2009 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2009 Australian Open
Champions	Serena Williams Venus Williams
Runners-up	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
Final score	6–3, 6–3

Serena Williams and Venus Williams won in the final 6–3, 6–3, against Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama.

Defending champions Alyona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko lost in the first round to Gisela Dulko and Roberta Vinci.

Seeds

1. Cara Black / Liezel Huber (Quarterfinals)
2. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (Third Round)
3. Květa Peschke / Lisa Raymond (Third Round)
4. Alyona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko (First Round)
5. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs (Third Round)
6. Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (Third Round)
7. Maria Kirilenko / Flavia Pennetta (Third Round, withdrew)
8. Chuang Chia-jung / Sun Tiantian (First Round)
9. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (Final)
10. Serena Williams / Venus Williams (Champions)
11. Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (Quarterfinals)
12. Casey Dellacqua / Francesca Schiavone (Semifinals)
13. Victoria Azarenka / Vera Zvonareva (Third Round, withdrew)
14. Sorana Cîrstea / Monica Niculescu (Second Round)
15. Tatiana Poutchek / Anastasia Rodionova (Second Round)
16. Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Cara Black   Liezel Huber	7	3	6^10
	9	Daniela Hantuchová   Ai Sugiyama	6^0	6	7
								9	Daniela Hantuchová   Ai Sugiyama	6	6
									Nathalie Dechy   Mara Santangelo	4	3
		Nathalie Dechy   Mara Santangelo	3	7	7
	11	Nuria Llagostera Vives   María José Martínez Sánchez	6	6^7	6^6
															9	Daniela Hantuchová   Ai Sugiyama	3	3
															10	Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	6
	12	Casey Dellacqua   Francesca Schiavone	0	7	6
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld   Patty Schnyder	6	5	1
								12	Casey Dellacqua   Francesca Schiavone	0	2
								10	Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	6
	10	Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	4	6
	16	Hsieh Su-wei   Peng Shuai	2	6	3

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	C Black L Huber	6	6
		A Chakvetadze A Kleybanova	2	3				1	C Black L Huber	6	6
	WC	M Adamczak O Rogowska	7	2	4				E Gallovits A Parra Santonja	1	2
		E Gallovits A Parra Santonja	5	6	6										1	C Black L Huber	w/o
	WC	N Kriz A Wishink	1	2											13	V Azarenka V Zvonareva
		A Cornet C Pin	6	6					A Cornet C Pin	3	0
	WC	B Sheed B Stewart	2	1				13	V Azarenka V Zvonareva	6	6
	13	V Azarenka V Zvonareva	6	6																		1	C Black L Huber	7	3	6^10
	9	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	6																		9	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6^0	6	7
	WC	I Holland S Peers	1	1				9	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	6
		V Dushevina O Savchuk	4	6	6				V Dushevina O Savchuk	4	1
		V King S Mirza	6	1	1										9	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	6
		I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6												Á Szávay E Vesnina	1	2
		Y-j Chan A Pavlyuchenkova	4	4					I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	4	3
		Á Szávay E Vesnina	3	6	6				Á Szávay E Vesnina	4	6	6
	8	C-j Chuang T Sun	6	3	4

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	3	K Peschke L Raymond	7	6
		S Errani K Knapp	6^0	3				3	K Peschke L Raymond	6	6
	WC	A Bai E Starr	5	2					S Arvidsson N Grandin	2	4
		S Arvidsson N Grandin	7	6											3	K Peschke L Raymond	5	3
		S Brémond O Govortsova	1	0												N Dechy M Santangelo	7	6
		N Dechy M Santangelo	6	6					N Dechy M Santangelo	6	6
		J Ditty C Gullickson	3	6	3			14	S Cîrstea M Niculescu	3	3
	14	S Cîrstea M Niculescu	6	2	6																		N Dechy M Santangelo	3	7	7
	11	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6																		11	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6^7	6^6
	WC	T Calderwood S Golds	1	1				11	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6
		M Johansson S Sfar	4	3					A Amanmuradova T Pironkova	4	2
		A Amanmuradova T Pironkova	6	6											11	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	7	6
		T Paszek İ Şenoğlu	2	1	r										6	Z Yan J Zheng	5	4
		K Jans A Rosolska	6	2					K Jans A Rosolska	2	2
		E Hrdinová K Zakopalová	1	4				6	Z Yan J Zheng	6	6
	6	Z Yan J Zheng	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	7	M Kirilenko F Pennetta	3	6	6
		L Dekmeijere A Wozniak	6	2	1			7	M Kirilenko F Pennetta	6	6
	WC	S Ferguson J Moore	3	2					M Jugić-Salkić A Keothavong	1	2
		M Jugić-Salkić A Keothavong	6	6											7	M Kirilenko F Pennetta
		S Pe'er C Wozniacki	2	3											12	C Dellacqua F Schiavone	w/o
		A Kudryavtseva E Makarova	6	6					A Kudryavtseva E Makarova	4	3
		P Cetkovská C Suárez Navarro	2	1				12	C Dellacqua F Schiavone	6	6
	12	C Dellacqua F Schiavone	6	6																		12	C Dellacqua F Schiavone	0	7	6
	15	T Poutchek A Rodionova	6	6																			A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	6	5	1
		M Domachowska Y Wickmayer	1	1				15	T Poutchek A Rodionova	7	3	0
		A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	6	6					A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	5	6	6
		K Barrois T Garbin	2	1												A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	6	6^5	6
		M Erakovic J Kostanić Tošić	2	2												L Šafářová G Voskoboeva	4	7	3
		L Šafářová G Voskoboeva	6	6					L Šafářová G Voskoboeva	6	6
		G Dulko R Vinci	6	7					G Dulko R Vinci	2	4
	4	A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	2	5

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	5	S Stosur R Stubbs	6	6
		J Gajdošová K Kanepi	1	4				5	S Stosur R Stubbs	6	6
		J Craybas T Tanasugarn	3	5					A Radwańska U Radwańska	1	4
		A Radwańska U Radwańska	6	7											5	S Stosur R Stubbs	4	2
		P Kvitová M Rybáriková	4	6^5											10	S Williams V Williams	6	6
	Alt	A Morita M Müller	6	7				Alt	A Morita M Müller	3	3
		S Kuznetsova N Petrova	3	1				10	S Williams V Williams	6	6
	10	S Williams V Williams	6	6																		10	S Williams V Williams	6	4	6
	16	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	2	6																	16	S-w Hsieh S Peng	2	6	3
		M Ani R Voráčová	1	6	4			16	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	6^1	6
		E Dzehalevich V Uhlířová	3	5					A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	4	7	3
		A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	7											16	S-w Hsieh S Peng	6	6
		M Koryttseva Y Shvedova	6	2											2	A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual	0	1
		R Kops-Jones A Spears	7	6					R Kops-Jones A Spears	2	7	3
		D Cibulková V Razzano	1	3				2	A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual	6	6^6	6
	2	A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual	6	6

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