2009 French Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2009 French Open
Final
Champion	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Runner-up	Dinara Safina
Score	6–4, 6–2
Events

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. It was her second major title, after the 2004 US Open. The final marked the third all-Russian final in major singles history, and the first since 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.^[1]

Seeds

Dinara Safina (final)
Serena Williams (quarterfinals)
Venus Williams (third round)
Elena Dementieva (third round)
Jelena Janković (fourth round)
Vera Zvonareva (withdrew because of an ankle injury)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (champion)
Ana Ivanovic (fourth round)
Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals)
Caroline Wozniacki (third round)
Nadia Petrova (second round)
Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round)
Marion Bartoli (second round)
Flavia Pennetta (first round)
Zheng Jie (second round)
Amélie Mauresmo (first round)
Patty Schnyder (first round)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round)
Kaia Kanepi (first round)
Dominika Cibulková (semifinals)
Alizé Cornet (second round)
Carla Suárez Navarro (third round)
Alisa Kleybanova (first round)
Aleksandra Wozniak (fourth round)
Li Na (fourth round)
Anna Chakvetadze (first round)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)
Sybille Bammer (second round)
Ágnes Szávay (fourth round)
Samantha Stosur (semifinals)
Peng Shuai (first round)
Iveta Benešová (third round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Dinara Safina	1	6	6

9	Victoria Azarenka	6	4	2
					1	Dinara Safina	6	6

					20	Dominika Cibulková	3	3
20	Dominika Cibulková	6	6

	Maria Sharapova	0	2
										1	Dinara Safina	4	2

										7	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	6
	Sorana Cîrstea	1	3

30	Samantha Stosur	6	6
					30	Samantha Stosur	4	7⁷	3

					7	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	6⁵	6
7	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7⁷	5	7

2	Serena Williams	6³	7	5

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

1	D Safina	6	6
	A Keothavong	0	0		1	D Safina	6	6
Q	V Diatchenko	2	6	10	Q	V Diatchenko	1	1
	M Johansson	6	2	8						1	D Safina	6	6
	N Llagostera Vives	5	2							27	A Pavlyuchenkova	2	0
	J Coin	7	6			J Coin	2	6²
	IR Olaru	3	2		27	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	7⁷
27	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6											1	D Safina	6	6
23	A Kleybanova	2	6	1											A Rezaï	1	0
Q	P Hercog	6	4	6	Q	P Hercog	6	4	2
	A Sugiyama	3	2			A Rezaï	3	6	6
	A Rezaï	6	6								A Rezaï	7⁷	6
Q	M Larcher de Brito	0	7⁷	7						Q	M Larcher de Brito	6³	2
	M South	6	6⁵	5	Q	M Larcher de Brito	6	6
	S Cohen-Aloro	1	3		15	J Zheng	4	3
15	J Zheng	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

9	V Azarenka	6	6
	R Vinci	4	2		9	V Azarenka	7⁷	7
PR	ME Salerni	6	1	2		K Barrois	6¹	5
	K Barrois	3	6	6					9	V Azarenka	5	7	6
Q	Y Meusburger	1	2						22	C Suárez Navarro	7	5	2
	L Hradecká	6	6			L Hradecká	2	4
	E Gallovits	1	4		22	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
22	C Suárez Navarro	6	6											9	V Azarenka	6	6
32	I Benešová	7	4											8	A Ivanovic	2	3
	J Görges	5	1^r		32	I Benešová	6	6
	V Lepchenko	3	3			A Kudryavtseva	1	2
	A Kudryavtseva	6	6						32	I Benešová	0	2
	T Tanasugarn	6	5	7					8	A Ivanovic	6	6
	C Pin	3	7	5		T Tanasugarn	1	2
	S Errani	6³	3		8	A Ivanovic	6	6
8	A Ivanovic	7⁷	6

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

3	V Williams	6	4	6
	B Mattek-Sands	1	6	2	3	V Williams	6⁵	6	7
	L Šafářová	6	1	6		L Šafářová	7⁷	2	5
	S Lisicki	2	6	1						3	V Williams	0	4
	E Vesnina	6	6							29	Á Szávay	6	6
	S Brémond Beltrame	3	3			E Vesnina	2	0
Q	C Dentoni	3	4		29	Á Szávay	6	6
29	Á Szávay	6	6											29	Á Szávay	2	4
20	D Cibulková	6	2	6										20	D Cibulková	6	6
	A Bondarenko	4	6	4	20	D Cibulková	6	6
	S Foretz	1	6	4		K Flipkens	1	0
	K Flipkens	6	4	6						20	D Cibulková	6	6
	T Paszek	1	3								G Dulko	4	2
	G Dulko	6	6			G Dulko	7⁷	0	6
	A-L Grönefeld	6	6			A-L Grönefeld	6⁵	6	2
16	A Mauresmo	4	3

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

11	N Petrova	6	6
WC	L Embree	1	2		11	N Petrova	2	6	6
	A Yakimova	6	1	2		M Sharapova	6	1	8
	M Sharapova	3	6	6							M Sharapova	1	6	6
WC	O Sanchez	1	1							Q	Y Shvedova	6	3	4
Q	A Rus	6	6		Q	A Rus	0	2
Q	Y Shvedova	7⁷	3	6	Q	Y Shvedova	6	6
19	K Kanepi	6²	6	2												M Sharapova	6	0	6
25	N Li	6	6												25	N Li	4	6	4
	M Domachowska	4	2		25	N Li	6	6
WC	É Loit	6	4	1		T Bacsinszky	1	4
	T Bacsinszky	4	6	6						25	N Li	7	6
WC	I Pavlovic	3	4								O Govortsova	5	1
	A Amanmuradova	6	6			A Amanmuradova	3	7⁷	5
	O Govortsova	6	6			O Govortsova	6	6³	7
LL	K O'Brien	1	1

Bottom half

Section 5

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

5	J Janković	6	6
	P Cetkovská	2	3		5	J Janković	6	6
	M Rybáriková	6	2	8		M Rybáriková	1	2
WC	K Mladenovic	1	6	6					5	J Janković	6	6
	J Groth	6	6							J Groth	1	1
WC	K Laisné	4	3			J Groth	6	7¹¹
LL	M Duque Mariño	3	6	6	LL	M Duque Mariño	2	6⁹
26	A Chakvetadze	6	4	4									5	J Janković	6	0	7
21	A Cornet	6	7											S Cîrstea	3	6	9
	M Ani	4	5		21	A Cornet	3	2
Q	C Gullickson	4	2			S Cîrstea	6	6
	S Cîrstea	6	6							S Cîrstea	7⁷	7
	T Pironkova	5	2						10	C Wozniacki	6³	5
	J Craybas	7	6			J Craybas	1	4
	V Dushevina	6	5	1	10	C Wozniacki	6	6
10	C Wozniacki	4	7	6

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

13	M Bartoli	3	6	6
	P Parmentier	6	1	3	13	M Bartoli	3	5
	T Garbin	7	7			T Garbin	6	7
	A Morita	5	5								T Garbin	5	5
	V Razzano	6	6								V Razzano	7	7
	D Hantuchová	3	3			V Razzano	6	6
	E Makarova	2	7	0	18	A Medina Garrigues	2	2
18	A Medina Garrigues	6	5	6												V Razzano	1	2
30	S Stosur	6	6												30	S Stosur	6	6
	F Schiavone	4	2		30	S Stosur	6	4	6
	Y Wickmayer	4	6	6		Y Wickmayer	3	6	4
	U Radwańska	6	3	0						30	S Stosur	6	4	6
	J Dokić	3	6	6						4	E Dementieva	3	6	1
	K Šprem	6	1	2		J Dokić	6	3	r
Q	C Scheepers	4	3		4	E Dementieva	2	4
4	E Dementieva	6	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

7	S Kuznetsova	6	6
WC	C Feuerstein	1	4		7	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	G Voskoboeva	6	7⁷			G Voskoboeva	0	2
	S Mirza	4	6³							7	S Kuznetsova	6	6
Q	A Sevastova	6	4	1							M Czink	1	3
	M Czink	3	6	6		M Czink	4	6	10
	N Dechy	3	6¹		28	S Bammer	6	3	8
28	S Bammer	6	7⁷											7	S Kuznetsova	6	1	6
17	P Schnyder	4	3											12	A Radwańska	4	6	1
	K Bondarenko	6	6			K Bondarenko	4	7	7
WC	O Rogowska	6	6		WC	O Rogowska	6	5	5
	M Kirilenko	4	4								K Bondarenko	2	4
	P Mayr	1	1							12	A Radwańska	6	6
	M Koryttseva	6	6			M Koryttseva	1	4
	R de los Ríos	3	1		12	A Radwańska	6	6
12	A Radwańska	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

14	F Pennetta	1	1
	A Glatch	6	6			A Glatch	6⁰	5
	B Záhlavová-Strýcová	1	6	7		L Domínguez Lino	7⁷	7
	L Domínguez Lino	6	4	9							L Domínguez Lino	2	6	3
	M Santangelo	4	2							24	A Wozniak	6	3	6
Q	P Martić	6	6		Q	P Martić	3	3
	M Niculescu	4	6	3	24	A Wozniak	6	6
24	A Wozniak	6	4	6											24	A Wozniak	1	2
31	S Peng	6	2	4											2	S Williams	6	6
	MJ Martínez Sánchez	1	6	6		MJ Martínez Sánchez	3	6	6
	V Kutuzova	6	6			V Kutuzova	6	3	3
Q	Z Ondrášková	2	4								MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	3	4
	V Ruano Pascual	6	6							2	S Williams	4	6	6
	N Vaidišová	4	3			V Ruano Pascual	2	0
	K Zakopalová	3	7⁷	4	2	S Williams	6	6
2	S Williams	6	6⁵	6

Championship match statistics

Category	Kuznetsova	Safina
1st serve %	42/54 (78%)	30/49 (61%)
1st serve points won	28 of 42 = 67%	16 of 30 = 53%
2nd serve points won	4 of 12 = 33%	6 of 19 = 32%
Total service points won	32 of 54 = 59.26%	22 of 49 = 44.90%
Aces	0	0
Double faults	1	7
Winners	12	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	44
Source