2009 LA Tennis Open

January 2025 2009 LA Tennis Open July 27 – August 2 83rd World Tour 250 series $550,000 28S / 16D Hard / outdoor Los Angeles, United States Los Angeles Tennis Center USA Sam Querrey2009 Los Angeles – Singles draw http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/los-angeles/423/2009/draws?matchType=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan2009 Los Angeles – Doubles draw http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/los-angeles/423/2009/draws?matchType=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Countrywide Classic Farmers Classic Los Angeles Open (tennis) Los Angeles Open 222px|thumb|Wimbledon Semifinalist Tommy Haas headlined in Los Angeles. 222px|thumb|Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras kicked off the tournament with an exhibition match against Marat Safin. The 2009 LA Tennis Open (also known as the LA Tennis Open presented by Farmers Insurance Group for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 83rd edition of the event known that year as the LA Tennis Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, United States, from July 27 through August 2, 2009. The LA Tennis Open was the second ATP stop of the 2009 US Open Series.atpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals Tournaments – LA Tennis Open http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Los-Angeles.aspx 2009-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090624170456/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Los-Angeles.aspx 2009-06-24 dead usopenseries.com United States Tennis Association Tournaments http://www.usopenseries.com/Tournaments/Default.aspx 2009-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090720194302/http://www.usopenseries.com/Tournaments/Default.aspx 2009-07-20 live In addition to the singles and doubles events, a Legends Invitational Singles competition was held, featuring Michael Chang, Stefan Edberg and Jim Courier, winner of the competition at the 2008 Countrywide Classic. The LA Tennis Open kicked off with the "Millennium Challenge" featuring Pete Sampras returning to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to play Marat Safin in a rematch of their 2000 US Open final, won by the Russian 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.John Parsons The Daily Telegraph US Open: Sampras tips Safin for long stay at the top https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/usopen/4771195/US-Open-Sampras-tips-Safin-for-long-stay-at-the-top.html 2000-09-12 2009-07-23 Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Sampras, who held the World No. 1 ranking for a record 286 weeks, was recognized as the 2009 LA Tennis Open Tournament Honoree.latennisopen.com United States Tennis Association Sampras Returns to UCLA for US Open Final Rematch http://www.latennisopen.com/TournamentInfo/~/link.aspx?_id=418AA9BB174B4B6BA70D42214FEB3F20&_z=z 2009-05-13 2009-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090802195952/http://www.latennisopen.com/TournamentInfo/~/link.aspx?_id=418AA9BB174B4B6BA70D42214FEB3F20&_z=z 2009-08-02 usurped ATP entrants Seeds Player Nation Ranking* Seeding Tommy Haas GER 20 1 Mardy Fish USA 22 2 Dmitry Tursunov RUS 27 3 Dudi Sela ISR 29 4 Igor Kunitsyn RUS 36 5 Sam Querrey USA 37 6 Benjamin Becker GER 45 7 Marat Safin RUS 54 8 *Seedings based on the July 20, 2009 rankings. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw USA Taylor Dent USA Jesse Levine AUS Chris Guccione The following players received special exemptions into the singles main draw USA Robby Ginepri CAN Frank Dancevic The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: FRA Josselin Ouanna AUS Carsten Ball USA Ryan Sweeting IND Somdev Devvarman Finals thumb|Sam Querrey, singles champion Singles 2009 LA Tennis Open – Singles USA Sam Querrey defeated AUS Carsten Ball, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 It was Querrey's first title of the year and second of his career.Blair Angulo, Querrey leaves no doubt in winning L.A. Tennis Open, Los Angeles Daily News, August 3, 2009. Accessed 2009-08-04. Archived 2009-08-06. Doubles 2009 LA Tennis Open – Doubles USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated GER Benjamin Becker / GER Frank Moser, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) References External links ITF tournament edition details Category:2009 US Open Series LA Tennis Open Category:2009 in American tennis Category:July 2009 sports events in the United States Category:August 2009 sports events in the United States