Serena Williams Cements No. 1 World Ranking With Championship At Doha

Serena Williams solidified her World No. 1 ranking by winning the Sony Ericsson Championships on Sunday, November 1, 2009 in Doha, Qatar. She claimed the championship with a straight-sets win over her sister, Venus Williams, and a 5-0 record for the tournament. Venus was back to defend her title from last year, but Serena made sure that did not happen.

The Final was competitive between the two sisters. However, both were struggling with injuries and had heavy taping on their left legs. Serena was dominate in the opening set, winning 6-2. Venus then stepped up her game in the second set, managing to force a tiebreak. However, Serena came out on top, winning the match 6-2, 7-6(4).

Samantha Stosur Wins 2009 HP Japan Women’s Open

Samantha Stosur of Australia kisses the trophy she won on Sunday at the WTA HP Japan Women’s Open held Oct. 12-18, 2009 in Osaka, Japan. At age 25, it was her first WTA singles title since turning pro in 1999.

The No. 13 ranked player was hardly tested throughout the tournament. She won each of her first three matches in straight sets, defeating Alexandra Panova 6-2, 6-4, Akiko Morigami 6-1, 6-2, Jill Craybas 6-1, 6-3. In the Semifinals, No. 6 ranked Caroline Wozniacki took Stosur to 3 sets, with Stosur coming out on top 6-0, 4-6, 6-4. In the Final match, Stosur was back to a straight sets victory over No. 24 ranked Francesca Schiavone 7-5, 6-1 to take home the hardware.

Dementieva Wins 2009 WTA Rogers Cup

Russian cutie pie, Elena Dementieva, cherishes her victory over Maria Sharapova in the 2009 WTA Rogers Cup held Aug. 17-23, 2009 in Toronto Canada. Dementieva and Sharapova are both from Russia. It was the first time in the 117-year tournament history that the Rogers Cup had an all-Russian Final. Dementieva was the 4th seed in the tournament. Sharapova was unseeded.

Serena Williams Is Wimbledon Champion for 3rd Time

Serena Williams of the USA holds the Wimbledon trophy for the 3rd time in her tennis career after defeating her sister, Venus Williams, in the final July 4, 2009. Serena didn’t show much mercy as she downed her overpowered sister in straight sets, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.

It was probably sweet revenge for Serena after being defeated by Venus in last year’s final. The 2008 Wimbledon championship was Venus’ second in a row. This makes eight championships by the Williams sisters in the past 10 years. That’s domination, almost a dynasty!

Wozniacki is champion

Danish tennis cutie pie, Caroline Wozniacki, poses with her trophy after the championship match of the WTA Aegon International played in Eastbourne, England June 15-20.

This was the 2nd title for Wozniacki, who also won the WTA MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA back in April.

In route to the title, Wozniacki, who was the 6th seed, defeated No. 31 ranked Alisa Kleybanova of Russia, (6-3, 6-2), No. 19 ranked Samantha Stousur of Australia, (6-1, 5-7, 6-1), No. 46 ranked Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, (6-3, 6-2), No. 21 ranked Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada, (3-6, 6-4, 6-4), and No. 23 ranked Virginie Razzano of France, (7-6 [7-5], 7-5).

Jankovic wins her first championship of the year

Serbian cutie pie, Jelena Jankovic, is finally smiling as she holds her first trophy of the year after defeating Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-3 3-6 6-3 at the Andalucia Tennis Championships in Marbella, Spain, on April 12 2009. No wonder she is smiling. This is the first time she even made it to a Final match this year. It took two 3-set matches and a big scare in the Quarterfinals, but the world No. 4 ranked Jankovic finally got the job done.

Jankovic breezed through her first two matches winning 6-2, 6-1 over No. 44 ranked Francesca Schiavone of Italy, and 6-3, 6-0 over No. 174 ranked Selima Sfar of Tunisia.

Wozniacki brings home the trophy

Danish cutie pie, Caroline Wozniacki, is shown here with her trophy after winning the MPS Group Championships tennis tournament Sunday, April 12, 2009, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

World No. 12 ranked Wozniacki needed three sets to get past her opening round opponent, No. 31 ranked Samantha Stosur of Australia. She lost a tie-break in the 2nd set, but eventually came out on top 6-3, 6-7(4-7), 6-1.

Wozniacki’s next opponent was No. 42 ranked Virginie Razzano of France. Wozniacki was the victor in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. The Quarterfinal match was an easy 2-set victory over another featured cutie pie, No. 40 ranked Daniela Hantuchova, of Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2.

Serena Williams wins championship and regains world No. 1 ranking

Sexy tennis star, Serena Williams, made quick work of her final match in the 2009 Australian Open on Sunday, defeating Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3. It only took 59 minutes, and was hardly a good championship match. Although Williams did not seem really on her game at the beginning of the tournament, when it counted, she was dominant.

Safina did not win a game until she broke Williams’ serve in the first game of the 2nd set. Williams broke right back, and then went on to close out the set and the match in championship form.

Dementieva wins 2nd championship of 2009

Elena Dementieva celebrates after winning match point against countrywoman Dinara Safina in the finals of the 2009 WTA Medibank International in Sidney Australia on Jan. 11.

Dementieva has been pushed to a third set only twice this year through two entire tournaments. She won the ASB Classic without dropping a set. After Safina pushed her to a third set in this tournament, Dementieva won the third set in convincing style. Set scores were 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.

Dementieva is on a roll this year. She heads into the Australian Open seeded 4th. The way she has played so far this year, she will be the one to beat.

Jankovic ends year ranked No. 1

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia receives her trophy from WTA CEO Larry Scott for ending the year ranked No. 1 in the WTA world rankings. Jankovic had just defeated No. 4 ranked Serbian cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic in her first round robin match at the 2008 Sony Ericsson Tour Championships on Nov. 4 in Doha, Qatar.

In her second round robin match, Jankovic defeated fellow Russian, No. 8 ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (8-6) 6-4. She then lost to Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 3-6, 4-6.

Jankovic’s round robin wins got her into the semifinals where she lost to Venus Williams of the USA. Williams defeated Zvonareva for the championship.