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2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships

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Date
  
August 3 – August 9

Surface
  
Hard / Outdoor

Venue
  
Home Depot Center

Edition
  
36th

Location
  
Carson, CA, USA

The 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships (also known as the 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, near Los Angeles, California, United States, from August 3 through August 9, 2009. It was the second women's event on the 2009 US Open Series.

Contents

Singles

Flavia Pennetta defeated Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3.

  • It was Pennetta's second title of the year and eighth overall.

    • Doubles

    Chuang Chia-jung / Yan Zi defeated Maria Kirilenko / Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 4–6, 10–7.

    Seeds

  • Seedings are based on the rankings of July 27, 2009.
  • Maria Bartoli withdrew, so Sabine Lisicki became the No. 17 seed.

    • Other Entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Vania King
  • Coco Vandeweghe
  • Michelle Larcher de Brito

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Jill Craybas
  • Melanie Oudin
  • Chanelle Scheepers
  • Michaëlla Krajicek
  • Carly Gullickson
  • Olga Savchuk
  • Anastasia Rodionova
  • Kimiko Date-Krumm

    • The following player received the lucky loser spot:

  • Varvara Lepchenko

    • References

    2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships Wikipedia
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