Vera Zvonareva defeated the defending champion Ana Ivanovic in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2009 Indian Wells Masters. The match was a rematch of the previous year's quarterfinal.

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round. • # 🇷🇺 Dinara Safina (quarterfinals) • # 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (second round) • # 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva (second round) • # 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva (champion) • # 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic (final) • # 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round) • # 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals) • # 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka (semifinals) • # Caroline Wozniacki (quarterfinals) • # 🇫🇷 Marion Bartoli (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet (second round) • # 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (fourth round) • # Patty Schnyder (second round) • # 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (second round) • # 🇨🇳 Zheng Jie (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Amélie Mauresmo (third round) • # 🇪🇪 Kaia Kanepi (third round) • # 🇷🇺 Anna Chakvetadze (third round) • # 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (second round) • # 🇷🇺 Alisa Kleybanova (third round) • # 🇭🇺 Ágnes Szávay (fourth round) • # 🇦🇹 Sybille Bammer (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a shoulder injury) • # 🇺🇦 Alona Bondarenko (second round) • # 🇨🇦 Aleksandra Wozniak (third round) • # 🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová (second round) • # 🇮🇹 Sara Errani (second round, retired) • # 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (third round) • # 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (second round) • # 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round) • # 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko (third round) • # 🇷🇴 Sorana Cîrstea (second round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8