WTA Championships 2009
| WTA Championships 2009 | |
| date | October 27, 2009 - November 1, 2009 |
| Edition | 39 |
| navigation | 2008 ◄ 2009 ► 2010 |
| WTA tour | |
|---|---|
| venue | Doha Qatar
|
| Tournament number | 808 |
| category | WTA Tour Championships |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | Hard court |
| draw | 8E / 4D |
| Prize money | US $ 4,550,000 |
| Website | Official website |
| Last year's winner (individual) |
 Venus Williams
|
| Last year's winner (double) |
 Cara Black Liezel Huber
|
| Winner (singles) |
Serena Williams
|
| Winner (doubles) |
 Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
|
| Tournament supervisor | Laura Ceccarelli Pam Whytcross |
| As of October 9, 2013 | |
The WTA Championships 2009 (also known as the Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 ) took place in Doha from October 27th to November 1st, 2009 . The eight best single players and the four best doubles pairings of the season had qualified for the 38th edition of the tournament .
The defending champions were Venus Williams in singles and Cara Black / Liezel Huber in doubles .
The final of the single won Serena Williams against Venus Williams with 6: 2, 7: 6 4 in the doubles final defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez pairing Cara Black / Liezel Huber 7: 6 0 , 5: 7, [10 : 7].
singles
qualification
The eight best placed women on the WTA Tour qualified for this competition. There were also two reservists.
| WTA individual race on October 26, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Points | Tournaments | Qualification date |
| 1 |
 Dinara Safina
|
7,731 | August 5, 2009 | |
| 2 |
Serena Williams
|
7,576 | August 19, 2009 | |
| 3 |
Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
5,772 | 4th October 2009 | |
| 4th |
 Caroline Wozniacki
|
5,475 | September 14, 2009 | |
| 5 |
Jelena Dementjewa
|
5,415 | September 14, 2009 | |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} Viktoriya Azaranka
|
4,451 | October 9, 2009 | |
| 7th |
Venus Williams
|
4,397 | October 9, 2009 | |
| 8th |
.svg){kind=small} Jelena Janković
|
3,555 | October 22, 2009 | |
| 9 |
Vera Swonaryova
|
3,550 | ||
| 10 |
 Agnieszka Radwańska
|
3,340 | ||
| 11 |
 Flavia Pennetta
|
3,150 | ||
| 12 |
 Marion Bartoli
|
3,105 | ||
| 13 |
 Samantha Stosur
|
2,945 | ||
| 14th |
Maria Sharapova
|
2,820 | ||
| 15th |
 Li Na
|
2,541 | ||
| 16 |
Francesca Schiavone
|
2,375 | ||
| 17th |
 Kim Clijsters
|
2,340 | ||
| 18th |
Virginie Razzano
|
2,300 | ||
| 19th |
Yanina Wickmayer
|
2,290 | ||
| 20th |
Nadia Petrova
|
2,220 | ||
Competition mode
First, the game was played in two groups of four according to the round robin principle in the groups White and Maroon, based on the national colors of the host country Qatar . The two best in the group each qualified for the semi-finals and played from there on in the knockout system .
Group White
Results
| Player | Player | Result |
|---|---|---|
|
Viktoriya Azaranka
|
Jelena Janković
|
6: 2, 6: 3 |
|
Caroline Wozniacki
|
Viktoriya Azaranka
|
1: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5 |
|
Dinara Safina
|
Jelena Janković
|
1: 1, task Safina |
|
Vera Swonaryova
|
Caroline Wozniacki
|
0: 6, 7: 6 3 , 4: 6 |
|
Caroline Wozniacki
|
Jelena Janković
|
2: 6, 2: 6 |
|
Agnieszka Radwańska
|
Viktoriya Azaranka
|
4: 6, 7: 5, 4: 1, assignment Asaranka |
table
| Item | Seeding list | Player | sentences | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8th |
Jelena Janković
|
4: 2 | 2: 1 |
| 2 | 4th |
Caroline Wozniacki
|
4: 4 | 2: 1 |
| 3 | 10 |
Agnieszka Radwańska
|
2: 1 | 1-0 |
| 4th | 6th |
Viktoriya Azaranka
|
4: 4 | 1: 2 |
| - | 1 |
Dinara Safina 1
|
0: 2 | 0: 1 |
| - | 9 |
Vera Swonaryova 2
|
1: 2 | 0: 1 |
1 Swonarjowa replaced Safina after her back injury in the first group match.
2 Radwańska replaced Swonarjowa due to an injury to his right ankle.
Maroon group
Results
| Player | Player | Result |
|---|---|---|
|
Jelena Dementjewa
|
Venus Williams
|
3: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 2 |
|
Serena Williams
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
7: 6 6 , 7: 5 |
|
Serena Williams
|
Venus Williams
|
5: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6 4 |
|
Serena Williams
|
Jelena Dementjewa
|
6: 2, 6: 4 |
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
Venus Williams
|
2: 6, 7: 6 3 , 4: 6 |
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
Jelena Dementjewa
|
6: 3, 6: 2 |
table
| Item | Seeding list | Player | sentences | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
Serena Williams
|
6: 1 | 3-0 |
| 2 | 7th |
Venus Williams
|
4: 5 | 1: 2 |
| 3 | 4th |
Svetlana Kuznetsova
|
3: 4 | 1: 2 |
| 4th | 5 |
Jelena Dementjewa
|
2: 5 | 1: 2 |
Semi-finals, finals
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 2 | Serena Williams
|
6th | 0 | |||||||||
| 4th | Caroline Wozniacki
|
4th | 1r | |||||||||
| 2 | Serena Williams
|
6th | 7th | |||||||||
| 7th | Venus Williams
|
2 | 6 4 | |||||||||
| 7th | Venus Williams
|
5 | 6th | 6th | ||||||||
| 8th | Jelena Janković
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7th | 3 | 4th | ||||||||
r = task
Double
qualification
The four best placed double pairings of the WTA Tour qualified for this competition.
| WTA-Race in doubles on October 26, 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | pairing | Points | Tournaments | Qualification date | ||
| 1 |
Cara Black Samantha Stosur
|
9,100 | September 9, 2009 | |||
| 2 |
Serena Williams Venus Williams
|
6,750 | September 29, 2009 | |||
| 3 |
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
|
6,397 | 4th October 2009 | |||
| 4th |
Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
|
5,048 | October 12, 2009 | |||
| 5 |
 Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
|
4,286 | ||||
| 6th |
 Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
|
4,192 | ||||
| 7th |
Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
|
4.128 | ||||
| 8th |
 Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
|
3,206 | ||||
| 9 |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadja Petrowa
|
3,031 | ||||
| 10 |
Yan Zi Zheng Jie
|
2,482 | ||||
Competition mode
The game was played in a knockout system and started with the semi-finals.
Semi-finals, finals
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Cara Black Liezel Huber
|
3 | 7th | [10] | ||||||||
| 4th | Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
|
6th | 6 3 | [8th] | ||||||||
| 1 | Cara Black Liezel Huber
|
6 0 | 7th | [7] | ||||||||
| 3 | Nuria Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez
|
7th | 5 | [10] | ||||||||
| 3 | Nuria Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez
|
2 | 6th | [10] | ||||||||
| 2 | Serena Williams Venus Williams
|
6th | 4th | [8th] | ||||||||
Web links
- Official website of the Sony Ericsson Championships (English)
- WTA Championships 2009 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Notes & Netcords: October 26, 2009 (PDF; 768 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Dinara Safina Qualifies For Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 (PDF; 70 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Serena Williams Qualifies For Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 (PDF; 67 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Kuznetsova, Duo of Llagostera Vives / Martínez Sánchez Qualify For Doha (PDF; 73 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Caroline Wozniacki, Elena Dementieva Qualify For Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 (PDF; 71 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Venus Williams And Victoria Azarenka Qualify For Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 (PDF; 66 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Jelena Jankovic Qualifies For Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 (PDF; 70 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Cara Black, Liezel Huber Qualify For Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 (PDF; 71 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Williams Sisters Qualify For Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 Doubles Event (PDF; 68 KB)
- ↑ wtatennis.com: Stosur / Stubbs Qualify For Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 (PDF; 63 KB)