2009 Family Circle Cup

The 2009 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis event on the 2009 WTA Tour, which took place from April 13 to April 19. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was the second and last event of the clay court season played on green clay. The total prize money offered at this tournament was US$1,000,000.

Seeds

 * Rankings as of April 13, 2009.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:


 * 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva
 * 🇺🇸 Mallory Cecil
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pivovarova
 * 🇺🇸 Alexandra Stevenson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:


 * 🇺🇸 Shenay Perry
 * 🇺🇸 Madison Brengle
 * 🇺🇸 Angela Haynes
 * Anastasija Sevastova
 * 🇺🇸 Melanie Oudin
 * 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears
 * 🇨🇦 Marie-Ève Pelletier
 * 🇸🇰 Lenka Wienerová

Singles
🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4
 * It was Lisicki's first career title

Doubles
🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova defeated  Līga Dekmeijere  /   Patty Schnyder, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [11–9]