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

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.

Entrants

Seeds

Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding
Elena Dementieva Russia Russia 3 1
Venus Williams United States United States 5 2
Vera Zvonareva Russia Russia 6 3
Nadia Petrova Russia Russia 10 4
Caroline Wozniacki Denmark Denmark 12 5
Marion Bartoli France France 13 6
Dominika Cibulková Slovakia Slovakia 19 7
Patty Schnyder Switzerland Switzerland 17 8
Aleksandra Wozniak Canada Canada 29 9
Peng Shuai China China 35 10
Alyona Bondarenko Ukraine Ukraine 41 11
Bethanie Mattek-Sands United States United States 38 12
Virginie Razzano France France 42 13
Olga Govortsova Belarus Belarus 59 14
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Czech Republic Czech Republic 68 15
Sabine Lisicki Germany Germany 63 16
  • 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

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

  • It was Lisicki's first career title

Doubles

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

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