The 2009 SAP Open was a
tennis
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tournament played on
indoor hard courts. It was the 121st edition of the
SAP Open
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, and was part of the
International Series of the
2009 ATP Tour
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. It took place at the
HP Pavilion in
San Jose, California
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, United States, from February 9 through February 15, 2009.
The singles draw featured
ATP
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No. 6,
2009 Australian Open
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semi-finalist and
2009 Dubai finalist
Andy Roddick,
2009 Australian Open
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quarterfinalist and
2008 U.S Open quarterfinalist
Juan Martín del Potro, Other names include
James Blake,
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
,
Mardy Fish
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,
Sam Querrey,
Igor Kunitsyn and
Robby Ginepri.
Entrants
Seeds
*Rankings as of February 9, 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Lars Poerschke
*
Marcos Baghdatis
*
John Isner
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Michael Ryderstedt
Michael Ryderstedt (born 12 November 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Ryderstedt was born in Stockholm. In August 2001, at the Fischer Junior Open he captured the doubles title with Dudi Sela of Israel.
His best accomp ...
*
Dominik Meffert
*
Todd Widom
*
Andrea Stoppini
*
Ramón Delgado
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(as a lucky loser, replacing
Guillermo García-López)
Finals
Singles
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
defeated
Mardy Fish
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, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
*It was Štěpánek's second title of the year and 4th of his career.
Doubles
Tommy Haas /
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
defeated
Rohan Bopanna /
Jarkko Nieminen
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6–2, 6–3
References
External links
Official websiteSingles drawDoubles drawQualifying singles draw
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2009 ATP World Tour
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2009 in American tennis
February 2009 sports events in the United States