2009 Gerry Weber Open

2009 Gerry Weber Open 6–14 June 17th ATP World Tour 250 32S / 16D €663,750 Grass / outdoor Halle, Germany Gerry Weber Stadion GER Tommy Haas2009 Halle – Singles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/2009/draws?matchtype=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) GER Christopher Kas / GER Philipp Kohlschreiber2009 Halle – Doubles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/2009/draws?matchtype=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) thumb|222px|Former World No. 2 Tommy Haas won his first title since February 2007 over Novak Djokovic in the final thumb|222px|2008 Queen's Club runner-up Novak Djokovic lost his second career final on grass The 2009 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 17th edition of the event known that year as the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from 6 June through 14 June 2009. The singles draw featured Miami, Monte Carlo and Rome finalist, Dubai and Belgrade titlist Novak Djokovic and 2008 Davis Cup winner, Brisbane runner-up Fernando Verdasco. Also seeded were Johannesburg and Marseille winner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Munich champion Tomáš Berdych, Dmitry Tursunov, Jürgen Melzer and Rainer Schüttler. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 2 Roger Federer, reigning US Open champion, winner of the Madrid Open and runner-up in the 2009 Australian Open, was initially in the draw as the top seed, but pulled out before playing a match, citing fatigue after winning the French Open the previous week. The doubles draw was led by 2009 French Open champions, US Open, Rotterdam, and 2008 Halle finalists Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes. Also present were Acapulco winners František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák, Martin Damm and Robert Lindstedt, and Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya. The singles event was won by German Tommy Haas, who had earned a wildcard entry into the main draw, over Djokovic in three sets. The doubles were won by the unseeded German pair of Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets over the wildcard pair of German Andreas Beck and Swiss Marco Chiudinelli. Finals Singles 2009 Gerry Weber Open – Singles GER Tommy Haas defeated SRB Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 It was Haas' first title of the year and 12th of his career. Doubles 2009 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles GER Christopher Kas / GER Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated GER Andreas Beck / SUI Marco Chiudinelli, 6–3, 6–4 Entrants Seeds Player Nationality Ranking* Seeding Roger Federer SUI Switzerland 2 1 Novak Djokovic SRB Serbia 4 2 Fernando Verdasco ESP Spain 8 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA France 9 4 Tomáš Berdych CZE Czech Republic 20 5 Dmitry Tursunov RUS Russia 23 6 Jürgen Melzer AUT Austria 26 7 Rainer Schüttler GER Germany 29 8 Seedings are based on the rankings of May 25, 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: GER Tommy Haas GER Mischa Zverev GER Benjamin Becker The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: BEL Olivier Rochus ISR Harel Levy AUS Joseph Sirianni ESP Fernando Vicente References External links Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20080623175117/http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/ 2008-06-23 Gerry Weber Open Category:2009 ATP World Tour Category:Halle Open Category:2000s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:2009 in German tennis