2009 tennis event results
Justine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.
Elena Dementieva won the all-Russian final, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, over Dinara Safina .
World No. 2 and the first seed Serena Williams was nearly out of the tournament two times. Williams saved four match points in her first round clash against Samantha Stosur & three more against Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. Williams was defeated by the eventual champion Dementieva in the semifinals in straight sets.
Grand Slam events WTA Premier tournaments Sydney (S , D ) Paris (S , D ) Dubai (S , D ) Indian Wells (S , D ) Miami (S , D ) Charleston (S , D ) Stuttgart (S , D ) Rome (S , D ) Madrid (S , D ) Warsaw (S , D ) Eastbourne (S , D ) Stanford (S , D ) Los Angeles (S , D ) Cincinnati (S , D ) Toronto (S , D ) New Haven (S , D ) Tokyo (S , D ) Beijing (S , D ) Moscow (S , D ) WTA International tournaments Brisbane (S , D ) Auckland (S , D ) Hobart (S , D ) Pattaya City (S , D ) Memphis (S , D ) Bogotá (S , D ) Acapulco (S , D ) Monterrey (S , D ) Marbella (S , D ) Ponte Vedra Beach (S , D ) Barcelona (S , D ) Fes (S , D ) Estoril (S , D ) Strasbourg (S , D ) Birmingham (S , D ) 's-Hertogenbosch (S , D ) Budapest (S , D ) Båstad (S , D ) Palermo (S , D ) Prague (S , D ) Portorož (S , D ) Bad Gastein (S , D ) İstanbul (S , D ) Guangzhou (S , D ) Quebec City (S , D ) Seoul (S , D ) Tashkent (S , D ) Linz (S , D ) Osaka (S , D ) Luxembourg City (S , D ) Team events Bold denotes the mandatory events, and the year-end championships S = Singles draw, D = Doubles draw, X = Mixed Doubles draw