2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic

January 2025 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic August 1–9 41st ATP World Tour 500 48S / 16D $1,165,500 Hard / outdoor Washington, D.C., United States William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center ARG Juan Martín del Potro2009 Washington – Singles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/washington/418/2009/draws?matchtype=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) CZE Martin Damm / SWE Robert Lindstedt2009 Washington – Doubles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/washington/418/2009/draws?matchtype=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Washington Open (tennis) Washington Open thumb|210px|ATP World Tour No. 6 Juan Martín del Potro was the singles defending champion in Washington thumb|210px|2007 champion and 2008 quarterfinalist Andy Roddick headlined the field in the singles event The 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic (also known as the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic presented by GEICO for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from August 1 through August 9, 2009. The Legg Mason Tennis Classic was the third ATP stop of the 2009 US Open Series. Unlike previous years, the men's event was field 48 players instead of 32. Second-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the singles title.leggmasontennisclassic.com Legg Mason Tennis Classic – At a Glance Legg Mason Tennis Classic http://www.leggmasontennisclassic.com/players.aspx 2009-07-17 2009-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20090709032241/http://www.leggmasontennisclassic.com/players.aspx 2009-07-09 usurped Finals Singles 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles ARG Juan Martín del Potro defeated USA Andy Roddick, 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6). It was del Potro's second title of the year and sixth of his career. It was his second consecutive title at the event. Doubles 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles CZE Martin Damm / SWE Robert Lindstedt defeated POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg / POL Marcin Matkowski, 7–5, 7–6(7–3). ATP entrants List of Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles entrants, as of July 27, 2009.atpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic - Singles draw https://www.protennislive.com/posting/2009/418/mds.pdf 2009-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20090806034043/http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/418/mds.pdf 2009-08-06 live Seeds Country Player RankRank a a SeedSeed b b USA Andy Roddick 5 1 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 6 2 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 3 CHI Fernando González 11 4 SWE Robin Söderling 12 5 CRO Marin Čilić 15 6 ESP Tommy Robredo 16 7 CZE Tomáš Berdych 19 8 USA Mardy Fish 21 9 GER Tommy Haas 22 10 CRO Ivo Karlović 25 11 SRB Viktor Troicki 26 12 RUS Igor Andreev 27 13 RUS Dmitry Tursunov 29 14 ISR Dudi Sela 30 15 USA Sam Querrey 32 16 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw POL Jerzy Janowicz USA Donald Young USA Michael Russell The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: IND Somdev Devvarman COL Alejandro Falla COL Santiago Giraldo JPN Yūichi Sugita USA Jesse Witten FRA Sébastien de Chaunac The following player received the lucky loser spot: ECU Nicolás Lapentti Notes Rank a a ATP rankings, as of Monday, July 27, 2009.atpworldtour.com Association of Tennis Professionals Rankings – 1–100 http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx?d=27.07.2009&c=&r=1 2009-07-27 2009-07-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311083922/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx?d=27.07.2009&r=1&c= 2012-03-11 live Seed b b Seedings based on the Monday, July 27, 2009 ATP rankings. References External links Official website Photos: https://archive.today/20130124173454/http://picasaweb.google.com/sridhar.saraf.pictures/2009LeggMasonTennisClassicWashingtonDCUSA/ 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic - Photo Gallery el Legg Mason Tennis Classic Legg Mason Tennis Classic 2009 Category:2009 in sports in Washington, D.C.