2009 French Open – Women's singles

2009 French Open RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2 French Open – Women's singles French Open – Women's singles 2009 French Open Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Dinara Safina in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2009 French Open.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/06/kuznetsova-safina-french-open-womens-final Svetlana Kuznetsova mauls soft touch Dinara Safina to win second major title The Guardian 6 June 2009 Steve Bierley 25 July 2025 It was her second and last major singles title, after the 2004 US Open. It was Safina's third runner-up finish in as many major finals. The match was also the conclusion of a series of finals between the pair during that clay court season, as they each claimed the Stuttgart and Rome titles over each other. Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Victoria Azarenka. Sorana Cîrstea became the first player born in the 1990s to reach a major quarterfinal.https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/french-open/2009/cirstea-downs-jankovic_sto1960640/story.shtml CIRSTEA DOWNS JANKOVIC Eurosport Reuters 1 June 2009 30 January 2022 Seeds 30em RUS Dinara Safina (final) USA Serena Williams (quarterfinals) USA Venus Williams (third round) RUS Elena Dementieva (third round) SRB 2004 Jelena Janković (fourth round) RUS Vera Zvonareva (withdrew because of an ankle injury) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (champion) SRB 2004 Ana Ivanovic (fourth round) BLR Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals) DEN Caroline Wozniacki (third round) RUS Nadia Petrova (second round) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round) FRA Marion Bartoli (second round) ITA Flavia Pennetta (first round) CHN Zheng Jie (second round) FRA Amélie Mauresmo (first round) SUI Patty Schnyder (first round) ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round) EST Kaia Kanepi (first round) SVK Dominika Cibulková (semifinals) FRA Alizé Cornet (second round) ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (third round) RUS Alisa Kleybanova (first round) CAN Aleksandra Wozniak (fourth round) CHN Li Na (fourth round) RUS Anna Chakvetadze (first round) RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round) AUT Sybille Bammer (second round) HUN Ágnes Szávay (fourth round) AUS Samantha Stosur (semifinals) CHN Peng Shuai (first round) CZE Iveta Benešová (third round) Qualifying 2009 French Open – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 RUS Dinara Safina 1 6 6 9 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 4 2 20 SVK Dominika Cibulková 6 6   RUS Maria Sharapova 0 2     ROU Sorana Cîrstea 1 3   30 AUS Samantha Stosur 6 6   7 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 77 5 7 2 USA Serena Williams 63 7 5 1 RUS Dinara Safina 6 6   20 SVK Dominika Cibulková 3 3   30 AUS Samantha Stosur 4 77 3 7 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 65 6 1 RUS Dinara Safina 4 2   7 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 6   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 RUS D Safina 6 6     GBR A Keothavong 0 0   Q RUS V Diatchenko 2 6 10   FRA M Johansson 6 2 8   ESP N Llagostera Vives 5 2     FRA J Coin 7 6     ROU IR Olaru 3 2   27 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6   23 RUS A Kleybanova 2 6 1 Q SLO P Hercog 6 4 6   JPN A Sugiyama 3 2     FRA A Rezaï 6 6   Q POR M Larcher de Brito 0 77 7   GBR M South 6 65 5   FRA S Cohen-Aloro 1 3   15 CHN J Zheng 6 6   1 RUS D Safina 6 6   Q RUS V Diatchenko 1 1     FRA J Coin 2 62   27 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 77   Q SLO P Hercog 6 4 2   FRA A Rezaï 3 6 6 Q POR M Larcher de Brito 6 6   15 CHN J Zheng 4 3   1 RUS D Safina 6 6   27 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 2 0     FRA A Rezaï 77 6   Q POR M Larcher de Brito 63 2   1 RUS D Safina 6 6     FRA A Rezaï 1 0   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 BLR V Azarenka 6 6     ITA R Vinci 4 2   PR ARG ME Salerni 6 1 2   GER K Barrois 3 6 6 Q AUT Y Meusburger 1 2     CZE L Hradecká 6 6     ROU E Gallovits 1 4   22 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6   32 CZE I Benešová 7 4     GER J Görges 5 1r   USA V Lepchenko 3 3     RUS A Kudryavtseva 6 6     THA T Tanasugarn 6 5 7   FRA C Pin 3 7 5   ITA S Errani 63 3   8 SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 77 6   9 BLR V Azarenka 77 7     GER K Barrois 61 5     CZE L Hradecká 2 4   22 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6   32 CZE I Benešová 6 6     RUS A Kudryavtseva 1 2     THA T Tanasugarn 1 2   8 SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 6 6   9 BLR V Azarenka 5 7 6 22 ESP C Suárez Navarro 7 5 2 32 CZE I Benešová 0 2   8 SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 6 6   9 BLR V Azarenka 6 6   8 SRB 2004 A Ivanovic 2 3   Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA V Williams 6 4 6   USA B Mattek-Sands 1 6 2   CZE L Šafářová 6 1 6   GER S Lisicki 2 6 1   RUS E Vesnina 6 6     FRA S Brémond Beltrame 3 3   Q ITA C Dentoni 3 4   29 HUN Á Szávay 6 6   20 SVK D Cibulková 6 2 6   UKR A Bondarenko 4 6 4   FRA S Foretz 1 6 4   BEL K Flipkens 6 4 6   AUT T Paszek 1 3     ARG G Dulko 6 6     GER A-L Grönefeld 6 6   16 FRA A Mauresmo 4 3   3 USA V Williams 65 6 7   CZE L Šafářová 77 2 5   RUS E Vesnina 2 0   29 HUN Á Szávay 6 6   20 SVK D Cibulková 6 6     BEL K Flipkens 1 0     ARG G Dulko 77 0 6   GER A-L Grönefeld 65 6 2 3 USA V Williams 0 4   29 HUN Á Szávay 6 6   20 SVK D Cibulková 6 6     ARG G Dulko 4 2   29 HUN Á Szávay 2 4   20 SVK D Cibulková 6 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 RUS N Petrova 6 6   WC USA L Embree 1 2     BLR A Yakimova 6 1 2 RUS M Sharapova 3 6 6 WC FRA O Sanchez 1 1   Q NED A Rus 6 6   Q KAZ Y Shvedova 77 3 6 19 EST K Kanepi 62 6 2 25 CHN N Li 6 6     POL M Domachowska 4 2   WC FRA É Loit 6 4 1   SUI T Bacsinszky 4 6 6 WC FRA I Pavlovic 3 4     UZB A Amanmuradova 6 6     BLR O Govortsova 6 6   LL GBR K O'Brien 1 1   11 RUS N Petrova 2 6 6 RUS M Sharapova 6 1 8 Q NED A Rus 0 2   Q KAZ Y Shvedova 6 6   25 CHN N Li 6 6     SUI T Bacsinszky 1 4     UZB A Amanmuradova 3 77 5   BLR O Govortsova 6 63 7 RUS M Sharapova 1 6 6 Q KAZ Y Shvedova 6 3 4 25 CHN N Li 7 6     BLR O Govortsova 5 1   RUS M Sharapova 6 0 6 25 CHN N Li 4 6 4 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 6     CZE P Cetkovská 2 3     SVK M Rybáriková 6 2 8 WC FRA K Mladenovic 1 6 6   AUS J Groth 6 6   WC FRA K Laisné 4 3   LL COL M Duque Mariño 3 6 6 26 RUS A Chakvetadze 6 4 4 21 FRA A Cornet 6 7     EST M Ani 4 5   Q USA C Gullickson 4 2     ROU S Cîrstea 6 6     BUL T Pironkova 5 2     USA J Craybas 7 6     RUS V Dushevina 6 5 1 10 DEN C Wozniacki 4 7 6 5 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 6     SVK M Rybáriková 1 2     AUS J Groth 6 711   LL COL M Duque Mariño 2 69   21 FRA A Cornet 3 2     ROU S Cîrstea 6 6     USA J Craybas 1 4   10 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6   5 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 6     AUS J Groth 1 1     ROU S Cîrstea 77 7   10 DEN C Wozniacki 63 5   5 SRB 2004 J Janković 6 0 7   ROU S Cîrstea 3 6 9 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 FRA M Bartoli 3 6 6   FRA P Parmentier 6 1 3   ITA T Garbin 7 7     JPN A Morita 5 5     FRA V Razzano 6 6     SVK D Hantuchová 3 3     RUS E Makarova 2 7 0 18 ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 5 6 30 AUS S Stosur 6 6     ITA F Schiavone 4 2     BEL Y Wickmayer 4 6 6   POL U Radwańska 6 3 0   AUS J Dokić 3 6 6   CRO K Šprem 6 1 2 Q RSA C Scheepers 4 3   4 RUS E Dementieva 6 6 13 FRA M Bartoli 3 5     ITA T Garbin 6 7     FRA V Razzano 6 6   18 ESP A Medina Garrigues 2 2   30 AUS S Stosur 6 4 6   BEL Y Wickmayer 3 6 4   AUS J Dokić 6 3 r 4 RUS E Dementieva 2 4     ITA T Garbin 5 5     FRA V Razzano 7 7   30 AUS S Stosur 6 4 6 4 RUS E Dementieva 3 6 1   FRA V Razzano 1 2   30 AUS S Stosur 6 6   Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6   WC FRA C Feuerstein 1 4     KAZ G Voskoboeva 6 77     IND S Mirza 4 63   Q LAT A Sevastova 6 4 1   HUN M Czink 3 6 6   FRA N Dechy 3 61   28 AUT S Bammer 6 77   17 SUI P Schnyder 4 3     UKR K Bondarenko 6 6   WC AUS O Rogowska 6 6     RUS M Kirilenko 4 4     AUT P Mayr 1 1     UKR M Koryttseva 6 6     PAR R de los Ríos 3 1   12 POL A Radwańska 6 6   7 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6     KAZ G Voskoboeva 0 2     HUN M Czink 4 6 10 28 AUT S Bammer 6 3 8   UKR K Bondarenko 4 7 7 WC AUS O Rogowska 6 5 5   UKR M Koryttseva 1 4   12 POL A Radwańska 6 6   7 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6     HUN M Czink 1 3     UKR K Bondarenko 2 4   12 POL A Radwańska 6 6   7 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 1 6 12 POL A Radwańska 4 6 1 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 ITA F Pennetta 1 1     USA A Glatch 6 6     CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 1 6 7   ESP L Domínguez Lino 6 4 9   ITA M Santangelo 4 2   Q CRO P Martić 6 6     ROU M Niculescu 4 6 3 24 CAN A Wozniak 6 4 6 31 CHN S Peng 6 2 4   ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 1 6 6   UKR V Kutuzova 6 6   Q CZE Z Ondrášková 2 4     ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 6     CZE N Vaidišová 4 3     CZE K Zakopalová 3 77 4 2 USA S Williams 6 65 6   USA A Glatch 60 5     ESP L Domínguez Lino 77 7   Q CRO P Martić 3 3   24 CAN A Wozniak 6 6     ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 3 6 6   UKR V Kutuzova 6 3 3   ESP V Ruano Pascual 2 0   2 USA S Williams 6 6     ESP L Domínguez Lino 2 6 3 24 CAN A Wozniak 6 3 6   ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 3 4 2 USA S Williams 4 6 6 24 CAN A Wozniak 1 2   2 USA S Williams 6 6   Championship match statistics Category RUS Kuznetsova RUS Safina 1st serve %42/54 (78%) 30/49 (61%) 1st serve points won28 of 42 = 67% 16 of 30 = 53% 2nd serve points won4 of 12 = 33% 6 of 19 = 32% Total service points won32 of 54 = 59.26% 22 of 49 = 44.90% Aces 0 0 Double faults 1 7 Winners12 11 Unforced errors 22 22 Net points won 4 of 4 = 100% 2 of 2 = 100% Break points converted 5 of 7 = 71% 2 of 4 = 50% Return points won 27 of 49 = 55% 22 of 54 = 41% Total points won 59 44Source References External links Main Draw 2009 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2009 Australian Open – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Women's Singles Category:French Open by year – Women's singles French Open - Women's Singles Category:2009 in women's tennis 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