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.

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 On the men's side, Masters Series events have been replaced by Masters 1000 tournaments, while the International Series Gold and International Series tournaments are now 500 Series and 250 Series events respectively.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

October

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 Argentina5
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
 Netherlands0
1 Argentina2
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
 Czech Republic3
8 France2
Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
 Czech Republic3
 Czech Republic4
Birmingham, Alabama, USA (indoor hard)
5 Croatia1
4 United States4
Poreč, Croatia (indoor clay)
  Switzerland1
4 United States2
Poreč, Croatia (indoor hard)
5 Croatia3
5 Croatia5
Barcelona, Spain (indoor clay)
 Chile0
 Czech Republic0
Malmö, Sweden (indoor carpet)
2 Spain5
 Israel3
Tel Aviv, Israel (indoor hard)
6 Sweden2
 Israel4
Sibiu, Romania (indoor carpet)
3 Russia1
 Romania1
Torre-Pacheco, Spain (clay)
3 Russia4
 Israel1
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (indoor hard)
2 Spain4
 Austria2
Marbella, Spain (clay)
7 Germany3
7 Germany2
Benidorm, Spain (clay)
2 Spain3
 Serbia1
2 Spain4

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 Russia5
Castellaneta, Italy (clay)
  China0
1 Russia1
Orléans, France (indoor hard)
4 Italy4
4 Italy5
Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)
  France0
4 Italy4
Surprise, Arizona, USA (hard)
3 United States0
  Argentina2
Brno, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
3 United States3
3 United States3
Brno, Czech Republic (indoor carpet)
  Czech Republic2
  Czech Republic4
2 Spain1

Final


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

United States
0
1 2 3
1 Italy
United States
Flavia Pennetta
Alexa Glatch
6
3
6
1
   
2 Italy
United States
Francesca Schiavone
Melanie Oudin
77
62
6
2
   
3 Italy
United States
Flavia Pennetta
Melanie Oudin
7
5
6
2
   
4 Italy
United States
Francesca Schiavone
Alexa Glatch
      not
played
5 Italy
United States
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 Slovakia
Russia
Dominika Cibulková
Dinara Safina
64
77
6
1
6
4
 
2 Slovakia
Russia
Dominik Hrbatý
Marat Safin
65
77
7
5
77
64
 
3 Slovakia
Russia
Dominika Cibulková / Dominik Hrbatý
Dinara Safina / Marat Safin
      not
played
2009 Hopman Cup Champions
Slovakia
Slovakia
Third title

ATP World Tour

See: 2009 ATP World Tour

Changes in No. 1 rank

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

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP Masters 1000

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

World Team Cup

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 Serbia
Germany
Viktor Troicki
Rainer Schüttler
6
4
77
65
   
2 Serbia
Germany
Janko Tipsarević
Philipp Kohlschreiber
6
2
6
4
   
3 Serbia
Germany
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: Serbia Jelena Janković
2 February 19 April: United States Serena Williams
20 April 11 October: Russia Dinara Safina
12 October 25 October: United States Serena Williams
26 October 1 November: Russia Dinara Safina
2 November 31 December: United States Serena Williams

WTA Tour Championships

Singles Finals

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

Doubles Final

Finals
     
1 Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
60 7 [7]
3 Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain 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 Russia E Dementieva Russia D Safina 63, 26, 61 6–0, 61
Paris France A Mauresmo Russia E Dementieva 76(7), 26, 64 64, 36, [104]
Dubai United States V Williams France V Razzano 64, 62 63, 63
Indian Wells Russia V Zvonareva Serbia A Ivanovic 76(5), 62 64, 36, [105]
Miami Belarus V Azarenka United States S Williams 63, 61 46, 63, [103]
Charleston Germany S Lisicki Denmark C Wozniacki 62, 64 67(5), 62, [119]
Stuttgart Russia S Kuznetsova Russia D Safina 62, 64 57, 63, [107]
Rome Russia D Safina Russia S Kuznetsova 63, 62 75, 76(5)
Madrid Russia D Safina Denmark C Wozniacki 62, 64 46, 63, [106]
Warsaw Romania A Dulgheru Ukraine A Bondarenko 76(3), 36, 60 61, 61
Eastbourne Denmark C Wozniacki France V Razzano 76(5), 75 64, 63
Stanford France M Bartoli United States V Williams 62, 57, 64 64, 61
Los Angeles Italy F Pennetta Australia S Stosur 64, 63 6–0, 46, [107]
Cincinnati Serbia J Janković Russia D Safina 64, 62 63, 06, [102]
Toronto Russia E Dementieva Russia M Sharapova 64, 63 26, 75, [119]
New Haven Denmark C Wozniacki Russia E Vesnina 62, 64 62, 75
Tokyo Russia M Sharapova Serbia J Janković 52 ret. 64, 62
Beijing Russia S Kuznetsova Poland A Radwańska 62, 64 63, 61
Moscow Italy F Schiavone Belarus 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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