2009 Italian Open (tennis)

2009 Italian Open 25 April – 4 May (men)3–9 May (women) 66th Clay / outdoor Rome, Italy Foro Italico ESP Rafael Nadal2009 Rome – Men's singles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/rome/416/2009/draws?matchtype=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) RUS Dinara Safina CAN Daniel Nestor / SRB Nenad Zimonjić2009 Rome – Men's doubles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/rome/416/2009/draws?matchtype=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) TPE Hsieh Su-wei / CHN Peng Shuai Italian Open (tennis) Italian Open thumb|222px|alt=List of ATP number 1 ranked players|World No. 2 Rafael Nadal won his fourth singles title in Rome in five yearsthumb|222px|Women's singles champion and WTA No.1 Dinara Safina The 2009 Italian Openhttps://www.eurosport.com/tennis/safina-takes-italian-open_sto1934109/story.shtml Safina clinches Italian Open title 9 May 2009 20 April 2018 Eurosport Reutershttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8042029.stm Safina beats Kuznetsova in final 9 May 2009 20 April 2018 BBC Sporthttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/may/04/serena-williams-dinara-safina-tennis Serena Williams dismisses Safina's claim to top ranking 5 May 2009 20 April 2018 The Guardian (also known for 2009 Rome Mastershttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/may/02/novak-djokovic-roger-federer-rome-masters Novak Djokovic battles past Roger Federer in Rome 2 May 2009 20 April 2018 The Guardianhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/rafaelnadal/6661169/Rafael-Nadal-2009-highs-and-lows.html Rafael Nadal: 2009 highs and lows 26 November 2009 20 April 2018 The Telegraphhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8031729.stm Nadal regains Rome Masters title 3 May 2009 20 April 2018 BBC Sport and its sponsored title 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 66th edition, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier-level tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, with the men playing from April 25 through May 4, 2009, and the women from May 3 through May 9, 2009. Finals Men's singles 2009 Italian Open – Men's singles ESP Rafael Nadal defeated SRB Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–2), 6–2 It was Nadal's 5th singles title of the year, and his 36th singles title overall. It was his 4th win at the event, also winning in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Women's singles 2009 Italian Open – Women's singles RUS Dinara Safina defeated RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–3, 6–2 It was Safina's first title of the year and 10th of her career. Men's doubles 2009 Italian Open – Men's doubles CAN Daniel Nestor / SRB Nenad Zimonjić defeated USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 Women's doubles 2009 Italian Open – Women's doubles TPE Hsieh Su-wei / CHN Peng Shuai defeated SVK Daniela Hantuchová / JPN Ai Sugiyama, 7–5, 7–6(7–5) ATP entrants Seeds Player Country Ranking* Seeding Rafael Nadal Spain 1 1 Roger Federer Switzerland 2 2 Novak Djokovic 3 3 Andy Murray United Kingdom 4 4 Juan Martín del Potro 5 5 Fernando Verdasco Spain 7 6 Nikolay Davydenko Russia 8 7 Gilles Simon France 9 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France 11 9 Stanislas Wawrinka Switzerland 12 10 David Ferrer Spain 13 11 Fernando González Chile 14 12 Tommy Robredo Spain 16 13 James Blake United States 17 14 Marin Čilić 18 15 Radek Štěpánek 19 16 Seedings based on the April 20, 2009 rankings. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: ITA Flavio Cipolla ITA Potito Starace ITA Fabio Fognini ITA Filippo Volandri The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: RUS Mikhail Youzhny ARG Juan Mónaco ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver CZE Jan Hernych ROU Victor Crivoi BRA Thomaz Bellucci GER Mischa Zverev WTA entrants Seeds Player Country Ranking* Seeding Dinara Safina Russia 1 1 Serena Williams United States 2 2 Jelena Janković 4 3 Venus Williams United States 5 4 Ana Ivanovic 7 5 Victoria Azarenka 8 6 Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia 9 7 Nadia Petrova Russia 10 8 Caroline Wozniacki 11 9 Agnieszka Radwańska Poland 12 10 Marion Bartoli France 13 11 Flavia Pennetta Italy 14 12 Alizé Cornet France 15 13 Zheng Jie China 16 14 Anabel Medina Garrigues Spain 18 15 Kaia Kanepi 19 16 Seedings based on the April 27, 2009 rankings. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: ITA Roberta Vinci ITA Karin Knapp ITA Tathiana Garbin The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: JPN Ayumi Morita USA Vania King USA Jill Craybas COL Mariana Duque Marino FRA Aravane Rezaï KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova ITA Alberta Brianti UKR Mariya Koryttseva References External links https://www.internazionalibnlditalia.com/home WTA tournament draws ATP tournament profile WTA tournament profile Italian Open Italian Open 2009 Italian Open (Tennis) 2009 Italian Open (Tennis) Category:2009 in Italian tennis Category:April 2009 sports events in Italy