2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships

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2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships
date	August 3, 2009 - August 9, 2009
Edition	36
navigation	2008 ◄ 2009
venue	Carson (California) United States United States
Tournament number	805
category	WTA Premier
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	56E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 700,000

Last year's winner (individual)	Russia Dinara Safina
Last year's winner (double)	Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung Chinese Taipei

Winner (singles)	Italy Flavia Pennetta
Winner (doubles)	Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Zi Yan China People's Republic

Tournament supervisor	Fabrice Chouquet
Last direct assumption	Poland Urszula Radwańska (71)
Player representatives	Denmark Caroline Wozniacki

As of May 3, 2013

The 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships was the 36th edition of the hard court tennis tournament in Carson , Los Angeles County , California , United States . It was part of the 2009 WTA Tour as a premier category tournament . The tournament took place from August 3rd to 9th, 2009 and was the third competition of the US Open Series , the preparatory series for the US Open .

The defending champion in singles was Dinara Safina and in doubles Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung .

In the singles Flavia Pennetta won against Samantha Stosur 6: 4, 6: 3 and in the doubles Chuang Chia-jung / Yan Zi against Marija Kirilenko / Agnieszka Radwańska 6: 0, 4: 6, [10: 7].

qualification

singles

Seeding list

No.	Player	Round reached
01.	Russia Dinara Safina	Round of 16
02.	Russia Vera Swonaryova	Quarter finals
03.	Belarus 1995 Viktoriya Azaranka	2nd round
04th	Denmark Caroline Wozniacki	2nd round
05.	Russia Nadia Petrova	Round of 16
06th	Serbia Ana Ivanović	Round of 16
07th	Slovakia Dominika Cibulková	2nd round
08th.	Poland Agnieszka Radwańska	Quarter finals
09.	France Marion Bartoli	retreat

No.	Player	Round reached
10.	Italy Flavia Pennetta	victory
11.	France Virginie Razzano	1 round
12.	China People's Republic Li Na	Round of 16
13.	Australia Samantha Stosur	final
14th	China People's Republic Zheng Jie	Quarter finals
15th	Estonia Kaia Kanepi	1 round
16.	Italy Francesca Schiavone	1 round
17th	Germany Sabine Lisicki	Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

13

Australia Samantha Stosur

6th

Sorana Cîrstea

3

2

13

Samantha Stosur

4th

3

10

Italy Flavia Pennetta

6th

Maria Sharapova

2

6th

3

10

Italy Flavia Pennetta

6th

4th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

Russia D. Safina

6th

Q

M. Oudin

7th

2

D. Hantuchová

2

4th

Slovakia D. Hantuchová

6 ³

6th

1

D. Safina

5

6th

4th

Á. Szávay

1

0

14th

China People's Republic J. Zheng

7th

4th

6th

Russia J. Wesnina

6th

J. Wesnina

4th

6th

0

Q

O. Savchuk

5

6th

2

14th

China People's Republic J. Zheng

6th

4th

6th

14th

China People's Republic J. Zheng

7th

1

6th

14th

J. Zheng

6th

3

4th

13

Australia S. Stosur

6th

13

Australia S. Stosur

4th

6th

M. Niculescu

1

2

13

Australia S. Stosur

6th

Q

C. Scheepers

6th

3

1

M. Kirilenko

2

4th

Russia M. Kirilenko

4th

6th

13

Australia S. Stosur

6th

WC

United States V. King

6th

6th

A. Ivanović

3

2

S. Bammer

3

2

WC

V. King

4th

6th

1

6th

Serbia A. Ivanović

6th

4th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

C. Wozniacki

6th

4th

6 ⁵

Romania S. Cîrstea

6th

7th

Romania S. Cîrstea

1

6th

7th

WC

M. Larcher de Brito

4th

5

Romania S. Cîrstea

6th

1

M. Czink

6th

4th

1

17th

S. Lisicki

3

0

r

Russia J. Makarova

3

6th

J. Makarova

1

4th

Q

K. Date-Krumm

6 ⁵

6th

5

17th

Germany S. Lisicki

6th

17th

Germany S. Lisicki

7th

2

7th

Romania S. Cîrstea

7th

1

7th

11

V. Razzano

6 ⁵

3

8th

A. Radwańska

6 ⁴

6th

5

Russia A. Chakvetadze

7th

6th

Russia A. Chakvetadze

6th

3

6th

Russia A. Kleibanova

6th

A. Kleibanova

3

6th

1

A. Kudryavtseva

1

3

A. Chakvetadze

3

2

Q

C. Gullickson

3

1

8th

Poland A. Radwańska

6th

Japan A. Sugiyama

6th

A. Sugiyama

2

1

8th

Poland A. Radwańska

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

7th

D. Cibulková

4th

7th

4th

Poland U. Radwańska

6th

Poland U. Radwańska

6th

6 ⁶

6th

J. Coin

1

2

Poland U. Radwańska

w.

O.

Canada A. Wozniak

7th

12

N. Li

B. Mattek-Sands

5

A. Wozniak

6th

4th

2

A. Morita

0

r

12

China People's Republic N. Li

4th

6th

12

China People's Republic N. Li

6th

2

U. Radwańska

4th

5

15th

K. Kanepi

3

6 ⁴

Russia M. Sharapova

6th

7th

Czech Republic L. Šafářová

6th

7th

L. Šafářová

7th

4th

5

M. Shaughnessy

6th

3

Ukraine A. Bondarenko

5

6th

7th

Ukraine A. Bondarenko

3

6th

A. Bondarenko

6th

0

3

Russia M. Sharapova

6th

Russia M. Sharapova

4th

6th

J. Groth

0

4th

Russia M. Sharapova

6 ⁴

6th

3

W. Asaranka

7th

4th

2

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

5

Russia N. Petrova

6th

2

6th

Israel S. Peer

7th

4th

S. Peer

4th

6th

3

Q

A. Rodionova

5

1

r

5

N. Petrova

3

T. Garbin

4th

10

Italy F. Pennetta

6th

WC

United States C. Vandeweghe

6th

WC

C. Vandeweghe

2

4th

LL

V. Lepchenko

2

7th

0

10

Italy F. Pennetta

6th

10

Italy F. Pennetta

6th

5

6th

10

Italy F. Pennetta

6th

16

F. Schiavone

6 ⁷

2

W. Swonaryova

4th

2

Q

United States J. Craybas

7th

6th

Q

J. Craybas

6 ²

1

Belgium Y. Wickmayer

6th

Belgium Y. Wickmayer

7th

6th

N. Vaidišová

1

Y. Wickmayer

6 ⁵

6th

4th

Q

M. Krajicek

3

7th

3

2

Russia W. Swonaryova

7th

4th

6th

China People's Republic S. Peng

6th

6 ⁴

6th

S. Peng

6th

3

6 ⁶

2

Russia W. Swonaryova

3

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Australia Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs Australia	Quarter finals
02.	Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama Japan	Quarter finals
03.	Italy Flavia Pennetta Lisa Raymond United States	1 round
04th	Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai China People's Republic	Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Australia S. Stosur, R. Stubbs
Australia

6th

V. Ruano Pascual J. Zheng

4th

1

S. Stosur, R. Stubbs

3

6 ³

A. Kudrjawzewa A. Rodionova

2

6th

[4]

Russia M. Kirilenko A. Radwańska
Poland

6th

7th

Russia M. Kirilenko A. Radwańska
Poland

6th

4th

[10]

Russia M. Kirilenko A. Radwańska
Poland

6th

4th

Chinese Taipei S.-w. Hsieh S. Peng
China People's Republic

6th

4th

S.-w. Hsieh S. Peng

1

2

T. Putschak O. Savchuk

2

3

4th

Chinese Taipei S.-w. Hsieh S. Peng
China People's Republic

w.

O.

Ukraine A. Bondarenko J. Wesnina
Russia

6th

7th

A. Bondarenko J. Wesnina

A. Kleibanova J. Makarova

4th

6 ⁴

M. Kirilenko A. Radwańska

0

6th

[7]

Italy T. Garbin F. Schiavone
Italy

6th

Chinese Taipei C.-j. Chuang Z. Yan
China People's Republic

6th

4th

[10]

Shaughnessy, M., A. Spears

1

4th

T. Garbin F. Schiavone

United States V. King M. Niculescu
Romania

7th

6th

United States V. King M. Niculescu
Romania

w.

O.

3

F. Pennetta L. Raymond

5

3

V. King M. Niculescu

6th

2

[9]

S. Cîrstea C. Wozniacki

6th

4th

[5]

Chinese Taipei C.-j. Chuang Z. Yan
China People's Republic

1

6th

[11]

Chinese Taipei C.-j. Chuang Z. Yan
China People's Republic

1

6th

[10]

Chinese Taipei C.-j. Chuang Z. Yan
China People's Republic

1

6th

[10]

WC

J. Craybas C. Gullickson

4th

1

2

D. Hantuchová A. Sugiyama

6th

3

[7]

2

Slovakia D. Hantuchová A. Sugiyama
Japan

6th

Web links

LA Women's Tennis Championships 2009 as PDF on the WTA homepage