2009 WTA Tour

2009 WTA Tour

Serena Williams finished the year as world No. 1 for the second time in her career. She won three tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Australian Open and the Wimbledon Championships, as well as the WTA Tour Championships.
Details
Duration	January 3 – November 2, 2009
Edition	39th
Tournaments	55
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (2) WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (10) WTA International tournaments (30)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Victoria Azarenka Elena Dementieva Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki (3)
Most finals	Dinara Safina Caroline Wozniacki (8)
Prize money leader	Serena Williams (US$6,545,586)
Points leader	Serena Williams (9,075)
Awards
Player of the year	Serena Williams
Doubles team of the year	Serena Williams Venus Williams
Most improved player of the year	Yanina Wickmayer
Newcomer of the year	Melanie Oudin
Comeback player of the year	Kim Clijsters
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The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009, after 56 events.

Serena Williams and Dinara Safina engaged in a battle for the year-end No. 1 ranking, with Williams eventually coming out on top after winning the WTA Tour Championships. She won two Grand Slam titles during the year. Safina ascended to No. 1 in April and held it for much of the rest of the season. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Caroline Wozniacki and Elena Dementieva also enjoyed successful years in 2009.

Jelena Janković also battled with inconsistent results, falling from No. 1 in January to No. 8 by November.

Kim Clijsters returned to competitive tennis in August after giving birth to her daughter, and won the US Open title. Maria Sharapova made her comeback in May, having missed all tournaments since the summer of 2008, and rose back into the top 20.

Former world No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo announced her retirement at the end of the season, while Ai Sugiyama and Nathalie Dechy were among other notable players who retired during the year.

The 2009 season saw the Women's Tennis Association undergo what was described as "its most sweeping reforms in history", with the aim of creating a more fan friendly structure to the Tour, to reduce player withdrawals, and increase player commitment in the biggest tournaments.

The main features of the new "Roadmap" calendar saw the abolition of the previous Tier system, which were replaced by Premier and International tournaments. 20 Premier events were to be held throughout the season, down from the 26 Tier I and Tier II events that were held in 2008. Of those 20, four—the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open in Madrid, and the China Open in Beijing—would be mandatory,^[1] offering $4.5 million in prize money. Along with that were five other tournaments, the Premier 5s, which offered $2 million in prize money. Ten other Premier tournaments were also held throughout the season. These would all lead up to the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, which boasted a $4.5 million total prize fund.

In addition, 30 International events were created to replace the previous Tier III and IV categories. The top performers in the Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships who won an International title during the season were to be eligible to compete in the season-ending Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, which was held the week after the Sony Ericsson Championships.

The Roadmap calendar also saw a 30% increase in the length off the off-season, from 7 to 9 weeks, with the season ending in October, as well as more breaks between the bigger tournaments throughout the season, an increase in back-to-back events, a decrease in player commitment, a limitation on top player participation in International tournaments and stronger penalties for top players who miss Premier tournament commitments.

The WTA Tour also moved more closely to a combined Tour with the ATP, with 31% of events being combined men and women events, and equal prize money being offered at ten of the biggest events throughout the season. Total prize money increased to $86 million, which was once again a record high, up from $67 million the previous year.

With the changes came a new ranking system, which now included the player's best-performing 16 events (down from 17), including the four Grand Slam tournaments and the four mandatory events for all players who qualified by ranking, and the awarding of "zero pointers" for top players missing commitments at the biggest events.^[2]

Lastly, the Women's Tennis Association also announced that On Court Coaching would be included in all events on the Roadmap calendar. Having been tested in many events since 2006, the decision to approve the move was made to increase the relationship between the viewer and the sport, with viewers being able to listen in on conversations between players and their coaches, who are required to wear a microphone during the exchange. Players were allowed to request their coach once per set, at a changeover or at the end of the set, or when the opposing player was taking a medical timeout or toilet break.^[3]

Elena Dementieva started the season on a hot streak, taking the title in Sydney, beating Dinara Safina in the final, as well as winning a smaller tournament in Auckland the week before, putting her as a firm contender at the season's opening Grand Slam, the Australian Open.

During the Australian Open fortnight, Venus Williams became the first big casualty when she lost in the second round to Carla Suárez Navarro. Jelena Dokić made a fairytale run to the quarterfinals, the furthest she'd been in a Grand Slam event since 2002, and world No. 1 Jelena Janković lost in the fourth round to Marion Bartoli. In the quarterfinals, Dokić's run was ended by Safina, with Vera Zvonareva, Dementieva and Serena Williams also moving through. Williams eventually beat Safina in a match that saw the No. 1 ranking on the line, to win her tenth Grand Slam title, and fourth at the Australian Open, and sealing her return to the No. 1 spot.

February saw Amélie Mauresmo overcome her struggling form in the previous two seasons to win the Premier event in Paris. Venus Williams also won the Roadmap's first Premier 5 event in Dubai, beating surprise finalist Virginie Razzano.

At the mandatory Indian Wells, Zvonareva won her biggest career title thus far with a win over Ivanovic in the final. Safina had another chance to reach No. 1 after this tournament, but lost to Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka won the event in Miami, stopping Serena Williams achieving a record-breaking sixth title there. Janković continued her struggles with her second straight loss, with Safina, Zvonareva and Ivanovic also losing early.

Safina ascended to the No. 1 ranking on April 20 despite not playing the previous week, due to Williams not defending her title. Playing in her first tournament as the No. 1, Safina lost in the final of Stuttgart to Kuznetsova, before avenging the loss by beating Kuznetsova in the Rome final. In the final major warm-up event, Safina beat Caroline Wozniacki to win Madrid.

After a strong clay season, Safina was the favourite to win her first Grand Slam at the French Open, and she eventually moved through to the finals in the top half. On the bottom half, Kuznetsova came through, beating Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, to set up the third meeting between the two during the clay season. With Safina heavily favoured, Kuznetsova won the title for her second Grand Slam title in singles, and first since the US Open in 2004. Elsewhere, in a fortnight of surprises, Dominika Cibulková reached her first Grand Slam semifinal, beating Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals, who was returning from a lengthy lay-off from shoulder surgery recovery. Samantha Stosur also reached her first Grand Slam semifinal, taking down Elena Dementieva in the second round. Defending champion Ana Ivanovic lost to Azarenka in the fourth round, a loss which dropped her out of the top 10 in the world.

The top four seeds all reached the semifinals at Wimbledon, the first time it had happened since 2006. The first week did, however, see French Open champion Kuznetsova upset by Sabine Lisicki on her way to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, and Janković lose to American teenager Melanie Oudin. The semifinals were direct contrasts to each other, with Venus Williams thrashing Safina in the top half semifinal, and Serena Williams beating Dementieva in an epic 8–6 in the third encounter. The final was the fourth all-Williams Wimbledon final, and the second in a row. Serena avenged her loss to Venus in last year's final to win her third Wimbledon title, first since 2003, and eleventh Grand Slam title overall.

The US Open Series turned out to be an open race, with five different champions being crowned at the tournaments. Eventually, it went to Toronto champion Elena Dementieva, who also reached the semifinals in Cincinnati and Stanford. Flavia Pennetta finished second after winning Los Angeles and reaching the semifinals in Cincinnati and New Haven, results which saw her break into the top 10. Cincinnati champion Jelena Janković came third. Also during the summer hardcourt season, Kim Clijsters made her return to competitive tennis in Cincinnati after giving birth.

At the US Open, Caroline Wozniacki reached her first Grand Slam final after a half of upsets which saw Safina, Janković and Dementieva all lose in the first week. Melanie Oudin reached her first major quarterfinal by defeating Dementieva, Sharapova and Petrova back-to-back, while Yanina Wickmayer reached her first semifinal at this level. In the bottom half, Clijsters came through after defeating Venus Williams in the fourth round, and later her sister Serena in the semifinals, in a match that ended with Williams receiving a point penalty, and later a fine, for unsportsmanlike conduct after reacting to a foot fault called by the linesperson. In the final, Clijsters beat Wozniacki to win her second Grand Slam title in only her third tournament back, and become the first mother to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980.

The fall season saw Maria Sharapova win her first title since returning from her shoulder surgery in Tokyo. Kimiko Date-Krumm provided a notable story, becoming the second oldest player to ever win a title in the Open Era in Seoul. Svetlana Kuznetsova won the event in Beijing, beating Agnieszka Radwańska in the final. Following that tournament, Safina surrendered her No. 1 ranking to Serena Williams, before regaining it the week prior to the WTA Tour Championships. This meant that the year-end No. 1 would be decided in Doha, with whoever performed better in the tournament achieving the position. Safina retired in her first match, while Williams went on to win the title to become the year-end No. 1 for only the second time, after 2002.

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.^[4][5]

Key

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Jan 5	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	Slovakia 2–0	Russia	Round robin losers (Group A)  Germany  United States  Australia	Round robin losers (Group B)  Italy  France  Chinese Taipei
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Marion Bartoli	Amélie Mauresmo Sara Errani	Ana Ivanovic Tathiana Garbin Olga Govortsova Lucie Šafářová
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King 3–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Elena Dementieva 6–4, 6–1	Elena Vesnina	Aravane Rezaï Anne Keothavong	Shahar Pe'er Edina Gallovits Ayumi Morita Caroline Wozniacki
		Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo 4–6, 7–6(7–3), [12–10]	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja
Jan 12	Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Elena Dementieva 6–3, 2–6, 6–1	Dinara Safina	Serena Williams Ai Sugiyama	Caroline Wozniacki Agnieszka Radwańska Svetlana Kuznetsova Alizé Cornet
		Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 6–0, 6–1	Nathalie Dechy Casey Dellacqua
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 7–5, 6–1	Iveta Benešová	Magdaléna Rybáriková Virginie Razzano	Melinda Czink Gisela Dulko Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Tsvetana Pironkova
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 7–6(7–4)	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
Jan 19 Jan 26	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $7,262,973 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 6–0, 6–3	Dinara Safina	Vera Zvonareva Elena Dementieva	Marion Bartoli Jelena Dokić Carla Suárez Navarro Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–3, 6–3	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
		Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi 6–3, 6–1	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Feb 2	Fed Cup: First Round Moscow, Russia, Hard (i) Orléans, France, Hard (i) Surprise, United States, Hard Brno, Czech Republic, Carpet (i)	First round winners  Russia 5–0  Italy 5–0  United States 3–2  Czech Republic 4–1	First round losers  China  France  Argentina  Spain
Feb 9	Open GDF Suez Paris, France WTA Premier Hard (i) – $700,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Amélie Mauresmo 7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4	Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams Jelena Janković	Émilie Loit Nathalie Dechy Agnieszka Radwańska Alizé Cornet
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
	PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya, Thailand WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Vera Zvonareva 7–5, 6–1	Sania Mirza	Shahar Pe'er Magdaléna Rybáriková	Peng Shuai Vera Dushevina Tamarine Tanasugarn Caroline Wozniacki
		Yaroslava Shvedova Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–2	Yuliya Beygelzimer Vitalia Diatchenko
Feb 16	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams 6–4, 6–2	Virginie Razzano	Serena Williams Kaia Kanepi	Ana Ivanovic Elena Dementieva Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–3, 6–3	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska
	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Anne Keothavong Sabine Lisicki	Michaëlla Krajicek Marina Erakovic Lucie Šafářová Pauline Parmentier
		Victoria Azarenka Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 7–6(7–2)	Yuliana Fedak Michaëlla Krajicek
	Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 6–2	Gisela Dulko	Edina Gallovits Patricia Mayr	Maša Zec Peškirič Mathilde Johansson Ioana Raluca Olaru Betina Jozami
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
Feb 23	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams 6–1, 6–2	Flavia Pennetta	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Iveta Benešová	Ágnes Szávay Maret Ani Mathilde Johansson Petra Cetkovská
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, 6–2	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Mar 2	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Marion Bartoli 6–4, 6–3	Li Na	Iveta Benešová Zheng Jie	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Gisela Dulko Vania King
		Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo 6–3, 6–4	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Mar 9 Mar 16	BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Vera Zvonareva 7–6(7–5), 6–2	Ana Ivanovic	Victoria Azarenka Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Dinara Safina Caroline Wozniacki Sybille Bammer Agnieszka Radwańska
		Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]	Gisela Dulko Shahar Pe'er
Mar 23 Mar 30	Sony Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Serena Williams	Venus Williams Svetlana Kuznetsova	Li Na Iveta Benešová Caroline Wozniacki Samantha Stosur
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo 4–6, 6–3, [10–3]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Apr 6	Andalucia Tennis Experience Marbella, Spain WTA International Clay (red) – $500,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Carla Suárez Navarro	Sorana Cîrstea Anabel Medina Garrigues	Klára Zakopalová Kaia Kanepi Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
		Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 6–3	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
	MPS Group Championships Ponte Vedra Beach, United States WTA International Clay – $220,000 (green) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–2	Aleksandra Wozniak	Nadia Petrova Elena Vesnina	Alona Bondarenko Tamira Paszek Dominika Cibulková Daniela Hantuchová
		Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
Apr 13	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $1,000,000 (green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Dementieva Marion Bartoli	Dominika Cibulková Virginie Razzano Melinda Czink Elena Vesnina
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]	Līga Dekmeijere Patty Schnyder
	Barcelona Ladies Open Barcelona, Spain WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Roberta Vinci 6–0, 6–4	Maria Kirilenko	Carla Suárez Navarro Francesca Schiavone	Tatjana Malek María José Martínez Sánchez Lucie Šafářová Anastasiya Yakimova
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]	Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač
Apr 20	Fed Cup: Semifinals Castellaneta, Italy, Clay Brno, Czech Republic, Hard (i)	Semifinals winners  Italy 4–1  United States 3–2	Semifinals losers  Russia  Czech Republic
April 27	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $700,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–3	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta Elena Dementieva	Agnieszka Radwańska Jelena Janković Gisela Dulko Marion Bartoli
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova 5–7, 6–3, [10–7]	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Fez, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–0, 6–1	Ekaterina Makarova	Melinda Czink Alisa Kleybanova	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Lucie Hradecká Marta Domachowska Polona Hercog
		Alisa Kleybanova Ekaterina Makarova 6–3, 2–6, [10–8]	Sorana Cîrstea Maria Kirilenko

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 4	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Venus Williams Victoria Azarenka	María José Martínez Sánchez Agnieszka Radwańska Jelena Janković Kaia Kanepi
		Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 7–5, 7–6(7–5)	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
	Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Yanina Wickmayer 7–5, 6–2	Ekaterina Makarova	Shahar Pe'er Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Jarmila Groth Sorana Cîrstea Sabine Lisicki Maria Kirilenko
		Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]	Sharon Fichman Katalin Marosi
May 11	Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – $4,500,000 – 60S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina 6–2, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Patty Schnyder Amélie Mauresmo	Alona Bondarenko Jelena Janković Ágnes Szávay Vera Dushevina
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
May 18	Warsaw Open Warsaw, Poland WTA Premier Clay (red) – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alexandra Dulgheru 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0	Alona Bondarenko	Anne Keothavong Daniela Hantuchová	Maria Sharapova Ioana Raluca Olaru Galina Voskoboeva Klára Zakopalová
		Raquel Kops-Jones Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–1, 6–1	Yan Zi Zheng Jie
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Aravane Rezaï 7–6(7–2), 6–1	Lucie Hradecká	Ayumi Morita Viktoriya Kutuzova	Kristina Barrois Peng Shuai Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Monica Niculescu
		Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo 6–0, 6–1	Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz
May 24 Jun 1	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – $10,009,638 – 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–2	Dinara Safina	Dominika Cibulková Samantha Stosur	Victoria Azarenka Maria Sharapova Sorana Cîrstea Serena Williams
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–1, 6–1	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina
		Bob Bryan Liezel Huber 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 10–7	Marcelo Melo Vania King

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Jun 8	Aegon Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–0, 7–6(7–2)	Li Na	Sania Mirza Maria Sharapova	Urszula Radwańska Melinda Czink Stefanie Vögele Yanina Wickmayer
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–1, 6–4	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
Jun 15	Aegon International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 7–6(7–5), 7–5	Virginie Razzano	Marion Bartoli Aleksandra Wozniak	Agnieszka Radwańska Anabel Medina Garrigues Ekaterina Makarova Vera Dushevina
		Akgul Amanmuradova Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 6–3	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
	UNICEF Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 7–5	Yanina Wickmayer	Dinara Safina Francesca Schiavone	Daniela Hantuchová Flavia Pennetta Kristina Barrois Olga Govortsova
		Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 5–7, [13–11]	Michaëlla Krajicek Yanina Wickmayer
Jun 22 Jun 29	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $9,487,267 – 128S/96Q/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Serena Williams 7–6(3), 6–2	Venus Williams	Dinara Safina Elena Dementieva	Sabine Lisicki Agnieszka Radwańska Francesca Schiavone Victoria Azarenka
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 7–6(7–4), 6–4	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
		Mark Knowles Anna-Lena Grönefeld 7–5, 6–3	Leander Paes Cara Black

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Jul 6	GDF Suez Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Ágnes Szávay 2–6, 6–4, 6–2	Patty Schnyder	Edina Gallovits Alona Bondarenko	Alisa Kleybanova Petra Martić Timea Bacsinszky Shahar Pe'er
		Alisa Kleybanova Monica Niculescu 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
	Collector Swedish Open Women Båstad, Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	María José Martínez Sánchez 7–5, 6–4	Caroline Wozniacki	Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko	Maria Kirilenko Alla Kudryavtseva Carla Suárez Navarro Dominika Cibulková
		Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 0–6, [10–5]	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
Jul 13	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–2	Sara Errani	Tathiana Garbin Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Aravane Rezaï Olga Govortsova Yaroslava Shvedova Patty Schnyder
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–1, 6–2	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova
	ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sybille Bammer 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Francesca Schiavone	Timea Bacsinszky Iveta Benešová	Kateryna Bondarenko Carla Suárez Navarro Zarina Diyas Lucie Hradecká
		Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko 6–1, 6–2	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Jul 20	Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Dinara Safina 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 7–5	Sara Errani	Alberta Brianti Stefanie Vögele	Maria Elena Camerin Camille Pin Rossana de los Ríos Petra Martić
		Julia Görges Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–4, 6–2	Camille Pin Klára Zakopalová
	Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein, Austria WTA International Clay (red) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3	Ioana Raluca Olaru	Alizé Cornet Yaroslava Shvedova	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Magdaléna Rybáriková Anna-Lena Grönefeld Yvonne Meusburger
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–2, 6–4	Tatjana Malek Andrea Petkovic
Jul 27	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard – $700,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Marion Bartoli 6–2, 5–7, 6–4	Venus Williams	Samantha Stosur Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams Jelena Janković Daniela Hantuchová Maria Sharapova
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–4, 6–1	Chan Yung-jan Monica Niculescu
	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Vera Dushevina 6–0, 6–1	Lucie Hradecká	Timea Bacsinszky Andrea Petkovic	Urszula Radwańska Anabel Medina Garrigues Marta Domachowska Olga Govortsova
		Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová 2–6, 6–3, [12–10]	Julia Görges Patty Schnyder

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Aug 3	Herbalife LA Tennis Championships Carson, United States WTA Premier Hard – $700,000 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–3	Samantha Stosur	Sorana Cîrstea Maria Sharapova	Zheng Jie Agnieszka Radwańska Urszula Radwańska Vera Zvonareva
		Chuang Chia-jung Yan Zi 6–0, 4–6, [10–7]	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska
Aug 10	W&S Financial Group Women's Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Jelena Janković 6–4, 6–2	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta Elena Dementieva	Kim Clijsters Daniela Hantuchová Caroline Wozniacki Sybille Bammer
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–3, 0–6, [10–2]	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
Aug 17	Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Elena Dementieva 6–4, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Alisa Kleybanova Serena Williams	Jelena Janković Agnieszka Radwańska Samantha Stosur Lucie Šafářová
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 7–5, [11–9]	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
Aug 24	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4	Elena Vesnina	Amélie Mauresmo Flavia Pennetta	Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Chakvetadze Magdaléna Rybáriková Virginie Razzano
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 6–2, 7–5	Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká
Aug 31 Sep 7	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $9,756,000 – 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Kim Clijsters 7–5, 6–3	Caroline Wozniacki	Yanina Wickmayer Serena Williams	Kateryna Bondarenko Melanie Oudin Li Na Flavia Pennetta
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–2, 6–2	Cara Black Liezel Huber
		Travis Parrott Carly Gullickson 6–2, 6–4	Leander Paes Cara Black

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Sep 14	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Shahar Pe'er 6–3, 6–4	Alberta Brianti	Ayumi Morita Peng Shuai	Anastasija Sevastova Olga Savchuk Alexandra Panova Chan Yung-jan
		Olga Govortsova Tatiana Poutchek 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]	Kimiko Date-Krumm Sun Tiantian
	Bell Challenge présenté par Banque Nationale Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Melinda Czink 4–6, 6–3, 7–5	Lucie Šafářová	Aleksandra Wozniak Julia Görges	Nadia Petrova Alla Kudryavtseva Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lilia Osterloh
		Vania King Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–1, 6–3	Sofia Arvidsson Séverine Brémond Beltrame
Sep 21	Hansol Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Kimiko Date-Krumm 6–3, 6–3	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Maria Kirilenko Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Daniela Hantuchová Vera Dushevina Chan Yung-jan Magdaléna Rybáriková
		Chan Yung-jan Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–4	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Shahar Pe'er 6–3, 6–4	Akgul Amanmuradova	Yaroslava Shvedova Olga Govortsova	Monica Niculescu Stefanie Vögele Darya Kustova Alexandra Panova
		Olga Govortsova Tatiana Poutchek 6–2, 6–7(1–7), [10–8]	Vitalia Diatchenko Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Sep 28	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,000,000 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 5–2 retired	Jelena Janković	Agnieszka Radwańska Li Na	Iveta Benešová Magdaléna Rybáriková Victoria Azarenka Marion Bartoli
		Alisa Kleybanova Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 6–2	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Oct 5	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $4,500,000 – 60S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–4	Agnieszka Radwańska	Marion Bartoli Nadia Petrova	Vera Zvonareva Elena Dementieva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Peng Shuai
		Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 6–3, 6–1	Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova
Oct 12	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 6–4	Petra Kvitová	Flavia Pennetta Agnieszka Radwańska	Ioana Raluca Olaru Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro Lucie Šafářová
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 6–4	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
	HP Open Osaka, Japan WTA International Hard – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Samantha Stosur 7–5, 6–1	Francesca Schiavone	Caroline Wozniacki Sania Mirza	Aleksandra Wozniak Jill Craybas Melinda Czink Marion Bartoli
		Chuang Chia-jung Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–4	Chanelle Scheepers Abigail Spears
Oct 19	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–0	Olga Govortsova	Alona Bondarenko Alisa Kleybanova	Tsvetana Pironkova Maria Kirilenko Vera Dushevina Jelena Janković
		Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova 6–2, 6–2	Maria Kondratieva Klára Zakopalová
	BGL Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $220,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 7–5	Sabine Lisicki	Yanina Wickmayer Shahar Pe'er	Katarina Srebotnik Kirsten Flipkens Daniela Hantuchová Patty Schnyder
		Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 1–6, 6–0, [10–7]	Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová
Oct 26	Sony Ericsson Championships Doha, Qatar Year-end championships Hard – $4,550,000 – 8S (RR)/4D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–2, 7–6(7–4)	Venus Williams	Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Janković	Round robin Dinara Safina Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva Agnieszka Radwańska Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Dementieva
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 7–6(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]	Cara Black Liezel Huber

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Round robin
Nov 2	Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Bali, Indonesia Year-end championships Hard (i) – $600,000 – 12S Singles	Aravane Rezaï 7–5 retired	Marion Bartoli	Kimiko Date-Krumm María José Martínez Sánchez	Shahar Pe'er Magdaléna Rybáriková Samantha Stosur Ágnes Szávay Yanina Wickmayer Anabel Medina Garrigues Vera Dushevina Sabine Lisicki Melinda Czink
Nov 2	Fed Cup: Final Reggio Calabria, Italy, Clay	Italy 4–0	United States

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2009 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:

1. total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2. highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4. alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Total titles	Player	Grand Slam tournaments			Year-end championships		Premier tournaments		International tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
9	María José Martínez Sánchez					1		2	2	4	2	7	0
7	Serena Williams	2	3		1			1			3	4	0
	Nuria Llagostera Vives					1		2		4	0	7	0
6	Venus Williams		3				1	1	1		2	4	0
	Liezel Huber			1				4		1	0	5	1
5	Victoria Azarenka						1	1	2	1	3	2	0
	Flavia Pennetta						1		1	3	2	3	0
	Cara Black							4		1	0	5	0
4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1					2	1			3	1	0
	Caroline Wozniacki						2		1	1	3	1	0
3	Anna-Lena Grönefeld			1						2	0	2	1
	Dinara Safina						2		1		3	0	0
	Elena Dementieva						2		1		3	0	0
	Vera Zvonareva						1	1	1		2	1	0
	Hsieh Su-wei							3			0	3	0
	Bethanie Mattek-Sands							3			0	3	0
	Peng Shuai							3			0	3	0
	Nadia Petrova							3			0	3	0
	Chuang Chia-jung							1		3	0	3	0
	Alisa Kleybanova							1		2	0	3	0
	Nathalie Dechy									3	0	3	0
	Mara Santangelo									3	0	3	0
2	Anabel Medina Garrigues		1						1		1	1	0
	Sania Mirza			1						1	0	1	1
	Aravane Rezaï				1				1		2	0	0
	Amélie Mauresmo						1	1			1	1	0
	Francesca Schiavone						1	1			1	1	0
	Marion Bartoli						1		1		2	0	0
	Jelena Janković						1		1		2	0	0
	Raquel Kops-Jones							1		1	0	2	0
	Shahar Pe'er								2		2	0	0
	Yanina Wickmayer								2		2	0	0
	Tamarine Tanasugarn								1	1	1	1	0
	Gisela Dulko									2	0	2	0
	Olga Govortsova									2	0	2	0
	Lucie Hradecká									2	0	2	0
	Vania King									2	0	2	0
	Tatiana Poutchek									2	0	2	0
	Abigail Spears									2	0	2	0
	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová									2	0	2	0
1	Kim Clijsters	1									1	0	0
	Virginia Ruano Pascual		1								0	1	0
	Carly Gullickson			1							0	0	1
	Alexandra Dulgheru						1				1	0	0
	Sabine Lisicki						1				1	0	0
	Maria Sharapova						1				1	0	0
	Akgul Amanmuradova							1			0	1	0
	Maria Kirilenko							1			0	1	0
	Ai Sugiyama							1			0	1	0
	Yan Zi							1			0	1	0
	Timea Bacsinszky								1		1	0	0
	Sybille Bammer								1		1	0	0
	Melinda Czink								1		1	0	0
	Kimiko Date-Krumm								1		1	0	0
	Vera Dushevina								1		1	0	0
	Petra Kvitová								1		1	0	0
	Andrea Petkovic								1		1	0	0
	Magdaléna Rybáriková								1		1	0	0
	Samantha Stosur								1		1	0	0
	Ágnes Szávay								1		1	0	0
	Roberta Vinci								1		1	0	0
	Iveta Benešová									1	0	1	0
	Alona Bondarenko									1	0	1	0
	Kateryna Bondarenko									1	0	1	0
	Chan Yung-jan									1	0	1	0
	Sara Errani									1	0	1	0
	Julia Görges									1	0	1	0
	Andrea Hlaváčková									1	0	1	0
	Klaudia Jans									1	0	1	0
	Ekaterina Makarova									1	0	1	0
	Monica Niculescu									1	0	1	0
	Lisa Raymond									1	0	1	0
	Alicja Rosolska									1	0	1	0
	Yaroslava Shvedova									1	0	1	0
	Katarina Srebotnik									1	0	1	0
	Vladimíra Uhlířová									1	0	1	0
	Renata Voráčová									1	0	1	0

Total titles	Player	Grand Slam tournaments			Year-end championships		Premier tournaments		International tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
24	United States	2	3	2	1		1	8	1	6	5	17	2
21	Russia	1					8	6	4	2	13	8	0
11	Spain		1			1		2	3	4	3	8	0
	Italy						2	1	2	6	4	7	0
10	France				1		2	1	2	4	5	5	0
7	Belarus						1	1	2	3	3	4	0
	Chinese Taipei							4		3	0	7	0
6	Germany			1			1		1	3	2	3	1
	Czech Republic								1	5	1	5	0
5	Zimbabwe							4		1	0	5	0
4	Denmark						2		1	1	3	1	0
	China							4			0	4	0
3	Belgium	1							2		3	0	0
2	India			1						1	0	1	1
	Serbia						1		1		2	0	0
	Romania						1			1	1	1	0
	Japan							1	1		1	1	0
	Hungary								2		2	0	0
	Israel								2		2	0	0
	Thailand								1	1	1	1	0
	Argentina									2	0	2	0
1	Uzbekistan							1			0	1	0
	Australia								1		1	0	0
	Austria								1		1	0	0
	Slovakia								1		1	0	0
	Switzerland								1		1	0	0
	Kazakhstan									1	0	1	0
	Poland									1	0	1	0
	Slovenia									1	0	1	0
	Ukraine									1	0	1	0

The following players won their first singles title:

• Victoria Azarenka – Brisbane
• Petra Kvitová – Hobart
• María José Martínez Sánchez – Bogotá
• Sabine Lisicki – Charleston
• Yanina Wickmayer – Estoril
• Alexandra Dulgheru – Warsaw
• Aravane Rezaï – Strasbourg
• Magdaléna Rybáriková – Birmingham
• Andrea Petkovic – Bad Gastein
• Vera Dushevina – Istanbul
• Melinda Czink – Quebec City
• Samantha Stosur – Osaka
• Timea Bacsinszky – Luxembourg City