2009 in tennis

none February 2024 May 2020 2009 tennis This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2009. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup. Changes The structure of both the WTA and ATP tours has been changed for 2009. On the men's side, Masters Series events have been replaced by Masters 1000 tournaments, while the International Series Gold and International Series tournaments are now 500 Series and 250 Series events respectively. The season-ending ATP World Tour Finals remains unchanged. On the women's tour, the tiered system which has existed since 1988 has been scrapped in favour of a structure closer to the men's circuit. Tier I and Tier II have been merged into the WTA Premier Tournaments. The Tier III and Tier IV have also been merged into International Tournaments. The WTA Tour Championships remain on the schedule but the WTA have also initiated a second season-ending tournament, the Commonwealth Bank Tour of Champions for eight players who did not qualify for the Tour Championships (usually below the top eight in the rankings). News January See: 2009 ATP World Tour, 2009 WTA Tour 1 January: The season begins a few days earlier than usual with the newly formed Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. The draw features Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, James Blake, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick. 4 January: The first official event of the season, the new Brisbane International joint event commences in Australia. 5 January: Two male events begin in Chennai and Doha, while a women's tournament in Auckland also starts. February 1 February: Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer in five sets to win the Australian Open.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/feb/01/rafael-nadal-roger-federer-australian-open Nadal wins battle for place in history by edging past Federer in Melbourne Steve Bierley The Guardian 1 February 2009 6 February 2024 March Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray win the BNP Paribas Open and the Sony Ericsson Open respectively April Rafael Nadal wins the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia May 17 May: Roger Federer overturns a 5 match losing streak to Rafael Nadal by defeating him in straight sets to win the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open which ended his title drought June 7 June: Roger Federer ties Pete Sampras's all-time record with the most grand slam singles titles (14) by defeating Robin Söderling in the final to win his first Roland Garros title July 5 July: Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick 5–7, 7-6(8), 7-6(5), 3–6, 16–14 to win his 6th Wimbledon title and record 15th Grand Slam singles title August 13 August: The top 8 seeds ( Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Juan Martín del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Nikolay Davydenko) advance to the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup, making it the first time in tennis history that the top 8 players in the ATP ranking system made it to the quarterfinals of the same tournament. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga turned around a 1–5 deficit in the third set of the quarterfinals against Roger Federer to win the match before losing to eventual champion Andy Murray 23 August: Roger Federer wins his sixth ATP World Tour 1000 title defeating Novak Djokovic at the Cincinnati Masters. September 14 September: Juan Martín del Potro turns around a 1 set to 2 deficit to upset top ranked defending champion Roger Federer to win the US Open October January 2011 November 29 November: Nikolay Davydenko defeats all three 2009 Grand Slam Champions en route to winning the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/nov/29/nikolay-davydenko-world-tour-finals Nikolay Davydenko beats Juan-Martin dal Potro to become ATP World Tour Finals champion The Guardian 29 November 2009 6 February 2024 ITF Grand Slam events Australian Open (19 January – 1 February) Men's singles: Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer Women's singles: Serena Williams def. Dinara Safina Men's doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles Women's doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama Mixed doubles: Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi def. Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram French Open (24 May – 7 June) Men's singles: Roger Federer def. Robin Söderling Women's singles: Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Dinara Safina Men's doubles: Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes def. Wesley Moodie / Dick Norman Women's doubles: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual def. Victoria Azarenka / Elena Vesnina Mixed doubles: Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan def. Vania King / Marcelo Melo Wimbledon Championships (22 June – 5 July) Men's singles: Roger Federer def. Andy Roddick Women's singles: Serena Williams def. Venus Williams Men's doubles: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Women's doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs Mixed doubles: Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Mark Knowles def. Cara Black / Leander Paes US Open (31 August – 13 September) Men's singles: Juan Martín del Potro def. Roger Federer Women's singles: Kim Clijsters def. Caroline Wozniacki Men's doubles: Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes def. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles Women's doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Cara Black / Liezel Huber Mixed doubles: Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott def. Cara Black / Leander Paes Davis Cup World Group Draw S-Seeded U-Unseeded * Choice of ground 6–8 March 10–12 July 18–20 September 4–6 December Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) 1 ARG 5 NED 0 Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet) 8 FRA 2 CZE 3 Birmingham, Alabama, USA (indoor hard) 4 USA 4 SUI 1 Poreč, Croatia (indoor hard) 5 CRO 5 CHI 0 Malmö, Sweden (indoor carpet) ISR 3 6 SWE 2 Sibiu, Romania (indoor carpet) ROM 1 3 RUS 4 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (indoor hard) AUT 2 7 GER 3 Benidorm, Spain (clay) SRB 1 2 ESP 4 Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard) 1 ARG 2 CZE 3 Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay) 4 USA 2 5 CRO 3 Tel Aviv, Israel (indoor hard) ISR 4 3 RUS 1 Marbella, Spain (clay) 7 GER 2 2 ESP 3 Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay) CZE 4 5 CRO 1 Torre-Pacheco, Spain (clay) ISR 1 2 ESP 4 Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay) CZE 0 2 ESP 5 World Group play-offs Venue (surface) Winning Team Score Losing Team Rancagua, Chile (clay) CHI 3–2 AUT (5) Charleroi, Belgium (indoor clay) BEL (6) 3–2 UKR Porto Alegre, Brazil (indoor clay) ECU 3–2 BRA (8) Maastricht, Netherlands (indoor clay) FRA (2) 4–1 NED Johannesburg, South Africa (indoor hard) IND (7) 4–1 RSA Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard) SRB (3) 5–0 UZB Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard) SWE (1) 3–2 ROU Genoa, Italy (clay) SUI (4) 3–2 ITA Fed Cup World Group Draw S-Seeded U-Unseeded * Choice of ground 7–8 February 25–26 April 7–8 November Moscow, Russia (indoor hard) 1 RUS 5   CHN 0 Orléans, France (indoor hard) 4 ITA 5   FRA 0 Surprise, Arizona, USA (hard)   ARG 2 3 USA 3 Brno, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)   CZE 4 2 ESP 1 Castellaneta, Italy (clay) 1 RUS 1 4 ITA 4 Brno, Czech Republic (indoor hard) 3 USA 3   CZE 2 Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay) 4 ITA 4 3 USA 0 Final Italy United States Circolo del Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy 7–8 November 2009 clay (outdoors) 4 0 Flavia Pennetta 6 6 Alexa Glatch 3 1 Francesca Schiavone 7 6 Melanie Oudin 6.02 2 Flavia Pennetta 7 6 Melanie Oudin 5 2 Francesca Schiavone Alexa Glatch Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 4 6 11 Liezel Huber Vania King 6 3 9 World Group play-offs Date: 25–26 April Venue (surface) Winning team Score Losing team Lleida, Spain (clay) SRB 4–0 ESP (1) Limoges, France (indoor clay) FRA (2) 3–2 SVK Frankfurt, Germany (clay) GER 3–2 CHN (3) Mar del Plata, Argentina (clay) UKR 5–0 ARG (4) Hopman Cup + Group A Pos. Country W L Matches Sets 1 3 0 8–1 12–3 2 Germany 2 1 4–5 10–10 3 United States 1 2 3–6 9–14 4 Australia 0 3 3–6 8–12 + Group B Pos. Country W L Matches Sets 1 Russia 3 0 6–3 14–7 2 Italy 2 1 6–3 12–7 3 France 1 2 5–4 10–8 4 0 3 1–8 3–17 Final Slovakia Russia Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth 9 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8) hard (indoors) 2 0 Dominika Cibulková 6.03 6 6 Dinara Safina 7 1 4 Dominik Hrbatý 6.05 7 7 Marat Safin 7 5 6.03 Dominika Cibulková Dominik Hrbatý Dinara Safina Marat Safin 2009 Hopman Cup Champions Slovakia Slovakia Third ATP World Tour See: 2009 ATP World Tour Changes in No. 1 rank 1 January – 5 July: ESP Rafael Nadal 6 July – 31 December: SUI Roger Federer ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom (22 November – 29 November) Singles Qualifiers: ESP Rafael Nadal, SUI Roger Federer, GBR Andy Murray, SRB Novak Djokovic, ARG Juan Martín del Potro, USA Andy Roddick, RUS Nikolay Davydenko, ESP Fernando Verdasco, SWE Robin Söderling Doubles Qualifiers: CAN Nestor / SRB Zimonjić, USA Bryan / USA Bryan, CZE Dlouhý  / IND Paes, IND Bhupathi / BAH Knowles, POL Kubot / AUT Marach, CZE Čermák / SVK Mertiňák, BLR Mirnyi / ISR Ram, POL Fyrstenberg / POL Matkowski Singles Final: RUS Nikolay Davydenko def. ARG Juan Martín del Potro Doubles Final: USA Bryan / USA Bryan def. BLR Mirnyi / ISR Ram ATP Masters 1000 Tournament Singles Winner Runner-up Score Doubles Winners Runners-up Score Indian Wells ESP Rafael Nadal GBR Andy Murray 6–1, 6–2 USA Fish USA Roddick BLR Mirnyi ISR Ram 3–6, 6–1, 14–12 Miami GBR Andy Murray SER Novak Djokovic 6–2, 7–5 BLR Mirnyi ISR Ram AUS Fisher AUS Huss 6–7(4), 6–2, 10–7 Monte Carlo ESP Rafael Nadal SER Novak Djokovic 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 CAN Nestor SER Zimonjić USA Bryan USA Bryan 6–4, 6–1 Rome ESP Rafael Nadal SER Novak Djokovic 7–62, 6–2 CAN Nestor SER Zimonjić USA Bryan USA Bryan 7–6(5), 6–3 Madrid SUI Roger Federer ESP Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–4 CAN Nestor SER Zimonjić SWE Aspelin RSA Moodie 6–4, 6–4 Montreal GBR Andy Murray ARG Juan Martín del Potro 6–74, 7–63, 6–1 IND Bhupathi BAH Knowles BLR Mirnyi ISR Ram 6–4, 6–3 Cincinnati SUI Roger Federer SRB Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–5 CAN Nestor SRB Zimonjić USA Bryan USA Bryan 3–6, 7–6(2), 15–13 Shanghai RUS Nikolay Davydenko ESP Rafael Nadal 7–63, 6–3 FRA Benneteau FRA Tsonga POL Fyrstenberg POL Matkowski 6–2, 6–4 Paris SER Novak Djokovic FRA Gaël Monfils 6–2, 5–7, 7–63 CAN Nestor SER Zimonjić ESP Granollers ESP Robredo 6–3, 6–4 World Team Cup January 2011 Blue Group Pos. Country Points Matches Sets 1. SRB 3–0 7–2 14–5 2. ARG 2–1 7–2 13–5 3. Italy 1–2 3–6 6–13 4. Russia 0–3 1–8 4–14 Red Group Pos. Country Points Matches Sets 1. Germany 3–0 7–2 15–8 2. SWE 2–1 5–4 13–10 3. USA 1–2 4–5 11–13 4. France 0–3 2–7 8–16 Serbia vs. Germany Serbia Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 23 May 2009 clay 2 1 Viktor Troicki 6 7 Rainer Schüttler 4 6.049 Janko Tipsarević 6 6 Philipp Kohlschreiber 2 4 Nenad Zimonjić Viktor Troicki 5 6 7 Nicolas Kiefer Mischa Zverev 7 4 10 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour See: 2009 WTA Tour Changes in No. 1 rank 1 January – 1 February: SRB Jelena Janković 2 February – 19 April: USA Serena Williams 20 April – 11 October: RUS Dinara Safina 12 October – 25 October: USA Serena Williams 26 October – 1 November: RUS Dinara Safina 2 November – 31 December: USA Serena Williams WTA Tour Championships Doha, Qatar (27 October – 1 November) Singles Finals 3 Semifinals Final 175 8 SRB Jelena Janković 7 3 4 7 USA Venus Williams 5 6 6 4 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 1r 2 USA Serena Williams 6 0   7 USA Venus Williams 2 64   2 USA Serena Williams 6 7   Singles Round Robin Players: RUS Safina, RUS Dementieva, RUS Kuznetsova, BLR Azarenka Singles Alternates: RUS Zvonareva, POL Radwańska Doubles Final 3 ZIM Cara BlackUSA Liezel Huber 60 7 [7] 3 ESP Nuria Llagostera VivesESP María José Martínez Sánchez 7 5 [10] Doubles Semifinalists: AUS Stosur/AUS Stubbs, USA S Williams/USA V Williams Tournament of Champions Bali, Indonesia (4 November – 8 November) Final: FRA Aravane Rezaï def. FRA Marion Bartoli, 7–5, retired WTA Premier Tournaments Tournament Singles Winner Runner-up Score Doubles Winners Runners-up Score Sydney RUS E Dementieva RUS D Safina 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 TPE Hsieh CHN Peng FRA Dechy AUS Dellacqua 6–0, 6–1 Paris FRA A Mauresmo RUS E Dementieva 7–6(7), 2–6, 6–4 ZIM Black USA Huber CZE Peschke USA Raymond 6–4, 3–6, [10–4] Dubai USA V Williams FRA V Razzano 6–4, 6–2 ZIM Black USA Huber RUS Kirilenko POL Radwańska 6–3, 6–3 Indian Wells RUS V Zvonareva SER A Ivanovic 7–6(5), 6–2 BLR Azarenka RUS Zvonareva ARG Dulko ISR Pe'er 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] Miami BLR V Azarenka USA S Williams 6–3, 6–1 RUS Kuznetsova FRA Mauresmo CZE Peschke USA Raymond 4–6, 6–3, [10–3] Charleston GER S Lisicki DEN C Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 USA Mattek-Sands RUS Petrova LAT Dekmeijere SUI Schnyder 6–7(5), 6–2, [11–9] Stuttgart RUS S Kuznetsova RUS D Safina 6–2, 6–4 USA Mattek-Sands RUS Petrova ARG Dulko ITA Pennetta 5–7, 6–3, [10–7] Rome RUS D Safina RUS S Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–2 TPE Hsieh CHN Peng SVK Hantuchová Japan Sugiyama 7–5, 7–6(5) Madrid RUS D Safina DEN C Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 ZIM Black USA Huber CZE Peschke USA Raymond 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] Warsaw ROM A Dulgheru UKR A Bondarenko 7–6(3), 3–6, 6–0 USA Kops-Jones USA Mattek-Sands CHN Yan CHN Zheng 6–1, 6–1 Eastbourne DEN C Wozniacki FRA V Razzano 7–6(5), 7–5 UZB Amanmuradova Japan Sugiyama AUS Stosur AUS Stubbs 6–4, 6–3 Stanford FRA M Bartoli USA V Williams 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 USA S Williams USA V Williams TPE Chan ROU Niculescu 6–4, 6–1 Los Angeles ITA F Pennetta AUS S Stosur 6–4, 6–3 TPE Chuang CHN Yan RUS Kirilenko POL Radwańska 6–0, 4–6, [10–7] Cincinnati SRB J Janković RUS D Safina 6–4, 6–2 ZIM Black USA Huber ESP Llagostera Vives ESP Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 0–6, [10–2] Toronto RUS E Dementieva RUS M Sharapova 6–4, 6–3 ESP Llagostera Vives ESP Martínez Sánchez AUS Stosur AUS Stubbs 2–6, 7–5, [11–9] New Haven DEN C Wozniacki RUS E Vesnina 6–2, 6–4 ESP Llagostera Vives ESP Martínez Sánchez CZE Benešová CZE Hradecká 6–2, 7–5 Tokyo RUS M Sharapova SRB J Janković 5–2 ret. RUS Kleybanova ITA Schiavone SVK Hantuchová JPN Sugiyama 6–4, 6–2 Beijing RUS S Kuznetsova POL A Radwańska 6–2, 6–4 TPE Hsieh CHN Peng RUS Kudryavtseva RUS Makarova 6–3, 6–1 Moscow ITA F Schiavone BLR O Govortsova 6–3, 6–0 RUS Kirilenko RUS Petrova RUS Kondratieva CZE Zakopalová 6–2, 6–2 Exhibition Tournaments Capitala World Tennis Championship 2009 Capitala World Tennis Championship AAMI Kooyong Classic 2009 AAMI Classic JB Group Classic 2009 JB Group Classic Masters France 2009 Masters France – Draw Boodles Challenge 2009 Boodles Challenge – Draw International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2008: Andrés Gimeno, player Monica Seles, player Donald Dell, contributor Robert Walter Johnson, contributor References External links Official website of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Official website of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Category:Tennis by year