JANUARY
- Years in the planning, the 2009 Roadmap season gets rolling with a new event at a brand new venue, the Brisbane International. After four runner-up finishes, Victoria Azarenka triumphs - the first of 13 women who would win their maiden Tour title during the year. Read
- Jelena Dokic makes an emotion-charged run at the Australian Open, the first of several great comeback stories that would unfold in 2009. Read
- Serena Williams wins the Australian Open for the third time, beating Dinara Safina in the final and snatching the No.1 ranking from Jelena Jankovic. Serena and Venus also win the doubles. Read
- Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and ATP World Tour launch TennisTV.com.
FEBRUARY
- Amélie Mauresmo wins the Paris [Indoors] title - the former No.1's first tournament triumph in two years. Read
- Israeli player Shahar Peer is denied a visa to compete in Dubai, but after a global outcry the issue is resolved within a week, with financial sanctions applied to the tournament. Read
MARCH
- Vera Zvonareva wins the title Indian Wells, but former Tour players also have plenty to celebrate at the first Alumnae Reunion Celebration. Read
- Azarenka usurps Serena, Queen of Miami, in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open. Afterwards the 19-year-old Belarusian makes her Top 10 debut. Read
- The Tour's 2008 Player Awards are announced. Read
- Nearly two years after she quit the sport, former No.1 and 2005 US Open champion Kim Clijsters announces her comeback. Read
APRIL
- Safina ascends to No.1 - the 19th woman to reach the top since the inception of the computer rankings. Read
MAY
- Moving from its traditional autumn slot, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is reborn as the first indoor clay court tournament on the Tour.
- Despite falling to Safina in the final of the new event at Madrid's Magic Box, Danish teen Caroline Wozniacki makes her Top 10 debut. Read
- Clijsters, Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi and Tim Henman take part in an exhibition to celebrate the new roof over Wimbledon's centre court. Read
- Zvonareva is named as a Promoter of Gender Equality under the Tour's partnership with UNESCO. Read
- Having never previously won a Tour-level match, Alexandra Dulgheru, a qualifier ranked No.201 in the world, wins the Warsaw Open. The tournament also marks the comeback of Maria Sharapova after nine months out with a shoulder injury. Read
JUNE
- Sonyericssonwtatour.com, the official website of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, is relaunched.
- At the ITF Champions Dinner in Paris, Tour legend Peachy Kellmeyer receives the Golden Achievement Award given jointly by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Federation. Read
- Five years after her US Open title, Svetlana Kuznetsova wins her second major at Roland Garros, blocking the Grand Slam quest of Safina. Read
- For the first time two Chinese players, Li Na and Zheng Jie, simultaneously rank inside the Top 20. Read
- Former world No.1 Lindsay Davenport gives birth to her second child - a daughter, Lauren. Read
- Larry Scott, Tour CEO since 2003, steps down to become commissioner of NCAA's Pac-10 Conference. Read
