2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2009 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Serena Williams
Runner-up	Venus Williams
Score	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Details
Draw	128 (12 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Serena Williams defeated the two-time defending champion, her sister Venus Williams, in a rematch of the previous year's final, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was her third Wimbledon singles title and eleventh major singles title overall.^[2] It was also the third time she won a major after saving a match point, which occurred in the semifinals against Elena Dementieva.^[3] Serena dropped only one set the entire tournament, to Dementieva in the semifinals.

Venus Williams was attempting to become the first player to win the tournament three consecutive times since Steffi Graf in 1991, 1992 and 1993.^[2]

This edition of the tournament saw the top four seeds all reach the semifinals, the most recent occurrence of this happened at a major (as of 2023). The match between Serena Williams and Dementieva was the longest women's semifinal at Wimbledon in the Open Era, lasting two hours and 49 minutes, before the record was broken at the 2024. ^[4]

Seeds

01.

Dinara Safina (semifinals)

02.

Serena Williams (champion)

03.

Venus Williams (final)

04.

Elena Dementieva (semifinals)

05.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (third round)

06.

Jelena Janković (third round)

07.

Vera Zvonareva (third round, withdrew due to an ankle injury)

08.

Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals)

09.

Caroline Wozniacki (fourth round)

10.

Nadia Petrova (fourth round)

11.

Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals)

12.

Marion Bartoli (third round)

13.

Ana Ivanovic (fourth round, retired due to a thigh injury)

14.

Dominika Cibulková (third round)

15.

Flavia Pennetta (third round)

16.

Zheng Jie (second round)

17.

Amélie Mauresmo (fourth round)

18.

Samantha Stosur (third round)

19.

Li Na (third round)

20.

Anabel Medina Garrigues (third round)

21.

Patty Schnyder (first round)

22.

Alizé Cornet (first round)

23.

Aleksandra Wozniak (first round)

24.

Maria Sharapova (second round)

25.

Kaia Kanepi (first round)

26.

Virginie Razzano (fourth round)

27.

Alisa Kleybanova (second round)

28.

Sorana Cîrstea (third round)

29.

Sybille Bammer (first round)

30.

Ágnes Szávay (first round)

31.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (second round)

32.

Anna Chakvetadze (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Dinara Safina	6⁵	6	6

	Sabine Lisicki	7⁷	4	1
					1	Dinara Safina	1	0

					3	Venus Williams	6	6
3	Venus Williams	6	6

11	Agnieszka Radwańska	1	2
										3	Venus Williams	6³	2

										2	Serena Williams	7⁷	6
	Francesca Schiavone	2	2

4	Elena Dementieva	6	6
					4	Elena Dementieva	7⁷	5	6

					2	Serena Williams	6⁴	7	8
8	Victoria Azarenka	2	3

2	Serena Williams	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

1	D Safina	7	6
	L Domínguez Lino	5	3		1	D Safina	6	7
	N Vaidišová	4	7⁷	4		R de los Ríos	3	5
	R de los Ríos	6	6⁴	6					1	D Safina	7	6
WC	E Baltacha	3	6	6						K Flipkens	5	1
	A Bondarenko	6	3	4	WC	E Baltacha	5	1
	K Flipkens	7	6			K Flipkens	7	6
30	Á Szávay	5	4										1	D Safina	4	6	6
17	A Mauresmo	6	4	6									17	A Mauresmo	6	3	4
	M Czink	1	6	2	17	A Mauresmo	6	6
LL	K Kučová	2	6	6	LL	K Kučová	3	3
Q	A Nakamura	6	3	3					17	A Mauresmo	7	6
	V King	6	6						15	F Pennetta	5	3
	M Koryttseva	4	2			V King	2	2
	N Llagostera Vives	6	1	0	15	F Pennetta	6	6
15	F Pennetta	3	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

9	C Wozniacki	5	6	6
WC	K Date-Krumm	7	3	1	9	C Wozniacki	6	6
	P Kvitová	4	4			M Kirilenko	0	4
	M Kirilenko	6	6						9	C Wozniacki	6	6
Q	A Brianti	4	3						20	A Medina Garrigues	2	2
	T Garbin	6	6			T Garbin	6⁵	3
	M Domachowska	6	3	4	20	A Medina Garrigues	7⁷	6
20	A Medina Garrigues	3	6	6									9	C Wozniacki	4	4
32	A Chakvetadze	6	6⁴	2										S Lisicki	6	6
	S Lisicki	4	7⁷	6		S Lisicki	6	6
	P Mayr	7	6			P Mayr	2	4
	A Keothavong	5	2							S Lisicki	6	7
	P Parmentier	6	1	6					5	S Kuznetsova	2	5
	A Amanmuradova	4	6	3		P Parmentier	1	3
PR	A Morigami	3	6¹		5	S Kuznetsova	6	6
5	S Kuznetsova	6	7⁷

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	V Williams	6	6
	S Vögele	3	2		3	V Williams	6	6
Q	A Sevastova	3	6⁵			K Bondarenko	3	2
	K Bondarenko	6	7⁷							3	V Williams	6	6
	E Makarova	7	2	6							C Suárez Navarro	0	4
	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	5	6	3		E Makarova	5	6	1
	C Suárez Navarro	4	6	6		C Suárez Navarro	7	4	6
25	K Kanepi	6	3	3										3	V Williams	6	0
18	S Stosur	6	6⁶	6										13	A Ivanovic	1	1^r
	B Mattek-Sands	4	7⁸	2	18	S Stosur	4	7⁸	6
	J Dokic	6	5	2	Q	T Malek	6	6⁶	4
Q	T Malek	3	7	6						18	S Stosur	5	2
	S Errani	7	6							13	A Ivanovic	7	6
	S Dubois	5	2			S Errani	5	1
	L Hradecká	7	2	6	13	A Ivanovic	7	6
13	A Ivanovic	5	6	8

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

11	A Radwańska	7	6
	MJ Martínez Sánchez	5	1		11	A Radwańska	6	6⁶	9
WC	A Glatch	4	6	4		S Peng	2	7⁸	7
	S Peng	6	2	6						11	A Radwańska	6	7
	O Govortsova	4	6	6						19	N Li	4	5
PR	T Perebiynis	6	3	4		O Govortsova	4	2
	G Voskoboeva	6⁵	0		19	N Li	6	6
19	N Li	7⁷	6												11	A Radwańska	6	7
29	S Bammer	6	4	2											Q	M Oudin	4	5
Q	M Oudin	4	6	6	Q	M Oudin	3	6	6
	M Niculescu	1	0			Y Shvedova	6	2	4
	Y Shvedova	6	6							Q	M Oudin	6⁸	7	6
WC	K O'Brien	2	7	4						6	J Janković	7¹⁰	5	2
	I Benešová	6	5	6		I Benešová	2	4
	J Görges	4	6⁰		6	J Janković	6	6
6	J Janković	6	7⁷

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

7	V Zvonareva	7⁷	4	6
WC	G Stoop	6⁰	6	4	7	V Zvonareva	6	6
WC	M South	5	6⁵			M Johansson	1	3
	M Johansson	7	7⁷						7	V Zvonareva	w/o
	J Craybas	6	7						26	V Razzano
	T Pironkova	4	5			J Craybas	3	0
	T Paszek	0	1^r		26	V Razzano	6	6
26	V Razzano	6	3										26	V Razzano	2	6¹
23	A Wozniak	6	4	4										F Schiavone	6	7⁷
	F Schiavone	4	6	6		F Schiavone	7⁷	7⁷
WC	M Larcher de Brito	6	7		WC	M Larcher de Brito	6²	6⁴
Q	K Zakopalová	2	5							F Schiavone	7⁷	6
	T Bacsinszky	6	4	8					12	M Bartoli	6⁵	0
Q	V Manasieva	1	6	6		T Bacsinszky	5	1
	Y-j Chan	0	0		12	M Bartoli	7	6
12	M Bartoli	6	6

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

14	D Cibulková	6	3	6
	J Coin	4	6	3	14	D Cibulková	6	6
	M Zec Peškirič	3	3			U Radwańska	2	4
	U Radwańska	6	6							14	D Cibulková	5	6	4
	Y Wickmayer	1	1								E Vesnina	7	4	6
	E Vesnina	6	6			E Vesnina	6	6
	V Dushevina	3	6	6		V Dushevina	3	4
22	A Cornet	6	0	4												E Vesnina	1	3
27	A Kleybanova	6	7												4	E Dementieva	6	6
Q	S Karatantcheva	2	5		27	A Kleybanova	6	4	1
	K Šprem	6	5	3	Q	R Kulikova	0	6	6
Q	R Kulikova	4	7	6						Q	R Kulikova	1	2
	A Rezaï	6	6							4	E Dementieva	6	6
	A Morita	2	2			A Rezaï	1	3
	A Kudryavtseva	4	1		4	E Dementieva	6	6
4	E Dementieva	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

8	V Azarenka	6	0
	S Brémond Beltrame	2	0^r		8	V Azarenka	6	6
	N Dechy	6	6⁰	2		R Olaru	0	0
	R Olaru	1	7⁷	6						8	V Azarenka	7⁷	6
	A-L Grönefeld	2	6	2						28	S Cîrstea	6²	3
	S Mirza	6	2	6		S Mirza	4	4
	E Gallovits	5	1		28	S Cîrstea	6	6
28	S Cîrstea	7	6												8	V Azarenka	7⁷	2	6
24	M Sharapova	7	6												10	N Petrova	6⁵	6	3
Q	V Kutuzova	5	4		24	M Sharapova	2	6	4
	G Dulko	6	7			G Dulko	6	3	6
	S Foretz	3	5								G Dulko	6	3	4
	ME Camerin	2	6³							10	N Petrova	3	6	6
	S Pe'er	6	7⁷			S Pe'er	3	2
	A Yakimova	1	1		10	N Petrova	6	6
10	N Petrova	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

16	J Zheng	7⁷	7⁷
	K Barrois	6²	6⁴		16	J Zheng	3	5
	D Hantuchová	3	6	6		D Hantuchová	6	7
WC	L Robson	6	4	2						D Hantuchová	6	6
	T Tanasugarn	4	4							A Sugiyama	4	3
Q	A Parra Santonja	6	6		Q	A Parra Santonja	6⁵	3
	A Sugiyama	6	6			A Sugiyama	7⁷	6
21	P Schnyder	4	4											D Hantuchová	3	1
31	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6										2	S Williams	6	6
	P Cetkovská	2	2		31	A Pavlyuchenkova	4	6⁶
	R Vinci	6	6			R Vinci	6	7⁸
	M Rybáriková	3	2							R Vinci	3	4
	L Šafářová	3	6	3					2	S Williams	6	6
	J Groth	6	3	6		J Groth	2	1
Q	N Silva	1	5		2	S Williams	6	6
2	S Williams	6	7

Championship match statistics

Category	S. Williams	V. Williams
1st serve %	33/54 (61%)	43/70 (61%)
1st serve points won	31 of 33 = 94%	30 of 43 = 70%
2nd serve points won	15 of 21 = 71%	15 of 27 = 56%
Total service points won	46 of 54 = 85.19%	45 of 70 = 64.29%
Aces	12	2
Double faults	0	3
Winners	25	14
Unforced errors	12	18
Net points won	4 of 4 = 100%	8 of 10 = 80%
Break points converted	2 of 5 = 40%	0 of 2 = 0%
Return points won	25 of 70 = 36%	8 of 54 = 15%
Total points won	71	53
Source

References

^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
^ ^a ^b "Wimbledon 2009: Serena Williams beats sister Venus in women's singles final". The Telegraph. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "A Less Familiar Ending to a Final Between Sisters". The New York Times. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Spirited Serena Williams inches past Elena Dementieva". The Guardian. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
2009 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 2009 French Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2009 US Open – Women's singles

[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

[final-2] "Wimbledon 2009: Serena Williams beats sister Venus in women's singles final". The Telegraph. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[3] "A Less Familiar Ending to a Final Between Sisters". The New York Times. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[4] "Spirited Serena Williams inches past Elena Dementieva". The Guardian. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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