| 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships | ||||
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| Date | August 3–9 | |||
| Edition | 36th | |||
| Category | Premier Series | |||
| Draw | 56S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $700,000 | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Carson, California, U.S. | |||
| Venue | Home Depot Center | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Flavia Pennetta | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Chuang Chia-jung /  Yan Zi | ||||
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The 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th and last 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, California, near Los Angeles, United States, from August 3 through August 9, 2009. It was the second women's event on the 2009 US Open Series. Tenth-seeded Flavia Pennetta won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Main article: 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Singles Flavia Pennetta defeated 
Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3
- It was Pennetta's second title of the year and eighth overall.
Doubles
Main article: 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships – Doubles Chuang Chia-jung / Yan Zi defeated 
Maria Kirilenko / 
Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 4–6,
Entrants
Seeds
| Player | WTA Tour Rank | Seeds |
|---|---|---|
| Dinara Safina |
1 | 1 |
| Vera Zvonareva |
7 | 2 |
 Victoria Azarenka |
8 | 3 |
 Caroline Wozniacki |
9 | 4 |
| Nadia Petrova |
10 | 5 |
 Ana Ivanovic |
11 | 6 |
 Dominika Cibulková |
12 | 7 |
| Agnieszka Radwańska |
13 | 8 |
 Marion Bartoli |
14 | 9 |
| Flavia Pennetta |
15 | 10 |
| Virginie Razzano |
17 | 11 |
| Li Na |
18 | 12 |
| Samantha Stosur |
20 | 13 |
| Zheng Jie |
22 | 14 |
 Kaia Kanepi |
23 | 15 |
| Francesca Schiavone |
24 | 16 |
 Sabine Lisicki |
25 | 17 |
- 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
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:
References
- "Pennetta wins LA Womens' [sic] Tennis title". UPI. August 9, 2009.
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