2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles

January 2025 November 2015 November 2015 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open SRB Jelena Janković RUS Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2 56 (3WC Wild cards/8Q Qualifiers) 16 singles doubles Cincinnati Open 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open Jelena Janković defeated Dinara Safina in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2009 Cincinnati Masters.https://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/08/17/tennis.cincinnati.jankovic.safina/ Jankovic defeats Safina in Cincinnati final CNN August 17, 2019 June 1, 2025 Nadia Petrova was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Alona Bondarenko. This tournament marked the return of Kim Clijsters from the sport after her first retirement, having not played a match since May 2007. She advanced to the quarterfinals, where she was beaten by Safina. Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. RUS Dinara Safina (final) USA Serena Williams (third round) USA Venus Williams (third round) RUS Elena Dementieva (semifinals) SRB Jelena Janković (champion) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (third round) RUS Vera Zvonareva (third round) DEN Caroline Wozniacki (quarterfinals) BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka (third round) RUS Nadia Petrova (first round) SRB Ana Ivanovic (second round) FRA Marion Bartoli (first round) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (second round) ITA Flavia Pennetta (semifinals) SVK Dominika Cibulková (first round) FRA Virginie Razzano (first round) Main draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 RUS Dinara Safina 6 7   WC BEL Kim Clijsters 2 5   14 ITA Flavia Pennetta 6 6     SVK Daniela Hantuchová 3 3   8 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 2 1   4 RUS Elena Dementieva 6 6   5 SRB Jelena Janković 6 6     AUT Sybille Bammer 0 3   1 RUS Dinara Safina 6 6   14 ITA Flavia Pennetta 2 0   4 RUS Elena Dementieva 62 6 66 5 SRB Jelena Janković 7 0 7 1 RUS Dinara Safina 4 2   5 SRB Jelena Janković 6 6   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ITA R Vinci 6 6   Q GER T Malek 4 1     ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 3 6   RUS V Dushevina 4 6 3   CHN S Peng 6 6   15 SVK D Cibulková 2 1   12 FRA M Bartoli 4 3   WC BEL K Clijsters 6 6     ARG G Dulko 4 0     SUI P Schnyder 6 6     CZE L Šafářová 6 7     CZE I Benešová 3 67   1 RUS D Safina 2 7 6   ITA R Vinci 6 5 4   ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 7 2 1   CHN S Peng 5 6 6 WC BEL K Clijsters 6 7     SUI P Schnyder 2 5     CZE L Šafářová 3 7 64 6 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 62 7 1 RUS D Safina 6 6     CHN S Peng 3 4   WC BEL K Clijsters 6 4 6 6 RUS S Kuznetsova 4 6 2 1 RUS D Safina 6 7   WC BEL K Clijsters 2 5   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q BLR 1995 O Govortsova 6 6     RUS E Makarova 1 3   Q POL U Radwańska 5 5     HUN Á Szávay 7 7   Q JPN A Morita 2 3   14 ITA F Pennetta 6 6   10 RUS N Petrova 2 3     UKR A Bondarenko 6 6     ITA S Errani 6 3 1   SVK D Hantuchová 3 6 6   RUS A Kleybanova 6 6     FRA A Rezaï 3 3   3 USA V Williams 6 6   Q BLR 1995 O Govortsova 2 2     HUN Á Szávay 2 4   14 ITA F Pennetta 6 6     UKR A Bondarenko 5 6 4   SVK D Hantuchová 7 1 6   RUS A Kleybanova 4 6 5 7 RUS V Zvonareva 6 1 7 3 USA V Williams 62 4   14 ITA F Pennetta 7 6     SVK D Hantuchová 7 0 7 7 RUS V Zvonareva 66 6 65 14 ITA F Pennetta 6 6     SVK D Hantuchová 3 3   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP C Suárez Navarro 0 3     CAN A Wozniak 6 6     FRA A Cornet 3 2     HUN M Czink 6 6   Q USA M Oudin 6 1 1 11 SRB A Ivanovic 2 6 6 16 FRA V Razzano 3 6 4   GER A-L Grönefeld 6 3 6 WC USA M Shaughnessy 5 5     ROU S Cîrstea 7 7   Q BEL Y Wickmayer 6 6     ITA F Schiavone 3 4   8 DEN C Wozniacki 4 6 6   CAN A Wozniak 6 4 4   HUN M Czink 7 7   11 SRB A Ivanovic 66 5     GER A-L Grönefeld 3 2     ROU S Cîrstea 6 6   Q BEL Y Wickmayer 3 4   4 RUS E Dementieva 6 6   8 DEN C Wozniacki 3       HUN M Czink 0 r     ROU S Cîrstea 4 4   4 RUS E Dementieva 6 6   8 DEN C Wozniacki 2 1   4 RUS E Dementieva 6 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals WC RUS M Kirilenko 6 6   Q KAZ Y Shvedova 4 1     RUS E Vesnina 5 3     RUS A Chakvetadze 7 6     EST K Kanepi 3 62   9 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 7   13 POL A Radwańska 6 6     JPN A Sugiyama 2 1     AUT S Bammer 6 4 6   CHN J Zheng 2 6 2 Q UKR K Bondarenko 6 6     SVK M Rybáriková 2 2   5 SRB J Janković 7 6   WC RUS M Kirilenko 66 3     RUS A Chakvetadze 4 2   9 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 6   13 POL A Radwańska 0 5     AUT S Bammer 6 7   Q UKR K Bondarenko 3 2   2 USA S Williams 6 6   5 SRB J Janković 7 7   9 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 5 64     AUT S Bammer 7 6   2 USA S Williams 5 4   5 SRB J Janković 6 6     AUT S Bammer 0 3   Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (qualifying competition) KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (qualified) BEL Yanina Wickmayer (qualified) ITA Tathiana Garbin (qualifying competition) SVK Jarmila Groth (first round) BLR 1995 Olga Govortsova (qualified) FRA Julie Coin (first round) JPN Ayumi Morita (qualified) ISR Shahar Pe'er (qualifying competition) UKR Kateryna Bondarenko (qualified) CZE Petra Kvitová (first round) USA Melanie Oudin (qualified) POL Urszula Radwańska (qualified) ROM Alexandra Dulgheru (first round) GER Tatjana Malek (qualified) UKR Viktoriya Kutuzova (first round) Qualifiers 30em GER Tatjana Malek KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova BLR 1995 Yanina Wickmayer UKR Kateryna Bondarenko USA Melanie Oudin BLR 1995 Olga Govortsova POL Urszula Radwańska JPN Ayumi Morita Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6 6 FRA Camille Pin 0 3 USA Julie Ditty 4 6 2 15 GER Tatjana Malek 6 4 6 1 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1 2 15 GER Tatjana Malek 6 6 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 6 6 POR Michelle Larcher de Brito 4 2 WC USA Shenay Perry 77 6 11 CZE Petra Kvitová 64 4 2 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 5 WC USA Shenay Perry 0r Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 3 7 6 Alt RUS Anastasia Rodionova 6 5 4 RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 6 6 14 ROM Alexandra Dulgheru 4 3 3 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 6 6 RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 2 4 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 ITA Tathiana Garbin 0 Alt NED Michaëlla Krajicek 1r USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 2 4 10 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 6 6 4 ITA Tathiana Garbin 1 0 10 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 6 6 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 SVK Jarmila Groth 1 2 USA Varvara Lepchenko 6 6 WC USA Carly Gullickson 4 1 12 USA Melanie Oudin 6 6 USA Varvara Lepchenko 5 2 12 USA Melanie Oudin 7 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 BLR 1995 Olga Govortsova 6 6 ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives 3 4 UZB Akgul Amanmuradova 2 4 9 ISR Shahar Pe'er 6 6 6 BLR 1995 Olga Govortsova 6 6 9 ISR Shahar Pe'er 3 2 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 FRA Julie Coin 3 6 3 KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 6 3 6 WC USA Abigail Spears 63 2 13 POL Urszula Radwańska 77 6 KAZ Galina Voskoboeva 1 1 13 POL Urszula Radwańska 6 6 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 JPN Ayumi Morita 7 6 GBR Elena Baltacha 5 2 USA Jill Craybas 6 6 16 UKR Viktoriya Kutuzova 3 0 8 JPN Ayumi Morita 6 78 USA Jill Craybas 4 66 See also 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open References External links Draw and Qualifying Draw (WTA) Tournament profile (World Tennis) Women's Open - Singles