2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
2009 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
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Date | 23–28 February (men) 15 – 21 February (Women) |
Edition | 17th (men) / 9th (women) |
Category | ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier 5 event (woman) |
Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Venue | Aviation Club Tennis Centre |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Novak Djokovic | |
Women's singles | |
Venus Williams | |
Men's doubles | |
Rik de Voest / Dmitry Tursunov | |
Women's doubles | |
Cara Black / Liezel Huber |
The 2009
The men's draw was led by only 3 of the world's Top 10 men: ATP No. 3
. Australian Open runner-up and four-time champion Roger Federer was scheduled to take part, however he was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a back injury. ATP No. 1, Rotterdam finalist, 2006 titlist & recent Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal was also due to compete but was also forced to withdraw from the event due to a knee injury sustained at the previous event in Rotterdam.[1] Defending champion Andy Roddick withdrew from the event due to the Shahar Pe'er incident and chose not to defend his title as a protest. Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco were also scheduled to play but withdrew due to injuries.[2][3]In the women's event, nine of the ten highest ranked players participated. The top four seeds were
Shahar Pe'er controversy
The tournament became embroiled in controversy when the Dubai government refused to grant a
Finals
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic defeated David Ferrer 7–5, 6–3
- It was Djokovic's first title of the year and 12th of his career.
Women's singles
Venus Williams defeated Virginie Razzano 6–4, 6–2
- It was Venus' first title of the year and 40th of her career.
Men's doubles
Rik de Voest / Dmitry Tursunov defeated Martin Damm / Robert Lindstedt 4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Women's doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Maria Kirilenko / Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–3
WTA entrants
Seeds
Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
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Serena Williams | United States | 1 | 1 |
Dinara Safina | Russia | 2 | 2 |
Jelena Janković | Serbia | 3 | 3 |
Elena Dementieva | Russia | 4 | 4 |
Vera Zvonareva | Russia | 5 | 5 |
Venus Williams | United States | 6 | 6 |
Svetlana Kuznetsova | Russia | 7 | 7 |
Ana Ivanovic | Serbia | 8 | 8 |
Agnieszka Radwańska | Poland | 10 | 9 |
Alizé Cornet | France | 11 | 10 |
Marion Bartoli | France | 13 | 11 |
Dominika Cibulková | Slovakia | 18 | 12 |
Zheng Jie | China | 20 | 13 |
Anabel Medina Garrigues | Spain | 21 | 14 |
Anna Chakvetadze | Russia | 23 | 15 |
Kaia Kanepi | Estonia | 24 | 16 |
- Rankings as of 16 February 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Anastasia Rodionova
- Urszula Radwańska
- Anna Lapushchenkova
- Julia Schruff
- Elena Vesnina
- Viktoriya Kutuzova
- Tamira Paszek
- Yan Zi
The following players received the lucky loser spots:
ATP entrants
Seeds
Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
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Novak Djokovic | Serbia | 3 | 1 |
Andy Murray | Great Britain | 4 | 2 |
Gilles Simon | France | 8 | 3 |
David Ferrer | Spain | 14 | 4 |
Marin Čilić | Croatia | 19 | 5 |
Igor Andreev | Russia | 24 | 6 |
Ivo Karlović | Croatia | 29 | 7 |
Marat Safin | Russia | 25 | 8 |
- Rankings as of 23 February 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
- Marat Safin
- Andreas Seppi
- Mohammed Ghareeb
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received the lucky loser spot:
References
- ^ "Nadal follows Federer, pulls out of Dubai". National Post. Canada. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009. [dead link]
- Reuters India. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "Player withdrawals hit men's Dubai tennis event". Associated Press. 21 February 2009. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "Israeli Peer refused Dubai visa". BBS Sport. BBC. 15 February 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
- ^ "ESPN.com - Tennis Channel cancels Dubai coverage". www.espn.com.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard. "Tennis Channel Won’t Televise Dubai Event in Protest." The New York Times. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
- ^ Ovide, Shira. "Journal Drops Dubai Tennis Sponsorship." The Wall Street Journal. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009. Archived 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Dubai given record fine over Peer". BBC News. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.