The top four seeds were Serena Williams, the 2009 Australian Open champion, Dinara Safina, the 2009 Australian Open runner-up, Jelena Janković, a former World No. 1, and Elena Dementieva, the runner-up at the recent Open GDF SUEZ tournament in Paris.
2009 | Dubai | Association of Tennis Professionals | The Championships, Wimbledon | World Figure Skating Championships | 2009 in music | Women's Tennis Association | Tennis | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | IAAF World Championships in Athletics | Avatar (2009 film) | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009 | Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships | Ice Hockey World Championships | World Gliding Championships | 2007 World Championships in Athletics | Men's major golf championships | International Tennis Hall of Fame | U.S. Open (tennis) | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | 2013 World Aquatics Championships | World Junior Figure Skating Championships | World Curling Championships | 2009 Summer Universiade | 2003 World Championships in Athletics | 2000 European Canoe Slalom Championships | 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Playing the Moldovans at Tennis |