Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Dinara Safina in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2009 French Open. It was her second major title, after the 2004 US Open. The final marked the third all-Russian final in major singles history, and the first since the 2004 US Open. It was Safina's third runner-up finish in as many major finals. The match was also the conclusion of a series of finals between the pair during that clay court season, as they each claimed the Stuttgart and Rome titles over each other. Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Victoria Azarenka. Sorana Cîrstea became the first player born in the 1990s to reach a major quarterfinal.

Seeds

• # 🇷🇺 Dinara Safina (final) • # 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (quarterfinals) • # 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (third round) • # 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva (third round) • # 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (fourth round) • # 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva (withdrew because of an ankle injury) • # 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova (champion) • # 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic (fourth round) • # 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals) • # Caroline Wozniacki (third round) • # 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (second round) • # 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round) • # 🇫🇷 Marion Bartoli (second round) • # 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (first round) • # 🇨🇳 Zheng Jie (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Amélie Mauresmo (first round) • # Patty Schnyder (first round) • # 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round) • # 🇪🇪 Kaia Kanepi (first round) • # 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (semifinals) • # 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (third round) • # 🇷🇺 Alisa Kleybanova (first round) • # 🇨🇦 Aleksandra Wozniak (fourth round) • # 🇨🇳 Li Na (fourth round) • # 🇷🇺 Anna Chakvetadze (first round) • # 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round) • # 🇦🇹 Sybille Bammer (second round) • # 🇭🇺 Ágnes Szávay (fourth round) • # 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (semifinals) • # 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (first round) • # 🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová (third round)

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match statistics