The 2009 St. Petersburg Open was a

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tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the

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. It was held at the

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, from October 25 through November 1, 2009.

ATP entrants

Seeds

* Seeds are based on the rankings of October 19, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Stanislav Vovk * Andrey Kuznetsov *

Michail Elgin Mikhail Nikolayevich Elgin ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Елгин, Mikhail Nikolayevich Yelgin, mʲɪxɐˈil jɪlˈɡʲin; born 14 October 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player. Elgin became famous when he advanced to the q ...

The following players received into the singles main draw as special exempt: *

Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kukushkin (; born 26 December 1987) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39, achieved on 25 February 2019. Career 2006–10: Turned pro, Masters ...

Illya Marchenko Illya Vasylovych Marchenko (; born 8 September 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career high in singles of World No. 49 achieved on 26 September 2016 and of No. 268 in doubles achieved on 25 August 2014. On the ATP Tour, Marchenko reac ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. *

Petru-Alexandru Luncanu Petru-Alexandru Luncanu (born 7 May 1989) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Luncanu has played on the ITF Men's Circuit, the ATP Challenger Tour and for the Romania Davis Cup Team. On 2 November 2009 he reached his highest ATP singles r ...

Yuri Schukin Yuri Schukin (; born 26 June 1979) is a retired Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Schukin has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 119, achieved on 19 November 2007. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. ...

Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Eduardovych Stakhovsky (, ; born January 6, 1986) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and played mostly at the Challenger level from 2005 to 2008. His career-high rankings were World No ...

Finals

Singles

defeated

Horacio Zeballos Horacio Zeballos Jr. (, ; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the first Argentinian man to achieve the feat. He is a Grand Slam champion ...

2–6, 7–6^(10–8), 7–6^(9–7) *Stakhovsky wins his first title of the year and second of his career.

Doubles

Colin Fleming Colin Fleming (born 13 August 1984) is a British retired professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. As part of the Davis Cup team, he won eight successive doubles matches to help Great Britain into the World Group. He also won his ...

Ken Skupski Ken Skupski Jr. (born 9 April 1983) is a British former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 44 in July 2010, and won seven titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the ...

defeated

Jérémy Chardy Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 ...

Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, attained in July 2007. Gasquet won 16 singles ...

, 2–6, 7–5, 0–4

External links

Official website
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