Vesnina	Alona Bondarenko Tamira Paszek Dominika Cibulková Daniela Hantuchová
		Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
April 13	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier tournaments $1,000,000 - Clay (Green) - 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Dementieva Marion Bartoli	Dominika Cibulková Virginie Razzano Melinda Czink Elena Vesnina
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova 6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9]	Līga Dekmeijere Patty Schnyder
	Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Roberta Vinci 6–0, 6–4	Maria Kirilenko	Carla Suárez Navarro Francesca Schiavone	Tatjana Malek María José Martínez Sánchez Lucie Šafářová Anastasiya Yakimova
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]	Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač
April 20	Fed Cup: Semifinals Castellaneta Clay Brno Hard (i)	Semifinals winners  Italy 4–1  United States 3–2	Semifinals losers  Russia  Czech Republic
April 27	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier tournaments $700,000 - Clay (Red) (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–3	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta Elena Dementieva	Agnieszka Radwańska Jelena Janković Gisela Dulko Marion Bartoli
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova 5–7, 6–3, [10–7]	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fes, Morocco WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–0, 6–1	Ekaterina Makarova	Melinda Czink Alisa Kleybanova	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Lucie Hradecká Marta Domachowska Polona Hercog
		Alisa Kleybanova Ekaterina Makarova 6–3, 2–6, [10–8]	Sorana Cîrstea Maria Kirilenko

May

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 4	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,000,000 - Clay (Red) - 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Venus Williams Victoria Azarenka	María José Martínez Sánchez Agnieszka Radwańska Jelena Janković Kaia Kanepi
		Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 7–5, 7–6(5)	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
	Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Yanina Wickmayer 7–5, 6–2	Ekaterina Makarova	Shahar Pe'er Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Jarmila Groth Sorana Cîrstea Sabine Lisicki Maria Kirilenko
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]	Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi
May 11	Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments $4,500,000 - Clay (Red) - 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Dinara Safina 6–2, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Patty Schnyder Amélie Mauresmo	Alona Bondarenko Jelena Janković Ágnes Szávay Vera Dushevina
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
May 18	Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland WTA Premier tournaments $600,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Alexandra Dulgheru 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0	Alona Bondarenko	Anne Keothavong Daniela Hantuchová	Maria Sharapova Ioana Raluca Olaru Galina Voskoboeva Klára Zakopalová
		Raquel Kops-Jones Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1, 6–1	Yan Zi Zheng Jie
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Aravane Rezaï 7–6(2), 6–1	Lucie Hradecká	Ayumi Morita Viktoriya Kutuzova	Kristina Barrois Peng Shuai Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Monica Niculescu
		Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo 6–0, 6–1	Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz
May 24 June 1	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam € - Clay (Red) - 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Doubles Draw	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–2	Dinara Safina	Dominika Cibulková Samantha Stosur	Victoria Azarenka Maria Sharapova Sorana Cîrstea Serena Williams
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–1, 6–1	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina
		Bob Bryan Liezel Huber 5–7, 7–6(5), 10–7	Marcelo Melo Vania King

June

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 8	AEGON Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Grass - 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–0, 7–6(2)	Li Na	Sania Mirza Maria Sharapova	Urszula Radwańska Melinda Czink Stefanie Vögele Yanina Wickmayer
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–1, 6–4	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
June 15	AEGON International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier tournaments $600,000 - Grass - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Caroline Wozniacki 7–6(5), 7–5	Virginie Razzano	Marion Bartoli Aleksandra Wozniak	Agnieszka Radwańska Anabel Medina Garrigues Ekaterina Makarova Vera Dushevina
		Akgul Amanmuradova Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 6–3	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Grass - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 7–5	Yanina Wickmayer	Dinara Safina Francesca Schiavone	Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta Kristina Barrois Olga Govortsova
		Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 5–7, [13–11]	Michaëlla Krajicek Yanina Wickmayer
June 22 June 29	Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam £ - Grass - 128S/96Q/64D/48X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 7–6(3), 6–2	Venus Williams	Dinara Safina Elena Dementieva	Sabine Lisicki Agnieszka Radwańska Francesca Schiavone Victoria Azarenka
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 7–6(4), 6–4	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
		Mark Knowles Anna-Lena Grönefeld 7–5, 6–3	Leander Paes Cara Black

July

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 6	GDF SUEZ Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Ágnes Szávay 2–6, 6–4, 6–2	Patty Schnyder	Edina Gallovits Alona Bondarenko	Alisa Kleybanova Petra Martić Timea Bacsinszky Shahar Pe'er
		Alisa Kleybanova Monica Niculescu 6–4, 7–6(5)	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
	Collector Swedish Open Women Båstad, Sweden WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	María José Martínez Sánchez 7–5, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko	Maria Kirilenko Alla Kudryavtseva Carla Suárez Navarro Dominika Cibulková
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 0–6, [10–5]	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
July 13	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–2	Sara Errani	Tathiana Garbin Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Aravane Rezaï Olga Govortsova Yaroslava Shvedova Patty Schnyder
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–1, 6–2	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova
	ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Sybille Bammer 7–6(4), 6–2	Francesca Schiavone	Timea Bacsinszky Iveta Benešová	Kateryna Bondarenko Carla Suárez Navarro Zarina Diyas Lucie Hradecká
		Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko 6–1, 6–2	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
July 20	Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Dinara Safina 6–7(5), 6–1, 7–5	Sara Errani	Alberta Brianti Stefanie Vögele	Maria Elena Camerin Camille Pin Rossana de los Ríos Petra Martić
		Julia Görges Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–4, 6–2	Camille Pin Klára Zakopalová
	Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3	Ioana Raluca Olaru	Alizé Cornet Yaroslava Shvedova	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Magdaléna Rybáriková Anna-Lena Grönefeld Yvonne Meusburger
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–2, 6–4	Tatjana Malek Andrea Petkovic
July 27	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier tournaments $700,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Marion Bartoli 6–2, 5–7, 6–4	Venus Williams	Samantha Stosur Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová Maria Sharapova
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–4, 6–1	Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu
	Istanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Vera Dushevina 6–0, 6–1	Lucie Hradecká	Timea Bacsinszky Andrea Petkovic	Urszula Radwańska Anabel Medina Garrigues Marta Domachowska Olga Govortsova
		Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová 2–6, 6–3, [12–10]	Julia Görges Patty Schnyder

August

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 3	Herbalife LA Tennis Championships Los Angeles, United States WTA Premier tournaments $700,000 - Hard - 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–3	Samantha Stosur	Sorana Cîrstea Maria Sharapova	Zheng Jie Agnieszka Radwańska Urszula Radwańska Vera Zvonareva
		Chuang Chia-jung Yan Zi 6–0, 4–6, [10–7]	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska
August 10	W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,000,000 - Hard - 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Jelena Janković 6–4, 6–2	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta Elena Dementieva	Kim Clijsters Daniela Hantuchová Caroline Wozniacki Sybille Bammer
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–3, 0–6, [10–2]	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
August 17	Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,000,000 - Hard - 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Elena Dementieva 6–4, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Alisa Kleybanova Serena Williams	Jelena Janković Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur Lucie Šafářová
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 7–5, [11–9]	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
August 24	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United States WTA Premier tournaments $600,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4	Elena Vesnina	Amélie Mauresmo Flavia Pennetta	Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Chakvetadze Magdaléna Rybáriková Virginie Razzano
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–2, 7–5	Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká
August 31 September 7	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $ - Hard - 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 7–5, 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Yanina Wickmayer Serena Williams	Kateryna Bondarenko Melanie Oudin Li Na Flavia Pennetta
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–2, 6–2	Cara Black Liezel Huber
		Travis Parrott Carly Gullickson 6–2, 6–4	Leander Paes Cara Black

September

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 14	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Shahar Pe'er 6–3, 6–4	Alberta Brianti	Ayumi Morita Peng Shuai	Anastasija Sevastova Olga Savchuk Alexandra Panova Chan Yung-jan
		Olga Govortsova Tatiana Poutchek 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]	Kimiko Date-Krumm Sun Tiantian
	Bell Challenge présenté par Banque Nationale Quebec City, Canada WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Carpet - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Melinda Czink 4–6, 6–3, 7–5	Lucie Šafářová	Aleksandra Wozniak Julia Görges	Nadia Petrova Alla Kudryavtseva Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lilia Osterloh
		Vania King Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–1, 6–3	Sofia Arvidsson Séverine Brémond Beltrame
September 21	Hansol Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Kimiko Date-Krumm 6–3, 6–3	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Maria Kirilenko Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Daniela Hantuchová Vera Dushevina Chan Yung-jan Magdaléna Rybáriková
		Chan Yung-jan Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–4	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Shahar Pe'er 6–3, 6–4	Akgul Amanmuradova	Yaroslava Shvedova Olga Govortsova	Monica Niculescu Stefanie Vögele Darya Kustova Alexandra Panova
		Olga Govortsova Tatiana Poutchek 6–2, 6–7(1), [10–8]	Vitalia Diatchenko Ekaterina Dzehalevich
September 28	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 tournaments $2,000,000 - Hard - 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 5–2 retired	Jelena Janković	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na	Iveta Benešová Magdaléna Rybáriková Victoria Azarenka Marion Bartoli
		Alisa Kleybanova Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–2	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama

October

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 5	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments $4,500,000 - Hard - 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–4	Agnieszka Radwańska	Marion Bartoli Nadia Petrova	Vera Zvonareva Elena Dementieva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Peng Shuai
		Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 6–3, 6–1	Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova
October 12	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 6–4	Petra Kvitová	Flavia Pennetta Agnieszka Radwańska	Ioana Raluca Olaru Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro Lucie Šafářová
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 6–4	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
	HP Open Osaka, Japan WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Samantha Stosur 7–5, 6–1	Francesca Schiavone	Caroline Wozniacki Sania Mirza	Aleksandra Wozniak Jill Craybas Melinda Czink Marion Bartoli
		Chuang Chia-jung Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–4	Chanelle Scheepers Abigail Spears
October 19	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier tournaments $1,000,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–0	Olga Govortsova	Alona Bondarenko Alisa Kleybanova	Tsvetana Pironkova Maria Kirilenko Vera Dushevina Jelena Janković
		Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 6–2, 6–2	Maria Kondratieva Klára Zakopalová
	BGL Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourg WTA International tournaments $220,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 7–5	Sabine Lisicki	Yanina Wickmayer Shahar Pe'er	Katarina Srebotnik Kirsten Flipkens Daniela Hantuchová Patty Schnyder
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 1–6, 6–0, [10–7]	Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová
October 26	Sony Ericsson Championships Doha, Qatar Year-end championships $4,500,000 - Hard - 8S (RR)/4D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 6–2, 7–6(4)	Venus Williams	Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković	Round Robin Dinara Safina Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva Agnieszka Radwańska Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Dementieva
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6(0), 5–7, [10–7]	Cara Black Liezel Huber

November

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Round Robin
November 2	Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Bali, Indonesia Year-end championships $600,000 - Hard (i) - 12S Draw	Aravane Rezaï 7–5 retired	Marion Bartoli	Kimiko Date-Krumm María José Martínez Sánchez	Shahar Pe'er Magdaléna Rybáriková Samantha Stosur Ágnes Szávay Yanina Wickmayer Anabel Medina Garrigues Vera Dushevina Sabine Lisicki Melinda Czink
November 2	Fed Cup: Final Reggio Calabria Clay	Italy 4–0	United States

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2009 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:

1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Titles won by player

Total titles	Player	Grand Slam tournaments			Year-end championships		Premier tournaments		International tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
9	María José Martínez Sánchez					1		2	2	4	2	7	0
7	Serena Williams	2	3		1			1			3	4	0
	Nuria Llagostera Vives					1		2		4	0	7	0
6	Venus Williams		3				1	1	1		2	4	0
	Liezel Huber			1				4		1	0	5	1
5	Victoria Azarenka						1	1	2	1	3	2	0
	Flavia Pennetta						1		1	3	2	3	0
	Cara Black							4		1	0	5	0
4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1					2	1			3	1	0
	Caroline Wozniacki						2		1	1	3	1	0
3	Anna-Lena Grönefeld			1						2	0	2	1
	Dinara Safina						2		1		3	0	0
	Elena Dementieva						2		1		3	0	0
	Vera Zvonareva						1	1	1		2	1	0
	Hsieh Su-wei							3			0	3	0
	Bethanie Mattek-Sands							3			0	3	0
	Peng Shuai							3			0	3	0
	Nadia Petrova							3			0	3	0
	Chuang Chia-jung							1		3	0	3	0
	Alisa Kleybanova							1		2	0	3	0
	Nathalie Dechy									3	0	3	0
	Mara Santangelo									3	0	3	0
2	Anabel Medina Garrigues		1						1		1	1	0
	Sania Mirza			1						1	0	1	1
	Aravane Rezaï				1				1		2	0	0
	Amélie Mauresmo						1	1			1	1	0
	Francesca Schiavone						1	1			1	1	0
	Marion Bartoli						1		1		2	0	0
	Jelena Janković						1		1		2	0	0
	Racquel Kops-Jones							1		1	0	2	0
	Shahar Pe'er								2		2	0	0
	Yanina Wickmayer								2		2	0	0
	Tamarine Tanasugarn								1	1	1	1	0
	Gisela Dulko									2	0	2	0
	Olga Govortsova									2	0	2	0
	Lucie Hradecká									2	0	2	0
	Vania King									2	0	2	0
	Tatiana Poutchek									2	0	2	0
	Abigail Spears									2	0	2	0
	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová									2	0	2	0
1	Kim Clijsters	1									1	0	0
	Virginia Ruano Pascual		1								0	1	0
	Carly Gullickson			1							0	0	1
	Alexandra Dulgheru						1				1	0	0
	Sabine Lisicki						1				1	0	0
	Maria Sharapova						1				1	0	0
	Akgul Amanmuradova							1			0	1	0
	Maria Kirilenko							1			0	1	0
	Ai Sugiyama							1			0	1	0
	Yan Zi							1			0	1	0
	Timea Bacsinszky								1		1	0	0
	Sybille Bammer								1		1	0	0
	Melinda Czink								1		1	0	0
	Kimiko Date-Krumm								1		1	0	0
	Vera Dushevina								1		1	0	0
	Petra Kvitová								1		1	0	0
	Andrea Petkovic								1		1	0	0
	Magdaléna Rybáriková								1		1	0	0
	Samantha Stosur								1		1	0	0
	Ágnes Szávay								1		1	0	0
	Roberta Vinci								1		1	0	0
	Iveta Benešová									1	0	1	0
	Alona Bondarenko									1	0	1	0
	Kateryna Bondarenko									1	0	1	0
	Chan Yung-jan									1	0	1	0
	Sara Errani									1	0	1	0
	Julia Görges									1	0	1	0
	Andrea Hlaváčková									1	0	1	0
	Klaudia Jans									1	0	1	0
	Ekaterina Makarova									1	0	1	0
	Monica Niculescu									1	0	1	0
	Lisa Raymond									1	0	1	0
	Alicja Rosolska									1	0	1	0
	Yaroslava Shvedova									1	0	1	0
	Katarina Srebotnik									1	0	1	0
	Vladimíra Uhlířová									1	0	1	0
	Renata Voráčová									1	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total titles	Player	Grand Slam tournaments			Year-end championships		Premier tournaments		International tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
24	United States	2	3	2	1		1	8	1	6	5	17	2
21	Russia	1					8	6	4	2	13	8	0
11	Spain		1			1		2	3	4	3	8	0
	Italy						2	1	2	6	4	7	0
10	France						2	1	2	4	4	5	0
7	Belarus						1	1	2	3	3	4	0
	Chinese Taipei							4		3	0	7	0
6	Germany			1			1		1	3	2	3	1
	Czech Republic								1	5	1	5	0
5	Zimbabwe							4		1	0	5	0
4	Denmark						2		1	1	3	1	0
	China							4			0	4	0
3	Belgium	1							2		3	0	0
2	India			1						1	0	1	1
	Serbia						1		1		2	0	0
	Romania						1			1	1	1	0
	Japan							1	1		1	1	0
	Hungary								2		2	0	0
	Israel								2		2	0	0
	Thailand								1	1	1	1	0
	Argentina									2	0	2	0
1	Uzbekistan							1			0	1	0
	Australia								1		1	0	0
	Austria								1		1	0	0
	Slovakia								1		1	0	0
	Switzerland								1		1	0	0
	Kazakhstan									1	0	1	0
	Poland									1	0	1	0
	Slovenia									1	0	1	0
	Ukraine									1	0	1	0

The following players won their first singles title:

• Victoria Azarenka - Brisbane
• Petra Kvitová - Hobart
• María José Martínez Sánchez - Bogotá
• Sabine Lisicki - Charleston
• Yanina Wickmayer - Estoril
• Alexandra Dulgheru - Warsaw
• Aravane Rezaï - Strasbourg
• Magdaléna Rybáriková - Birmingham
• Andrea Petkovic - Bad Gastein
• Vera Dushevina - Istanbul
• Melinda Czink - Quebec City
• Samantha Stosur - Osaka
• Timea Bacsinszky - Luxembourg City

The following players completed a successful singles title defence:

• Tamarine Tanasugarn - 's-Hertogenbosch
• Caroline Wozniacki - New Haven

Rankings Singles The following is the 2009 top 20 in the Race To The Championships.[6] Premier Mandatory Events are counted even if the player did not compete, if there is no injury excuse, it is counted as one of their events, when you are in the top 10. Players in gold are players who competed in the 2009 WTA Tour Championships. Race Singles Rk Name Nation Points Tour 1 Dinara Safina  RUS 7731 18 2 Serena Williams  USA 7576 17 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova  RUS 5772 18 4 Caroline Wozniacki  DEN 5475 24 5 Elena Dementieva  RUS 5415 19 6 Victoria Azarenka  BLR 4451 16 7 Venus Williams  USA 4397 16 8 Jelena Janković  SRB 3555 18 9 Vera Zvonareva  RUS 3550 19 10 Agnieszka Radwańska  POL 3340 22 11 Flavia Pennetta  ITA 3150 24 12 Marion Bartoli  FRA 3105 23 13 Samantha Stosur  AUS 2945 20 14 Maria Sharapova  RUS 2820 16 15 Li Na  CHN 2541 18 16 Francesca Schiavone  ITA 2375 27 17 Kim Clijsters  BEL 2340 4 18 Virginie Razzano  FRA 2300 21 19 Yanina Wickmayer  BEL 2290 19 20 Nadia Petrova  RUS 2220 22 Singles Year-end Ranking Rk Name Nation Points Change (from 2008) 1 Serena Williams  USA 9,075 +1 2 Dinara Safina  RUS 7,800 +1 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova  RUS 6,141 +5 4 Caroline Wozniacki  DEN 5,875 +8 5 Elena Dementieva  RUS 5,585 -1 6 Venus Williams  USA 5,126 = 7 Victoria Azarenka  BLR 4,820 +8 8 Jelena Janković  SRB 3,965 -7 9 Vera Zvonareva  RUS 3,560 -2 10 Agnieszka Radwańska  POL 3,450 = 11 Marion Bartoli  FRA 3,415 +6 12 Flavia Pennetta  ITA 3,150 +1 13 Samantha Stosur  AUS 3,045 +39 14 Maria Sharapova  RUS 2,820 -5 15 Li Na  CHN 2,541 +8 16 Yanina Wickmayer  BEL 2,385 +53 17 Francesca Schiavone  ITA 2,375 +13 18 Kim Clijsters  BEL 2,340 NR 19 Virginie Razzano  FRA 2,300 +40 20 Nadia Petrova  RUS 2,220 -9 Number 1 Ranking Holder Date Gained Date Forfeited  Jelena Janković (SRB) Year-End 2008 2 February 2009  Serena Williams (USA) 2 February 2009 20 April 2009  Dinara Safina (RUS) 20 April 2009 12 October 2009  Serena Williams (USA) 12 October 2009 26 October 2009  Dinara Safina (RUS) 26 October 2009 2 November 2009  Serena Williams (USA) 2 November 2009 Year-End 2009 Doubles Race Rankings Team Rk Name Points Tour 1 Cara Black Liezel Huber 9100 20 2 Venus Williams Serena Williams 6750 5 3 Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6397 20 4 Rennae Stubbs Samantha Stosur 5048 15 5 Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei 4286 11 6 Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama 4192 15 7 Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 4128 13 8 Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond 3206 12 9 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova 3031 12 10 Yan Zi Zheng Jie 2482 11 Doubles Year-end Rankings Rk Name Nation Points Change 1 Cara Black  ZIM 8,520 = = Liezel Huber  USA 8,520 = 3 Serena Williams  USA 7,440 +25 = Venus Williams  USA 7,440 +20 5 Nuria Llagostera Vives  ESP 6,180 +25 6 María José Martínez Sánchez  ESP 6,180 +24 7 Samantha Stosur  AUS 5,610 +7 = Rennae Stubbs  AUS 5,610 +2 9 Hsieh Su-wei  TPE 4,730 +42 10 Virginia Ruano Pascual  ESP 4,670 -5 11 Anabel Medina Garrigues  ESP 4,600 -8 12 Peng Shuai  CHN 4,550 +15 13 Daniela Hantuchová  SVK 4,180 +41 14 Alisa Kleybanova  RUS 4,150 +69 15 Victoria Azarenka  BLR 3,801 -3 16 Nadia Petrova  RUS 3,735 +4 17 Bethanie Mattek-Sands  USA 3,620 +9 18 Lisa Raymond  USA 3,560 -10 19 Francesca Schiavone  ITA 3,540 +13 20 Ekaterina Makarova  RUS 3,510 +42 Number 1 Ranking Holder Dates Held  Cara Black (ZIM)  Liezel Huber (USA) Held Through The Entirety of 2009 WTA Prize Money Leaders As of 16 November 2009 # Country Player Singles Doubles Bonus Pool 1 Year-to-date 1.  USA Serena Williams $5,584,437 $636,149 $325,000 $6,545,586 2.  RUS Dinara Safina $3,601,325 $8,893 $700,000 $4,310,218 3.  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova $3,280,865 $152,976 $225,000 $3,658,841 4.  USA Venus Williams $2,240,745 $636,149 $250,000 $3,126,894 5.  SRB Jelena Janković $1,491,514 $0 $1,000,000 $2,491,514 6.  DEN Caroline Wozniacki $2,324,692 $46,858 $0 $2,371,550 7.  RUS Elena Dementieva $1,880,156 $825 $462,500 $2,343,481 8.  BLR Victoria Azarenka $1,827,770 $287,766 $0 $2,115,536 9.  RUS Vera Zvonareva $1,447,361 $144,784 $50,000 $1,642,145 10.  BEL Kim Clijsters $1,630,150 $2,410 $0 $1,632,560 1 Only for 2008 year-end top 10, Certain players receive fines for skipping events Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Statistics leaders As of November 16, 2009. Source ACES Pos Player Aces Matches 1 Serena Williams 381 62 2 Nadia Petrova 306 51 3 Venus Williams 277 54 4 Samantha Stosur 277 58 5 Sabine Lisicki 243 46 6 Alisa Kleybanova 215 53 7 Lucie Šafářová 202 55 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova 200 56 9 Flavia Pennetta 199 75 10 Magdaléna Rybáriková 189 52 SERVICE GAMES WON Pos Player  % Matches 1 Serena Williams 77.6 62 2 Venus Williams 77.6 54 3 Samantha Stosur 75.7 58 4 Lucie Šafářová 75.7 55 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova 74.4 56 6 Vera Zvonareva 74.3 47 7 Nadia Petrova 72.4 51 8 Sabine Lisicki 72.2 46 9 Caroline Wozniacki 71.7 91 10 Kristina Barrois 71.5 24 BREAK POINTS SAVED Pos Player  % Matches 1 Samantha Stosur 63.2 58 2 Venus Williams 62.0 54 3 Vera Zvonareva 60.8 47 4 Kristina Barrois 60.5 24 5 Ana Ivanović 59.8 35 6 Iveta Benešová 58.7 54 7 Amélie Mauresmo 59.5 37 8 Patty Schnyder 59.4 43 9 Virginie Razzano 59.3 50 10 Elena Dementieva 59.1 72 FIRST SERVE PERCENTAGE Pos Player  % Matches 1 Monica Niculescu 72.3 32 2 Alona Bondarenko 72.1 55 3 Victoria Azarenka 72.0 60 4 Patricia Mayr 71.6 28 5 Zheng Jie 70.6 48 6 Sara Errani 70.2 52 7 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 69.7 32 8 Sybille Bammer 69.5 43 9 Caroline Wozniacki 68.8 91 10 Carla Suárez Navarro 67.8 54 FIRST SERVICE POINTS WON Pos Player  % Matches 1 Serena Williams 73.5 62 2 Venus Williams 72.1 54 3 Sabine Lisicki 71.1 46 4 Nadia Petrova 70.8 51 5 Lucie Šafářová 69.6 55 6 Lucie Hradecká 69.6 25 7 Samantha Stosur 68.4 58 8 Kristina Barrois 67.7 24 9 Vera Zvonareva 67.6 47 10 Flavia Pennetta 67.1 75 SECOND SERVE POINTS WON Pos Player  % Matches 1 Svetlana Kuznetsova 50.6 56 2 Patty Schnyder 50.5 43 3 Samantha Stosur 49.5 58 4 Caroline Wozniacki 49.4 91 5 Lucie Šafářová 49.3 55 6 Patricia Mayr 49.2 28 7 Li Na 49.1 51 8 Virginie Razzano 49 50 9 Yaroslava Shvedova 48.6 35 10 Venus Williams 48.6 54 POINTS WON RETURNING 1ST SERVICE Pos Player  % Matches 1 Dinara Safina 43.1 71 2 Elena Dementieva 42.5 72 3 Victoria Azarenka 42.5 60 4 Caroline Wozniacki 42.2 91 5 Anabel Medina Garrigues 41.5 59 6 Maria Sharapova 41.4 40 7 Olga Govortsova 41.4 50 8 Carla Suárez Navarro 41.1 74 9 Sara Errani 40.7 52 10 Alizé Cornet 40.7 44 BREAK POINTS CONVERTED Pos Player  % Matches 1 Victoria Azarenka 53.3 60 2 Klára Zakopalová 52.9 25 3 Anna Chakvetadze 52.4 31 4 Agnieszka Radwańska 52.3 67 5 Carla Suárez Navarro 52.1 54 6 Dinara Safina 51.8 71 7 Dominika Cibulková 51.7 36 8 Kateryna Bondarenko 51.3 43 9 Elena Dementieva 51.0 72 10 Flavia Pennetta 50.4 75 RETURN GAMES WON Pos Player  % Matches 1 Victoria Azarenka 49.5 60 2 Maria Sharapova 48.6 40 3 Elena Dementieva 47.0 72 4 Dinara Safina 46.5 71 5 Marion Bartoli 45.8 68 6 Caroline Wozniacki 44.9 91 7 Agnieszka Radwańska 43.8 67 8 Flavia Pennetta 43.2 75 9 Shahar Pe'er 42.9 57 10 Sara Errani 42.8 52 Retirements Following are notable players who announced their retirement from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour during the 2009 season: Nathalie Dechy[7] Jamea Jackson[8] Émilie Loit[9] Amélie Mauresmo[10] Akiko Morigami[11] Tzipora Obziler[12] María Emilia Salerni Ai Sugiyama[13] Awards The winners of the 2009 WTA Awards were announced on 24 March 2010, during a special ceremony at the Sony Ericsson Open.[14] Player of the Year – Serena Williams Doubles Team of the Year – Serena Williams & Venus Williams Most Improved Player – Yanina Wickmayer Comeback Player of the Year – Kim Clijsters Newcomer of the Year – Melanie Oudin Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award – Kim Clijsters Player Service Award – Liezel Huber Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year – Elena Dementieva Fan Favorite Doubles Team of the Year – Serena Williams & Venus Williams Favorite Premier Tournament – BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells) Favorite International Tournament – Abierto Mexicano Telcel (Acapulco) See also 2009 ATP World Tour 2009 WTA Premier tournaments 2009 ITF Women's Circuit Women's Tennis Association International Tennis Federation References ^ "Safina warns of possible boycott". 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Retrieved 2011-06-18.  ^ Dechy Retires ^ Jamea Looks to Fresh Start ^ Émilie Loit Announces Retirement ^ Mauresmo Calls It A Career ^ Morigami Retires ^ Obziler Calls Time On Career ^ Sugiyama Calls It A Career ^ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Player Awards Announced External links Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website v t e WTA Tour seasons 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 v t e 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour  « 2008 2010 »    Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) · French Open (S, D, X) · Wimbledon (S, D, X) · US Open (S, D, X)   WTA Premier tournaments Sydney (S, D) · Paris (S, D) · Dubai (S, D) · Indian Wells (S, D) · Miami (S, D) · Charleston (S, D) · Stuttgart (S, D) · Rome (S, D) · Madrid (S, D) · Warsaw (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) · Stanford (S, D) · Los Angeles (S, D) · Cincinnati (S, D) · Toronto (S, D) · New Haven (S, D) · Tokyo (S, D) · Beijing (S, D) · Moscow (S, D) WTA Tour Championships, Doha (S, D)   WTA International tournaments Brisbane (S, D) · Auckland (S, D) · Hobart (S, D) · Pattaya City (S, D) · Memphis (S, D) · Bogotá (S, D) · Acapulco (S, D) · Monterrey (S, D) · Marbella (S, D) · Ponte Vedra Beach (S, D) · Barcelona (S, D) · Fes (S, D) · Estoril (S, D) · Strasbourg (S, D) · Birmingham (S, D) · 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) · Budapest (S, D) · Båstad (S, D) · Palermo (S, D) · Prague (S, D) · Portorož (S, D)  · Bad Gastein (S, D) · İstanbul (S, D) · Guangzhou (S, D) · Quebec City (S, D) · Seoul (S, D) · Tashkent (S, D) · Linz (S, D) · Osaka (S, D) · Luxembourg City (S, D) Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Bali (S)   Team events Fed Cup (World Group + Play-offs · World Group II + Play-offs · Americas · Asia/Oceania · Europe/Africa) *Bold denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships * S = Singles draw, D = Doubles draw, X = Mixed Doubles draw v t e 2009 in tennis Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open · French Open · Wimbledon · US Open Men ATP World Tour · ATP World Tour Masters 1000 · ATP World Tour Finals, London · ATP Challenger Tour · ITF Futures Tour Women Sony Ericsson WTA Tour · WTA Tournament of Champions, Bali · Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships, Doha · ITF Women's Circuit Team events Davis Cup (World Group) · Fed Cup (World Group) · Hopman Cup · World Team Cup Other events Bolivarian Games · East Asian Games · Maccabiah Games · Mediterranean Games · National Games of the PR of China · Southeast Asian Games · Summer Universiade