2009 Dubai Tennis Championships

September 2020 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships 23–28 February (men)15 – 21 February (women) 17th (men) / 9th (women) ATP World Tour 500 (men)WTA Premier 5 event (woman) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Aviation Club Tennis Centre SRB Novak Djokovic USA Venus Williams RSA Rik de Voest / RUS Dmitry Tursunov ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber The 2009 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2009 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 15 to 21 February 2009, while the men's tournament took place from 23 to 28 February 2009. The men's draw was led by only 3 of the world's Top 10 men: ATP No. 3 Novak Djokovic, Doha, Rotterdam champion Andy Murray and ATP No. 8 Gilles Simon. Australian Open runner-up and four-time champion Roger Federer was scheduled to take part, however he was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a back injury. ATP No. 1, Rotterdam finalist, 2006 titlist & recent Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal was also due to compete but was also forced to withdraw from the event due to a knee injury sustained at the previous event in Rotterdam.https://nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1306733 Nadal follows Federer, pulls out of Dubai National Post Canada 19 February 2009 24 February 2009October 2025 medicmedic Defending champion Andy Roddick withdrew from the event due to the Shahar Pe'er incident and chose not to defend his title as a protest. Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco were also scheduled to play but withdrew due to injuries.http://in.reuters.com/article/worldOfSport/idINIndia-38139320090221 https://archive.today/20120712234854/http://in.reuters.com/article/worldOfSport/idINIndia-38139320090221 dead 12 July 2012 Roddick withdraws from Dubai championships Reuters India 21 February 2009 24 February 2009https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hoyrQNoP3cE1TfjMfftouGdhFcbwD96G31L80 Player withdrawals hit men's Dubai tennis event Associated Press 21 February 2009 24 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090224225955/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hoyrQNoP3cE1TfjMfftouGdhFcbwD96G31L80 24 February 2009 dead In the women's event, nine of the ten highest ranked players participated. The top four seeds were Serena Williams, the 2009 Australian Open champion, Dinara Safina, the 2009 Australian Open runner-up, Jelena Janković, a former world No. 1, and Elena Dementieva, the runner-up at the recent Open GDF SUEZ tournament in Paris. Also in the field were Vera Zvonareva, a 2009 Australian Open semifinalist and winner of the recent Pattaya Women's Open, Venus Williams, the reigning Wimbledon champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Ana Ivanovic. Shahar Pe'er controversy The tournament became embroiled in controversy when the Dubai government refused to grant a visa to Israeli player Shahar Pe'er, denying her the ability to take part in the 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships. The refusal to allow Pe'er to participate drew immense criticism from top seed players. WTA chief executive Larry Scott said the women's tour was "deeply disappointed" by the decision. "Ms. Pe'er has earned the right to play in the tournament and it's regrettable that the UAE is denying her this right", he said. "Ms. Peer and her family are obviously extremely upset and disappointed by the decision of the UAE and its impact on her personally and professionally." Scott said the WTA would "review appropriate future actions with regard to the future of the Dubai tournament".Israeli Peer refused Dubai visa BBS Sport BBC 15 February 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7891164.stm 16 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090215214852/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7891164.stm 15 February 2009 live In reaction to the move, the Tennis Channel decided not to televise the event,https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=3912927&type=story ESPN.com - Tennis Channel cancels Dubai coverage www.espn.comSandomir, Richard. "Tennis Channel Won’t Televise Dubai Event in Protest." The New York Times. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009. and The Wall Street Journal dropped its sponsorship.Ovide, Shira. "Journal Drops Dubai Tennis Sponsorship." The Wall Street Journal. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009. Archived 21 June 2009. In response to the move by the UAE, the Dubai Tennis Championship was fined a record US$300,000. Pe'er was awarded US$44,250, an amount equal to the average prize money she earned per tournament in 2008.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7902965.stm BBC News Dubai given record fine over Peer 20 February 2009 23 April 2010 A number of highly ranked tennis players, including 2008 winner Andy Roddick, pulled out of the men's ATP tournament in Dubai in protest. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal also pulled out of the tournament, although they both cited injury as their reason for withdrawal, not the incident involving Pe'er. The WTA Tour Board also demanded that Dubai organizers confirm that qualifying Israeli players will get visas at least eight weeks in advance for the 2010 event. June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Finals Men's singles 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles SRB Novak Djokovic defeated ESP David Ferrer 7–5, 6–3 It was Djokovic's first title of the year and 12th of his career. Women's singles 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles USA Venus Williams defeated FRA Virginie Razzano 6–4, 6–2 It was Venus' first title of the year and 40th of her career. Men's doubles 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles RSA Rik de Voest / RUS Dmitry Tursunov defeated CZE Martin Damm / SWE Robert Lindstedt 4–6, 6–3, [10–5] Women's doubles 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber defeated RUS Maria Kirilenko / POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–3 WTA entrants Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Serena Williams USA United States 1 1 Dinara Safina RUS Russia 2 2 Jelena Janković SRB Serbia 3 3 Elena Dementieva RUS Russia 4 4 Vera Zvonareva RUS Russia 5 5 Venus Williams USA United States 6 6 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS Russia 7 7 Ana Ivanovic SRB Serbia 8 8 Agnieszka Radwańska POL Poland 10 9 Alizé Cornet FRA France 11 10 Marion Bartoli FRA France 13 11 Dominika Cibulková SVK Slovakia 18 12 Zheng Jie CHN China 20 13 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP Spain 21 14 Anna Chakvetadze RUS Russia 23 15 Kaia Kanepi EST Estonia 24 16 Rankings as of 16 February 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: IND Sania Mirza RUS Vera Dushevina SUI Stefanie Vögele The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: RUS Anastasia Rodionova POL Urszula Radwańska RUS Anna Lapushchenkova GER Julia Schruff RUS Elena Vesnina UKR Viktoriya Kutuzova AUT Tamira Paszek CHN Yan Zi The following players received the lucky loser spots: JPN Ayumi Morita SLO Andreja Klepač FRA Camille Pin ATP entrants Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Novak Djokovic SRB Serbia 3 1 Andy Murray GBR Great Britain 4 2 Gilles Simon FRA France 8 3 David Ferrer ESP Spain 14 4 Marin Čilić CRO Croatia 19 5 Igor Andreev RUS Russia 24 6 Ivo Karlović CRO Croatia 29 7 Marat Safin RUS Russia 25 8 Rankings as of 23 February 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: RUS Marat Safin ITA Andreas Seppi KUW Mohammed Ghareeb The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: ITA Flavio Cipolla FRA Laurent Recouderc SUI Marco Chiudinelli SUI Michael Lammer The following player received the lucky loser spot: RSA Rik de Voest References 30em External links Official website ATP tournament profile 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai Tennis Championships Category:2009 in Emirati tennis Category:2000s in Dubai Category:February 2009 sports events in Asia