2009 Family Circle Cup

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. The event 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. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,000,000.

2009 Family Circle Cup
DateApril 13–19
Edition37th
CategoryPremier
Draw56S / 16D
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationCharleston, South Carolina, U.S.
VenueFamily Circle Tennis Center
Attendance87,786
Champions
Singles
Germany Sabine Lisicki
Doubles
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Russia Nadia Petrova
← 2008 ·Family Circle Cup· 2010 →

Entrants

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Elena Dementieva Russia31
Venus Williams United States52
Vera Zvonareva Russia63
Nadia Petrova Russia104
Caroline Wozniacki Denmark125
Marion Bartoli France136
Dominika Cibulková Slovakia197
Patty Schnyder Switzerland178
Aleksandra Wozniak Canada299
Peng Shuai China3510
Alyona Bondarenko Ukraine4111
Bethanie Mattek-Sands United States3812
Virginie Razzano France4213
Olga Govortsova Belarus5914
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Czech Republic6815
Sabine Lisicki Germany6316
  • Rankings as of April 13, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

Sabine Lisicki defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4[1]

  • It was Lisicki's first career title

Doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nadia Petrova defeated Līga Dekmeijere / Patty Schnyder, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]

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