2009 WNBA Finals
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| Dates | September 29 – October 9 | ||||||||||
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| MVP |
 Diana Taurasi (Phoenix)
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| Television | ESPN2 (HD) | ||||||||||
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| Eastern Finals | Indiana defeated Detroit, 2–1 | ||||||||||
| Western Finals | Phoenix defeated Los Angeles, 2–1 | ||||||||||
| Game 1: | Corteau, Humphrey, Mauer |
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| Game 2: | Blauch, Gulbeyan, Price |
| Game 3: | Brewton, Corteau, Stevens |
| Game 4: | Brooks-Clauser, Price, Walker |
| Game 5: | Blauch, Brewton, Price |
The 2009 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2009 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Indiana Fever, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, faced the Phoenix Mercury, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference. The Phoenix Mercury defeated the Indiana Fever 3 games to 2 to win their second WNBA Finals title.
The Fever made their first ever appearance in the Finals. The Mercury made their third appearance in the Finals.
The Mercury's 23–11 record gave them home court advantage over Indiana (22–12).
The Fever and the Mercury split the regular season series:
All times listed below are Eastern Daylight Time.
Cappie Pondexter missed a game-winning tip-in at the fourth-quarter buzzer then scored seven of her 23 points in overtime Tuesday night to help the Mercury beat the visiting Fever 120-116 in the highest-scoring game in WNBA history.
"Well, if you didn't like women's basketball," Phoenix coach Corey Gaines said, "I think you do now."
Pondexter, frustrated and in foul trouble in the first half, scored the final five points to close out Game 1 of the best-of-five series.
Penny Taylor scored 23 points and newly crowned league MVP Diana Taurasi had 22 for Phoenix.
Katie Douglas tied it with a 3-pointer for Indiana with 7.1 seconds left in regulation, then scored eight in overtime for the Fever to reach a career playoff high 30 points. Ebony Hoffman had a career-high 27 on 12 of 14 shooting as the Fever set a franchise scoring record in just the second 100-point game in the club's history.
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