2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles

2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
Champions   Cara Black
Liezel Huber
Runners-up   Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez
Final score   6–3, 0–6, 10–2
Events
Singles   Doubles

Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions. Both were present that year, but chose to compete with different players.
Kirilenko partnered with Elena Vesnina, but lost in the second round to Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez.
Petrova partnered with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Liezel Huber.
Cara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6–3, 0–6, 10–2 against Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez.

Contents

Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

  1. Cara Black / Liezel Huber (Champions)
  2. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals, withdrew)
  3. Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (Second Round)
  4. Flavia Pennetta / Lisa Raymond (Second Round)
  1. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Zheng Jie (Semifinals)
  2. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Patty Schnyder (First Round)
  3. Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (Final)
  4. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nadia Petrova (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1   Cara Black
  Liezel Huber
6 6    
    Akgul Amanmuradova
  Monica Niculescu
4 1    
  1   Cara Black
  Liezel Huber
6 0 [10]
  7   Nuria Llagostera Vives
  María José Martínez Sánchez
3 6 [2]
7   Nuria Llagostera Vives
  María José Martínez Sánchez
6 6  
  5   Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Zheng Jie
1 4    

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1   C Black
  L Huber
6 6    
    S Mirza
  F Schiavone
1 6 [10]         S Mirza
  F Schiavone
4 3    
    M Koryttseva
  T Poutchek
6 4 [6]       1   C Black
  L Huber
6 1 [13]  
    İ Şenoğlu
  Y Shvedova
6 6         8   B Mattek-Sands
  N Petrova
4 6 [11]  
    A Kudryavtseva
  O Savchuk
3 2           İ Şenoğlu
  Y Shvedova
3 3  
    I Benešová
  M Kondratieva
1 7 [6]     8   B Mattek-Sands
  N Petrova
6 6    
8   B Mattek-Sands
  N Petrova
6 66 [10]       1   C Black
  L Huber
6 6  
          A Amanmuradova
  M Niculescu
4 1  
    3   S-w Hsieh
  S Peng
6 4 [6]  
    V Dushevina
  A Rodionova
7 6           V Dushevina
  A Rodionova
1 6 [10]  
    L Dekmeijere
  J Ditty
5 0             V Dushevina
  A Rodionova
6 3 [8]
    L Granville
  C Gullickson
2 3             A Amanmuradova
  M Niculescu
4 6 [10]  
    A Amanmuradova
  M Niculescu
6 6           A Amanmuradova
  M Niculescu
6 4 [10]
    A Bondarenko
  K Bondarenko
6 6           A Bondarenko
  K Bondarenko
4 6 [6]  
6   A-L Grönefeld
  P Schnyder
4 2    

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
7   N Llagostera Vives
  MJ Martínez Sánch.
7 4 [10]  
    K Jans
  A Rosolska
5 6 [8]     7   N Llagostera Vives
  MJ Martínez Sánch.
6 6    
    M Kirilenko
  E Vesnina
6 6           M Kirilenko
  E Vesnina
4 2    
    C-j Chuang
  Z Yan
4 0         7   N Llagostera Vives
  MJ Martínez Sánch.
0 7 [10]  
    A Kleybanova
  E Makarova
65 6 [10]           A Kleybanova
  E Makarova
6 5 [8]  
    L Šafářová
  G Voskoboeva
7 4 [4]         A Kleybanova
  E Makarova
4 6 [10]
    4   F Pennetta
  L Raymond
6 3 [2]  
      7   N Llagostera Vives
  MJ Martínez Sánchez
6 6  
5   V Ruano Pascual
  J Zheng
6 6         5   V Ruano Pascual
  J Zheng
1 4  
    J Craybas
  A Spears
4 3       5   V Ruano Pascual
  J Zheng
6 6    
    G Dulko
  S Pe'er
6 6           G Dulko
  S Pe'er
3 3    
Alt   S Borwell
  N Grandin
3 2         5   V Ruano Pascual
  J Zheng
w/o    
WC   K Clijsters
  Y Wickmayer
3 6 [8]       2   D Hantuchová
  A Sugiyama
       
WC   M Oudin
  S Perry
6 3 [10]     WC   M Oudin
  S Perry
3 2  
    2   D Hantuchová
  A Sugiyama
6 6