2009 ATP World Tour

2009 ATP World Tour
Roger Federer finished the year as world No. 1 for the fifth time in his career. He won four tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open (completing the career Grand Slam) and the Wimbledon Championships. He also won two Masters events and finished runner-up at the other two majors, the Australian Open and the US Open.
Details
DurationJanuary 3, 2009 – November 30, 2009
Tournaments68
CategoriesGrand Slam (4)
World Tour Masters 1000 (9)
World Tour 500 (11)
World Tour 250 (40)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesUnited Kingdom Andy Murray (6)
Most tournament finalsSerbia Novak Djokovic (10)
Prize money leaderSwitzerland Roger Federer ($8,761,805)
Points leaderSwitzerland Roger Federer (10,550)
Awards
Player of the yearSwitzerland Roger Federer
Doubles team of the yearUnited States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Most improved
player of the year
United States John Isner
Newcomer of the yearArgentina Horacio Zeballos
Comeback
player of the year
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
2008
2010

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2009 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organised by the ITF.[1][2]

Tour changes

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The ATP reinstated the world tour to its name as the organisation rebranded itself as the ATP World Tour.[3] ATP World Tour tournaments in 2009 are classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500, and ATP World Tour 250. Broadly speaking the Tennis Masters Series tournaments became the new Masters 1000 level and ATP International Series Gold and ATP International Series events became ATP 500 level and 250 level events.

The World Tour Masters 1000 includes tournaments at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati, Shanghai, and Paris. The end-of-year event, the Tour Finals, moved to London. Hamburg has been displaced by the new clay court event at Madrid, which is a new combined men's and women's tournament, and the indoor hard court event in Madrid was replaced by an outdoor hard court Masters tournament in Shanghai. From 2011, Rome and Cincinnati will also be combined tournaments. Severe sanctions will be placed on top players skipping the Masters 1000 series events, unless medical proof is presented.[4] Plans to eliminate Monte Carlo and Hamburg as Masters Series events led to controversy and protests from players as well as organisers. Hamburg and Monte Carlo filed lawsuits against the ATP,[5] and as a concession it was decided that Monte Carlo remains a Masters 1000 level event, with more prize money and 1000 ranking points, but it would no longer be a compulsory tournament for top-ranked players. Monte Carlo later dropped its suit. Hamburg was "reserved" to become a 500 level event in the summer.[6] Hamburg did not accept this concession, but later lost its suit.[7]

The World Tour 500 level includes tournaments at Rotterdam, Dubai, Acapulco, Memphis, Barcelona, Hamburg, Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, Basel, and Valencia.

The ATP & ITF declared that 2009 Davis Cup World Group and World Group Playoffs award a total of up to 500 points. Players accumulate points over the four rounds and the playoffs and these are counted as one of a player's four best results from the 500 level events. An additional 125 points are given to a player who wins all eight live rubbers and wins the Davis Cup. [8]

Otherwise, the domain name of their website was changed to "www.atpworldtour.com".[9]

Season summary

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The 2009 ATP World Tour season saw Roger Federer break Pete Sampras's Grand Slam record of 14 men's singles titles, capturing his first French Open title and his sixth Wimbledon title in the process, marking 15 Grand Slam tournament victories to his name. This success came after losing to his main rival, Rafael Nadal, in the Australian Open final 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2 in what has been lauded as one of the greatest Australian Open finals of all-time.[10] This victory gave Nadal his first Grand Slam title on hard court, his sixth major title overall and put an end to Federer’s 8–0 record in slam finals on hard court.

This defeat for Federer came at his first opportunity in a slam final to tie Sampras’s record of most Grand Slams won in men’s singles and came on the back of consecutive defeats to Nadal at the previous years French Open and Wimbledon. It also marked the first and only time in Nadal’s career that he’d win a slam having come through 5 set matches in both the semifinals and final, beating fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in an epic that lasted 5 hours, 14 minutes in the semis. Nadal would continue his dominance of the tour by winning titles in Indian Wells, Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome before falling to Federer in the final of Madrid. This was Federer's first Masters Series title since winning Cincinnati in 2007 and his first win over Nadal since the 2007 Tennis Masters cup, having lost the previous 5 matches they played.

Nadal was shocked in the fourth round of the French Open by big hitting Swede Robin Söderling, marking the first ever defeat Nadal had endured at the French Open. This has been described as one of the biggest upsets in tennis history.[11] Federer came through tough tests earlier in the French Open, coming from 2 sets down to defeat Tommy Haas in the fourth round and beating Juan Martín del Potro in a 5-setter in the semis to advance to his fourth French Open final. Söderling himself would come through a 5-setter in the semis against Fernando González, only to lose to Federer in the final in straight sets 6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4.[12] With this win, Federer captured his first and only French Open title, equalling Pete Sampras’s then record of 14 Grand Slam titles and in the process becoming the sixth man in singles history to complete the Career Grand Slam.

Federer then captured his sixth Wimbledon and 15th slam overall by defeating Andy Roddick in the final 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14 in the longest men’s singles major final in history (in terms of games played). This was the third and final time the two would play in a Wimbledon final with Federer winning all three encounters. By winning this, Federer became the first player to win 15 men’s singles Grand Slam titles passing Pete Sampras’s prior record of 14.[13] By winning the French Open and Wimbledon back to back, Federer became the eighth man of all time to complete the channel slam and the fourth man of the open era (along with Rod Laver, Björn Borg and Rafael Nadal). This win also saw Federer regain the No. 1 position at the top of the ATP rankings and would later end the season ranked No. 1. Later in the summer, Federer would win his third Cincinnati Masters title beating Novak Djokovic in the final.

At the US Open, 20 year old Argentine Juan Martín del Potro captured his first and only major title and in doing so became the first man to defeat both Nadal and Federer back to back in a Grand Slam tournament. This came in a period in time when both Federer and Nadal had dominated the game for the past 5 seasons, winning 17 of the past 18 slams from the 2005 French Open onwards, with the exception being Novak Djokovic’s first slam victory at the 2008 Australian Open. Djokovic also became the only other man that would later be able to defeat both Nadal and Federer back to back to win a slam title. Del Potro defeated Federer in a 5 set epic 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2, thus ending Federer’s 40-match winning streak at the US Open.

After the US Open, Nikolay Davydenko would win his third career Masters Series title by beating Nadal in the finals of Shanghai and would go on to achieve his biggest career achievement by winning the ATP World Tour Finals.[14] Davydenko successfully defeated Nadal, Söderling, Federer and del Potro en route and became the inaugural winner of the Year-End Championships during its stretch held in London (2009–2020). Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were two other competitors who also had good success during the 2009 season, with Djokovic winning the Paris Masters, 3 500 Series tournaments in Dubai, Beijing and Basel, and the inaugural Serbia Open in Djokovic’s home city of Belgrade. Murray won 2 Masters 1000 titles in Miami and Montreal and also won 4 other titles in Doha, Rotterdam, London and Valencia.

Spain successfully defended their Davis Cup title by defeating Czech Republic 5–0 in the final with the help of Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano López on clay in Barcelona. In doubles, Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes won 2 Grand Slam titles in 2009, winning both the French Open and the US Open. However, Bob and Mike Bryan successfully captured the Australian Open and ATP World Tour Finals titles, ending the season both ranked No. 1. Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were victorious at Wimbledon.

Schedule

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This is the complete schedule of events on the 2009 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.[15][16]

Key
Grand Slam
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500
ATP World Tour 250
Team Events

January

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 Jan Hyundai Hopman Cup
Perth, Australia
Hopman Cup
Hard (i) – A$1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)
 Slovakia
2–0
 Russia
Round Robin (Group A)
 Germany
 United States
 Australia
Round Robin (Group B)
 Italy
 France
 Chinese Taipei
Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $484,750 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Spain Fernando Verdasco France Paul-Henri Mathieu
France Richard Gasquet
Japan Kei Nishikori
France Florent Serra
Sweden Robin Söderling
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
France Marc Gicquel
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6–4, 6–3
Spain Fernando Verdasco
Germany Mischa Zverev
Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Doha, Qatar
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $1,110,250 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom Andy Murray
6–4, 6–2
United States Andy Roddick France Gaël Monfils
Switzerland Roger Federer
Spain Rafael Nadal
Romania Victor Hănescu
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
Spain Marc López
Spain Rafael Nadal
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Chennai Open
Chennai, India
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $450,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Croatia Marin Čilić
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
India Somdev Devvarman Spain Marcel Granollers
Germany Rainer Schüttler
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Serbia Janko Tipsarević
Croatia Ivo Karlović
Germany Björn Phau
United States Eric Butorac
United States Rajeev Ram
6–3, 6–4
Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
12 Jan Heineken Open
Auckland, New Zealand
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $480,750 – 28S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
6–4, 6–4
United States Sam Querrey Sweden Robin Söderling
Spain David Ferrer
Serbia Viktor Troicki
United States John Isner
Spain Nicolás Almagro
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
7–5, 6–4
United States Scott Lipsky
India Leander Paes
Medibank International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $484,750 – 28S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Argentina David Nalbandian
6–3, 6–7(9–11), 6–2
Finland Jarkko Nieminen Serbia Novak Djokovic
France Richard Gasquet
Croatia Mario Ančić
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
France Jérémy Chardy
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
19 Jan
26 Jan
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard – A$10,712,240
128S/128Q/64D/32X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
Spain Rafael Nadal
7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2
Switzerland Roger Federer Spain Fernando Verdasco
United States Andy Roddick
France Gilles Simon
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
2–6, 7–5, 6–0
India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Sania Mirza
6–3, 6–1
Israel Andy Ram
France Nathalie Dechy

February

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 Feb SA Tennis Open
Johannesburg, South Africa
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
France Jérémy Chardy Portugal Frederico Gil
Spain David Ferrer
Belgium Kristof Vliegen
Spain Guillermo García López
France Sébastien de Chaunac
Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis
United States James Cerretani
Belgium Dick Norman
6–7(7–9), 6–2, [14–12]
South Africa Rik de Voest
Australia Ashley Fisher
Movistar Open
Viña del Mar, Chile
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – $496,750 – 28S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Chile Fernando González
6–1, 6–3
Argentina José Acasuso Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Spain Tommy Robredo
Argentina Juan Mónaco
Chile Paul Capdeville
Argentina Sebastián Decoud
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Argentina Brian Dabul
6–3, 6–3
Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
PBZ Zagreb Indoors
Zagreb, Croatia
ATP World Tour 250
Hard (i) – €450,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Croatia Marin Čilić
6–3, 6–4
Croatia Mario Ančić Czech Republic Jan Hernych
Serbia Viktor Troicki
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Germany Mischa Zverev
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
Croatia Antonio Veić
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
6–4, 6–3
Germany Christopher Kas
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
9 Feb ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Rotterdam, Netherlands
ATP World Tour 500
Hard (i) – €1,445,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom Andy Murray
6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Spain Rafael Nadal France Gaël Monfils
Croatia Mario Ančić
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
France Julien Benneteau
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
France Marc Gicquel
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–2, 7–5
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes
SAP Open
San Jose, United States
ATP World Tour 250
Hard (i) – $600,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
United States Mardy Fish United States Andy Roddick
United States James Blake
Germany Tommy Haas
United States Todd Widom
United States Sam Querrey
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Germany Tommy Haas
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–2, 6–3
India Rohan Bopanna
Finland Jarkko Nieminen
Brasil Open
Costa do Sauípe, Brazil
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – $562,500 – 32S/26Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Tommy Robredo
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Brazil Thomaz Bellucci Portugal Frederico Gil
Argentina José Acasuso
Spain Nicolás Almagro
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Argentina Eduardo Schwank
Spain Alberto Martín
Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Tommy Robredo
6–4, 7–5
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Juan Mónaco
16 Feb Regions Morgan Keegan Championships
Memphis, United States
ATP World Tour 500
Hard (i) – $1,226,500 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Andy Roddick
7–5, 7–5
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Israel Dudi Sela
United States Sam Querrey
Belgium Christophe Rochus
Russia Igor Kunitsyn
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
United States Mardy Fish
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
7–6(9–7), 6–1
United States Travis Parrott
Slovakia Filip Polášek
Copa Telmex
Buenos Aires, Argentina
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – $600,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Tommy Robredo
7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Argentina Juan Mónaco Argentina David Nalbandian
Argentina José Acasuso
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Argentina Máximo González
Brazil Franco Ferreiro
Spain Óscar Hernández
Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Alberto Martín
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Spain Nicolás Almagro
Spain Santiago Ventura
Open 13
Marseille, France
ATP World Tour 250
Hard (i) – €576,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
France Michaël Llodra Serbia Novak Djokovic
France Gilles Simon
Germany Mischa Zverev
Spain Feliciano López
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
France Julien Benneteau
France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Austria Julian Knowle
Israel Andy Ram
23 Feb Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ATP World Tour 500
Hard – $2,233,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
7–5, 6–3
Spain David Ferrer France Gilles Simon
France Richard Gasquet
Croatia Marin Čilić
France Fabrice Santoro
Russia Igor Andreev
United Kingdom Andy Murray
South Africa Rik de Voest
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Abierto Mexicano Telcel
Acapulco, Mexico
ATP World Tour 500
Clay – $1,226,500 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Nicolás Almagro
6–4, 6–4
France Gaël Monfils Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
Argentina José Acasuso
Austria Daniel Köllerer
Spain Daniel Gimeno Traver
Spain Tommy Robredo
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach
Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
Delray Beach, United States
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Mardy Fish
7–5, 6–3
Russia Evgeny Korolev France Jérémy Chardy
Belgium Christophe Rochus
France Florent Serra
Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis
Spain Guillermo García López
Austria Stefan Koubek
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–4
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá

March

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 Mar Davis Cup First Round
Buenos Aires, Argentina – clay
Ostrava, Czech Republic – carpet (i)
Birmingham, United States – hard (i)
Poreč, Croatia – Hard (i)
Malmö, Sweden – carpet (i)
Sibiu, Romania – carpet (i)
Garmisch-Part., Germany – Hard (i)
Benidorm, Spain – clay
First round winners
 Argentina 5–0
 Czech Republic 3–2
 United States 4–1
 Croatia 5–0
 Israel 3–2
 Russia 4–1
 Germany 3–2
 Spain 4–1
First round losers
 Netherlands
 France
  Switzerland
 Chile
 Sweden
 Romania
 Austria
 Serbia
9 Mar
16 Mar
BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, United States
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Rafael Nadal
6–1, 6–2
United Kingdom Andy Murray United States Andy Roddick
Switzerland Roger Federer
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Spain Fernando Verdasco
United States Mardy Fish
United States Andy Roddick
3–6, 6–1, [14–12]
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Israel Andy Ram
23 Mar
30 Mar
Sony Ericsson Open
Key Biscayne, United States
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Hard – $4,500,000 – 96S/48Q/32D
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom Andy Murray
6–2, 7–5
Serbia Novak Djokovic Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Switzerland Roger Federer
Spain Rafael Nadal
Spain Fernando Verdasco
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
United States Andy Roddick
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Israel Andy Ram
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Australia Ashley Fisher
Australia Stephen Huss

April

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 Apr Grand Prix Hassan II
Casablanca, Morocco
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 32S/28Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
6–4, 7–5
France Florent Serra Russia Igor Andreev
Spain Albert Montañés
France Marc Gicquel
Romania Victor Hănescu
Portugal Frederico Gil
Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach
7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–6]
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Paul Hanley
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Houston, United States
ATP World Tour 250
Clay (maroon) – $500,000 – 32S/28Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
6–2, 7–5
United States Wayne Odesnik Russia Evgeny Korolev
Germany Björn Phau
Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Spain Guillermo García López
United States John Isner
Germany Tommy Haas
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–1, 6–2
United States Jesse Levine
United States Ryan Sweeting
13 Apr Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Clay – €2,750,000 – 56S/28Q/24D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Rafael Nadal
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
Spain Fernando Verdasco
Germany Andreas Beck
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 6–1
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
20 Apr Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
Barcelona, Spain
ATP World Tour 500
Clay – €1,995,000 – 56S/28Q/24D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Rafael Nadal
6–2, 7–5
Spain David Ferrer Russia Nikolay Davydenko
Chile Fernando González
Argentina David Nalbandian
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Spain Tommy Robredo
Spain Fernando Verdasco
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–3, 7–6(11–9)
India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
27 Apr Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Rome, Italy
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Clay – €2,750,000 – 56S/28Q/24D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Rafael Nadal
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Serbia Novak Djokovic Chile Fernando González
Switzerland Roger Federer
Spain Fernando Verdasco
Argentina Juan Mónaco
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Germany Mischa Zverev
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(7–5), 6–3
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan

May

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
4 May Estoril Open
Oeiras, Portugal
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Albert Montañés
5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–0
United States James Blake Chile Paul Capdeville
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
France Gilles Simon
Spain Óscar Hernández
France Florent Serra
United States Mardy Fish
United States Eric Butorac
United States Scott Lipsky
6–3, 6–2
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Serbia Open powered by Telekom Srbija
Belgrade, Serbia
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 28S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Poland Łukasz Kubot Italy Andreas Seppi
Croatia Ivo Karlović
Serbia Viktor Troicki
Brazil Marcos Daniel
Belgium Kristof Vliegen
Italy Flavio Cipolla
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
BMW Open
Munich, Germany
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Russia Mikhail Youzhny Germany Daniel Brands
France Jérémy Chardy
Italy Potito Starace
France Paul-Henri Mathieu
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Croatia Marin Čilić
Czech Republic Jan Hernych
Czech Republic Ivo Minář
6–4, 6–4
Australia Ashley Fisher
Australia Jordan Kerr
11 May Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Clay – €3,700,000 – 56S/24D
SinglesDoubles
Switzerland Roger Federer
6–4, 6–4
Spain Rafael Nadal Serbia Novak Djokovic
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Spain Fernando Verdasco
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
United Kingdom Andy Murray
United States Andy Roddick
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 6–4
Sweden Simon Aspelin
South Africa Wesley Moodie
18 May Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel, Austria
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Guillermo García López
3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
France Julien Benneteau Spain Óscar Hernández
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Austria Daniel Köllerer
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Romania Victor Hănescu
Austria Jürgen Melzer
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá
6–7(9–11), 6–2, [10–7]
Romania Andrei Pavel
Romania Horia Tecău
ARAG ATP World Team Championship
Düsseldorf, Germany
ATP World Team Championship
Clay – €1,351,000 – 8 teams (RR)
 Serbia
2–1
 Germany
Round Robin (Blue Group)
 Argentina
 Italy
 Russia
Round Robin (Red Group)
 Sweden
 United States
 France
25 May
1 Jun
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay – €7,322,320
128S/64D/32X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
Switzerland Roger Federer
6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Sweden Robin Söderling Chile Fernando González
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
United Kingdom Andy Murray
Spain Tommy Robredo
France Gaël Monfils
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
South Africa Wesley Moodie
Belgium Dick Norman
United States Bob Bryan
United States Liezel Huber
5–7, 7–6(7–5), 10–7
Brazil Marcelo Melo
United States Vania King

June

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
8 Jun Aegon Championships
London, United Kingdom
ATP World Tour 250
Grass – €750,000 – 56S/24D
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom Andy Murray
7–5, 6–4
United States James Blake Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
United States Andy Roddick
United States Mardy Fish
Belgium Steve Darcis
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Croatia Ivo Karlović
South Africa Wesley Moodie
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá
Gerry Weber Open
Halle, Germany
ATP World Tour 250
Grass – €750,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Germany Tommy Haas
6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Serbia Novak Djokovic Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
Belgium Olivier Rochus
Germany Andreas Beck
Germany Mischa Zverev
Germany Benjamin Becker
Austria Jürgen Melzer
Germany Christopher Kas
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
6–3, 6–4
Germany Andreas Beck
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
15 Jun Ordina Open
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
ATP World Tour 250
Grass – €450,000 – 32S/29Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Germany Benjamin Becker
7–5, 6–3
Netherlands Raemon Sluiter Germany Rainer Schüttler
Spain Iván Navarro
France Michaël Llodra
France Jérémy Chardy
Spain David Ferrer
Israel Dudi Sela
South Africa Wesley Moodie
Belgium Dick Norman
7–6(7–3), 6–7(8–10), [10–5]
Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
Aegon International
Eastbourne, United Kingdom
ATP World Tour 250
Grass – €450,000 – 32S/23Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Canada Frank Dancevic France Fabrice Santoro
Spain Guillermo García López
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Serbia Janko Tipsarević
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–4, 6–4
United States Travis Parrott
Slovakia Filip Polášek
22 Jun
29 Jun
The Championships, Wimbledon
London, United Kingdom
Grand Slam
Grass – £5,616,600
128S/128Q/64D/48X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
Switzerland Roger Federer
5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14
United States Andy Roddick United Kingdom Andy Murray
Germany Tommy Haas
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Croatia Ivo Karlović
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
7–5, 6–3
India Leander Paes
Zimbabwe Cara Black

July

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 Jul Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
Newport, United States
ATP World Tour 250
Grass – $500,000 – 32S/26Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Rajeev Ram
6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–3
United States Sam Querrey Belgium Olivier Rochus
France Fabrice Santoro
United States Jesse Levine
United States Brendan Evans
United States Kevin Kim
France Nicolas Mahut
Australia Jordan Kerr
United States Rajeev Ram
6–7(6–8), 7–6(9–7), [10–6]
Germany Michael Kohlmann
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
Davis Cup Quarterfinals
Ostrava, Czech Republic – Hard (i)
Poreč, Croatia – clay (i)
Tel Aviv, Israel – Hard (i)
Marbella, Spain – clay
Quarterfinals winners
 Czech Republic 3–2
 Croatia 3–2
 Israel 4–1
 Spain 3–2
Quarterfinals losers
 Argentina
 United States
 Russia
 Germany
13 Jul Catella Swedish Open
Båstad, Sweden
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 28S/29Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Robin Söderling
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Argentina Juan Mónaco Spain Tommy Robredo
Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra
Spain Fernando Verdasco
Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili
Austria Jürgen Melzer
Spain Nicolás Almagro
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Slovakia Filip Polášek
1–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Sweden Robin Söderling
MercedesCup
Stuttgart, Germany
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 32S/18Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
France Jérémy Chardy
1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Romania Victor Hănescu Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Italy Fabio Fognini
Germany Mischa Zverev
Poland Łukasz Kubot
France Alexandre Sidorenko
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
7–5, 6–4
Romania Victor Hănescu
Romania Horia Tecău
20 Jul International German Open
Hamburg, Germany
ATP World Tour 500
Clay – €1,115,000 – 48S/22Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
6–4, 6–2
France Paul-Henri Mathieu Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Spain David Ferrer
Serbia Viktor Troicki
Spain Nicolás Almagro
Germany Simon Greul
Romania Victor Hănescu
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Paul Hanley
6–3, 6–3
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Czech Republic Filip Polášek
Indianapolis Tennis Championships
Indianapolis, United States
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $600,000 – 32S/26Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Robby Ginepri
6–2, 6–4
United States Sam Querrey Canada Frank Dancevic
United States John Isner
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
France Marc Gicquel
United States Wayne Odesnik
United States Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Latvia Ernests Gulbis
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Australia Ashley Fisher
Australia Jordan Kerr
27 Jul Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad
Gstaad, Switzerland
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Brazil Thomaz Bellucci
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Germany Andreas Beck Russia Igor Andreev
Brazil Marcos Daniel
Germany Nicolas Kiefer
France Jérémy Chardy
France Florent Serra
Romania Victor Crivoi
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
Switzerland Michael Lammer
7–5, 6–3
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Slovakia Filip Polášek
ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag
Umag, Croatia
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 32S/26Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
6–3, 6–0
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero Austria Jürgen Melzer
Italy Andreas Seppi
Italy Simone Bolelli
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Argentina Máximo González
Chile Nicolás Massú
Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
6–4, 6–4
Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
LA Tennis Open
Los Angeles, United States
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $700,000 – 28S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Sam Querrey
6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Australia Carsten Ball Germany Tommy Haas
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Russia Marat Safin
Israel Dudi Sela
United States John Isner
United States Mardy Fish
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Germany Benjamin Becker
Germany Frank Moser

August

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
3 Aug Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Washington, United States
ATP World Tour 500
Hard – $1,402,000 – 48S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
United States Andy Roddick United States John Isner
Chile Fernando González
Croatia Ivo Karlović
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Germany Tommy Haas
Sweden Robin Söderling
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
10 Aug Rogers Cup
Montreal, Canada
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Hard – $3,000,000 – 56S/28Q/24D
SinglesDoubles
United Kingdom Andy Murray
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
United States Andy Roddick
Switzerland Roger Federer
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Spain Rafael Nadal
India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
6–4, 6–3
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Israel Andy Ram
17 Aug Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
Mason, United States
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Hard – $3,000,000 – 56S/28Q/24D
SinglesDoubles
Switzerland Roger Federer
6–1, 7–5
Serbia Novak Djokovic United Kingdom Andy Murray
Spain Rafael Nadal
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
France Julien Benneteau
France Gilles Simon
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
3–6, 7–6(7–2), [15–13]
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
24 Aug Pilot Pen Tennis
New Haven, United States
ATP World Tour 250
Hard – $750,000 – 48S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Fernando Verdasco
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
United States Sam Querrey Argentina José Acasuso
Russia Igor Andreev
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
France Florent Serra
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Austria Jürgen Melzer
Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Jürgen Melzer
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Brazil Bruno Soares
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
31 Aug
7 Sep
US Open
New York City, United States
Grand Slam
Hard – $10,006,000
128S/128Q/64D/32X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Switzerland Roger Federer Serbia Novak Djokovic
Spain Rafael Nadal
Sweden Robin Söderling
Spain Fernando Verdasco
Chile Fernando González
Croatia Marin Čilić
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes
3–6, 6–3 6–2
India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Travis Parrott
United States Carly Gullickson
6–2, 6–4
India Leander Paes
Zimbabwe Cara Black

September

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
14 Sep Davis Cup Semifinals
Poreč, Croatia – clay (i)
Murcia, Spain – clay
Semifinals winners
 Czech Republic 4–1
 Spain 4–1
Semifinals losers
 Croatia
 Israel
21 Sep BCR Open Romania
Bucharest, Romania
ATP World Tour 250
Clay – €450,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Albert Montañés
7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
Argentina Juan Mónaco Germany Simon Greul
Spain Santiago Ventura
Argentina Máximo González
Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Italy Fabio Fognini
Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
6–2, 6–4
Sweden Johan Brunström
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
Open de Moselle
Metz, France
ATP World Tour 250
Hard (i) – €450,000 – 28S/21Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
France Gaël Monfils
7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–2
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber France Richard Gasquet
France Paul-Henri Mathieu
Serbia Janko Tipsarević
Germany Philipp Petzschner
Germany Andreas Beck
Russia Evgeny Korolev
United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra
28 Sep PTT Thailand Open
Bangkok, Thailand
ATP World Tour 250
Hard (i) – $608,500 – 28S/16D
SinglesDoubles
France Gilles Simon
7–5, 6–3