2009 International German Open

The 2009 International German Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 103rd edition of the event known that year as the International German Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany, from 20 July through 26 July 2009.[4]

2009 International German Open
Date20–26 July
Edition103rd
CategoryATP World Tour 500
Draw48S / 16D
Prize money€1,000,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationHamburg, Germany
Champions
Singles
Russia Nikolay Davydenko[1]
Doubles
Sweden Simon Aspelin / Australia Paul Hanley[2]
← 2008 · International German Open · 2010 →
ATP World Tour No. 2 Rafael Nadal did not defend his 2008 Hamburg title[3]
ATP World Tour No. 7 Gilles Simon headlined the singles field in Hamburg

ATP entrants edit

Seeds edit

Player Nation Ranking* Seeding
Gilles Simon   FRA 7 1
Nikolay Davydenko   RUS 11 2
Robin Söderling   SWE 12 3
Tommy Robredo   ESP 16 4
Stanislas Wawrinka    SUI 19 5
David Ferrer   ESP 23 6
Igor Andreev   RUS 25 7
Philipp Kohlschreiber   GER 26 8
Jürgen Melzer   AUT 28 9
Viktor Troicki   SRB 29 10
Victor Hănescu   ROU 33 11
José Acasuso   ARG 37 12
Paul-Henri Mathieu   FRA 39 13
Nicolás Almagro   ESP 41 14
Jérémy Chardy   FRA 43 15
Mischa Zverev   GER 45 16

*Seedings based on 13 July 2009 rankings.

Other entrants edit

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals edit

Singles edit

  Nikolay Davydenko defeated   Paul-Henri Mathieu, 6–4, 6–2

  • It was Davydenko's first title of the year, and his 15th overall.

Doubles edit

  Simon Aspelin /   Paul Hanley defeated   Marcelo Melo /   Filip Polášek, 6–3, 6–3

References edit

  1. ^ "2009 Hamburg – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ "2009 Hamburg – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ^ "Nadal to return at Montreal event". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  4. ^ "International German Open". atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.

External links edit