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2009 Chennai Open 5–10 January 14th 250 series $398,250 32S / 16D Hard / outdoors Chennai, India SDAT Tennis Stadium CRO Marin Čilić USA Eric Butorac / USA Rajeev Ram
thumb|200px|Singles 2008 Chennai Open champion Mikhail Youzhny chose to compete in Doha
The 2009 Chennai Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Chennai Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, from 5 through 10 January 2009.
The singles line up was led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 5, Tennis Masters Cup runner-up, Miami Masters, Pörtschach and Warsaw champion Nikolay Davydenko, Rome Masters finalist and Beijing Olympics doubles gold medalist Stanislas Wawrinka, and Costa do Sauípe and Bucharest runner-up, 2004 and 2005 Chennai champion Carlos Moyá.chennaiopen.org Chennai Open 2009 Players http://chennaiopen.org/players 27 November 2008 2008-11-27
Finals
Singles
2009 Chennai Open – Singles
CRO Marin Čilić defeated IND Somdev Devvarman, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
It was Čilić's first singles title of the year and 2nd of his career.
Doubles
2009 Chennai Open – Doubles
USA Eric Butorac / USA Rajeev Ram defeated SUI Jean-Claude Scherrer / SUI Stanislas Wawrinka, 6–3, 6–4
Review
Day one
Marin Čilić, Simon Greul and Björn Phau were the early winners in the singles event. The no. 3 seed Čilić overcame Alberto Martín from Spain 6–4, 6–4. The German player Greul had a comfortable 6–3, 6–4 victory over Daniel Gimeno Traver while compatriot Phau beat Santiago Ventura 6–2, 7–5.http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1640.asp Čilić makes smooth progress atpworldtour.com 5 January 2009 5 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090218143857/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1640.asp 18 February 2009 dead Greul will now play another German, the no. 5 seed Rainer Schüttler, who took three sets to emerge victorious against home-favourite Prakash Amritraj 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/11226162 Čilić, Schüttler advance in Chennai Open CBS Sports 5 January 2009 7 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090115183800/http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/11226162 15 January 2009 live In the other completed matches, seeded player Marcel Granollers (8) reached the second round without too much difficulty, beating Hyung Taik-Lee of South Korea 6–4, 7–5. The only non-Indian wildcard Lukáš Dlouhý recorded a 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 win against Go Soeda from Japan and Israel's top player Dudi Sela overcame Spaniard Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 4–6, 7–6(3), 6–1.
The men's doubles also started on the first day.http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1647.asp Nadal-Lopez reach quarterfinals atpworldtour.com 5 January 2009 5 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090218110304/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1647.asp 18 February 2009 dead The only seeds in action, American Scott Lipsky and David Martin of Sweden progressed to the second round with a 7–6(9), 6–3 victory over home player Rohan Bopanna and Italian Flavio Cipolla. American duo Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram advanced 6–1, 6–2 against home wildcards Yuki Bhambri and Harsh Mankad. Oliver Marach of Austria and Serbian Janko Tipsarević beat Spaniards Carlos Moyá and Pablo Andújar 3–6, 6–3, [10-4] (champions tiebreak) to set up a match with Lipsky and Martin in round two.
Seeded players out (singles): None
Seeded players out (doubles): None
Day two
In the remaining first round matches, world #5 and top seed, Russian Nikolay Davydenko, eased to a 6–2, 6–3 victory over Austrian Daniel Köllerer in his first match.http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12110_4755675,00.html Davydenko through in Chennai Sky Sports 6 January 2009 8 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090112061711/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12110_4755675%2C00.html 12 January 2009 live He was joined by #4 seed Ivo Karlović of Croatia (defeated American Rajeev Ram 6–0, 6–3), #6 Carlos Moyá of Spain (triumphed against Danai Udomchoke 6–3, 7–6(4)), and #7 Janko Tipsarević of Serbia, comfortably advancing with a 6–2, 6–3 victory over Spaniard Pablo Andújar.#2 seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland wasn't as fortunate, falling to Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla 6–4, 6–1. The winners were also joined by Uzbek Denis Istomin who will play Čilić following a 6–4, 7–6 triumph against home player Rohan Bopanna; German Andreas Beck who will play Marcel Granollers after thrashing Roko Karanušić 6–0, 6–1 and Czech Ivo Minář, who beat Wayne Odesnik of America 6–0, 6–3 and proceeded to face Karlović in round two.http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1659.asp Davydenko starts well in Chennai atpworldtour.com 6 January 2009 6 January 2009
On the doubles side, #3 seeds Rogier Wassen & Lovro Zovko won their first match, beating Alberto Martín & Dudi Sela 6–3, 6–1. They will next face Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram in the quarter-finals. In an all-Spanish match between Daniel Gimeno Traver / Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and Marcel Granollers / Santiago Ventura, the latter pair comfortably won 6–4, 6–2.
Seeded players out (singles): [2] Stanislas Wawrinka
Seeded players out (doubles): None
Day three
Because of rain, no matches were played.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/07/AR2009010701015.html Injured Davydenko to miss Australian Open The Washington Post 7 January 2009 7 January 2009 June 2021 medicmedichttp://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1674.asp Rain washes out day three in Chennai atpworldtour.com 7 January 2009 7 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090218143928/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1674.asp 18 February 2009 dead However, Lukáš Dlouhý advanced when top seed Nikolay Davydenko was forced to withdraw because of a heel inflammation, which will also keep him out of the Australian Open.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7815843.stm Davydenko out of Australian Open BBC Sport 7 January 2009 8 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090113201028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7815843.stm 13 January 2009 live
Seeded players out (singles): [1] Nikolay Davydenko (withdrew)
Seeded players out (doubles): None
Day four
http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/EN/NEWS/NEWSARTICLE_1685.ASP Wild card upsets former Chennai champion atpworldtour.com 8 January 2009 8 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090117195424/http://atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1685.asp 17 January 2009 deadhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/wires/01/08/3000.ap.ten.chennai.2nd.ld.writehtru.0572/ Devvarman stuns 6th-seeded Moyá at Chennai Open sportsillustrated.cnn.com 8 January 2009 8 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090218161728/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/wires/01/08/3000.ap.ten.chennai.2nd.ld.writehtru.0572/ 18 February 2009 dead
Seeded players out (singles): [6] Carlos Moyá
Seeded players out (doubles): [3] Rogier Wassen /Lovro Zovko
Day five
Seeded players out (singles): [4] Ivo Karlović, [7] Janko Tipsarević
Seeded players out (doubles): [1] Mahesh Bhupathi /Mark Knowles
Day six
Seeded players out (singles): [8] Marcel Granollers, [5] Rainer Schüttler (withdrew)
Seeded players out (doubles): [4] Scott Lipsky /David Martin
Day seven
Marin Čilić won his 2nd career title by defeating Devvarman in straight sets.
References
External links
Official website
Chennai Open
2009
Category:2009 in Indian tennis
Category:January 2009 sports events in India