2009 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2009 Italian Open[1][2][3] (also known for 2009 Rome Masters[4][5][6] 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.

2009 Italian Open
DateApril 25 – May 4 (men)
May 3 – May 9 (women)
Edition66th
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
LocationRome, Italy
VenueForo Italico
Champions
Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's Singles
Dinara Safina[1]
Men's Doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić
Women's Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal won his fourth singles title in Rome in five years
Women's Singles champion and WTA No.1 Dinara Safina

Finals

Men's singles
Main article: 2009 Italian Open – Men's Singles

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

  • It was Rafael 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

Dinara Safina defeated 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

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

Women's doubles
Main article: 2009 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

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

ATP entrants

Seeds
Player Country Ranking* Seeding
Rafael Nadal  Spain 1 1
Roger Federer   Switzerland 2 2
Novak Djokovic  Serbia 3 3
Andy Murray  United Kingdom 4 4
Juan Martín del Potro  Argentina 5 5
Fernando Verdasco  Spain 7 6
Nikolay Davydenko  Russia 8 7
Gilles Simon  France 9 8
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  France 11 9
Stanislas Wawrinka   Switzerland 12 10
David Ferrer  Spain 13 11
Fernando González  Chile 14 12
Tommy Robredo  Spain 16 13
James Blake  United States 17 14
Marin Čilić  Croatia 18 15
Radek Štěpánek  Czech Republic 19 16
  • Seedings based on the April 20, 2009 rankings.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA Entrants

Seeds
Player Country Ranking* Seeding
Dinara Safina  Russia 1 1
Serena Williams  United States 2 2
Jelena Janković  Serbia 4 3
Venus Williams  United States 5 4
Ana Ivanovic  Serbia 7 5
Victoria Azarenka  Belarus 8 6
Svetlana Kuznetsova  Russia 9 7
Nadia Petrova  Russia 10 8
Caroline Wozniacki  Denmark 11 9
Agnieszka Radwańska  Poland 12 10
Marion Bartoli  France 13 11
Flavia Pennetta  Italy 14 12
Alizé Cornet  France 15 13
Zheng Jie  China 16 14
Anabel Medina Garrigues  Spain 18 15
Kaia Kanepi  Estonia 19 16
  • Seedings based on the April 27, 2009 rankings.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

References
  1. "Safina clinches Italian Open title". Eurosport. Reuters. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "Safina beats Kuznetsova in final". BBC Sport. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. "Serena Williams dismisses Safina's claim to top ranking". The Guardian. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. "Novak Djokovic battles past Roger Federer in Rome". The Guardian. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. "Rafael Nadal: 2009 highs and lows". The Telegraph. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  6. "Nadal regains Rome Masters title". BBC Sport. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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