2009 SA Tennis Open

Review

The singles competition was won by Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who was the top seed for the tournament. On his route to the final he faced unseeded players Thiago Alves, Denis Istomin and Frederico Gil, as well as seventh seed Kristof Vliegen in the quarter-finals, winning them all in straight sets for the loss of only 22 games. His final opponent was his fellow countryman, the fifth-seeded Jérémy Chardy who had progressed against Jiří Vaněk, qualifiers Marco Chiudinelli and Sébastien de Chaunac in straight sets before a more tricky test against second seed David Ferrer. In the final Tsonga came through 7–6, 6–4 to take the title.

Five South African players (Kevin Anderson, Andrew Anderson, Izak van der Merwe, Raven Klaasen and Rik de Voest) were present in the draw and the latter three reached the second round. de Voest knocked out sixth seed Iván Navarro while Klaasen defeated another Spaniard, Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and van der Merwe overcame Benjamin Becker.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2009 SA Tennis Open – Singles

FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated FRA Jérémy Chardy 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

• It was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's 1st title of the year and his 3rd overall.

Doubles

Main article: 2009 SA Tennis Open – Doubles

USA James Cerretani / BEL Dick Norman defeated RSA Rik de Voest / AUS Ashley Fisher 6–7(7–9), 6–2, [14–12]

References

References

1. "2009 Johannesburg – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. "2009 Johannesburg – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).