2009 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles
# 2009 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles

Sara Errani was the defending champion, but Flavia Pennetta defeated her in the final 6–1, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Flavia Pennetta (champion)
* Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals)
* Alizé Cornet (first round)
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (first round)
* Sara Errani (final)
* Ekaterina Makarova (second round)
* Aravane Rezaï (quarterfinals)
* Gisela Dulko (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Flavia Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Tathiana Garbin | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Tathiana Garbin | 1 | 1 | | 1 | Flavia Pennetta | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 5 | Sara Errani | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Sara Errani | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | Sara Errani | 1 | 2 |
| | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Parra Santonja | 2 | 3 | | 1 | F Pennetta | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Vinci | 4 | 6 | 7 | | R Vinci | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Domínguez Lino | 6 | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | | 1 | F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Lepchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | A Rezaï | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | C Dentoni | 3 | 2 | | | V Lepchenko | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Voskoboeva | 2 | 4 | | 7 | A Rezaï | $6^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Rezaï | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | F Pennetta | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | A Cornet | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | T Garbin | 1 | 1 |
| | MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | MJ Martínez Sánchez | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gallovits | 4 | 5 | | | T Garbin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Garbin | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | T Garbin | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | O Govortsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | O Govortsova | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | ME Camerin | 3 | 1 | | | O Govortsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas | 3 | 1 | | 6 | E Makarova | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | S Errani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Koryttseva | 4 | 4 | | 5 | S Errani | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Savchuk | 4 | 4 | | | P Mayr | $6^6$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Mayr | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | S Errani | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | N Vierin | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | Y Shvedova | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Brianti | 6 | 4 | | | A Brianti | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Pavlyuchenkova | 3 | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | 5 | S Errani | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | G Dulko | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | A-L Grönefeld | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| | A-L Grönefeld | 6 | 6 | | | A-L Grönefeld | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Floris | $6^3$ | 4 | | Q | A Rus | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Rus | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | A-L Grönefeld | 4 | | | | | | |
| | N Llagostera Vives | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 2 | P Schnyder | 3 | r | | | | | |
| | M Zec Peškirič | 6 | 4 | 2 | | N Llagostera Vives | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Pivovarova | 4 | 0 | | 2 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
