Reigning Champions from Germany Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy lead the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships after the short program. Russia's Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov are second, while Chinese pair Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang have the third slot. Russian couple Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov are fourth, while Four Continents and Grand Prix Final Champs Qing Pang and Jang Tong were only good enough for fifth place - they are more than six points off the lead. The American teams of Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker and Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett sit in ninth and tenth place, respectively.
| Pl. | Name | Nat. | TSS= | TES+ | PCS+ | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Ded. | StN. |
| 1 | Aliona SAVCHENKO Robin SZOLKOWY |
GER | 72.30 | 41.26 | 31.04 | 7.80 | 7.60 | 7.80 | 7.75 | 7.85 | 0.00 | 25 |
| 2 | Yuko KAVAGUTI Alexander SMIRNOV |
RUS | 68.94 | 38.94 | 30.00 | 7.50 | 7.30 | 7.55 | 7.65 | 7.50 | 0.00 | 23 |
| 3 | Dan ZHANG Hao ZHANG |
CHN | 67.42 | 38.66 | 28.76 | 7.35 | 6.95 | 7.30 | 7.25 | 7.10 | 0.00 | 19 |
| 4 | Maria MUKHORTOVA Maxim TRANKOV |
RUS | 66.88 | 38.16 | 28.72 | 7.25 | 6.80 | 7.40 | 7.20 | 7.25 | 0.00 | 20 |
| 5 | Qing PANG Jian TONG |
CHN | 65.18 | 35.78 | 29.40 | 7.50 | 7.20 | 7.30 | 7.45 | 7.30 | 0.00 | 21 |
| 6 | Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR Stanislav MOROZOV |
UKR | 64.10 | 37.06 | 27.04 | 7.00 | 6.55 | 6.85 | 6.75 | 6.65 | 0.00 | 24 |
| 7 | Jessica DUBÉ Bryce DAVISON |
CAN | 61.80 | 34.28 | 27.52 | 7.00 | 6.65 | 6.90 | 6.95 | 6.90 | 0.00 | 22 |
| 8 | Meagan DUHAMEL Craig BUNTIN |
CAN | 61.28 | 35.92 | 25.36 | 6.55 | 6.05 | 6.45 | 6.30 | 6.35 | 0.00 | 15 |
| 9 | Keauna MCLAUGHLIN Rockne BRUBAKER |
USA | 53.62 | 30.10 | 24.52 | 6.25 | 5.75 | 6.35 | 6.10 | 6.20 | 1.00 | 17 |
| 10 | Caydee DENNEY Jeremy BARRETT |
USA | 52.74 | 32.78 | 19.96 | 5.10 | 4.65 | 5.05 | 5.00 | 5.15 | 0.00 | 3 |
| 11 | Mylène BRODEUR John MATTATALL |
CAN | 50.44 | 29.80 | 21.64 | 5.55 | 5.00 | 5.60 | 5.50 | 5.40 | 1.00 | 14 |
| 12 | Anais MORAND Antoine DORSAZ |
SUI | 48.50 | 30.94 | 17.56 | 4.60 | 4.20 | 4.35 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 0.00 | 5 |
| 13 | Stacey KEMP David KING |
GBR | 47.74 | 30.26 | 17.48 | 4.40 | 4.25 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 0.00 | 13 |
| 14 | Yue ZHANG Lei WANG |
CHN | 46.68 | 26.56 | 20.12 | 5.35 | 4.90 | 4.85 | 5.15 | 4.90 | 0.00 | 18 |
| 15 | Maylin HAUSCH Daniel WENDE |
GER | 46.58 | 28.98 | 17.60 | 4.50 | 4.20 | 4.45 | 4.50 | 4.35 | 0.00 | 11 |
| 16 | Maria SERGEJEVA Ilja GLEBOV |
EST | 46.14 | 26.98 | 19.16 | 4.95 | 4.55 | 4.75 | 4.95 | 4.75 | 0.00 | 16 |
| 17 | Vanessa JAMES Yannick BONHEUR |
FRA | 44.10 | 27.02 | 17.08 | 4.45 | 4.10 | 4.25 | 4.35 | 4.20 | 0.00 | 2 |
| 18 | Nicole DELLA MONICA Yannick KOCON |
ITA | 41.18 | 24.62 | 17.56 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 1.00 | 6 |
| 19 | Joanna SULEJ Mateusz CHRUSCINSKI |
POL | 40.88 | 24.40 | 16.48 | 4.20 | 3.95 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.05 | 0.00 | 12 |
| 20 | Jessica CRENSHAW Chad TSAGRIS |
GRE | 39.70 | 23.66 | 16.04 | 4.10 | 3.80 | 4.05 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 10 |
| 21 | Ekaterina SOKOLOVA Fedor SOKOLOV |
ISR | 39.62 | 23.06 | 16.56 | 4.30 | 3.95 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.05 | 0.00 | 8 |
| 22 | Amanda SUNYOTO-YANG Darryll SULINDRO-YANG |
TPE | 37.04 | 23.12 | 15.92 | 4.15 | 3.90 | 3.85 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 9 |
| 23 | Nina IVANOVA Filip ZALEVSKI |
BUL | 34.58 | 21.18 | 13.40 | 3.50 | 3.25 | 3.35 | 3.45 | 3.20 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 24 | Ksenia OZEROVA Alexander ENBERT |
RUS | 34.06 | 20.46 | 16.60 | 4.35 | 4.00 | 4.15 | 4.30 | 3.95 | 3.00 | 4 |
| 25 | Marina AGANINA Dmitri ZOBNIN |
UZB | 33.00 | 19.08 | 14.92 | 4.00 | 3.60 | 3.75 | 3.70 | 3.60 | 1.00 | 7 |