2009 Italian Open – Men's singles

2009 Italian Open ESP Rafael Nadal SRB Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–2), 6–2 2009 Italian Open (tennis) Rafael Nadal defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2009 Italian Open. He did not drop a set en route to his record fourth Italian Open title. Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. 30em ESP Rafael Nadal (champion) SUI Roger Federer (semifinals) SRB Novak Djokovic (final) GBR Andy Murray (second round) ARG Juan Martín del Potro (quarterfinals) ESP Fernando Verdasco (quarterfinals) RUS Nikolay Davydenko (second round) FRA Gilles Simon (third round) FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (first round) SUI Stanislas Wawrinka (third round) ESP David Ferrer (first round) CHI Fernando González (semifinals) ESP Tommy Robredo (third round) USA James Blake (first round) CRO Marin Čilić (third round) CZE Radek Štěpánek (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 ESP Rafael Nadal 6 6   6 ESP Fernando Verdasco 3 3   Q ARG Juan Mónaco 6 3 4 12 CHI Fernando González 2 6 6 5 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 3 4   3 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 6   Q GER Mischa Zverev 63 2   2 SUI Roger Federer 77 6   1 ESP Rafael Nadal 6 6   12 CHI Fernando González 3 3   3 SRB Novak Djokovic 4 6 6 2 SUI Roger Federer 6 3 3 1 ESP Rafael Nadal 77 6   3 SRB Novak Djokovic 62 2   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ITA A Seppi 3 6 6   USA S Querrey 6 4 3   SWE R Söderling 6 6     ESP M Granollers 3 0   Q ROU V Crivoi 7 6   14 USA J Blake 5 3   9 FRA J-W Tsonga 62 4     FRA R Gasquet 77 6     ESP N Almagro 6 65 2   LAT E Gulbis 3 77 6   USA M Fish 6 4 77   RUS I Andreev 3 6 62 1 ESP R Nadal 6 6     ITA A Seppi 2 3     SWE R Söderling 6 62 6 Q ROU V Crivoi 1 77 1   FRA R Gasquet 6 1 6   LAT E Gulbis 2 6 4   USA M Fish 4 7 3 6 ESP F Verdasco 6 5 6 1 ESP R Nadal 6 6     SWE R Söderling 1 0     FRA R Gasquet 5 4   6 ESP F Verdasco 7 6   1 ESP R Nadal 6 6   6 ESP F Verdasco 3 3   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   GER N Kiefer 2 3   Q ARG J Mónaco 6 6     ARG JI Chela 1 2     BEL C Rochus 6 6   WC ITA F Cipolla 2 2   15 CRO M Čilić 6 6   12 CHI F González 6 6     FRA J Chardy 4 1     SRB J Tipsarević 6 6     ARG J Acasuso 3 4     FRA J Benneteau 6 2 3   AUT J Melzer 3 6 6 4 GBR A Murray 6 3 5 Q ARG J Mónaco 1 6 7   BEL C Rochus 0 7 2 15 CRO M Čilić 6 5 6 12 CHI F González 6 6     SRB J Tipsarević 4 4     AUT J Melzer 7 77   7 RUS N Davydenko 5 65   Q ARG J Mónaco 6 6   15 CRO M Čilić 4 4   12 CHI F González 3 6 7   AUT J Melzer 6 3 5 Q ARG J Mónaco 6 3 4 12 CHI F González 2 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ROU V Hănescu 3 3     SRB V Troicki 6 6   Q ESP D Gimeno Traver 5 4   Q RUS M Youzhny 7 6     RUS I Kunitsyn 3 4   10 SUI S Wawrinka 6 6   13 ESP T Robredo 2 77 6   RUS M Safin 6 65 2   GER P Kohlschreiber 4 6 6   ITA S Bolelli 6 1 0 WC ITA P Starace 68 4     ESP A Montañés 710 6   5 ARG JM del Potro 6 1 6   SRB V Troicki 3 6 3 Q RUS M Youzhny 3 65   10 SUI S Wawrinka 6 77   13 ESP T Robredo 6 77     GER P Kohlschreiber 2 65     ESP A Montañés 65 0   3 SRB N Djokovic 77 6   5 ARG JM del Potro 6 65 6 10 SUI S Wawrinka 2 77 3 13 ESP T Robredo 1 1   3 SRB N Djokovic 6 6   5 ARG JM del Potro 3 4   3 SRB N Djokovic 6 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals WC ITA F Fognini 63 6 77 WC ITA F Volandri 77 1 64 Q GER M Zverev 4 6 7   CZE T Berdych 6 2 5   FRA P-H Mathieu 6 2 6 11 ESP D Ferrer 3 6 2 16 CZE R Štěpánek 77 4 7   FRA F Serra 61 6 5 Q BRA T Bellucci 4 2     ESP F López 6 6   Q CZE J Hernych 6 4 2   CRO I Karlović 4 6 6 8 FRA G Simon 68 6 6 WC ITA F Fognini 710 2 3 Q GER M Zverev 3 77 6   FRA P-H Mathieu 6 65 0 16 CZE R Štěpánek 6 6     ESP F López 2 1     CRO I Karlović 4 4   2 SUI R Federer 6 6   8 FRA G Simon 4 1   Q GER M Zverev 6 6   16 CZE R Štěpánek 4 1   2 SUI R Federer 6 6   Q GER M Zverev 63 2   2 SUI R Federer 77 6   Qualifying Seeds 30em # FRA Arnaud Clément (qualifying competition) ARG Juan Mónaco (qualified) GER Andreas Beck (qualifying competition) CZE Jan Hernych (qualified) RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili (qualifying competition) ESP Óscar Hernández (qualifying competition) ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (qualifying competition) ESP Guillermo García López (first round) RUS Mikhail Youzhny (qualified) BRA Thomaz Bellucci (qualified) ECU Nicolás Lapentti (first round) GER Mischa Zverev (qualified) ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver (qualified) CHI Nicolás Massú (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em # RUS Mikhail Youzhny ARG Juan Mónaco ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver CZE Jan Hernych ROU Victor Crivoi BRA Thomaz Bellucci GER Mischa Zverev Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 FRA Arnaud Clément 6 3 6 FRA Adrian Mannarino 3 6 1 WC ITA Gianluca Naso 4 3 9 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 6 6 1 FRA Arnaud Clément 3 3 9 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 6 6 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 ARG Juan Mónaco 3 6 7 GER Simon Greul 6 3 5   KAZ Evgeny Korolev 6 6 8 ESP Guillermo García López 3 3 2 ARG Juan Mónaco 6 6 KAZ Evgeny Korolev 3 4 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 GER Andreas Beck 6 62 6   ESP Alberto Martín 1 77 3   UZB Denis Istomin 5 64 13 ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver 7 77 3 GER Andreas Beck 6 3 65 13 ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver 1 6 77 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 CZE Jan Hernych 6 6 WC ITA Antonio Comporto 3 0 WC ITA Thomas Fabbiano 77 66 3 14 CHI Nicolás Massú 65 78 6 4 CZE Jan Hernych 6 6 14 CHI Nicolás Massú 3 0 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili 6 6 FRA Olivier Patience 3 2 ROU Victor Crivoi 6 6 11 ECU Nicolás Lapentti 3 4 5 RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili 5 4 ROU Victor Crivoi 7 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ESP Óscar Hernández 6 6   ESP Pere Riba 3 2 KAZ Andrey Golubev 4 4 10 BRA Thomaz Bellucci 6 6 6 ESP Óscar Hernández 6 5 3 10 BRA Thomaz Bellucci 2 7 6 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7/WC ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero 6 77 CHI Paul Capdeville 1 65   ESP Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 2 3 12 GER Mischa Zverev 6 6 7/WC ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero 79 4 5 12 GER Mischa Zverev 67 6 7 External links Main Draw Qualifying Draw Italian Open - Singles Men's Singles