2009 Wimbledon Championships

The 2009 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 123rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 22 June to 5 July 2009. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Rafael Nadal did not defend his title as he withdrew from the tournament due to knee tendonitis. Roger Federer won his 6th Wimbledon title defeating rival Andy Roddick in the final in five sets. Federer's victory marked his fifteenth Grand Slam title, establishing the men's all-time record. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in the title's defence, having been defeated in the final match by her sister Serena, who won her first Wimbledon title since 2003.

Point distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Prize distribution
The total prize money for 2009 championships was £12,550,000. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £850,000.


 * per team

Men's singles
Roger Federer def. 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick, 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14
 * It was Federer's 3rd title of the year, and his 60th overall. Federer's victory gave him his 15th career Grand Slam title, to make him the most successful male player in Grand Slam history. Watching the Swiss break the record was Pete Sampras, who won 14 Grand Slam titles and was making his first return to Wimbledon since 2002; Björn Borg, who won five consecutive Wimbledon titles (the only other man doing this being Roger Federer himself); and Rod Laver, who won Wimbledon four times.
 * The match set a record for most games in a men's final (77); the most games won by the losing player (39); and, most games won by the winning player (38).

Women's singles
🇺🇸 Serena Williams def. 🇺🇸 Venus Williams, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
 * It was Serena's 2nd title of the year, and her 34th overall. It was her 11th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles
🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor / 🇷🇸 Nenad Zimonjić def. 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3

Women's doubles
🇺🇸 Serena Williams / 🇺🇸 Venus Williams def. 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur / 🇦🇺 Rennae Stubbs, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Mixed doubles
Mark Knowles / 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld def. 🇮🇳 Leander Paes / Cara Black, 7–5, 6–3

Boys' singles
🇷🇺 Andrey Kuznetsov def. 🇺🇸 Jordan Cox, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2

Girls' singles
🇹🇭 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn def. 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1

Boys' doubles
🇫🇷 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / 🇩🇪 Kevin Krawietz def. 🇫🇷 Julien Obry / 🇫🇷 Adrien Puget, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 12–10

Girls' doubles
🇹🇭 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / 🇦🇺 Sally Peers def. 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic / Silvia Njirić, 6–1, 6–1

Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis def. 🇺🇸 Donald Johnson / 🇺🇸 Jared Palmer, 7–6(7–2), 6–4

Ladies' invitation doubles
🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova / 🇨🇿 Helena Suková def. Ilana Kloss / 🇺🇸  Rosalyn Nideffer, 6–3, 6–2

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
🇬🇧 Jeremy Bates / 🇸🇪 Anders Järryd def. 🇮🇷 Mansour Bahrami / 🇫🇷 Henri Leconte, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Wheelchair men's doubles
🇫🇷 Stéphane Houdet / 🇫🇷 Michaël Jérémiasz def. Robin Ammerlaan / 🇯🇵 Shingo Kunieda, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Wheelchair women's doubles
Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer def. 🇦🇺 Daniela Di Toro / 🇬🇧 Lucy Shuker, 6–1, 6–3

Records
Swiss Roger Federer established a number of records at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. By defeating Ivo Karlović in the quarter-finals, Federer reached his 21st consecutive Grand Slam semi-final, having started the streak at Wimbledon in 2004. He then defeated Tommy Haas in the semi-final to reach his seventh consecutive Wimbledon final and his twentieth Grand Slam final, both of these all-time records. Finally, by defeating Andy Roddick in the final, Federer won his fifteenth Grand Slam title, breaking the record of fourteen titles previously set by Pete Sampras. Federer also became the fourth man to complete the rare French Open / Wimbledon double in the Open Era, joining Rod Laver, Björn Borg, and Rafael Nadal (who had completed the feat the previous year and would do so again in 2010).

Among other records set, the men's final between Federer and Roddick had the highest number of viewers in the UK of any Wimbledon final since 2001, peaking at 11.1 million viewers during the last stretch of the match. The 30-game fifth set in the men's final was the longest set in Wimbledon finals history.

Centre Court roof
The 2009 Championships took place during an extended period of hot, dry weather in southeast England, meaning that it was not until day seven of the tournament (29 June) that the newly constructed Centre Court roof was closed for the first time due to rain, delaying a fourth round match between Amélie Mauresmo and Dinara Safina. The following match between Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka was the first full match to be played under the new roof; owing to the new floodlights, the match continued until 22:38, the latest ever finish in Wimbledon history (this record was broken in 2012 in a third round match between Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis, which ended at 23:02). These were the only two matches in which the Centre Court roof was used during the entire 2009 tournament.

Tennis Integrity Unit
The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) planned to observe matches played by up to 12 players (some of whom were inside the ATP top 50) throughout the tournament. The TIU has existed since January 2008.

The ATP claimed to have identified Russian and Italian Mafia-related groups behind suspicious betting at other tournaments, although the organisers of the Wimbledon Championships declared that there are no current proceedings against any players.

Singles players

 * Men's singles


 * Women's singles

Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 15 June 2009. Rankings and points before are as of 22 June 2009.

Men's singles
The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:
 * ESP points as at a week of 22 June 2009
 * Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (23 June 2008 – 21 June 2009)
 * add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (25 June 2007 – 22 June 2008).

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Women's singles
The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 15 June 2009, with an exception for Maria Sharapova (details are given below). Rank and points before are as of 22 June 2009. † Maria Sharapova was ranked 59th on the day seeds were announced, because she had missed the most of 12-month period due to injury. Nevertheless, she was deemed a special case and was seeded 24th by organizers.

Main draw wild card entries
The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles
 * 1) 🇬🇧 Alex Bogdanovic
 * 2) 🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov
 * 3) 🇬🇧 Dan Evans
 * 4) 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero
 * 5) 🇬🇧 Josh Goodall
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut
 * 7) 🇬🇧 James Ward

Women's singles
 * 1) 🇬🇧 Elena Baltacha
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Kimiko Date-Krumm
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Alexa Glatch
 * 4)  Michelle Larcher de Brito
 * 5) 🇬🇧 Katie O'Brien
 * 6) 🇬🇧 Laura Robson
 * 7) 🇬🇧 Melanie South
 * 8) 🇬🇧 Georgie Stoop

Men's doubles
 * 1) 🇬🇧 James Auckland / 🇬🇧 Josh Goodall
 * 2) 🇬🇧 Alex Bogdanovic / 🇬🇧 James Ward
 * 3) 🇬🇧 Jamie Delgado / 🇬🇧 Jonathan Marray
 * 4) 🇬🇧 Colin Fleming / 🇬🇧 Ken Skupski
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra / 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut (Withdrew)

Women's doubles
 * 1) 🇬🇧 Elena Baltacha / 🇬🇧 Amanda Elliott
 * 2) 🇬🇧 Jade Curtis / 🇬🇧 Anna Smith
 * 3) 🇬🇧 Laura Robson / 🇬🇧 Georgie Stoop
 * 4) 🇬🇧 Jocelyn Rae / 🇬🇧 Melanie South
 * 5) 🇬🇧 Naomi Cavaday / 🇬🇧 Katie O'Brien

Mixed doubles
 * 1) 🇬🇧 James Auckland / 🇬🇧 Elena Baltacha
 * 2) 🇬🇧 Alex Bogdanovic / 🇬🇧 Melanie South
 * 3) 🇬🇧 Colin Fleming / 🇬🇧 Sarah Borwell
 * 4) 🇬🇧 Josh Goodall / 🇬🇧 Naomi Cavaday
 * 5) 🇬🇧 Ken Skupski / 🇬🇧 Katie O'Brien

Main draw qualifier entries
Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.

Men's singles
Men's singles qualifiers
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Rajeev Ram
 * 2) 🇩🇪 Simon Greul
 * 3) 🇧🇪 Xavier Malisse
 * 4)  Roko Karanušić
 * 5) 🇸🇰 Lukáš Lacko
 * 6) 🇦🇹 Alexander Peya
 * 7) 🇨🇴 Alejandro Falla
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin
 * 9)  Grega Žemlja
 * 10) 🇲🇽 Santiago González
 * 11) 🇺🇸 Taylor Dent
 * 12) 🇮🇹 Riccardo Ghedin
 * 13) 🇫🇷 Adrian Mannarino
 * 14)  Luka Gregorc
 * 15) 🇺🇸 Michael Yani
 * 16) 🇺🇸 Jesse Levine

Lucky Losers
 * 1) 🇸🇰 Karol Beck
 * 2) 🇧🇷 Thiago Alves
 * 3) 🇹🇭 Danai Udomchoke
 * 4)  Pablo Cuevas

Women's singles
Women's singles qualifiers
 * 1) 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Kutuzova
 * 2) 🇨🇿 Klára Zakopalová
 * 3) 🇩🇪 Tatjana Malek
 * 4) 🇯🇵 Aiko Nakamura
 * 5) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Parra Santonja
 * 6) 🇰🇿 Sesil Karatantcheva
 * 7) 🇷🇺 Regina Kulikova
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Melanie Oudin
 * 9) 🇮🇹 Alberta Brianti
 * 10)  Neuza Silva
 * 11) 🇷🇺 Vesna Manasieva
 * 12)  Anastasija Sevastova

Lucky Losers
 * 1) 🇸🇰 Kristína Kučová

Men's doubles
Men's doubles qualifiers
 * 1) 🇬🇧 Chris Eaton / 🇬🇧 Alexander Slabinsky
 * 2) 🇲🇽 Santiago González / 🇺🇸 Travis Rettenmaier
 * 3)  Kevin Anderson / 🇮🇳 Somdev Devvarman
 * 4) 🇮🇳 Prakash Amritraj / 🇵🇰 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Lucky Losers
 * 1) 🇦🇺 Rameez Junaid / 🇩🇪 Philipp Marx
 * 2) 🇺🇸 David Martin /  Jean-Claude Scherrer
 * 3) 🇮🇹 Alessandro Motti / 🇦🇺 Joseph Sirianni
 * 4) 🇹🇭 Sanchai Ratiwatana / 🇹🇭 Sonchat Ratiwatana
 * 5) 🇸🇰 Karol Beck / 🇨🇿 Jaroslav Levinský
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Chris Guccione / 🇩🇪 Frank Moser

Women's doubles
Women's doubles qualifiers
 * 1) 🇩🇪 Tatjana Malek / 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Rika Fujiwara / 🇯🇵 Aiko Nakamura
 * 3)  Edina Gallovits / 🇭🇺 Katalin Marosi
 * 4) 🇺🇦 Yuliana Fedak / 🇧🇦 Mervana Jugić-Salkić

Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


 * Men's singles
 * 🇦🇹 Stefan Koubek
 * 🇷🇴 Andrei Pavel


 * Women's singles
 * 🇯🇵 Akiko Morigami
 * 🇺🇦 Tatiana Perebiynis

Withdrawals

 * Men's singles
 * Mario Ančić → replaced by 🇨🇦 Frank Dancevic
 * 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis → replaced by 🇸🇰 Karol Beck
 * 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet → replaced by 🇩🇪 Benjamin Becker
 * Ivan Ljubičić → replaced by 🇹🇭 Danai Udomchoke
 * 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils → replaced by Pablo Cuevas
 * 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá → replaced by 🇺🇸 Vince Spadea
 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal → replaced by 🇧🇷 Thiago Alves
 * 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian → replaced by 🇦🇷 Brian Dabul
 * 🇫🇮 Jarkko Nieminen → replaced by 🇪🇨 Nicolás Lapentti


 * Women's singles
 * 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic → replaced by 🇨🇦 Stéphanie Dubois
 * 🇺🇸 Laura Granville → replaced by Maša Zec Peškirič
 * 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy → replaced by Raluca Olaru
 * Katarina Srebotnik → replaced by 🇸🇰 Kristína Kučová