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, 2009. It was the 37th edition of the tournament and 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 courts. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,000,000. Sabine Lisicki, who was seeded 16th, won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Sabine Lisicki defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4

• It was Lisicki's only singles title of the year and the first of her career.

Doubles

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

Entrants

Seeds

• Rankings as of April 13, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Elena Dementieva
• Mallory Cecil
• Anastasia Pivovarova
• Alexandra Stevenson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Shenay Perry
• Madison Brengle
• Angela Haynes
• Anastasija Sevastova
• Melanie Oudin
• Abigail Spears
• Marie-Ève Pelletier
• Lenka Wienerová

References

External links

• Official website
• ITF tournament draws
• WTA tournament draws