2009 in tennis

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2009. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

Changes
The structure of both the WTA and ATP tours has been changed for 2009. On the men's side, Masters Series events have been replaced by Masters 1000 tournaments, while the International Series Gold and International Series tournaments are now 500 Series and 250 Series events respectively. The season-ending ATP World Tour Finals remains unchanged.

On the women's tour, the tiered system which has existed since 1988 has been scrapped in favour of a structure closer to the men's circuit. Tier I and Tier II have been merged into the WTA Premier Tournaments. The Tier III and Tier IV have also been merged into International Tournaments. The WTA Tour Championships remain on the schedule but the WTA have also initiated a second season-ending tournament, the Commonwealth Bank Tour of Champions for eight players who did not qualify for the Tour Championships (usually below the top eight in the rankings).

January

 * See: 2009 ATP World Tour, 2009 WTA Tour


 * 1 January: The season begins a few days earlier than usual with the newly formed Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. The draw features Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, James Blake, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick.
 * 4 January: The first official event of the season, the new Brisbane International joint event commences in Australia.
 * 5 January: Two male events begin in Chennai and Doha, while a women's tournament in Auckland also starts.

February
1 February: Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer in five sets to win the Australian Open.

March
Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray win the BNP Paribas Open and the Sony Ericsson Open respectively

April
Rafael Nadal wins the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia

May
17 May: Roger Federer overturns a 5 match losing streak to Rafael Nadal by defeating him in straight sets to win the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open which ended his title drought

June
7 June: Roger Federer ties Pete Sampras's all-time record with the most grand slam singles titles (14) by defeating Robin Söderling in the final to win his first Roland Garros title

July
5 July: Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick 5–7, 7-6(8), 7-6(5), 3–6, 16–14 to win his 6th Wimbledon title and record 15th Grand Slam singles title

August

 * 13 August: The top 8 seeds ( Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Juan Martín del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Nikolay Davydenko) advance to the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup, making it the first time in tennis history that the top 8 players in the ATP ranking system made it to the quarterfinals of the same tournament. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga turned around a 1–5 deficit in the third set of the quarterfinals against Roger Federer to win the match before losing to eventual champion Andy Murray
 * 23 August: Roger Federer wins his sixth ATP World Tour 1000 title defeating Novak Djokovic at the Cincinnati Masters.

September

 * 14 September: Juan Martín del Potro turns around a 1 set to 2 deficit to upset top ranked defending champion Roger Federer to win the US Open

November

 * 29 November: Nikolay Davydenko defeats all three 2009 Grand Slam Champions en route to winning the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Grand Slam events

 * Australian Open (19 January – 1 February)
 * Men's singles: Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer
 * Women's singles: Serena Williams def. Dinara Safina
 * Men's doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles
 * Women's doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama
 * Mixed doubles: Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi def. Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram
 * French Open (24 May – 7 June)
 * Men's singles: Roger Federer def. Robin Söderling
 * Women's singles: Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Dinara Safina
 * Men's doubles: Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes def. Wesley Moodie / Dick Norman
 * Women's doubles: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual def. Victoria Azarenka / Elena Vesnina
 * Mixed doubles: Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan def. Vania King / Marcelo Melo
 * Wimbledon Championships (22 June – 5 July)
 * Men's singles: Roger Federer def. Andy Roddick
 * Women's singles: Serena Williams def. Venus Williams
 * Men's doubles: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
 * Women's doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs
 * Mixed doubles: Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Mark Knowles def. Cara Black / Leander Paes
 * US Open (31 August – 13 September)
 * Men's singles: Juan Martín del Potro def. Roger Federer
 * Women's singles: Kim Clijsters def. Caroline Wozniacki
 * Men's doubles: Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes def. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles
 * Women's doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Cara Black / Liezel Huber
 * Mixed doubles: Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott def. Cara Black / Leander Paes

Davis Cup
World Group Draw


 * S-Seeded
 * U-Unseeded
 * * Choice of ground

World Group play-offs

Fed Cup
World Group Draw


 * S-Seeded
 * U-Unseeded
 * * Choice of ground

Final
World Group play-offs

Date: 25–26 April

ATP World Tour

 * See: 2009 ATP World Tour

Changes in No. 1 rank

 * 1 January – 5 July: 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
 * 6 July – 31 December:  Roger Federer

ATP World Tour Finals

 * London, United Kingdom (22 November – 29 November)
 * Singles Qualifiers: 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, 🇬🇧 Andy Murray, 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic, 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro, 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick, 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko, 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco, 🇸🇪 Robin Söderling
 * Doubles Qualifiers: 🇨🇦 Nestor / 🇷🇸 Zimonjić, 🇺🇸 Bryan / 🇺🇸 Bryan, 🇨🇿 Dlouhý / 🇮🇳 Paes, 🇮🇳 Bhupathi /  Knowles, 🇵🇱 Kubot / 🇦🇹 Marach, 🇨🇿 Čermák / 🇸🇰 Mertiňák, 🇧🇾 Mirnyi / 🇮🇱 Ram, 🇵🇱 Fyrstenberg / 🇵🇱 Matkowski
 * Singles Final: 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko def. 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro
 * Doubles Final: 🇺🇸 Bryan / 🇺🇸 Bryan def. 🇧🇾 Mirnyi / 🇮🇱 Ram

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

 * See: 2009 WTA Tour

Changes in No. 1 rank

 * 1 January – 1 February: 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković
 * 2 February – 19 April: 🇺🇸 Serena Williams
 * 20 April – 11 October: 🇷🇺 Dinara Safina
 * 12 October – 25 October: 🇺🇸 Serena Williams
 * 26 October – 1 November: 🇷🇺 Dinara Safina
 * 2 November – 31 December: 🇺🇸 Serena Williams

WTA Tour Championships

 * Doha, Qatar (27 October – 1 November)

Singles Finals


 * Singles Round Robin Players: 🇷🇺 Safina, 🇷🇺 Dementieva, 🇷🇺 Kuznetsova, 🇧🇾 Azarenka
 * Singles Alternates: 🇷🇺 Zvonareva, 🇵🇱 Radwańska

Doubles Final


 * Doubles Semifinalists: 🇦🇺 Stosur/🇦🇺 Stubbs, 🇺🇸 S Williams/🇺🇸 V Williams

Tournament of Champions

 * Bali, Indonesia (4 November – 8 November)
 * Final: 🇫🇷 Aravane Rezaï def. 🇫🇷 Marion Bartoli, 7–5, retired

International Tennis Hall of Fame

 * Class of 2008:
 * Andrés Gimeno, player
 * Monica Seles, player
 * Donald Dell, contributor
 * Robert Walter Johnson, contributor