2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but chose not to participate to protest the United Arab Emirates decision to deny Israeli player Shahar Pe'er a visa to enter the country for the women's tournament.

In the final, Novak Djokovic defeated David Ferrer, 7–5, 6–3.

Seeds
• # 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (champion)

• # 🇬🇧 Andy Murray (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a viral infection)

• # 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (semifinals)

• # 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (final)

• # Marin Čilić (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇺 Igor Andreev (quarterfinals)

• # Ivo Karlović (first round)

• # 🇷🇺 Marat Safin (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇨🇿 Ivo Minář (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Flavio Cipolla (qualified)

• # Rik de Voest (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇨🇿 Lukáš Dlouhý (first round)

• # 🇦🇩 Laurent Recouderc (qualified)

• # 🇮🇳 Prakash Amritraj (first round, retired due to illness)

• # 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi (qualifying competition)

• # 🇹🇷 Marsel İlhan (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # Michael Lammer

• # 🇮🇹 Flavio Cipolla

• # 🇦🇩 Laurent Recouderc

• # Marco Chiudinelli

Lucky loser
• # Rik de Voest