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

Doubles
2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
Champions	Cara Black Liezel Huber
Runners-up	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
Final score	6–3, 0–6, 10–2

Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions. Both were present that year, but chose to compete with different players.
Kirilenko partnered with Elena Vesnina, but lost in the second round to Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez.
Petrova partnered with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Liezel Huber.
Cara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6–3, 0–6, 10–2 against Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez.

Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

1. Cara Black / Liezel Huber (Champions)
2. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals, withdrew)
3. Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (Second Round)
4. Flavia Pennetta / Lisa Raymond (Second Round)
5. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Zheng Jie (Semifinals)
6. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Patty Schnyder (First Round)
7. Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (Final)
8. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nadia Petrova (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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Cara Black   Liezel Huber	6	6
		Akgul Amanmuradova   Monica Niculescu	4	1
								1	Cara Black   Liezel Huber	6	0	[10]
								7	Nuria Llagostera Vives   María José Martínez Sánchez	3	6	[2]
	7	Nuria Llagostera Vives   María José Martínez Sánchez	6	6
	5	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Zheng Jie	1	4

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	C Black   L Huber	6	6
	S Mirza   F Schiavone	1	6	[10]				S Mirza   F Schiavone	4	3
	M Koryttseva   T Poutchek	6	4	[6]										1	C Black   L Huber	6	1	[13]
	İ Şenoğlu   Y Shvedova	6	6											8	B Mattek-Sands   N Petrova	4	6	[11]
	A Kudryavtseva   O Savchuk	3	2					İ Şenoğlu   Y Shvedova	3	3
	I Benešová   M Kondratieva	1	7	[6]			8	B Mattek-Sands   N Petrova	6	6
8	B Mattek-Sands   N Petrova	6	6^6	[10]																	1	C Black   L Huber	6	6
																						A Amanmuradova   M Niculescu	4	1
							3	S-w Hsieh   S Peng	6	4	[6]
	V Dushevina   A Rodionova	7	6					V Dushevina   A Rodionova	1	6	[10]
	L Dekmeijere   J Ditty	5	0												V Dushevina   A Rodionova	6	3	[8]
	L Granville   C Gullickson	2	3												A Amanmuradova   M Niculescu	4	6	[10]
	A Amanmuradova   M Niculescu	6	6					A Amanmuradova   M Niculescu	6	4	[10]
	A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	6	6					A Bondarenko   K Bondarenko	4	6	[6]
6	A-L Grönefeld   P Schnyder	4	2

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	N Llagostera Vives   MJ Martínez Sánch.	7	4	[10]
	K Jans   A Rosolska	5	6	[8]			7	N Llagostera Vives   MJ Martínez Sánch.	6	6
	M Kirilenko   E Vesnina	6	6					M Kirilenko   E Vesnina	4	2
	C-j Chuang   Z Yan	4	0											7	N Llagostera Vives   MJ Martínez Sánch.	0	7	[10]
	A Kleybanova   E Makarova	6^5	6	[10]											A Kleybanova   E Makarova	6	5	[8]
	L Šafářová   G Voskoboeva	7	4	[4]				A Kleybanova   E Makarova	4	6	[10]
							4	F Pennetta   L Raymond	6	3	[2]
																					7	N Llagostera Vives   MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6
5	V Ruano Pascual   J Zheng	6	6																		5	V Ruano Pascual   J Zheng	1	4
	J Craybas   A Spears	4	3				5	V Ruano Pascual   J Zheng	6	6
	G Dulko   S Pe'er	6	6					G Dulko   S Pe'er	3	3
Alt	S Borwell   N Grandin	3	2											5	V Ruano Pascual   J Zheng	w/o
WC	K Clijsters   Y Wickmayer	3	6	[8]										2	D Hantuchová   A Sugiyama
WC	M Oudin   S Perry	6	3	[10]			WC	M Oudin   S Perry	3	2
							2	D Hantuchová   A Sugiyama	6	6