2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
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The 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's
tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the event known as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and is part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the
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. It took place at the
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indoor sporting arena in
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, Netherlands, from 9 February through 15 February 2009. Second-seeded
Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...
won the singles final beating first-seeded Rafael Nadal in the final.


Players

The list of original seeded players was headlined by world number 1 Rafael Nadal,
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and Nikolay Davydenko. Also lined up are
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, Gaël Monfils,
David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain Davis Cup team, Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels on the ATP Tour (ATP Tour 250, ATP 250, ATP Tour ...
, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Robin Söderling. Robin Söderling was forced to withdraw from the tournament on the second day, before he was due to face Russia's
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on day three. He was replaced by Frenchman Marc Gicquel who entered the tournament as a
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.


Finals


Singles

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defeated Rafael Nadal 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 *It was Murray's second title of the year and 10th of his career.


Doubles

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/ Nenad Zimonjić defeated
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/ Leander Paes 6–2, 7–5


Seeds

Robin Söderling was the eighth seed, but had to withdraw. *Rankings as of February 9, 2009.


Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Grigor Dimitrov * Jesse Huta Galung * Thiemo de Bakker The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Arnaud Clément *
Stéphane Bohli Stéphane Bohli (born 25 July 1983) is a professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis ...
*
Laurent Recouderc Laurent Recouderc is a professional tennis player from France. He was born 10 July 1984 in Toulouse. Career On the junior circuit, Recouderc had defeated Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former profession ...
*
Evgeny Korolev Evgeny Evgenyevich Korolev ( rus, Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Королёв; born 14 February 1988) is a retired Russian tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four wi ...
* Marc Gicquel (as a lucky loser)


Events


Singles

In the first ATP World 500 Series tournament of the year, all the seeded players reached the second round. World number 1 Rafael Nadal needed three sets to beat
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and
David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain Davis Cup team, Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels on the ATP Tour (ATP Tour 250, ATP 250, ATP Tour ...
equally took three sets to advance against Jürgen Melzer. Thiemo de Bakker, who was ranked at #242 in the world rankings and one of only two Dutchmen in the competition, lost his first round tie against Andreas Seppi. The other home player, Jesse Huta Galung, gave seventh seed
Jo Wilfried Tsonga Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
a real game but lost out on two tie-breaks.
Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...
beat former top three player Ivan Ljubičić while Gaël Monfils took the first set against Swiss player
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before his opponent had to retire injured. Seeds began to fall in the second round: Nikolay Davydenko,
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and
David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain Davis Cup team, Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels on the ATP Tour (ATP Tour 250, ATP 250, ATP Tour ...
exited the competition with defeats to Julien Benneteau, Mario Ančić and
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respectively. Nadal overcame the loss of the second set against the 2008 junior champion Grigor Dimitrov to win 7–5, 3–6, 6–2. Murray defeated Seppi 7–6, 7–6 and Monfils beat fellow Frenchman
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. The quarter-final line-up was completed by Marc Gicquel (who had the opportunity to play after Soderling's withdrawal) and Tsonga who defeated Dmitry Tursunov. In the quarter-finals Rafael Nadal beat Frenchman
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6–4, 7–6, 6–4 to set up a match with Monfils in the semi-finals, who beat Julien Benneteau 7–6, 6–1. Mario Ančić continued his good form from the Zagreb tournament the previous week by beating
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6–4, 6–2 in their quarter-final match. Marc Gicquel was forced to retire from his quarter-final against
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when Murray was leading 7–6, 4–6, 3–0. In the first semi-final match, despite initial fears that he would not be able to play due to an ankle injury,
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beat Ančić 6–1, 6–2.


Doubles

The #1, #2 and #4 seeded doubles pairs all progressed through the first two rounds to reach the semi-finals. Top seeds
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and Nenad Zimonjić recorded identical scorelines of 7–6(2), 6–4 in their opening two matches, defeating singles players Dmitry Tursunov (the champion the previous year with Tomáš Berdych) and
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in the first round before beating Italians Andreas Seppi and
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. The #2 seeded pair of
Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý (born 9 April 1983) is a retired professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in June 2009. Career Dlouhý has been part of two long-term doubles ...
and Leander Paes won on a final-set champions tiebreak against
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and
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, then proceeded to win 6–2, 6–1 against
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and Marcin Matkowski in the quarterfinals. The Julian Knowle and
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partnerships also reached the semi-finals after a straight sets victory over
Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...
and James Auckland in the first round and victory over the French pair of Arnaud Clément and
Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra (; born 18 May 1980) is a French former professional tennis player. He was a successful doubles player with three Grand Slam championships and an Olympic silver medal, and has also had success in singles, winning five career titl ...
in the second round. The #3 pair of Jeff Coetzee
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were defeated in the quarter-finals by Tomáš Berdych and Jürgen Melzer 4–6, 66-7.


References


External links


Official website

Singles draw

Doubles draw

Qualifying Singles draw
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