2009 in tennis

2009 in tennis

Changes

News

ITF

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

References

External links

Changes

News

Exhibition Tournaments

References

External links

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Grand Slam events

Davis Cup

Fed Cup

Final

Hopman Cup

ATP Masters 1000

World Team Cup

Blue Group

Red Group

Serbia vs. Germany

Changes in No. 1 rank

WTA Tour Championships

Tournament of Champions

WTA Premier Tournaments

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Final

Blue Group

Red Group

Serbia vs. Germany

Final

Final

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2009. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

The structure of both the WTA and ATP tours has been changed for 2009. On the men's side, Masters Series events have been replaced by Masters 1000 tournaments, while the International Series Gold and International Series tournaments are now 500 Series and 250 Series events respectively. The season-ending ATP World Tour Finals remains unchanged.

On the women's tour, the tiered system which has existed since 1988 has been scrapped in favour of a structure closer to the men's circuit. Tier I and Tier II have been merged into the WTA Premier Tournaments. The Tier III and Tier IV have also been merged into International Tournaments. The WTA Tour Championships remain on the schedule but the WTA have also initiated a second season-ending tournament, the Commonwealth Bank Tour of Champions for eight players who did not qualify for the Tour Championships (usually below the top eight in the rankings).

See: 2009 ATP World Tour, 2009 WTA Tour

1 January: The season begins a few days earlier than usual with the newly formed Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. The draw features Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, James Blake, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick.
4 January: The first official event of the season, the new Brisbane International joint event commences in Australia.
5 January: Two male events begin in Chennai and Doha, while a women's tournament in Auckland also starts.

1 February: Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer in five sets to win the Australian Open.^[1]

Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray win the BNP Paribas Open and the Sony Ericsson Open respectively

Rafael Nadal wins the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia

17 May: Roger Federer overturns a 5 match losing streak to Rafael Nadal by defeating him in straight sets to win the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open which ended his title drought

7 June: Roger Federer ties Pete Sampras's all-time record with the most grand slam singles titles (14) by defeating Robin Söderling in the final to win his first Roland Garros title

5 July: Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick 5–7, 7-6(8), 7-6(5), 3–6, 16–14 to win his 6th Wimbledon title and record 15th Grand Slam singles title

13 August: The top 8 seeds ( Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Juan Martín del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Nikolay Davydenko) advance to the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup, making it the first time in tennis history that the top 8 players in the ATP ranking system made it to the quarterfinals of the same tournament. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga turned around a 1–5 deficit in the third set of the quarterfinals against Roger Federer to win the match before losing to eventual champion Andy Murray
23 August: Roger Federer wins his sixth ATP World Tour 1000 title defeating Novak Djokovic at the Cincinnati Masters.

14 September: Juan Martín del Potro turns around a 1 set to 2 deficit to upset top ranked defending champion Roger Federer to win the US Open

29 November: Nikolay Davydenko defeats all three 2009 Grand Slam Champions en route to winning the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.^[2]

Australian Open (19 January – 1 February)
- Men's singles: Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer
- Women's singles: Serena Williams def. Dinara Safina
- Men's doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles
- Women's doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama
- Mixed doubles: Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi def. Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram
French Open (24 May – 7 June)
- Men's singles: Roger Federer def. Robin Söderling
- Women's singles: Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Dinara Safina
- Men's doubles: Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes def. Wesley Moodie / Dick Norman
- Women's doubles: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual def. Victoria Azarenka / Elena Vesnina
- Mixed doubles: Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan def. Vania King / Marcelo Melo
Wimbledon Championships (22 June – 5 July)
- Men's singles: Roger Federer def. Andy Roddick
- Women's singles: Serena Williams def. Venus Williams
- Men's doubles: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
- Women's doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs
- Mixed doubles: Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Mark Knowles def. Cara Black / Leander Paes
US Open (31 August – 13 September)
- Men's singles: Juan Martín del Potro def. Roger Federer
- Women's singles: Kim Clijsters def. Caroline Wozniacki
- Men's doubles: Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes def. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles
- Women's doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Cara Black / Liezel Huber
- Mixed doubles: Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott def. Cara Black / Leander Paes

World Group Draw

S-Seeded
U-Unseeded
* Choice of ground


First round 6–8 March			Quarterfinals 10–12 July			Semifinals 18–20 September			Final 4–6 December

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

1	Argentina	5
			Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
	Netherlands	0
			1	Argentina	2
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
				Czech Republic	3
8	France	2
						Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
	Czech Republic	3
							Czech Republic	4
Birmingham, Alabama, USA (indoor hard)
						5	Croatia	1
4	United States	4
			Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
	Switzerland	1
			4	United States	2
Poreč, Croatia (indoor hard)
			5	Croatia	3
5	Croatia	5
									Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay)
	Chile	0
										Czech Republic	0
Malmö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
									2	Spain	5
	Israel	3
			Tel Aviv, Israel (indoor hard)
6	Sweden	2
				Israel	4
Sibiu, Romania (indoor carpet)
			3	Russia	1
	Romania	1
						Torre-Pacheco, Spain (clay)
3	Russia	4
							Israel	1
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (indoor hard)
						2	Spain	4
	Austria	2
			Marbella, Spain (clay)
7	Germany	3
			7	Germany	2
Benidorm, Spain (clay)
			2	Spain	3
	Serbia	1

2	Spain	4

World Group play-offs

Venue (surface)	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
Rancagua, Chile (clay)	Chile	3–2	Austria (5)
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor clay)	Belgium (6)	3–2	Ukraine
Porto Alegre, Brazil (indoor clay)	Ecuador	3–2	Brazil (8)
Maastricht, Netherlands (indoor clay)	France (2)	4–1	Netherlands
Johannesburg, South Africa (indoor hard)	India (7)	4–1	South Africa
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)	Serbia (3)	5–0	Uzbekistan
Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard)	Sweden (1)	3–2	Romania
Genoa, Italy (clay)	Switzerland (4)	3–2	Italy

World Group Draw

S-Seeded
U-Unseeded
* Choice of ground


Quarterfinals 7–8 February			Semifinals 25–26 April			Final 7–8 November

Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)

1	Russia	5
			Castellaneta, Italy (clay)
	China	0
			1	Russia	1
Orléans, France (indoor hard)
			4	Italy	4
4	Italy	5
						Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)
	France	0
						4	Italy	4
Surprise, Arizona, USA (hard)
						3	United States	0
	Argentina	2
			Brno, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
3	United States	3
			3	United States	3
Brno, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
				Czech Republic	2
	Czech Republic	4

2	Spain	1

Italy
4

Circolo del Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy
7–8 November 2009
clay (outdoors)

United States
0

		1	2	3
1	Flavia Pennetta Alexa Glatch	6 3	6 1
2	Francesca Schiavone Melanie Oudin	7⁷ 6²	6 2
3	Flavia Pennetta Melanie Oudin	7 5	6 2
4	Francesca Schiavone Alexa Glatch				not played
5	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci Liezel Huber / Vania King	4 6	6 3	11 9

World Group play-offs

Date: 25–26 April

Venue (surface)	Winning team	Score	Losing team
Lleida, Spain (clay)	Serbia	4–0	Spain (1)
Limoges, France (indoor clay)	France (2)	3–2	Slovakia
Frankfurt, Germany (clay)	Germany	3–2	China (3)
Mar del Plata, Argentina (clay)	Ukraine	5–0	Argentina (4)

Group A
Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	Slovakia	3	0	8–1	12–3
2	Germany	2	1	4–5	10–10
3	United States	1	2	3–6	9–14
4	Australia	0	3	3–6	8–12

Group B
Pos.	Country	W	L	Matches	Sets
1	Russia	3	0	6–3	14–7
2	Italy	2	1	6–3	12–7
3	France	1	2	5–4	10–8
4	Chinese Taipei	0	3	1–8	3–17

Slovakia
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
9 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8)
hard (indoors)

Russia
0

		1	2	3
1	Dominika Cibulková Dinara Safina	6⁴ 7⁷	6 1	6 4
2	Dominik Hrbatý Marat Safin	6⁵ 7⁷	7 5	7⁷ 6⁴
3	Dominika Cibulková / Dominik Hrbatý Dinara Safina / Marat Safin				not played

2009 Hopman Cup Champions
Slovakia Third title

London, United Kingdom (22 November – 29 November)
- Singles Qualifiers: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Juan Martín del Potro, ~~Andy Roddick~~, Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Verdasco, Robin Söderling
- Doubles Qualifiers: Nestor / Zimonjić, Bryan / Bryan, Dlouhý / Paes, Bhupathi / Knowles, Kubot / Marach, Čermák / Mertiňák, Mirnyi / Ram, Fyrstenberg / Matkowski
  - Singles Final: Nikolay Davydenko def. Juan Martín del Potro
  - Doubles Final: Bryan / Bryan def. Mirnyi / Ram

Tournament	Singles Winner	Runner-up	Score	Doubles Winners	Runners-up	Score
Indian Wells	Rafael Nadal	Andy Murray	6–1, 6–2	Fish Roddick	Mirnyi Ram	3–6, 6–1, 14–12
Miami	Andy Murray	Novak Djokovic	6–2, 7–5	Mirnyi Ram	Fisher Huss	6–7(4), 6–2, 10–7
Monte Carlo	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 2–6, 6–1	Nestor Zimonjić	Bryan Bryan	6–4, 6–1
Rome	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	7–6², 6–2	Nestor Zimonjić	Bryan Bryan	7–6(5), 6–3
Madrid	Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 6–4	Nestor Zimonjić	Aspelin Moodie	6–4, 6–4
Montreal	Andy Murray	Juan Martín del Potro	6–7⁴, 7–6³, 6–1	Bhupathi Knowles	Mirnyi Ram	6–4, 6–3
Cincinnati	Roger Federer	Novak Djokovic	6–1, 7–5	Nestor Zimonjić	Bryan Bryan	3–6, 7–6(2), 15–13
Shanghai	Nikolay Davydenko	Rafael Nadal	7–6³, 6–3	Benneteau Tsonga	Fyrstenberg Matkowski	6–2, 6–4
Paris	Novak Djokovic	Gaël Monfils	6–2, 5–7, 7–6³	Nestor Zimonjić	Granollers Robredo	6–3, 6–4

Pos.	Country	Points	Matches	Sets
1.	Serbia	3–0	7–2	14–5
2.	Argentina	2–1	7–2	13–5
3.	Italy	1–2	3–6	6–13
4.	Russia	0–3	1–8	4–14

Pos.	Country	Points	Matches	Sets
1.	Germany	3–0	7–2	15–8
2.	Sweden	2–1	5–4	13–10
3.	United States	1–2	4–5	11–13
4.	France	0–3	2–7	8–16

Serbia
2

Düsseldorf, Germany
23 May 2009
clay

Germany
1

		1	2	3
1	Viktor Troicki Rainer Schüttler	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵
2	Janko Tipsarević Philipp Kohlschreiber	6 2	6 4
3	Nenad Zimonjić / Viktor Troicki Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev	5 7	6 4	7 10

See: 2009 WTA Tour

1 January – 1 February: Jelena Janković

2 February – 19 April: Serena Williams

20 April – 11 October: Dinara Safina

12 October – 25 October:

Serena Williams

26 October – 1 November:

Dinara Safina

2 November – 31 December:

Serena Williams

Doha, Qatar (27 October – 1 November)

Singles Finals

Semifinals					Final

8	Jelena Janković	7	3	4

7	Venus Williams	5	6	6
					7	Venus Williams	2	6⁴

					2	Serena Williams	6	7
4	Caroline Wozniacki	4	1^r

2	Serena Williams	6	0

Singles Round Robin Players: Safina, Dementieva, Kuznetsova, Azarenka
Singles Alternates: Zvonareva, Radwańska

Doubles Final

Doubles Semifinalists: Stosur/ Stubbs, S Williams/ V Williams

Bali, Indonesia (4 November – 8 November)
- Final: Aravane Rezaï def. Marion Bartoli, 7–5, retired

Tournament	Singles Winner	Runner-up	Score	Doubles Winners	Runners-up	Score
Sydney	E Dementieva	D Safina	6–3, 2–6, 6–1	Hsieh Peng	Dechy Dellacqua	6–0, 6–1
Paris	A Mauresmo	E Dementieva	7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4	Black Huber	Peschke Raymond	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Dubai	V Williams	V Razzano	6–4, 6–2	Black Huber	Kirilenko Radwańska	6–3, 6–3
Indian Wells	V Zvonareva	A Ivanovic	7–6(5), 6–2	Azarenka Zvonareva	Dulko Pe'er	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Miami	V Azarenka	S Williams	6–3, 6–1	Kuznetsova Mauresmo	Peschke Raymond	4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Charleston	S Lisicki	C Wozniacki	6–2, 6–4	Mattek-Sands Petrova	Dekmeijere Schnyder	6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9]
Stuttgart	S Kuznetsova	D Safina	6–2, 6–4	Mattek-Sands Petrova	Dulko Pennetta	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Rome	D Safina	S Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–2	Hsieh Peng	Hantuchová Sugiyama	7–5, 7–6(5)
Madrid	D Safina	C Wozniacki	6–2, 6–4	Black Huber	Peschke Raymond	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Warsaw	A Dulgheru	A Bondarenko	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0	Kops-Jones Mattek-Sands	Yan Zheng	6–1, 6–1
Eastbourne	C Wozniacki	V Razzano	7–6(5), 7–5	Amanmuradova Sugiyama	Stosur Stubbs	6–4, 6–3
Stanford	M Bartoli	V Williams	6–2, 5–7, 6–4	S Williams V Williams	Chan Niculescu	6–4, 6–1
Los Angeles	F Pennetta	S Stosur	6–4, 6–3	Chuang Yan	Kirilenko Radwańska	6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Cincinnati	J Janković	D Safina	6–4, 6–2	Black Huber	Llagostera Vives Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 0–6, [10–2]
Toronto	E Dementieva	M Sharapova	6–4, 6–3	Llagostera Vives Martínez Sánchez	Stosur Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
New Haven	C Wozniacki	E Vesnina	6–2, 6–4	Llagostera Vives Martínez Sánchez	Benešová Hradecká	6–2, 7–5
Tokyo	M Sharapova	J Janković	5–2 ret.	Kleybanova Schiavone	Hantuchová Sugiyama	6–4, 6–2
Beijing	S Kuznetsova	A Radwańska	6–2, 6–4	Hsieh Peng	Kudryavtseva Makarova	6–3, 6–1
Moscow	F Schiavone	O Govortsova	6–3, 6–0	Kirilenko Petrova	Kondratieva Zakopalová	6–2, 6–2

Class of 2008:
- Andrés Gimeno, player
- Monica Seles, player
- Donald Dell, contributor
- Robert Walter Johnson, contributor

^ Bierley, Steve (1 February 2009). "Nadal wins battle for place in history by edging past Federer in Melbourne". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Nikolay Davydenko beats Juan-Martin dal Potro to become ATP World Tour Finals champion". The Guardian. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[1] Bierley, Steve (1 February 2009). "Nadal wins battle for place in history by edging past Federer in Melbourne". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[2] "Nikolay Davydenko beats Juan-Martin dal Potro to become ATP World Tour Finals champion". The Guardian. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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Cara Black
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Nuria Llagostera Vives
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