2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships
Introduction The '''2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships''' (also known as the ''2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife'' for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th 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 === Flavia Pennetta defeated  Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–3* It was Pennetta's second title of the year and eighth overall.=== Doubles === Chuang Chia-jung /  Yan Zi defeated  Maria Kirilenko /  Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 4–6, 10–7
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*  Vania King*  CoCo Vandeweghe*  Michelle Larcher de BritoThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:*  Jill Craybas*  Melanie Oudin*  Chanelle Scheepers*  Michaëlla Krajicek*  Carly Gullickson*  Olga Savchuk*  Anastasia Rodionova*  Kimiko Date-KrummThe following player received the lucky loser spot:*  Varvara Lepchenko
References
External links *  Official website*  Tournament draws