Jelena Karleuša | Slobodan Janković (footballer born 1986) | Radivoje Janković | Jelena Šubić | Jelena Dorotka | Janković | Cover of Jelena's latest novel, "February 30th". Artwork: Aleksandar Maćašev |
Serena Williams was the defending champion, and won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 against Jelena Janković of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as the 2008 Miami Masters).
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.
Zvonareva lost in the first round to the wildcard team of Jelena Janković and Tathiana Garbin.