2009 Family Circle Cup
# 2009 Family Circle Cup

The 2009 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2009 WTA Tour, which took place from April 13 to April 19. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the second and last event of the clay court season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,000,000.

## Entrants

### Seeds

| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
| - | - | - | - |
| Elena Dementieva | Russia | 3 | 1 |
| Venus Williams | United States | 5 | 2 |
| Vera Zvonareva | Russia | 6 | 3 |
| Nadia Petrova | Russia | 10 | 4 |
| Caroline Wozniacki | Denmark | 12 | 5 |
| Marion Bartoli | France | 13 | 6 |
| Dominika Cibulková | Slovakia | 19 | 7 |
| Patty Schnyder | Switzerland | 17 | 8 |
| Aleksandra Wozniak | Canada | 29 | 9 |
| Peng Shuai | China | 35 | 10 |
| Alyona Bondarenko | Ukraine | 41 | 11 |
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands | United States | 38 | 12 |
| Virginie Razzano | France | 42 | 13 |
| Olga Govortsova | Belarus | 59 | 14 |
| Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Czech Republic | 68 | 15 |
| Sabine Lisicki | Germany | 63 | 16 |

* Rankings as of April 13, 2009.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Elena Dementieva
* Mallory Cecil
* Anastasia Pivovarova
* Alexandra Stevenson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Shenay Perry
* Madison Brengle
* Angela Haynes
* Anastasija Sevastova
* Melanie Oudin
* Abigail Spears
* Marie-Ève Pelletier
* Lenka Wienerová

## Finals

### Singles

Sabine Lisicki defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4

* It was Lisicki's first career title

### Doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nadia Petrova defeated Līga Dekmeijere / Patty Schnyder, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–2, [11–9]

