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.
Finals 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
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:
Elena Dementieva Mallory Cecil Anastasia Pivovarova Alexandra Stevenson
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Shenay Perry Madison Brengle Angela Haynes Anastasija Sevastova Melanie Oudin Abigail Spears Marie-Ève Pelletier Lenka Wienerová
References
External links Official website ITF tournament draws WTA tournament draws