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2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

The 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the event known that year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 5 through October 11, 2009. Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the singles title.

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	5	1
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7	2
FRA	Gilles Simon	10	3
FRA	Gaël Monfils	13	4
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	16	5
CZE	Radek Štěpánek	17	6
SWI	Stanislas Wawrinka	23	7
AUS	Lleyton Hewitt	26	8

rankings are based on the rankings of September 28, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

JPN Tatsuma Ito
JPN Go Soeda
JPN Takao Suzuki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

SUI Marco Chiudinelli
LAT Ernests Gulbis
TUR Marsel İlhan
FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated RUS Mikhail Youzhny, 6–3, 6–3

It was Tsongas 3rd title of the year and 5th of his career.

Doubles

Main article: 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

AUT Julian Knowle / AUT Jürgen Melzer defeated GBR Ross Hutchins / AUS Jordan Kerr, 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]

References

"Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship 2009".
Roger Federer. "Roger Federer – Schedule".

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