2009 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid
The 2009 Madrid Open (also known as the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the Madrid Masters on the ATP and first on the WTA. It was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 9 May until 17 May 2009.
| 2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9–17 May |
| Edition | 8th (men) 1st (women) |
| Surface | Clay / outdoor |
| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Venue | Park Manzanares |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
| Roger Federer | |
| Women's singles | |
| Dinara Safina | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić | |
| Women's doubles | |
| Cara Black / Liezel Huber | |
2009 was the first year that the Madrid Masters was played on clay rather than a hard-court surface, which replaced Hamburg Masters (for men) that was now downgraded into an ATP 500 tournament and Berlin (for women) which was now defunct.[1]
ATP entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Player | Country | Ranking* | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Nadal | Spain | 1 | 1 |
| Roger Federer | Switzerland | 2 | 2 |
| Novak Djokovic | Serbia | 3 | 3 |
| Andy Murray | United Kingdom | 4 | 4 |
| Juan Martín del Potro | Argentina | 5 | 5 |
| Andy Roddick | United States | 6 | 6 |
| Fernando Verdasco | Spain | 7 | 7 |
| Gilles Simon | France | 8 | 8 |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | France | 9 | 9 |
| Nikolay Davydenko | Russia | 11 | 10 |
| Stanislas Wawrinka | Switzerland | 13 | 11 |
| David Ferrer | Spain | 14 | 12 |
| Marin Čilić | Croatia | 15 | 13 |
| James Blake | United States | 16 | 14 |
| Radek Štěpánek | Czech Republic | 17 | 15 |
| Tommy Robredo | Spain | 18 | 16 |
- Seedings based on the May 4, 2009 rankings.
Other entrants edit
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Teymuraz Gabashvili
- Juan Ignacio Chela
- Tommy Haas
- Marco Crugnola
- Guillermo Cañas
- Eduardo Schwank
- Fabio Fognini
The following players received entry into lucky losers:
WTA entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Player | Country | Ranking* | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinara Safina | Russia | 1 | 1 |
| Serena Williams | United States | 2 | 2 |
| Elena Dementieva | Russia | 3 | 3 |
| Jelena Janković | Serbia | 4 | 4 |
| Venus Williams | United States | 5 | 5 |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | Russia | 8 | 6 |
| Victoria Azarenka | Belarus | 9 | 7 |
| Nadia Petrova | Russia | 10 | 8 |
| Caroline Wozniacki | Denmark | 11 | 9 |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | Poland | 12 | 10 |
| Marion Bartoli | France | 13 | 11 |
| Flavia Pennetta | Italy | 14 | 12 |
| Alizé Cornet | France | 15 | 13 |
| Anabel Medina Garrigues | Spain | 16 | 14 |
| Zheng Jie | China | 17 | 15 |
| Kaia Kanepi | Estonia | 19 | 16 |
- Seedings based on the May 4, 2009 rankings.
Other entrants edit
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Finals edit
Men's singles edit
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–4
- It was Federer's first title of the year and the 58th title of his career.
Women's singles edit
Dinara Safina defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
- It was Safina's second title of the year and 11th of her career.
Men's doubles edit
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Simon Aspelin / Wesley Moodie 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles edit
Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Květa Peschke / Lisa Raymond 4–6, 6–3, 10–6
External links edit
- Official website
References edit
- ^ NYTimes.com: Special Report