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
Flavia Pennetta defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3 It was Pennetta's second title of the year and eighth overall.
Doubles
Chuang Chia-jung / Yan Zi defeated Maria Kirilenko / Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Entrants
Seeds Player WTA Tour Rank* Seeds Dinara Safina 1 1 Vera Zvonareva 7 2 Victoria Azarenka 8 3 Caroline Wozniacki 9 4 Nadia Petrova 10 5 Ana Ivanovic 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
Vania King CoCo Vandeweghe Michelle Larcher de Brito
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: Varvara Lepchenko
References
External links
WTA tournament draws ITF tournament edition details