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The 2009 Bank of the West Classic was a tennis
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tournament played on outdoor hard court
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s. It was the 38th edition of the Bank of the West Classic
The Silicon Valley Classic was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Started in 1971, the tournament was the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and was played on outdo ...
, and was part of the WTA Premier tournaments
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In 2020, Premier events included:
* Four "Premier Mandatory" events ...
of the 2009 WTA Tour
The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009, after 56 events.
Serena Williams and Dinara Safina engaged in a battle ...
. It took place at the Taube Tennis Center
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in Stanford, California
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, United States, from July 27 through August 2, 2009. It was the first women's event on the 2009 US Open Series
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.
WTA entrants
Players committed to participating in thesingles
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event for 2009.
* Seedings are based on the rankings of July 20, 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw *Hilary Barte
Hilary Barte (born November 17, 1988) is an American professional tennis player.
College
Barte played #1 singles and made All-American in singles and doubles all four years while at Stanford. She won the NCAA doubles title with Mallory Burdett ...
* Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois (born October 31, 1986) is a former tennis player from Canada. She turned professional in 2004 and achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 87 in January 2012.
Dubois was awarded Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada tw ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Melanie Oudin
Melanie Jennings Oudin (born September 23, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player. The former world junior No. 2 was a member of the United States Fed Cup team, American Fed Cup team from 2009 to 2011 and the winner of the 2011 U ...
* Alla Kudryavtseva
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player.
Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circ ...
* Angela Haynes
Angela Haynes (born September 27, 1984) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Her top singles ranking by the WTA is world No. 95 which she attained in August 2005.
Her brother Dontia Haynes, a former San Diego State Un ...
* Lilia Osterloh
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Osterloh became professional in August 1997.
She reached her highest singles ranking in April 2001, when she became world No. 41. Her career-high doubles rank ...
Finals
Singles
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title, after previously being runner-up in 2007 Wimbledo ...
defeated Venus Williams
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, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
*It was Bartoli's 2nd title of the year, and 5th of her career.
Doubles
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...
/ Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 wee ...
defeated Yung-Jan Chan
Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title ...
/ Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA as high as No. 28 in singles and No. 11 in doubles. She has won three singles and 10 dou ...
, 6–4, 6–1
References
External links
Official Bank of the West Classic website
WTA tournament details
{{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Bank Of The West Classic
Bank of the West Classic
The Silicon Valley Classic was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Started in 1971, the tournament was the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and was played on outdo ...
Bank of the West Classic
The Silicon Valley Classic was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Started in 1971, the tournament was the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and was played on outdo ...
Silicon Valley Classic
Bank of the West Classic
The Silicon Valley Classic was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Started in 1971, the tournament was the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and was played on outdo ...
Bank of the West Classic
The Silicon Valley Classic was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Started in 1971, the tournament was the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and was played on outdo ...
Bank of the West Classic
The Silicon Valley Classic was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Started in 1971, the tournament was the oldest women's-only tournament in the world and was played on outdo ...