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2009 Italian Open (tennis)

2009 Italian Open (tennis)

3–9 May (women)

List of ATP number 1 ranked players
Women's singles champion and WTA No.1 Dinara Safina

The 2009 Italian Open (also known for 2009 Rome Masters and its sponsored title 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 66th edition, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier-level tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, with the men playing from April 25 through May 4, 2009, and the women from May 3 through May 9, 2009.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2009 Italian Open – Men's singles

ESP Rafael Nadal defeated SRB Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–2), 6–2

  • It was Nadal's 5th singles title of the year, and his 36th singles title overall. It was his 4th win at the event, also winning in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

Women's singles

Main article: 2009 Italian Open – Women's singles

RUS Dinara Safina defeated RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–3, 6–2

  • It was Safina's first title of the year and 10th of her career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2009 Italian Open – Men's doubles

CAN Daniel Nestor / SRB Nenad Zimonjić defeated USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 2009 Italian Open – Women's doubles

TPE Hsieh Su-wei / CHN Peng Shuai defeated SVK Daniela Hantuchová / JPN Ai Sugiyama, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)

ATP entrants

Seeds

PlayerCountryRanking*Seeding
Rafael NadalSpain11
Roger FedererSwitzerland22
Novak Djokovic33
Andy MurrayUnited Kingdom44
Juan Martín del Potro55
Fernando VerdascoSpain76
Nikolay DavydenkoRussia87
Gilles SimonFrance98
Jo-Wilfried TsongaFrance119
Stanislas WawrinkaSwitzerland1210
David FerrerSpain1311
Fernando GonzálezChile1412
Tommy RobredoSpain1613
James BlakeUnited States1714
Marin Čilić1815
Radek Štěpánek1916
  • Seedings based on the April 20, 2009 rankings.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • ITA Flavio Cipolla
  • ITA Potito Starace
  • ITA Fabio Fognini
  • ITA Filippo Volandri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • RUS Mikhail Youzhny
  • ARG Juan Mónaco
  • ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver
  • CZE Jan Hernych
  • ROU Victor Crivoi
  • BRA Thomaz Bellucci
  • GER Mischa Zverev

WTA entrants

Seeds

PlayerCountryRanking*Seeding
Dinara SafinaRussia11
Serena WilliamsUnited States22
Jelena Janković43
Venus WilliamsUnited States54
Ana Ivanovic75
Victoria Azarenka86
Svetlana KuznetsovaRussia97
Nadia PetrovaRussia108
Caroline Wozniacki119
Agnieszka RadwańskaPoland1210
Marion BartoliFrance1311
Flavia PennettaItaly1412
Alizé CornetFrance1513
Zheng JieChina1614
Anabel Medina GarriguesSpain1815
Kaia Kanepi1916
  • Seedings based on the April 27, 2009 rankings.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • ITA Roberta Vinci
  • ITA Karin Knapp
  • ITA Tathiana Garbin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • JPN Ayumi Morita
  • USA Vania King
  • USA Jill Craybas
  • COL Mariana Duque Marino
  • FRA Aravane Rezaï
  • KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova
  • ITA Alberta Brianti
  • UKR Mariya Koryttseva

References

References

  1. "2009 Rome – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "2009 Rome – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. (9 May 2009). "Safina clinches Italian Open title". Eurosport.
  4. (9 May 2009). "Safina beats Kuznetsova in final". BBC Sport.
  5. (5 May 2009). "Serena Williams dismisses Safina's claim to top ranking". The Guardian.
  6. (2 May 2009). "Novak Djokovic battles past Roger Federer in Rome". The Guardian.
  7. (26 November 2009). "Rafael Nadal: 2009 highs and lows". The Telegraph.
  8. (3 May 2009). "Nadal regains Rome Masters title". BBC Sport.
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