2009 China Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2009 China Open
Champions	Hsieh Su-Wei Peng Shuai
Runners-up	Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova
Score	6–3, 6–1

Main article: 2009 China Open (tennis)

Anabel Medina Garrigues and Caroline Wozniacki were the defending champion, but Wozniacki chose not to participate this year. Medina Garrigues partnered with Virginia Ruano Pascual, but they lost in the second round against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Yanina Wickmayer.
Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova.

Seeds

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

1. Cara Black / Liezel Huber (quarterfinals)
2. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs (second round)
3. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (second round)
4. Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (quarterfinals)
5. Hsieh Su-Wei / Peng Shuai (champions)
6. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals)
7. Vania King / Nadia Petrova (first round)
8. Chuang Chia-Jung / Lisa Raymond (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Alisa Kleybanova Francesca Schiavone	2	3
	5	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	6	6
								5	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	6	6
									Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova	3	1
		Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova	6	4	[10]
		Yan Zi Zheng Jie	3	6	[8]

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	C Black L Huber	3	6	[10]
		S Cîrstea S Mirza	3	3				ALT	Á Szávay R Vinci	6	0	[3]
	ALT	Á Szávay R Vinci	6	6											1	C Black L Huber	6	6^5	[9]
		V Azarenka V Zvonareva	3	6	[7]											A Kleybanova F Schiavone	3	7	[11]
		A Kleybanova F Schiavone	6	4	[10]				A Kleybanova F Schiavone	7	6
		A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	6	5	[10]				A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	6^4	2
	7	V King N Petrova	3	7	[8]																		A Kleybanova F Schiavone	2	3
																						5	S-W Hsieh S Peng	6	6
								3	A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual	6	5	[6]
		A Pavlyuchenkova Y Wickmayer	7	6^3	[10]				A Pavlyuchenkova Y Wickmayer	2	7	[10]
		V Dushevina A Rodionova	5	7	[2]											A Pavlyuchenkova Y Wickmayer	3	1
		K Jans A Rosolska	1	1											5	S-W Hsieh S Peng	6	6
		S Errani F Pennetta	6	6					S Errani F Pennetta	2	5
		İ Şenoğlu Y Shvedova	2	2				5	S-W Hsieh S Peng	6	7
	5	S-W Hsieh S Peng	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	C-J Chuang L Raymond	7	3	[6]
	WC	X Han C Ji	6^5	6	[10]			WC	X Han C Ji	6^5	2
	WC	T Sun S Sun	2	6^4					A Kudryavtseva E Makarova	7	6
		A Kudryavtseva E Makarova	6	7												A Kudryavtseva E Makarova	2	7	[10]
		N Grandin R Kops-Jones	2	6	[10]										4	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6^8	[7]
		I Benešová G Voskoboeva	6	4	[2]				N Grandin R Kops-Jones	6	5	[6]
								4	N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez	1	7	[10]
																							A Kudryavtseva E Makarova	6	4	[10]
	6	A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	4	7	[10]																		Z Yan J Zheng	3	6	[8]
		O Govortsova T Poutchek	6	6^3	[4]			6	A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	w/o
	WC	S Kuznetsova D Safina	6	6				WC	S Kuznetsova D Safina
		J Craybas A Glatch	0	0											6	A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder	6	0	[5]
		M Czink U Radwańska	6^0	2												Z Yan J Zheng	4	6	[10]
		Z Yan J Zheng	7	6					Z Yan J Zheng	7	1	[11]
								2	S Stosur R Stubbs	6^5	6	[9]

External links

• Main Draw