2009 French Open – Men's singles

2009 French Open SUI Roger Federer SWE Robin Söderling 6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 128 32 2009 French Open Roger Federer defeated Robin Söderling in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2009 French Open.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/07/roger-federer-wins-french-open Roger Federer wins at Roland Garros to enter pantheon of grand slam greats The Guardian 25 July 2025 It was his first French Open title and 14th major title overall, completing the career Grand Slam at 1981 8 8 2009 6 7 old, and equaling Pete Sampras's all-time record of men's singles major titles. It was Federer's fourth consecutive French Open final, having lost the previous three to Rafael Nadal. Söderling was the first Swedish major finalist since Thomas Johansson at the 2002 Australian Open.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8087015.stm Federer claims historic Paris win BBC Sport David Ornstein 7 June 2009 25 January 2016 Nadal was the four-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Söderling. It was Nadal's first defeat at the French Open, having won the title in all four previous appearances since debuting in 2005 and winning his first 31 matches. His loss guaranteed a first-time French Open champion. In the ten-year span from 2005 to 2014, this was the only edition of the French Open not won by Nadal. Söderling's victory is widely regarded as one of the biggest upsets in tennis history.https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/20-for-20-no-10-soderling-d-nadal-2009-french-open Steve Tignor Tennis.com 16 June 2016 20 for 20: No. 10, Soderling d. Nadal, 2009 French Openhttps://www.tennis.com/news/articles/what-does-soderling-s-once-epochal-upset-of-nadal-mean-10-years-later Steve Tignor Tennis.com 30 May 2019 What does Soderling's once-epochal upset of Nadal mean 10 years later?https://www.tennismajors.com/roland-garros-news/31st-may-2009-the-day-rafael-nadal-lost-at-roland-garros-for-the-first-time-260934.html Alexandre Sokolowski Tennis Majors 31 May 2024 May 31, 2009: The day Rafael Nadal lost at Roland-Garros for the first time Until the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, this was the last major where Novak Djokovic failed to reach the quarterfinals. He lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/may/30/french-open-novak-djokovic-third-round Novak Djokovic crumbles at Philipp Kohlschreiber's hands Steve Bierley The Guardian 30 May 2009https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/32498/10332299/wimbledon-2016-why-did-novak-djokovic-lose-to-sam-querrey Wimbledon 2016: Why did Novak Djokovic lose to Sam Querrey? Prenderville Paul 3 July 2016 Sky Sports 14 July 2025 This marked the final major appearance of 2004 champion and former world No. 5 Gastón Gaudio. He was defeated by Radek Štěpánek in the first round. Seeds 30em 1 1 ESP Rafael Nadal (fourth round) 2 8 SUI Roger Federer (champion) 3 3 GBR Andy Murray (quarterfinals) 4 6 SRB 2004 Novak Djokovic (third round) 5 5 ARG Juan Martín del Potro (semifinals) 6 7 USA Andy Roddick (fourth round) 7 4 FRA Gilles Simon (third round) 8 2 ESP Fernando Verdasco (fourth round) 9 5 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (fourth round) 10 2 RUS Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals) 11 7 FRA Gaël Monfils (quarterfinals) 12 4 CHI Fernando González (semifinals) 13 3 CRO Marin Čilić (fourth round) 14 1 ESP David Ferrer (third round) 15 8 USA James Blake (first round) 16 6 ESP Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals) 17 2 SUI Stan Wawrinka (third round) 18 3 CZE Radek Štěpánek (third round) 19 8 CZE Tomáš Berdych (first round) 20 4 RUS Marat Safin (second round) 21 5 RUS Dmitry Tursunov (first round) 22 6 USA Mardy Fish (first round) 23 1 SWE Robin Söderling (finals) 24 7 AUT Jürgen Melzer (third round) 25 5 RUS Igor Andreev (third round) 26 1 CRO Ivo Karlović (first round) 27 7 GER Rainer Schüttler (first round) 28 3 ESP Feliciano López (second round) 29 6 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber (fourth round) 30 4 ROU Victor Hănescu (fourth round) 31 2 ESP Nicolás Almagro (third round) 32 8 FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round) Qualifying draw 2009 French Open – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 23 SWE Robin Söderling 6 6 6     10 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 1 3 1     3 GBR Andy Murray 3 6 0 4   12 CHI Fernando González 6 3 6 6   5 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 6 6 6     16 ESP Tommy Robredo 3 4 2     11 FRA Gaël Monfils 66 2 4     2 SUI Roger Federer 78 6 6     23 SWE Robin Söderling 6 7 5 4 6 12 CHI Fernando González 3 5 7 6 4 5 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 6 62 6 1 4 2 SUI Roger Federer 3 77 2 6 6 23 SWE Robin Söderling 1 61 4     2 SUI Roger Federer 6 77 6     Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 ESP R Nadal 7 6 6 Q BRA M Daniel 5 4 3   RUS I Kunitsyn 78 65 3 1   RUS T Gabashvili 66 77 6 6   GER D Gremelmayr 3 3 2   KAZ A Golubev 6 6 6   AUS L Hewitt 61 64 77 6 6 26 CRO I Karlović 77 77 64 4 3 23 SWE R Söderling 77 77 6   USA K Kim 64 64 2   UZB D Istomin 6 62 6 77 Q COL S Giraldo 3 77 3 64 Q SRB 2004 I Bozoljac 64 6 5 4   GER N Kiefer 77 3 7 6   POR F Gil 2 4 4 14 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 6 1 ESP R Nadal 6 6 6   RUS T Gabashvili 1 4 2   KAZ A Golubev 4 3 1   AUS L Hewitt 6 6 6 23 SWE R Söderling 6 77 6   UZB D Istomin 4 64 4   GER N Kiefer 3 7 4 6 2 14 ESP D Ferrer 6 5 6 3 6 1 ESP R Nadal 6 6 6   AUS L Hewitt 1 3 1 23 SWE R Söderling 65 7 6 77 14 ESP D Ferrer 77 5 2 65 1 ESP R Nadal 2 77 4 62   23 SWE R Söderling 6 62 6 77   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 RUS N Davydenko 6 6 6 PR AUT S Koubek 2 1 4   ARG D Junqueira 3 7 6 6   CHI P Capdeville 6 5 1 3   CHI N Massú 6 6 1 2 6   AUT D Köllerer 3 4 6 6 3   FRA N Devilder 3 7 6 4 4 17 SUI S Wawrinka 6 5 2 6 6 31 ESP N Almagro 6 6 6   ARG A Calleri 4 1 3   LAT E Gulbis 77 6 3 6   USA S Querrey 61 1 6 1 Q CAN P Polansky 7 2 64 6 3   GER P Petzschner 5 6 77 4 6   FRA F Serra 2 1 4 8 ESP F Verdasco 6 6 6 10 RUS N Davydenko 4 6 6 6   ARG D Junqueira 6 3 0 2   CHI N Massú 1 1 2 17 SUI S Wawrinka 6 6 6 31 ESP N Almagro 64 77 6 6   LAT E Gulbis 77 65 3 2   GER P Petzschner 1 2 3 8 ESP F Verdasco 6 6 6 10 RUS N Davydenko 6 4 6 6 17 SUI S Wawrinka 3 6 3 2 31 ESP N Almagro 2 64 68 8 ESP F Verdasco 6 76 710 10 RUS N Davydenko 6 6 6 8 ESP F Verdasco 2 2 4 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 GBR A Murray 6 6 6 PR ARG JI Chela 2 2 1   GER M Zverev 77 5 0r   ITA P Starace 65 7 1   SRB 2004 J Tipsarević 3 77 77 6   ESP A Montañés 6 63 65 4 Q BRA F Ferreiro 77 6 64 5 2 28 ESP F López 63 4 77 7 6 18 CZE R Štěpánek 6 6 6 WC ARG G Gaudio 3 4 1   TPE Y-h Lu 2 0r   LL FRA M Montcourt 6 0     ISR D Sela 6 6 4 6 Q MON J-R Lisnard 4 3 6 3   CZE J Hernych 0 4 3 13 CRO M Čilić 6 6 6 3 GBR A Murray 6 2 7 6   ITA P Starace 3 6 5 4   SRB 2004 J Tipsarević 69 6 77 6 28 ESP F López 711 4 64 3 18 CZE R Štěpánek 6 4 6 6 LL FRA M Montcourt 4 6 4 4   ISR D Sela 0 3 1 13 CRO M Čilić 6 6 6 3 GBR A Murray 77 6 0   SRB 2004 J Tipsarević 63 3 0r 18 CZE R Štěpánek 1 64 3 13 CRO M Čilić 6 77 6 3 GBR A Murray 7 77 6 13 CRO M Čilić 5 64 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 12 CHI F González 6 6 6 Q CZE J Vaněk 3 2 3 Q POR R Machado 6 6 4 2 6   BEL K Vliegen 2 4 6 6 3   ESP M Granollers 5 6 6 62 1 WC FRA J Ouanna 7 2 3 77 6 WC FRA A Sidorenko 4 4 4 20 RUS M Safin 6 6 6 30 ROU V Hănescu 710 77 77   BEL S Darcis 68 65 63   RUS M Youzhny 77 6 6   LUX G Müller 62 1 4 Q GER D Brands 79 5 611 6 3   USA R Kendrick 67 7 713 4 6   USA W Odesnik 6 5 2 6 3 7 FRA G Simon 3 7 6 4 6 12 CHI F González 6 6 6 Q POR R Machado 3 2 3 WC FRA J Ouanna 77 77 4 3 10 20 RUS M Safin 62 64 6 6 8 30 ROU V Hănescu 7 7 7   RUS M Youzhny 5 5 5   USA R Kendrick 5 0 1 7 FRA G Simon 7 6 6 12 CHI F González 7 6 7 WC FRA J Ouanna 5 3 5 30 ROU V Hănescu 6 6 6 7 FRA G Simon 4 4 2 12 CHI F González 6 6 6 30 ROU V Hănescu 2 4 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 ARG JM del Potro 6 6 6   FRA M Llodra 3 3 1   SRB 2004 V Troicki 3 6 6 64 6 Q POL Ł Kubot 6 3 4 77 3   BRA T Bellucci 4 77 5r   ARG M Vassallo Argüello 6 64 5   Q ITA F Fognini 6 3 1 6 5 25 RUS I Andreev 1 6 6 3 7 21 RUS D Tursunov 3 6 4 1   FRA A Clément 6 3 6 6   FRA F Santoro 3 1 6 4 BEL C Rochus 6 6 3 6   CYP M Baghdatis 3 2 4   ARG J Mónaco 6 6 6   FRA J Benneteau 4 6 3 4 9 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 3 6 6 5 ARG JM del Potro 6 7 6   SRB 2004 V Troicki 3 5 0   ARG M Vassallo Argüello 6 5 7 3 4 25 RUS I Andreev 1 7 5 6 6   FRA A Clément 1 5 6 3 BEL C Rochus 6 7 4 6   ARG J Mónaco 5 6 1 68 9 FRA J-W Tsonga 7 2 6 710 5 ARG JM del Potro 6 7 6 25 RUS I Andreev 4 5 4 BEL C Rochus 2 2 2 9 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 6 6 5 ARG JM del Potro 6 65 6 6 9 FRA J-W Tsonga 1 77 1 4 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 16 ESP T Robredo 6 6 6 WC FRA A Mannarino 2 1 2   RUS E Korolev 4 0r     ESP D Gimeno Traver 6 0     ESP G García López 3 3 1   ITA A Seppi 6 6 6   ARG M González 6 1 6 77 22 USA M Fish 3 6 4 64 29 GER P Kohlschreiber 6 6 6 WC AUS B Tomic 1 2 2   ESP JC Ferrero 2 6 6 3 6   CRO I Ljubičić 6 4 4 6 3   ARG B Dabul 6 5 62 3 Q UKR S Stakhovsky 4 7 77 6   ECU N Lapentti 3 1r 4 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 6 3   16 ESP T Robredo 6 6 6   ESP D Gimeno Traver 4 4 3   ITA A Seppi 68 3 3   ARG M González 710 6 6 29 GER P Kohlschreiber 6 2 6 63 6   ESP JC Ferrero 4 6 4 77 3 Q UKR S Stakhovsky 3 4 1 4 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 6 6 6 16 ESP T Robredo 4 7 6 6   ARG M González 6 5 1 0 29 GER P Kohlschreiber 6 6 6 4 SRB 2004 N Djokovic 4 4 4 16 ESP T Robredo 6 5 77 6 29 GER P Kohlschreiber 4 7 64 2 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 USA A Roddick 6 6 6 WC FRA R Jouan 2 4 2   ESP Ó Hernández 3 64 3   CZE I Minář 6 77 6   ESP I Navarro 69 4 1   GER A Beck 711 6 6   FRA M Gicquel 6 6 6 27 GER R Schüttler 0 0 4 24 AUT J Melzer 6 77 6   ARG S Roitman 4 64 0 WC FRA G Rufin 6 6 6   ARG E Schwank 1 3 3 Q ROU V Crivoi 6 77 6 Q GER S Greul 1 61 2   USA B Reynolds 2 3 1 11 FRA G Monfils 6 6 6 6 USA A Roddick 6 6 77   CZE I Minář 2 2 62   GER A Beck 4 78 63 5   FRA M Gicquel 6 66 77 7 24 AUT J Melzer 6 7 6 WC FRA G Rufin 2 5 4 Q ROU V Crivoi 4 3 3 11 FRA G Monfils 6 6 6 6 USA A Roddick 6 6 6   FRA M Gicquel 1 4 4 24 AUT J Melzer 2 6 3 1 11 FRA G Monfils 6 4 6 6 6 USA A Roddick 4 2 3 11 FRA G Monfils 6 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 15 USA J Blake 66 5 2 Q ARG L Mayer 78 7 6 PR ROU A Pavel 1 4 4   GER T Haas 6 6 6 LL BRA T Alves 2 610 3   FRA J Chardy 6 712 6   ITA S Bolelli 6 6 5 4 6 19 CZE T Berdych 4 4 7 6 3 32 FRA P-H Mathieu 6 6 6 WC FRA L Recouderc 4 4 1   USA R Ginepri 4 67 63   ESP P Andújar 6 79 77   ARG J Acasuso 3 77 6 6 Q ESP S Ventura 6 65 0 3   ESP A Martín 4 3 2 2 SUI R Federer 6 6 6 Q ARG L Mayer 3 62 6 6 3   GER T Haas 6 77 3 4 6   FRA J Chardy 6 6 4 4 6   ITA S Bolelli 2 3 6 6 1 32 FRA P-H Mathieu 6 6 6   ESP P Andújar 2 3 4   ARG J Acasuso 68 7 62 2 2 SUI R Federer 710 5 77 6   GER T Haas 7 6 4 6   FRA J Chardy 5 3 6 4 32 FRA P-H Mathieu 6 1 4 4 2 SUI R Federer 4 6 6 6   GER T Haas 77 7 4 0 2 2 SUI R Federer 64 5 6 6 6 References External links Official Roland Garros 2009 Men's Singles Draw Main Draw 2009 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2009 Australian Open – Men's singles Grand Slam men's singles 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles Men's Singles Category:French Open by year – Men's singles French Open - Men's Singles