2009 Open 13
Date16–22 February
Edition17th
CategoryWorld Tour 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money€512,750
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationMarseille, France
Champions
Singles
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga[1]
Doubles
France Arnaud Clément / France Michaël Llodra[2]

The 2009 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Open 13, and was part of the World Tour 250 tier of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, from 16 February through 22 February 2009.

Tournament

Before this year, the tournament was won by a home favorite on several occasions: Guy Forget in 1996, Fabrice Santoro in 1999, Arnaud Clément in 2006, and Gilles Simon in 2007. The record for most titles is three, won by the Swiss player Marc Rosset in its first two years in 1993 and 1994, as well as in 2000; the Swedish player Thomas Enqvist also won three, in 1997, 1998, and 2002. It is also one of the few ATP tournaments to have been won only by European players, with France with five (Forget, Santoro, Clément, Simon, and this year's winner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), Sweden with 4 (Enqvist, Joachim Johansson), Switzerland with four (Rosset, Roger Federer), Germany with one (Boris Becker), Russia with one (Yevgeny Kafelnikov), Slovakia with one (Dominik Hrbatý), and Great Britain with one (Andy Murray).

Entrants

Seeds

Richard Gasquet was the sixth seed, but had to withdraw.

Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding
Novak Djokovic Serbia Serbia 3 1
Gilles Simon France France 8 2
Gaël Monfils France France 11 3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France France 12 4
Tomáš Berdych Czech Republic Czech Republic 24 5
Richard Gasquet France France 27 6
Marat Safin Russia Russia 26 7
Feliciano López Spain Spain 28 8
  • Rankings as of February 16, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

Previous winners in the field included Gilles Simon, Arnaud Clément, and Fabrice Santoro, with Simon being the only one to advance past the second round. Seeded players suffered mixed fortunes with Marat Safin, Tomáš Berdych and Gaël Monfils all losing in the first round. Richard Gasquet was also forced to pull out though injury.

In the quarterfinals, top seed Novak Djokovic advanced past Jan Hernych and second seed Simon advanced past compatriot Julien Benneteau. The other two matches were harder victories for Michaël Llodra over Mikhail Youzhny and fourth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga over eighth seed Feliciano López. In the semifinals, unseeded Michaël Llodra defeated Simon 7–6 6–2, while Tsonga defeated Djokovic for the fourth time in a row 6–4, 7–6. This set up an all-French battle between Tsonga and Llodra, which saw Tsonga come out in top in a close-fought match 7–5, 7–6.

Result of the final: France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated France Michaël Llodra, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

  • It was Tsonga's 2nd title of the year and 4th of his career.

Doubles

Previous winners in the field included Arnaud Clément & Michaël Llodra, Pavel Vízner, Martin Damm, Fabrice Santoro, and Simon Aspelin (the last four all had different partners previously). The semifinals consisted of top duo Julian Knowle & Andy Ram, the Czech pairing of Tomáš Berdych & Jan Hernych, Stephen Huss & Ross Hutchins, and the home favorites Clément & Llodra. Clément & Llodra defeated Huss & Hutchins 6–2 7–6, while Knowle & Ram advanced into their expected final with a 7–6 6–2 victory over the Czechs.

Result of the final: France Arnaud Clément / France Michaël Llodra defeated Austria Julian Knowle / Israel Andy Ram, 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]

References

  1. ↑ "2009 Marseille – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ↑ "2009 Marseille – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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