# 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles

Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions. Both were present that year, but chose to compete with different players. Kirilenko partnered with Elena Vesnina, but lost in the second round to Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez. Petrova partnered with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the quarterfinals to Cara Black and Liezel Huber. Cara Black and Liezel Huber won in the final 6–3, 0–6, 10–2 against Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Cara Black / Liezel Huber (champions)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals, withdrew)
* Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (second round)
* Flavia Pennetta / Lisa Raymond (second round)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Zheng Jie (semifinals)
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Patty Schnyder (first round)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (final)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Akgul Amanmuradova Monica Niculescu | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Akgul Amanmuradova Monica Niculescu | 4 | 1 | 1 | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6 | 0 | [10] |
| | | | | 7 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 6 | [2] |
| 7 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | 7 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 6 | [2] |
| 5 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Zheng Jie | 1 | 4 | | | | | |

### 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 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Mirza F Schiavone | 1 | 6 | [10] | | S Mirza F Schiavone | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Koryttseva T Poutchek | 6 | 4 | [6] | | | | | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 1 | [13] | | | | |
| | İ Şenoğlu Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | B Mattek-Sands N Petrova | 4 | 6 | [11] | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva O Savchuk | 3 | 2 | | | İ Şenoğlu Y Shvedova | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Benešová M Kondratieva | 1 | 7 | [6] | 8 | B Mattek-Sands N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | B Mattek-Sands N Petrova | 6 | 6$^6$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Amanmuradova M Niculescu | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 4 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina A Rodionova | 7 | 6 | | | V Dushevina A Rodionova | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Dekmeijere J Ditty | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | V Dushevina A Rodionova | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | |
| | L Granville C Gullickson | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Amanmuradova M Niculescu | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | A Amanmuradova M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | A Amanmuradova M Niculescu | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 6 | 6 | | | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 7 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánch. | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jans A Rosolska | 5 | 6 | [8] | 7 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánch. | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kirilenko E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | M Kirilenko E Vesnina | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang Z Yan | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | 7 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánch. | 0 | 7 | [10] | | | | |
| | A Kleybanova E Makarova | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | A Kleybanova E Makarova | 6 | 5 | [8] | | | | |
| | L Šafářová G Voskoboeva | 7 | 4 | [4] | | A Kleybanova E Makarova | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | F Pennetta L Raymond | 6 | 3 | [2] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | V Ruano Pascual J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | V Ruano Pascual J Zheng | 1 | 4 |
| | J Craybas A Spears | 4 | 3 | | 5 | V Ruano Pascual J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dulko S Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | G Dulko S Pe'er | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | S Borwell N Grandin | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | V Ruano Pascual J Zheng | w/o | | | | | | |
| WC | K Clijsters Y Wickmayer | 3 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | 2 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Oudin S Perry | 6 | 3 | [10] | WC | M Oudin S Perry | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |