# 2009 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's singles

Ayumi Morita, the 2008 champion, tried to defend her title, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic . Kimiko Date won the tournament after beating Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic 7–5, 6–2 in the final match.

## Seeds

* Ayumi Morita (quarterfinals)
* Kimiko Date (champion)
* Elena Baltacha (quarterfinals)
* Yung-Jan Chan (semifinals)
* Tamarine Tanasugarn (quarterfinals)
* Sophie Ferguson (second round)
* Yurika Sema (quarterfinals)
* Sacha Hughes (second 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Bojana Jovanovski Petrović | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Yung-Jan Chan | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Yung-Jan Chan | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | | Bojana Jovanovski Petrović | 5 | 2 |
| | | | | | 2 | Kimiko Date | 7 | 6 |
| | Tomoko Yonemura | 5 | 1 | | 2 | Kimiko Date | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Kimiko Date | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | A Morita | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Namigata | 1 | 4 | 1 | A Morita | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Hamamura | 7 | 6 | Q | N Hamamura | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Sema | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | A Morita | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Q Wang | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | B Jovanovski Petrović | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Jovanovski Petrović | 6 | 6 | | B Jovanovski Petrović | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Omae | 1 | 6$^7$ | 6 | S Ferguson | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Ferguson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | B Jovanovski Petrović | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y-j Chan | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 |
| WC | M Tanaka | 3 | 3 | 4 | Y-j Chan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C-w Chan | 6 | 6 | Q | C-w Chan | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Inoue | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | E Takao | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 7 | Y Sema | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | S Hisamatsu | 3 | 6$^8$ | Q | E Takao | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fujiwara | 2 | 2 | 7 | Y Sema | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Y Sema | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | S Hughes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | Y Chen | 3 | 1 | | 8 | S Hughes | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Yonemura | 7 | 6 | | | T Yonemura | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | A Yonemura | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | T Yonemura | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Viratprasert | 2 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | 3 | E Baltacha | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | S-j Kim | 6 | 2 | 7 | | S-j Kim | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Doi | 6$^4$ | 6 | 1 | 3 | E Baltacha | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | E Baltacha | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | T Yonemura | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | K Date | 7 | 6 |
| WC | Y Koshino | 4 | 2 | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Tezuka | 7 | 6 | | WC | R Tezuka | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Maekawa | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | T Tanasugarn | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | Z Diyas | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | K Date | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Lykina | 3 | 6 | 6 | | K Lykina | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Erakovic | 4 | 2 | | 2 | K Date | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Date | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |