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| Dates | September 16 – October 9, 2009 |
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| Final positions | |
| Champions | Phoenix Mercury (Finals Champion) |
| East champion | Indiana Fever (Coach:Lin Dunn) |
| West champion | Phoenix Mercury (Coach:Corey Gaines) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Attendance | 9,979 per game |
The2009 WNBA playoffs is thepostseason for theWomen's National Basketball Association's2009 season.
The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the East:
The following teams clinched a playoff berth in the West:
This was the outlook for the 2009 WNBA playoffs. Teams initalics hadhome court advantage. Teams inbold advanced to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding in their respective conferences. Numbers to the right of each team indicate the number of games the team won in that round.
| Conference semifinals Best-of-3 | Conference finals Best-of-3 | WNBA Finals Best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
| E3 | Detroit | 1 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Atlanta | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Detroit | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Indiana | 2 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Phoenix | 3 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | San Antonio | 1 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Western Conference | ||||||||||||||
| W3 | Los Angeles | 1 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Seattle | 1 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Los Angeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
September 17 8:00 p.m. |
| Indiana Fever88,Washington Mystics 79 | ||
| Pts:Catchings (26) Rebs:Catchings (12) | Pts:Langhorne (18) Rebs:Langhorne (10) | |
September 19 7:00 p.m. |
| Washington Mystics 74,Indiana Fever81 (OT) | ||
| Pts:Langhorne (15) Rebs:Currie (14) | Pts:Catchings (24) Rebs:Catchings (16) | |
| Indiana won the series 2–0 | ||
September 16 8:00 p.m. |
| Atlanta Dream 89,Detroit Shock94 | ||
| Pts:Castro Marques (25) Rebs:Lyttle (9) | Pts:Nolan (25) Rebs:Ford (10) | |
September 18 7:30 p.m. |
| Detroit Shock94,Atlanta Dream 79 | ||
| Pts:Nolan (22) Rebs:Braxton,Hornbuckle (8) | Pts:Latta (21) Rebs:de Souza (7) | |
| Detroit won the series 2–0 | ||
September 23 8:00 p.m. |
| Indiana Fever 56,Detroit Shock72 | ||
| Pts:Douglas (16) Rebs:Catchings (11) | Pts:Zellous (23) Rebs:Braxton,Ford (9) | |
September 25 7:00 p.m. |
| Detroit Shock 75,Indiana Fever79 | ||
| Pts:Nolan (23) Rebs:Ford (13) | Pts:Catchings (22) Rebs:Catchings (9) | |
September 26 7:00 p.m. |
| Detroit Shock 67,Indiana Fever72 | ||
| Pts:Nolan (16) Rebs:Ford (11) | Pts:Sutton-Brown (17) Rebs:Catchings (8) | |
| Indiana won the series 2–1 | ||
September 17 10:00 p.m. |
| Phoenix Mercury 91,San Antonio Silver Stars92 | ||
| Pts:Taylor (18) Rebs:Taurasi (7) | Pts:Young (24) Rebs:Wauters (11) | |
September 19 10:00 p.m. |
| San Antonio Silver Stars 78,Phoenix Mercury106 | ||
| Pts:Young (19) Rebs:Wauters (5) | Pts:Taurasi (24) Rebs:Bonner (13) | |
September 21 10:00 p.m. |
| San Antonio Silver Stars 92,Phoenix Mercury100 | ||
| Pts:Hammon (29) Rebs:Young (8) | Pts:Taurasi (30) Rebs:T. Smith (8) | |
| Phoenix won the series 2–1 | ||
September 16 10:00 p.m. |
| Seattle Storm 63,Los Angeles Sparks70 | ||
| Pts:Cash (24) Rebs:Batkovic-Brown (7) | Pts:Thompson (16) Rebs:Leslie,Parker (10) | |
September 18 10:00 p.m. |
| Los Angeles Sparks 74,Seattle Storm75 | ||
| Pts:Lennox (17) Rebs:Leslie (14) | Pts:Cash (18) Rebs:Wright (6) | |
September 20 5:00 p.m. |
| Los Angeles Sparks75,Seattle Storm 64 | ||
| Pts:Parker (22) Rebs:Milton-Jones (9) | Pts:Cash (21) Rebs:Cash (10) | |
| Los Angeles won the series 2–1 | ||
September 23 10:00 p.m. |
| Phoenix Mercury103,Los Angeles Sparks 94 | ||
| Pts:Taurasi (28) Rebs:T. Smith (6) | Pts:Parker (28) Rebs:Parker (10) | |
September 25 10:00 p.m. |
| Los Angeles Sparks87,Phoenix Mercury 76 | ||
| Pts:Parker (24) Rebs:Parker (18) | Pts:Taurasi (25) Rebs:Pondexter (7) | |
September 26 10:00 p.m. |
| Los Angeles Sparks 74,Phoenix Mercury85 | ||
| Pts:Leslie (22) Rebs:Thompson (11) | Pts:Taurasi (21) Rebs:Taurasi (7) | |
| Phoenix won the series 2–1 | ||
September 29 9:00 p.m. |
| Indiana Fever 116,Phoenix Mercury120 (OT) | ||
| Pts:Douglas (30) Rebs:Hoffman (8) | Pts:Pondexter,Taylor (23) Rebs:Taurasi (9) | |
October 1 9:00 p.m. |
| Indiana Fever93,Phoenix Mercury 84 | ||
| Pts:Catchings (19) Rebs:Catchings (9) | Pts:Taurasi (20) Rebs:Taurasi (7) | |
October 4 4:00 p.m. |
| Phoenix Mercury 85,Indiana Fever86 | ||
| Pts:Pondexter (23) Rebs:T. Smith (10) | Pts:Hoffman (18) Rebs:Catchings (12) | |
October 7 7:30 p.m. |
| Phoenix Mercury90,Indiana Fever 77 | ||
| Pts:Pondexter (22) Rebs:Willingham (8) | Pts:Catchings (24) Rebs:Catchings (12) | |
October 9 9:00 p.m. |
| Indiana Fever 86,Phoenix Mercury94 | ||
| Pts:Sutton-Brown (22) Rebs:Catchings (9) | Pts:Taurasi (26) Rebs:Smith (8) | |
| Phoenix won the series 3-2 | ||