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Grand Slam champions of 2009: Australian Open and Wimbledon titlist Serena Williams (top/bottom left), French Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova (top right), and US Open champion Kim Clijsters. The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on ...
The WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments, which are part of the WTA Premier tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four Premier Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five Premier 5 tournaments: Dubai, Rome, Cincinnati, Canada ...
High category tournaments equivalent to Tier 1/Premier/WTA 1000 existed before 1990, and the Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic Games and WTA Finals have been held since 1884, 1900 and 1972, respectively. See the all-time records article for records spanning the sport's history. Totals including titles won before 1990 are in brackets.
The 2009 WTA Premier tournaments were 19 of the tennis tournaments on the 2009 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments. They are divided into three levels: Premier Mandatory (Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid ...
Serena Williams defeated the defending champion, her sister Venus Williams, in the final, 6–2, 7–6 (7–4) to win the singles title at the 2009 WTA Tour Championships. It was her second Tour Finals singles title. Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka made their debuts at the event.
2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open; 2009 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles; 2009 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
On August 5, the first qualifier for the year-end championship was announced in Dinara Safina. Dinara Safina is the No. 1 seed in the championship. Dinara Safina enjoyed a good start to the year reaching the finals of ASB Classic losing to Elena Dementieva 6–3 2–6 6–1, followed by her second Grand Slam final, her first on a hardcourt in the Australian Open but was thrashed by Serena ...
Victoria Azarenka defeated the two-time defending champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2009 Miami Open. It was her third WTA Tour singles title, and first at the Premier or above level.