Serena and Venus Williams steamrolled Chan Yung-Jan and Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-1 to win the Bank of the West Classic doubles title.
The sisters didn't lose a single set in their quest for their third Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title of the year, having won the Australian Open and Wimbledon, their eighth and ninth Grand Slams together.
The second-seeded pair's only loss in 2009 came at the hands of to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nadia Petrova in the round of 16 at Roland Garros.
The Stanford title was the first non-Grand Slam title for the pair since Hannover in 1999. Serena now has 16 doubles titles, while Venus, who was the runner-up in the singles event, has 15. Chan and Niculescu scored the biggest upset of the tournament, taking out Cara Black and Liezel Huber, co-ranked No.1 in the world and the No.1 seeds, in straight sets in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Lucie Hradecka and Renata Voracova outlasted Julia Goerges and Patty Schnyder in the Istanbul Cup final, 2-6, 6-3, 12-10.
The Czechs also needed a match tie-break to get through their semifinal against top seeds Yaroslava Shvedova and Ipek Senoglu. Hradecka, the runner-up in singles, and Voracova now have four Tour doubles titles together. Hradecka has seven as an individual, while Voracova has five.
"We had a bit of a slow start, but were better from the beginning of the second set. It wasn't easy winning the second set, but we kept fighting and in the end we won," Voracova said. "The match tie-break is always difficult. The nerves are in the game too and it's not always easy to play your best."
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