2009 in 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.

Years in tennis

2009 in sports

  • Motorsport
  • Racquetball
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Rugby league‎

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 On the men's side, Masters Series events have been replaced by Masters 1000 tournaments, while the International Series Gold and International Series tournaments are now 500 Series and 250 Series events respectively.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 form WTA Premier Tournaments. The Tier III and Tier IV have also been merged into International Tournaments. The WTA Tour Championships remains in 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

February

1 February: Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer in five sets to win the Australian Open

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

September

November

ITF

Grand Slam events

Davis Cup

World Group Draw

  • S-Seeded
  • U-Unseeded
  • * Choice of ground
  First Round
68 March
Quarterfinals
1012 July
Semifinals
1820 September
Final
46 December
                                     
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
1   Argentina 5  
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
  Netherlands 0  
  1   Argentina 2  
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
    Czech Republic 3  
8   France 2
Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
  Czech Republic 3  
    Czech Republic 4  
Birmingham, Alabama, USA (indoor hard)
  5   Croatia 1  
4   United States 4  
Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
   Switzerland 1  
  4   United States 2
Poreč, Croatia (indoor hard)
  5   Croatia 3  
5   Croatia 5
Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay)
  Chile 0  
    Czech Republic 0
Malmö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
  2   Spain 5
  Israel 3  
Tel Aviv, Israel (indoor hard)
6   Sweden 2  
    Israel 4
Sibiu, Romania (indoor carpet)
  3   Russia 1  
  Romania 1
Torre-Pacheco, Spain (clay)
3   Russia 4  
    Israel 1
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (indoor hard)
  2   Spain 4  
  Austria 2  
Marbella, Spain (clay)
7   Germany 3  
  7   Germany 2
Benidorm, Spain (clay)
  2   Spain 3  
  Serbia 1
2   Spain 4  

World Group Play-offs

Venue (surface) Winning Team Score Losing Team
Rancagua, Chile (clay)  Chile 32  Austria (5)
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor clay)  Belgium (6) 32  Ukraine
Porto Alegre, Brazil (indoor clay)  Ecuador 32  Brazil (8)
Maastricht, Netherlands (indoor clay)  France (2) 41  Netherlands
Johannesburg, South Africa (indoor hard)  India (7) 41  South Africa
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)  Serbia (3) 50  Uzbekistan
Helsingborg, Sweden (indoor hard)  Sweden (1) 32  Romania
Genoa, Italy (clay)   Switzerland (4) 32  Italy

Fed Cup

World Group Draw

  • S-Seeded
  • U-Unseeded
  • * Choice of ground
  Quarterfinals
78 February
Semifinals
2526 April
Final
78 November
                           
  Moscow, Russia (indoor hard)
  1   Russia 5  
      China 0     Castellaneta, Italy (clay)
    1   Russia 1  
  Orléans, France (indoor hard)   4   Italy 4  
  4   Italy 5
      France 0     Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)
    4   Italy 4
  Surprise, Arizona, USA (hard)     3   United States 0
      Argentina 2  
  3   United States 3     Brno, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
    3   United States 3
  Brno, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)       Czech Republic 2  
      Czech Republic 4
  2   Spain 1  

Final


Italy
4
Circolo del Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy
78 November 2009
clay (outdoors)

United States
0
1 2 3
1
Flavia Pennetta
Alexa Glatch
6
3
6
1
   
2
Francesca Schiavone
Melanie Oudin
77
62
6
2
   
3
Flavia Pennetta
Melanie Oudin
7
5
6
2
   
4
Francesca Schiavone
Alexa Glatch
      not
played
5
Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
Liezel Huber / Vania King
4
6
6
3
11
9
 

World Group Play-offs

Date: 2526 April

Venue (surface) Winning team Score Losing team
Lleida, Spain (clay)  Serbia 40  Spain (1)
Limoges, France (indoor clay)  France (2) 32  Slovakia
Frankfurt, Germany (clay)  Germany 32  China (3)
Mar del Plata, Argentina (clay)  Ukraine 50  Argentina (4)

Hopman Cup

Group A
Pos. Country W L Matches Sets
1  Slovakia 3 0 81 123
2  Germany 2 1 45 1010
3  United States 1 2 36 914
4  Australia 0 3 36 812
Group B
Pos. Country W L Matches Sets
1  Russia 3 0 63 147
2  Italy 2 1 63 127
3  France 1 2 54 108
4  Chinese Taipei 0 3 18 317

Final


Slovakia
2
Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
9 January 2009, 18:00 AWST (UTC+8)
hard (indoors)

Russia
0
1 2 3
1
Dominika Cibulková
Dinara Safina
64
77
6
1
6
4
 
2
Dominik Hrbatý
Marat Safin
65
77
7
5
77
64
 
3
Dominika Cibulková / Dominik Hrbatý
Dinara Safina / Marat Safin
      not
played
2009 Hopman Cup Champions

Slovakia
Third title

ATP World Tour

See: 2009 ATP World Tour

Changes in No. 1 rank

1 January 5 July: Rafael Nadal
6 July 31 December: Roger Federer

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP Masters 1000

Tournament Singles Winner Runner-up Score Doubles Winners Runners-up Score
Indian Wells Rafael Nadal Andy Murray 61, 62 36, 61, 1412
Miami Andy Murray Novak Djokovic 62, 75 67(4), 62, 107
Monte Carlo Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 63, 26, 61 64, 61
Rome Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 762, 62 76(5), 63
Madrid Roger Federer Rafael Nadal 64, 64 64, 64
Montreal Andy Murray Juan Martín del Potro 674, 763, 61 64, 63
Cincinnati Roger Federer Novak Djokovic 61, 75 36, 76(2), 1513
Shanghai Nikolay Davydenko Rafael Nadal 763, 63 62, 64
Paris Novak Djokovic Gaël Monfils 62, 57, 763 63, 64

Blue Group

Pos. Country Points Matches Sets
1.  Serbia 30 72 145
2.  Argentina 21 72 135
3.  Italy 12 36 613
4.  Russia 03 18 414

Red Group

Pos. Country Points Matches Sets
1.  Germany 30 72 158
2.  Sweden 21 54 1310
3.  United States 12 45 1113
4.  France 03 27 816

Serbia vs. Germany


Serbia
2
Düsseldorf, Germany
23 May 2009
clay

Germany
1
1 2 3
1
Viktor Troicki
Rainer Schüttler
6
4
77
65
   
2
Janko Tipsarević
Philipp Kohlschreiber
6
2
6
4
   
3
Nenad Zimonjić / Viktor Troicki
Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev
5
7
6
4
7
10
 

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

See: 2009 WTA Tour

Changes in No. 1 rank

1 January 1 February: Jelena Janković
2 February 19 April: Serena Williams
20 April 11 October: Dinara Safina
12 October 25 October: Serena Williams
26 October 1 November: Dinara Safina
2 November 31 December: Serena Williams

WTA Tour Championships

Singles Finals

Semifinals Final
          
8 Jelena Janković 7 3 4
7 Venus Williams 5 6 6
7 Venus Williams 2 64  
2 Serena Williams 6 7  
4 Caroline Wozniacki 4 1 r
2 Serena Williams 6 0  

Doubles Final

Final
     
Cara Black
Liezel Huber
60 7 [7]
3 Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez
7 5 [10]

Tournament of Champions

WTA Premier Tournaments

Tournament Singles Winner Runner-up Score Doubles Winners Runners-up Score
Sydney E Dementieva D Safina 63, 26, 61 6–0, 61
Paris A Mauresmo E Dementieva 76(7), 26, 64 64, 36, [104]
Dubai V Williams V Razzano 64, 62 63, 63
Indian Wells V Zvonareva A Ivanovic 76(5), 62 64, 36, [105]
Miami V Azarenka S Williams 63, 61 46, 63, [103]
Charleston S Lisicki C Wozniacki 62, 64 67(5), 62, [119]
Stuttgart S Kuznetsova D Safina 62, 64 57, 63, [107]
Rome D Safina S Kuznetsova 63, 62 75, 76(5)
Madrid D Safina C Wozniacki 62, 64 46, 63, [106]
Warsaw A Dulgheru A Bondarenko 76(3), 36, 60 61, 61
Eastbourne C Wozniacki V Razzano 76(5), 75 64, 63
Stanford M Bartoli V Williams 62, 57, 64 64, 61
Los Angeles F Pennetta S Stosur 64, 63 6-0, 46, [107]
Cincinnati J Janković D Safina 64, 62 63, 06, [102]
Toronto E Dementieva M Sharapova 64, 63 26, 75, [119]
New Haven C Wozniacki E Vesnina 62, 64 62, 75
Tokyo M Sharapova J Janković 52 ret. 64, 62
Beijing S Kuznetsova A Radwańska 62, 64 63, 61
Moscow F Schiavone O Govortsova 63, 60 62, 62

Exhibition Tournaments

Capitala World Tennis Championship

AAMI Kooyong Classic

JB Group Classic

Masters France

Boodles Challenge

International Tennis Hall of Fame

References

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