2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | |
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Date | 9–15 February |
Edition | 37th |
Category | Hard / indoor |
Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Venue | Rotterdam Ahoy |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Andy Murray[1] | |
Doubles | |
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić [2] | |
Wheelchair singles | |
Robin Ammerlaan |
The 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's
Players
The list of original seeded players was headlined by
Robin Söderling was forced to withdraw from the tournament on the second day, before he was due to face Russia's Evgeny Korolev on day three. He was replaced by Frenchman Marc Gicquel who entered the tournament as a lucky loser.[4]
Finals
Singles
Andy Murray defeated Rafael Nadal 6–3, 4–6, 6–0
- It was Murray's second title of the year and 10th of his career.
Doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes 6–2, 7–5
Seeds
Robin Söderling was the eighth seed, but had to withdraw.
Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
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Rafael Nadal | Spain | 1 | 1 |
Andy Murray | Great Britain | 4 | 2 |
Nikolay Davydenko | Russia | 5 | 3 |
Gilles Simon | France | 8 | 4 |
Gaël Monfils | France | 12 | 5 |
David Ferrer | Spain | 14 | 6 |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | France | 13 | 7 |
Robin Söderling | Sweden | 16 | 8 |
- Rankings as of February 9, 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Arnaud Clément
- Stéphane Bohli
- Laurent Recouderc
- Evgeny Korolev
- Marc Gicquel (as a lucky loser)
Events
Singles
In the first ATP World 500 Series tournament of the year, all the seeded players reached the second round. World number 1
Seeds began to fall in the second round: Nikolay Davydenko, Gilles Simon and David Ferrer exited the competition with defeats to Julien Benneteau, Mario Ančić and Mikhail Youzhny respectively. Nadal overcame the loss of the second set against the 2008 junior champion Grigor Dimitrov to win 7–5, 3–6, 6–2.[8] Murray defeated Seppi 7–6, 7–6 and Monfils beat fellow Frenchman Michaël Llodra. The quarter-final line-up was completed by Marc Gicquel (who had the opportunity to play after Soderling's withdrawal) and Tsonga who defeated Dmitry Tursunov.
In the quarter-finals
In the first semi-final match, despite initial fears that he would not be able to play due to an ankle injury, Murray beat Ančić 6–1, 6–2.
Doubles
The #1, #2 and #4 seeded doubles pairs all progressed through the first two rounds to reach the semi-finals. Top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić recorded identical scorelines of 7–6(2), 6–4 in their opening two matches, defeating singles players Dmitry Tursunov (the champion the previous year with Tomáš Berdych) and Gilles Simon in the first round before beating Italians Andreas Seppi and Simone Bolelli. The #2 seeded pair of Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes won on a final-set champions tiebreak against Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber, then proceeded to win 6–2, 6–1 against Igor Andreev and Marcin Matkowski in the quarterfinals. The Julian Knowle and Andy Ram partnerships also reached the semi-finals after a straight sets victory over Andy Murray and James Auckland in the first round and victory over the French pair of Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra in the second round. The #3 pair of Jeff Coetzee – Wesley Moodie were defeated in the quarter-finals by Tomáš Berdych and Jürgen Melzer 4–6, 66-7.
References
- ^ "2009 Rotterdam – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "2009 Rotterdam – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Singles Draw" (PDF). atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ATP World Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ATP World Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ATP World Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "Nadal grinds out Rotterdam win". BBC Sport. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ATP World Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ATP World Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.