# 2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Women's singles

This was the 13th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2009 ITF Women's Circuit, a tier below the 2009 WTA Tour. It was held in Lexington, Kentucky, United States from 20 to 26 July 2009 on outdoor hardcourts. The prize money for women was US$50,000.
Melanie Oudin, the defending champion, declined to participate that year.
Sania Mirza won in the final, defeating top seed Julie Coin 7-6(5), 6-4.

## Seeds

* Julie Coin (final)
* Sania Mirza (champion)
* Melanie South (first round)
* Madison Brengle (quarterfinals)
* Valérie Tétreault (second round)
* Yuan Meng (semifinals)
* Yulia Fedossova (second round)
* Aiko Nakamura (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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Julie Coin | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Chang Kai-chen | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Chang Kai-chen | 2 | 4 | | 1 | Julie Coin | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Sania Mirza | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 6 | Yuan Meng | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Sania Mirza | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 2 | Sania Mirza | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |

### Top 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 |
| 1 | J Coin | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Cecil | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | J Coin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Rampre | 2 | 2 | | | K Couts | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Couts | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Coin | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Rolle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Rolle | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | M Broderick | 1 | 4 | | | A Rolle | 7$^8$ | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Litvak | 2 | 2 | | 7 | Y Fedossova | 6$^6$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Y Fedossova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Coin | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | M South | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | K-c Chang | 2 | 4 |
| WC | A Riske | 6 | 7 | | WC | A Riske | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Afinogenova | 0 | 0 | r | | K-c Chang | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K-c Chang | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | K-c Chang | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Fuda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Osterloh | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | H Barte | 4 | 0 | | | R Fuda | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Osterloh | 6 | 6 | | | L Osterloh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Nakamura | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | M Yuan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | MF Alves | 1 | 0 | | 6 | M Yuan | 1 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Ruckert | 3 | 6 | 1 | | G Brodsky | 6 | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Brodsky | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | M Yuan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Sema | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | M Brengle | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | A Fink | 6 | 2 | 0 | | E Sema | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cohen | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | M Brengle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Brengle | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Yuan | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | V Tétreault | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Mirza | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | J Glushko | 0 | 4 | | 5 | V Tétreault | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Marino | 4 | 4 | | | L Lee-Waters | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lee-Waters | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Lee-Waters | 2 | r | | | | | |
| | T Luzhanska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | S Mirza | 5 | | | | | | |
| WC | A Will | 1 | 2 | | | T Luzhanska | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MF Álvarez Terán | 4 | 3 | | 2 | S Mirza | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |