WTA Tour 2009

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WTA Tour 2009
Period: January 4 - November 8, 2009
Edition: 39
Number of tournaments: 55
Categories: Grand Slam (4)
WTA Championships (2)
WTA Premier Mandatory (4)
WTA Premier 5 (5)
WTA Premier (10)
WTA International (30)
successes
Most tournament victories: RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Serena Williams (3)
United StatesUnited States 
Most of the finals: RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Caroline Wozniacki (8)
DenmarkDenmark 
Most prize money: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams ($ 6,545,586)
Most points: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (9,075)
Awards
Player of the year: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams
Double team of the year: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
Newcomer of the year: BelgiumBelgium Yanina Wickmayer
Newcomer of the year: United StatesUnited States Melanie Oudin
Returner of the year: BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters
The 2009 Grand Slam winners
Serena Williams Australian Open 2009 2.jpg
Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships :
Serena Williams
US Open 2009 4th round 173.jpg
French Open :
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Kim Clijsters crop.jpg
US Open :
Kim Clijsters


The WTA Tour 2009 (official: Sony Ericsson WTA Tour 2009 ) was the 39th year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Hopman Cup and Fed Cup team competitions are not organized by the WTA but by the ITF . They are listed here, however, since the top players usually play these tournaments.

Changes

The WTA had made some changes to the tournament schedule for 2009 :

  • tournaments were held in 30 (2008: 33) countries
  • 53 (2008: 59) tournaments were played
  • only the 16 instead of the previous 17 best tournament results were counted for the world rankings
  • In addition to the Grand Slam tournaments, there are 4 "premier events" (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing)
  • the US Open was postponed a week to have a three-week break between Wimbledon and the start of the American hard court season

Tournament schedule

category
Grand Slam
Year-end event
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
premier
International
Others
Hopman Cup
Fed Cup

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32Q / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32Q = 32 pairings play the qualification
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

January

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
05.01. Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF - AU $ 1,000,000 hard court
AustraliaAustralia 

SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková Dominik Hrbatý
SlovakiaSlovakia 
RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Marat Safin
RussiaRussia 
2-0
Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
AustraliaAustralia

Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoriya Azaranka FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 6: 3, 6: 1
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King
United StatesUnited States
PolandPoland Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
PolandPoland
3: 6, 7: 5, [10: 5]
ASB Classic Auckland , New Zealand International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
New ZealandNew Zealand

RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina 6: 4, 6: 1
FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo
ItalyItaly
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja
SpainSpain
4: 6, 7: 6, [12:10]
12.01. Medibank International Sydney Sydney , Australia Premier - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
AustraliaAustralia

RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa RussiaRussia Dinara Safina 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 1
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Casey Dellacqua
AustraliaAustralia
6-0, 6-1
Moorilla Hobart International Hobart , Australia International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
AustraliaAustralia

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová 7: 5, 6: 1
ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly
UkraineUkraine Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
UkraineUkraine
6: 2, 7: 6
19.01. Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32X
AustraliaAustralia

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams RussiaRussia Dinara Safina 6: 0, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States
SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan
6: 3, 6: 3
IndiaIndia Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi
IndiaIndia
FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael
6: 3, 6: 1

February

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
02.02. Fed Cup (1st round) Moscow , Russia , hard court (H.) Orléans , France , Hartpl. (H.) Surprise , USA , hard court Brno , Czech Republic , carpet (H.)
RussiaRussia
FranceFrance
United StatesUnited States
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Won Russia Italy United States Czech Republic
RussiaRussia 
ItalyItaly 
United StatesUnited States 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Lost China France Argentina Spain
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
FranceFrance 
ArgentinaArgentina 
SpainSpain 
 
5: 0
5: 0
3: 2
4: 1
02/09 PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya , Thailand International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 22Q / 12D
ThailandThailand

RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova IndiaIndia Sania Mirza 7: 5, 6: 1
KazakhstanKazakhstan Jaroslawa Schwedowa Tamarine Tanasugarn
ThailandThailand
UkraineUkraine Julija Bejhelsymer, Vitaly Dyachenko
RussiaRussia
6: 3, 6: 2
Open GDF Suez (Hall) Paris , France Premier - $ 700,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
FranceFrance

FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 7: 6 7 , 2: 6, 6: 4
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 4]
16.02. Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai , United Arab Emirates Premier 5 - $ 2,000,000 Hard Court - 56E / 26Q / 28D
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams FranceFrance Virginie Razzano 6: 4, 6: 2
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States
RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska
PolandPoland
6: 3, 6: 3
Cellular South Cup ( Indoor ) Memphis , United States International - $ 220,000 Hard -32E / 16Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States

Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoriya Azaranka DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 6: 1, 6: 3
Belarus 1995Belarus Wiktoryja Asaranka Caroline Wozniacki
DenmarkDenmark
UkraineUkraine Juliana Fedak Michaella Krajicek
NetherlandsNetherlands
6: 1, 7: 6 2
Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas Bogotá , Colombia International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
ColombiaColombia

SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko 6: 3, 6: 2
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain
ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly
7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 7]
02/23 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco , Mexico International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
MexicoMexico

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 6: 1, 6: 2
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain
SpainSpain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja
SpainSpain
6: 4, 6: 2

March

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
02.03. Monterrey Open Monterrey , Mexico International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
MexicoMexico

FranceFrance Marion Bartoli China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 6: 4, 6: 3
FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo
ItalyItaly
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 3, 6: 4
09.03. BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells , United States Premier Mandatory - $ 4,500,000 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D
United StatesUnited States

RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović 7: 6 5 , 6: 2
Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoriya Azaranka Vera Swonaryova
RussiaRussia
ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko Shahar Peer
IsraelIsrael
6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 5]
23.03. Sony Ericsson Open Miami , United States Premier Mandatory - $ 4,500,000 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D
United StatesUnited States

Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoriya Azaranka United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 6: 3, 6: 1
RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo
FranceFrance
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 4]

April

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.04. MPS Group Championships Ponte Vedra Beach , United States International - $ 220,000 Clay (Green) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States

DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki CanadaCanada Aleksandra Wozniak 6: 1, 6: 2
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chia-Jung Chuang Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States
6: 3, 6: 4
Andalucia Tennis Experience Marbella , Spain International - $ 500,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
SpainSpain

SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković SpainSpain Carla Suarez Navarro 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
PolandPoland Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
PolandPoland
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain
6: 3, 6: 3
April 13th Family Circle Cup Charleston , United States Premier - $ 1,000,000 Clay (Green) - 56E / 32Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States

GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 6: 2, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia
LatviaLatvia Līga Dekmeijere Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
6: 7 5 , 6: 2, [11: 9]
Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona , Spain International - $ 220,000 Clay (Red) - 32E / 28Q / 16D
SpainSpain

ItalyItaly Roberta Vinci RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko 6-0, 6-4
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain
RomaniaRomania Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač
SloveniaSlovenia
3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]
April 20 Fed Cup (semifinals) Castellaneta , Italy , Brno clay court , Czech Republic , hard court (H.)
ItalyItaly
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Won Italy United States
ItalyItaly 
United StatesUnited States 
Lost Russia Czech Republic
RussiaRussia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
 
4: 1
3: 2
04/27 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Halle) Stuttgart , Germany Premier - $ 700,000 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
GermanyGermany

RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova RussiaRussia Dinara Safina 6.4, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia
ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly
5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 7]
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fès , Morocco International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 24Q / 16D
MoroccoMorocco

SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova 6-0, 6-1
RussiaRussia Alissa Kleibanova Ekaterina Makarova
RussiaRussia
RomaniaRomania Sorana Cîrstea Marija Kirilenko
RussiaRussia
6: 3, 2: 6, [10: 8]

May

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04.05. Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome , Italy Premier 5 - $ 2,000,000 Clay Court (Red) - 56E / 32Q / 28D
ItalyItaly

RussiaRussia Dinara Safina RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6: 3, 6: 2
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Shuai Peng
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan
7: 5, 7: 6 5
Estoril Open Oeiras , Portugal International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
PortugalPortugal

BelgiumBelgium Yanina Wickmayer RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova 7: 5, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States
CanadaCanada Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi
HungaryHungary
2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5]
05/11 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid , Spain Premier Mandatory - $ 4,500,000 Clay Court (Red) - 60E / 32Q / 28D
SpainSpain

RussiaRussia Dinara Safina DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 6: 2, 6: 4
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States
4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]
May 18 Warsaw Open Warsaw , Poland Premier - $ 600,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
PolandPoland

RomaniaRomania Alexandra Dulgheru UkraineUkraine Alyona Bondarenko 7: 6 3 , 3.6, 6.0
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United StatesUnited States
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
6: 1, 6: 1
Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 31Q / 16D
FranceFrance

FranceFrance Aravane Rezaï Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká 7: 6 2 , 6: 1
FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo
ItalyItaly
FranceFrance Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz
FranceFrance
6-0, 6-1
May 24th French Open Paris , France Grand Slam Clay Court (red) - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32X
FranceFrance

RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova RussiaRussia Dinara Safina 6: 4, 6: 2
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain
Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoria Azaranka Elena Veznina
RussiaRussia
6: 1, 6: 1
United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States
BrazilBrazil Marcelo Melo Vania King
United StatesUnited States
5: 7, 7: 6 5 , 10: 7

June

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
08.06. AEGON Classic Birmingham , UK International - $ 220,000 Lawn - 56E / 31Q / 16D
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

SlovakiaSlovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 6: 0, 7: 6 2
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States
6: 1, 6: 4
15.06. AEGON International Eastbourne , UK Premier - $ 600,000 Lawn - 32E / 32Q / 16D
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki FranceFrance Virginie Razzano 7.6 5 , 7: 5
UzbekistanUzbekistan Oqgul Omonmurodova Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan
AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia
6: 4.6: 3
Ordina Open ’s-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands International - $ 220,000 Turf - 32E / 16Q / 16D
NetherlandsNetherlands

ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasu yarn BelgiumBelgium Yanina Wickmayer 6.3, 7: 5
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly
NetherlandsNetherlands Michaella Krajicek Yanina Wickmayer
BelgiumBelgium
6: 4, 5: 7, [13:11]
22.06. Wimbledon Championships London , Great Britain Grand Slam Lawn - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32X
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams United StatesUnited States Venus Williams 7: 6 3 , 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States
AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia
7: 6 4 , 6: 4
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Mark Knowles
BahamasBahamas
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Leander Paes
IndiaIndia
7: 5, 6: 3

July

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.07. Collector Swedish Open Women Båstad , Sweden International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
SwedenSweden

SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 7: 5, 6: 4
ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain
6: 2, 0: 6, [10: 5]
GDF SUEZ Grand Prix Budapest , Hungary International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 28Q / 16D
HungaryHungary

HungaryHungary Ágnes Szávay SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2
RussiaRussia Alissa Kleibanowa Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania
UkraineUkraine Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
UkraineUkraine
6: 4, 7: 6 5
07/13 ECM Prague Open Prague , Czech Republic International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
Czech RepublicCzech Republic

AustriaAustria Sybille Bammer ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 7: 6 4 , 6: 2
UkraineUkraine Aljona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
UkraineUkraine
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 1, 6: 2
Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo Palermo , Italy International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 30Q / 16D
ItalyItaly

ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta ItalyItaly Sara Errani 6: 1, 6: 2
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain
UkraineUkraine Marija Korytzewa Darya Kustova
Belarus 1995Belarus
6: 1, 6: 2
07/20 Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož , Slovenia International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
SloveniaSlovenia

RussiaRussia Dinara Safina ItalyItaly Sara Errani 6 5 : 7, 6: 1, 7: 5
GermanyGermany Julia Görges Vladimíra Uhlířová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
FranceFrance Camille Pin Klára Zakopalová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 4, 6: 2
Nuremberg Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein , Austria International - $ 220,000 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
AustriaAustria

GermanyGermany Andrea Petković RomaniaRomania Ioana Raluca Olaru 6: 2, 6: 3
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
GermanyGermany Tatjana Malek Andrea Petković
GermanyGermany
6: 2, 6: 4
07/27 Bank of the West Classic Stanford , United States Premier - $ 700,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States

FranceFrance Marion Bartoli United StatesUnited States Venus Williams 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania
6: 4, 6: 1
İstanbul Cup Istanbul , Turkey International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
TurkeyTurkey

RussiaRussia Wera Duschewina Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká 6-0, 6-1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
GermanyGermany Julia Görges Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
2: 6, 6: 3, [12:10]

August

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
03.08. LA Women's Tennis Championships Carson , United States Premier - $ 700,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States

ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 6: 4, 6: 3
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Yan Zi
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska
PolandPoland
6: 0, 4: 6, [10: 7]
08/10 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati , United States Premier 5 - $ 2,000,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 28D
United StatesUnited States

SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković RussiaRussia Dinara Safina 6: 4, 6: 2
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain
6: 3, 0: 6, [10: 2]
08/17 Rogers Cup Toronto , Canada Premier 5 - $ 2,000,000 Hard Court - 56E / 48Q / 28D
CanadaCanada

RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6: 4, 6: 3
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain
AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia
2: 6, 7: 5, [11: 9]
08/24 Pilot Pen Tennis presented by Schick New Haven , United States Premier - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States

DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina 6: 2, 6: 4
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 2, 7: 5
08/31 US Open New York , United States Grand Slam Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32X
United StatesUnited States

BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 7: 5, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States
6: 2, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Carly Gullickson Travis Parrott
United StatesUnited States
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Leander Paes
IndiaIndia
6: 2, 6: 4

September

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
14.09. Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou , China International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China

IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer ItalyItaly Alberta Brianti 6: 3, 6: 4
Belarus 1995Belarus Volha Hawarzowa Tazzjana Putschak
Belarus 1995Belarus
JapanJapan Kimiko Date Krumm Tiantian Sun
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]
Challenge Bell Québec , Canada International - $ 220,000 Carpet - 32E / 32Q / 16D
CanadaCanada

HungaryHungary Melinda Czink Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Šafářová 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
United StatesUnited States Vania King Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
SwedenSweden Sofia Arvidsson Séverine Brémond
FranceFrance
6: 1, 6: 3
09/21 Hansol Korea Open Seoul , South Korea International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
Korea SouthSouth Korea

JapanJapan Kimiko Date Crooked SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues 6: 3, 6: 3
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz
AustraliaAustralia
6: 3, 6: 4
Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
UzbekistanUzbekistan

IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer UzbekistanUzbekistan Oqgul Omonmurodova 6: 3, 6: 4
Belarus 1995Belarus Volha Hawarzowa Tazzjana Putschak
Belarus 1995Belarus
RussiaRussia Vitalia Djachenko Kazjaryna Dsehalevich
Belarus 1995Belarus
6: 2, 6: 7 1 , [10: 8]
28.09. Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan Premier 5 - $ 2,000,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 16D
JapanJapan

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković 5: 2 task
RussiaRussia Alissa Kleibanova Francesca Schiavone
ItalyItaly
SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan
6: 4, 6: 2

October

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
05.10. Beijing China Open , China Premier Mandatory - $ 4,500,000 Hard Court - 60E / 32Q / 28D
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China

RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska 6: 2, 6: 4
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
RussiaRussia Alla Kudryavzewa Ekaterina Makarova
RussiaRussia
6: 3, 6: 1
12.10. Generali Ladies Linz (Halle) Linz , Austria International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
AustriaAustria

BelgiumBelgium Yanina Wickmayer Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová 6: 3, 6: 4
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia
PolandPoland Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
PolandPoland
6: 1, 6: 4
HP Open Osaka , Japan International - $ 220,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
JapanJapan

AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 7: 5, 6: 1
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chuang Chia-young Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States
South AfricaSouth Africa Chanelle Scheepers Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States
6: 2, 6: 4
19.10. Kremlin Cup ( Indoor ) Moscow , Russia Premier - $ 1,000,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
RussiaRussia

ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone Belarus 1995Belarus Wolha Hawarzowa 6: 3, 6: 0
RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
RussiaRussia
RussiaRussia Marija Kondratjewa Klára Zakopalová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 2, 6: 2
BGL Luxembourg Open ( Indoor ) Luxembourg , Luxembourg International $ 220,000 - Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
LuxembourgLuxembourg

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Timea Bacsinszky GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki 6: 2, 7: 5
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
1: 6, 6: 0, [10: 7]
29.10. Sony Ericsson Championships Doha , Qatar Year End Event - $ 4,550,000 Hard Court - 8E / 4D
QatarQatar

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams United StatesUnited States Venus Williams 6: 2, 7: 6 4
SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States
7: 6 0 , 5: 7, [10: 7]

November

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
11/02 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Bali , Indonesia Year Ending Event - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 12E
IndonesiaIndonesia

FranceFrance Aravane Rezaï FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 7: 5, task
Fed Cup (Final) Reggio Calabria , Italy , clay court
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Tournament winners

title Player Grand Slam Year-end event Premier
Mandatory
Premier 5 premier International
singles Double Mixed singles Double Single
Bali
singles Double singles Double singles Double singles Double
9 SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez - - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 - 2 4th
7th SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives - - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 3
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 2 3 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - -
6th United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber - 1 - - - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1
United StatesUnited States Venus Williams - 3 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 -
5 Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoriya Azaranka - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 2 1
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1
ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 3
4th RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 1 1
3 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chia-Jung Chuang - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 2
FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 -
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 2
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - -
RussiaRussia Alissa Kleibanova - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 2
United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - -
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Peng Shuai - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - -
RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - -
RussiaRussia Dinara Safina - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - 1 -
ItalyItaly Mara Santangelo - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 -
2 FranceFrance Marion Bartoli - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 -
ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Belarus 1995Belarus Wolha Hawarzowa - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
United StatesUnited States Vania King - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - -
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
IndiaIndia Sania Mirza - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 2
IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 -
Belarus 1995Belarus Tatjana Putschek - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
FranceFrance Aravane Rezaï - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 -
ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - -
United StatesUnited States Abigail Spears - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasu yarn - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
BelgiumBelgium Yanina Wickmayer - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 -
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Timea Bacsinszky - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
AustriaAustria Sybille Bammer - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
UkraineUkraine Alyona Bondarenko - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
UkraineUkraine Kateryna Bondarenko - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
HungaryHungary Melinda Czink - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
JapanJapan Kimiko Date Crooked - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
RomaniaRomania Alexandra Dulgheru - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - -
RussiaRussia Wera Duschewina - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
ItalyItaly Sara Errani - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
GermanyGermany Julia Goerges - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
United StatesUnited States Carly Gullickson - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
PolandPoland Klaudia Jans - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1
RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - -
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - -
RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
RomaniaRomania Monica Niculescu - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
UzbekistanUzbekistan Oqgul Omonmurodova - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - -
GermanyGermany Andrea Petković - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
PolandPoland Alicja Rosolska - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
SloveniaSlovenia Magdaléna Rybáriková - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - -
KazakhstanKazakhstan Jaroslawa Schwedowa - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - -
HungaryHungary Ágnes Szávay - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
ItalyItaly Roberta Vinci - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Renata Voráčová - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - -

Title by country

title country Grand Slam Year-end event Premier
Mandatory
Premier 5 premier International
singles Double Mixed singles Double Single
Bali
singles Double singles Double singles Double singles Double
24 United StatesUnited States United States 2 3 2 1 - - - 1 1 2 - 5 1 6th
21st RussiaRussia Russia 1 - - - - - 3 2 3 1 2 3 4th 2
11 ItalyItaly Italy - - - - - - - - - 1 2 - 2 6th
SpainSpain Spain - 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - 1 3 4th
9 FranceFrance France - - - - - 1 - 1 - - 2 - 2 3
7th Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3
Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 2 3
6th GermanyGermany Germany - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 3
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 5
5 ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1
4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 - -
DenmarkDenmark Denmark - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1
3 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 -
2 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
2 IndiaIndia India - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
IsraelIsrael Israel - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 -
JapanJapan Japan - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 -
RomaniaRomania Romania - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
SerbiaSerbia Serbia - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 -
ThailandThailand Thailand - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
HungaryHungary Hungary - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 -
1 AustraliaAustralia Australia - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
AustriaAustria Austria - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
PolandPoland Poland - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
UkraineUkraine Ukraine - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - -

World ranking

The top ten at the end of the year:

rank Previous year Surname nation Points
1 (2) Serena Williams United States 9075
2 (3) Dinara Safina Russia 7800
3 (8th) Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia 6141
4th Caroline Wozniacki Denmark 5875
5 (4) Jelena Dementjewa Russia 5585
6th (6) Venus Williams United States 5126
7th Viktoriya Azaranka Belarus 4820
8th (1) Jelena Janković Serbia 3965
9 (7) Vera Swonaryova Russia 3560
10 (10) Agnieszka Radwańska Poland 3450

Prize money

Top Earners of 2009 (US $)
rank Surname singles Double Mixed Bonus pool total
1 Serena Williams 5,584,437 636.149 - 325,000 6,545,586
2 Dinara Safina 3,601,325 8,893 - 700,000 4,310,218
3 Svetlana Kuznetsova 3,280,865 152.976 - 225,000 3,658,841
4th Venus Williams 2,240,745 636.149 - 250,000 3,126,894
5 Jelena Janković 1,491,514 - - 1,000,000 2,491,514
6th Caroline Wozniacki 2,324,692 46,858 - - 2,371,550
7th Jelena Dementjewa 1,880,156 825 - 462,500 2,343,481
8th Viktoriya Azaranka 1,827,770 287,766 - - 2,115,536
9 Vera Swonaryova 1,397,361 144,784 - 50,000 1,642,145
10 Kim Clijsters 1,630,150 2,410 - - 1,632,560

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).