2009 US Open – Women's Singles

2009 US Open
Champion		Kim Clijsters
Runner-up		Caroline Wozniacki
Final score		7–5, 6–3
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men		women		mixed
WC Singles		men		women		quad
WC Doubles		men		women		quad
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Main article: 2009 US Open (tennis)

Serena Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Kim Clijsters.

Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the final to win her second US Open title. Clijsters became the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament, and the first mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.

Seeds

1. Dinara Safina (Third Round)
2. Serena Williams (Semifinals)
3. Venus Williams (Fourth Round)
4. Elena Dementieva (Second Round)
5. Jelena Janković (Second Round)
6. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Fourth Round)
7. Vera Zvonareva (Fourth Round)
8. Victoria Azarenka (Third Round)
9. Caroline Wozniacki (Final)
10. Flavia Pennetta (Quarterfinals)
11. Ana Ivanovic (First Round)
12. Agnieszka Radwańska (Second Round)
13. Nadia Petrova (Fourth Round)
14. Marion Bartoli (Second Round)
15. Samantha Stosur (Second Round)
16. Virginie Razzano (First Round)

17. Amélie Mauresmo (Second Round)
18. Li Na (Quarterfinals)
19. Patty Schnyder (Second Round)
20. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Second Round)
21. Zheng Jie (Third Round)
22. Daniela Hantuchová (Fourth Round)
23. Sabine Lisicki (Second Round)
24. Sorana Cîrstea (Third Round)
25. Kaia Kanepi (First Round)
26. Francesca Schiavone (Fourth Round)
27. Alisa Kleybanova (First Round)
28. Sybille Bammer (First Round)
29. Maria Sharapova (Third Round)
30. Alyona Bondarenko (Second Round)
31. Elena Vesnina (Third Round)
32. Ágnes Szávay (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Yanina Wickmayer	7	6
		Kateryna Bondarenko	5	4
									Yanina Wickmayer	3	3
								9	Caroline Wozniacki	6	6
		Melanie Oudin	2	2
	9	Caroline Wozniacki	6	6
															9	Caroline Wozniacki	5	3
															WC	Kim Clijsters	7	6
	18	Li Na	2	4
	WC	Kim Clijsters	6	6
								WC	Kim Clijsters	6	7
								2	Serena Williams	4	5
	10	Flavia Pennetta	4	3
	2	Serena Williams	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
1	D Safina	65	6	6
WC	O Rogowska	7	2	4			1	D Safina	65	6	6
	U Radwańska	4	4					K Barrois	7	2	3
	K Barrois	6	6											1	D Safina	4	6	65
	T Garbin	6	6												P Kvitová	6	2	7
WC	M Cecil	0	1					T Garbin	1	3
	P Kvitová	64	6	6				P Kvitová	6	6
27	A Kleybanova	7	3	2																		P Kvitová	6	4	5
19	P Schnyder	4	6	7																		Y Wickmayer	4	6	7
	L Šafářová	6	3	66			19	P Schnyder	5	2
	S Errani	6	6					S Errani	7	6
	A Rus	0	3												S Errani	3	4
	S Peng	6	6												Y Wickmayer	6	6
	J Groth	2	3					S Peng	6	1	4
	Y Wickmayer	6	6					Y Wickmayer	2	6	6
16	V Razzano	4	3

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
11	A Ivanovic	6	3	67
	K Bondarenko	2	6	7				K Bondarenko	6	6
Q	S Perry	6	6				Q	S Perry	1	1
	M Niculescu	4	2												K Bondarenko	7	6
Q	A Rodionova	6	4	6										Q	A Rodionova	64	4
	L Domínguez Lino	0	6	1			Q	A Rodionova	6	3	7
	A Rezaï	64	7	1			23	S Lisicki	3	6	5
23	S Lisicki	7	64	6																		K Bondarenko	6	6
30	A Bondarenko	3	6	6																		G Dulko	0	0
	A Kudryavtseva	6	3	2			30	A Bondarenko	4	0
	G Dulko	6	5	6				G Dulko	6	6
	E Makarova	3	7	4											G Dulko	6	6
	Y Shvedova	6	6												Y Shvedova	3	4
	M Zec Peškirič	3	3					Y Shvedova	6	64	7
	R Vinci	2	3				5	J Janković	3	7	66
5	J Janković	6	6

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
4	E Dementieva	6	6
Q	C Pin	1	2				4	E Dementieva	7	4	3
	A Pavlyuchenkova	1	2					M Oudin	5	6	6
	M Oudin	6	6												M Oudin	3	6	7
	P Hercog	3	1											29	M Sharapova	6	4	5
WC	C McHale	6	6				WC	C McHale	2	1
	T Pironkova	3	0				29	M Sharapova	6	6
29	M Sharapova	6	6																			M Oudin	1	7	6
21	J Zheng	6	6																		13	N Petrova	6	62	3
	A-L Grönefeld	3	2				21	J Zheng	1	6	6
	A Cornet	4	6	7				A Cornet	6	3	3
Q	M Adamczak	6	4	5										21	J Zheng	4	1
Q	E Hrdinová	3	3											13	N Petrova	6	6
	J Coin	6	6					J Coin	4	63
	K Srebotnik	3	3				13	N Petrova	6	7
13	N Petrova	6	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
9	C Wozniacki	6	6
	G Voskoboeva	4	0				9	C Wozniacki	6	6
Q	P Martić	6	6				Q	P Martić	1	0
	S Brémond Beltrame	4	2											9	C Wozniacki	6	6
WC	K Mladenovic	0	4											24	S Cîrstea	3	2
	S Dubois	6	6					S Dubois	4	7	4
	A Morita	1	3				24	S Cîrstea	6	5	6
24	S Cîrstea	6	6																		9	C Wozniacki	2	7	7
32	Á Szávay	2	2																		6	S Kuznetsova	6	65	63
	S Pe'er	6	6					S Pe'er	6	6
	V Lepchenko	6	3	2				C Suárez Navarro	2	0
	C Suárez Navarro	2	6	6											S Pe'er	5	1
	T Tanasugarn	3	5											6	S Kuznetsova	7	6
	A Sevastova	6	7					A Sevastova	4	2
	J Görges	3	2				6	S Kuznetsova	6	6
6	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
8	V Azarenka	6	6
	A Dulgheru	1	1				8	V Azarenka	6	6
Q	M Domachowska	6	2	3			Q	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	2	1
Q	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	2	6	6										8	V Azarenka	6	2	2
	A Brianti	7	1	3										26	F Schiavone	4	6	6
	S Vögele	610	6	6				S Vögele	4	4
Q	Y Meusburger	1	2				26	F Schiavone	6	6
26	F Schiavone	6	6																		26	F Schiavone	2	3
18	N Li	7	6																		18	N Li	6	6
	IR Olaru	64	3				18	N Li	6	6
	M Larcher de Brito	1	7	6				M Larcher de Brito	1	3
	M Johansson	6	5	1										18	N Li	6	6
	M Kirilenko	6	6												M Kirilenko	4	2
Q	M Koryttseva	2	1					M Kirilenko	6	2	6
	P Mayr	1	2				12	A Radwańska	4	6	4
12	A Radwańska	6	6

Section 6

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
14	M Bartoli	6	6
	R de los Ríos	1	0				14	M Bartoli	7	1	2
	V Kutuzova	1	1				WC	K Clijsters	5	6	6
WC	K Clijsters	6	6											WC	K Clijsters	6	6
	K Flipkens	6	6												K Flipkens	0	2
	J Dokić	3	4					K Flipkens	6	6
WC	G Brodsky	4	4				20	A Medina Garrigues	1	3
20	A Medina Garrigues	6	6																		WC	K Clijsters	6	0	6
25	K Kanepi	0	6	2																	3	V Williams	0	6	4
Q	K-c Chang	6	2	6			Q	K-c Chang	6	2	2
	M Rybáriková	6	4	6				M Rybáriková	4	6	6
Q	V Tétreault	3	6	1											M Rybáriková	2	5
	B Mattek-Sands	6	6											3	V Williams	6	7
	I Benešová	3	4					B Mattek-Sands	4	2
	V Dushevina	7	5	3			3	V Williams	6	6
3	V Williams	65	7	6

Section 7

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
7	V Zvonareva	6	6
	N Llagostera Vives	0	4				7	V Zvonareva	3	6	6
Q	Y Sema	6	1	2				A Chakvetadze	6	1	1
	A Chakvetadze	4	6	6										7	V Zvonareva	6	6
Q	C Gullickson	3	65											31	E Vesnina	2	4
	J Craybas	6	7					J Craybas	66	1
	L Hradecká	4	65				31	E Vesnina	7	6
31	E Vesnina	6	7																		7	V Zvonareva	6	66	0
17	A Mauresmo	6	6																		10	F Pennetta	3	7	6
	T Malek	3	4				17	A Mauresmo	4	0
	A Wozniak	6	7					A Wozniak	6	6
	L Granville	1	67												A Wozniak	1	1
	O Govortsova	2	6	3										10	F Pennetta	6	6
	S Mirza	6	3	6				S Mirza	0	0
	E Gallovits	0	4				10	F Pennetta	6	6
10	F Pennetta	6	6

Section 8

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
15	S Stosur	6	4	6
	A Sugiyama	4	6	4			15	S Stosur	5	4
WC	V King	2					WC	V King	7	6
	A Yakimova	1	r											WC	V King	2	2
	T Bacsinszky	6	6											22	D Hantuchová	6	6
Q	V Manasieva	3	4					T Bacsinszky	7	2	1
	M Shaughnessy	2	6	1			22	D Hantuchová	5	6	6
22	D Hantuchová	6	4	6																	22	D Hantuchová	2	0
28	S Bammer	4	6	65																	2	S Williams	6	6
	MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	1	7				MJ Martínez Sánchez	7	6
Q	A Kerber	6	5	6			Q	A Kerber	5	3
	A Petkovic	4	7	3											MJ Martínez Sánchez	3	5
	M Czink	6	6											2	S Williams	6	7
	ME Camerin	3	4					M Czink	1	1
WC	A Glatch	4	1				2	S Williams	6	6
2	S Williams	6	6

Qualifying draw

Main article: 2009 US Open - Women's Singles Qualifying

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