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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 ...
C. 2009 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup; 2009 Cellular South Cup – Doubles; 2009 Cellular South Cup – Singles; 2009 Challenge Bell
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.
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 ...
Female tennis players who have won at least one of the four Grand Slam titles in singles. 130 women have won at least one of the 460 majors staged. They are listed here in order of their first win. They are listed here in order of their first win.
Important note: by setting 1990 as the cut-off point, this list excludes many notable champions in high level tournaments from the previous years. 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.
Ranked world No. 16 in singles in 2009 and world No. 3 in doubles in 2008 • 2008/2009 French Open women's doubles champion Natalia Medvedeva: Soviet Union Ukraine: 1971: Ranked world No. 23 in singles in 2003 and world No. 21 in doubles in 1994 Christiane Mercelis: Belgium: 1931: 2024: 1957 French quarterfinalist Elise Mertens: Belgium: 1995
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 ...