2009 Australian Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2009 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Roger Federer
Score	7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2
Details
Draw	128
Seeds	32
Events

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in the final, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2009 Australian Open. It was his first Australian Open title and his sixth major title overall. Nadal became the first Spaniard to win the title.^[1]^[2] It was Federer's third defeat to Nadal in a major final in the past eight months, following losses at the 2008 French Open and 2008 Wimbledon Championships.

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but retired due to heat stress in the quarterfinals against Andy Roddick.

The 2009 men's singles edition is considered to be one of the best Grand Slam tournaments in the Open Era.^[3] It is remembered for containing many of the best matches of the 2009 season,^[4] including the Nadal–Fernando Verdasco semifinal (lasting 5 hours and 14 minutes^[5]) and the final.^[4] It was also the first hard court major in which Nadal reached the final.^[6]

Seeds

01. Rafael Nadal (champion)

02.

Roger Federer (final)

03.

Novak Djokovic (quarterfinals, retired due to heat stress)

04.

Andy Murray (fourth round)

05.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals)

06.

Gilles Simon (quarterfinals)

07.

Andy Roddick (semifinals)

08.

Juan Martín del Potro (quarterfinals)

09.

James Blake (fourth round)

10.

David Nalbandian (second round)

11.

David Ferrer (third round)

12.

Gaël Monfils (fourth round, retired due to a right wrist injury)

13.

Fernando González (fourth round)

14.

Fernando Verdasco (semifinals)

15.

Stan Wawrinka (third round)

16.

Robin Söderling (second round)

17.

Nicolás Almagro (third round)

18.

Igor Andreev (third round)

19.

Marin Čilić (fourth round)

20.

Tomáš Berdych (fourth round)

21.

Tommy Robredo (fourth round)

22.

Radek Štěpánek (third round)

23.

Mardy Fish (third round)

24.

Richard Gasquet (third round)

25.

Ivo Karlović (second round)

26.

Marat Safin (third round)

27.

Feliciano López (first round)

28.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (second round)

29.

Dmitry Tursunov (first round)

30.

Rainer Schüttler (first round)

31.

Jürgen Melzer (third round)

32.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals						Semifinals							Final

1	Rafael Nadal	6	7	7

6	Gilles Simon	2	5	5
						1	Rafael Nadal	6⁴	6	7⁷	6¹	6

						14	Fernando Verdasco	7⁷	4	6²	7⁷	4
14	Fernando Verdasco	7⁷	3	6	6

5	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6²	6	3	2
													1	Rafael Nadal	7	3	7⁷	3	6

													2	Roger Federer	5	6	6³	6	2
7	Andy Roddick	6³	6	6	2

3	Novak Djokovic	7⁷	4	2	1^r
						7	Andy Roddick	2	5	5

						2	Roger Federer	6	7	7
8	Juan Martín del Potro	3	0	0

2	Roger Federer	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round					Third round							Fourth round

1	R Nadal	6	6	6
	C Rochus	0	2	2			1	R Nadal	6	6	6
	F Serra	3	6	3	6	3		R Karanušić	2	3	2
	R Karanušić	6	1	6	3	6						1	R Nadal	6	6	6
	E Schwank	3	3	4									T Haas	4	2	2
	T Haas	6	6	6				T Haas	6	6	6
Q	F Cipolla	4	6	7⁹	7		Q	F Cipolla	1	2	1
29	D Tursunov	6	2	6⁷	5														1	R Nadal	6	6	6
24	R Gasquet	6⁵	7⁷	6	6														13	F González	3	2	4
	D Junqueira	7⁷	6³	3	4		24	R Gasquet	6	6	6
	V Spadea	2	5	4			WC	D Istomin	3	4	4
WC	D Istomin	6	7	6								24	R Gasquet	6	6	6¹⁰	2	10
	G Cañas	3	7	5	6	7						13	F González	3	3	7¹²	6	12
Q	D Kindlmann	6	5	7	0	5		G Cañas	5	3	4
	L Hewitt	7	2	2	6	3	13	F González	7	6	6
13	F González	5	6	6	3	6

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

12	G Monfils	6	6	7
	M Vassallo Argüello	1	3	5			12	G Monfils	6	6	3	6
	M Youzhny	3	2	2			PR	S Koubek	2	4	6	2
PR	S Koubek	6	6	6										12	G Monfils	6	6	7
	A Golubev	6	6⁷	4	2									17	N Almagro	4	3	5
	F Fognini	3	7⁹	6	6			F Fognini	2	5	0
	N Massú	4	4	6	7	3	17	N Almagro	6	7	6
17	N Almagro	6	6	3	5	6													12	G Monfils	4	6	1	0^r
25	I Karlović	6	6	6															6	G Simon	6	2	6	0
	D Gimeno-Traver	3	4	4			25	I Karlović	7	5	6	4	3
Q	W Odesnik	5	4	6	2			M Ančić	5	7	4	6	6
	M Ančić	7	6	4	6										M Ančić	6²	4	2
	C Guccione	6	6	6										6	G Simon	7⁷	6	6
	N Devilder	4	2	4				C Guccione	7⁷	4	1	2
	P Andújar	4	1	1			6	G Simon	6⁵	6	6	6
6	G Simon	6	6	6

Section 3

First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

4	A Murray	6	3
PR	A Pavel	2	1^r				4	A Murray	6	6	6
	T Gabashvili	4	6³	6	0			M Granollers	4	2	2
	M Granollers	6	7⁷	4	6								4	A Murray	7	6	6
Q	A Beck	7	6	6									31	J Melzer	5	0	3
WC	C Ebelthite	5	1	0			Q	A Beck	7	6⁷	4	3
	K Nishikori	5	2	1			31	J Melzer	5	7⁹	6	6
31	J Melzer	7	6	6														4	A Murray	6	1	6	3	4
22	R Štěpánek	3	6	6	6													14	F Verdasco	2	6	1	6	6
	N Lapentti	6	3	4	4		22	R Štěpánek	6	6	6³	7
Q	M Berrer	6	6	6			Q	M Berrer	3	2	7⁷	5
WC	C Ball	2	4	3									22	R Štěpánek	4	0	0
	S Stakhovsky	3	6	6	2	1							14	F Verdasco	6	6	6
	A Clément	6	2	4	6	6		A Clément	1	1	2
WC	A Mannarino	0	2	2			14	F Verdasco	6	6	6
14	F Verdasco	6	6	6

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

9	J Blake	6	6	7
LL	F Dancevic	4	3	5			9	J Blake	6	6	6
Q	S de Chaunac	2	6	0	6	6	Q	S de Chaunac	3	2	3
	S Darcis	6	3	6	2	2								9	J Blake	6	6	3	6
	A Montañés	3	2	3										18	I Andreev	3	2	6	1
	E Gulbis	6	6	6				E Gulbis	4	4	7	6	4
Q	P Polansky	7	6	4	3	4	18	I Andreev	6	6	5	3	6
18	I Andreev	5	3	6	6	6														9	J Blake	4	4	6³
30	R Schüttler	6	2	4	4															5	J-W Tsonga	6	6	7⁷
Q	D Sela	1	6	6	6		Q	D Sela	6	6	6
	V Hănescu	3	3	7⁹	7⁷	8		V Hănescu	3	3	2
	J Hernych	6	6	6⁷	6⁴	6								Q	D Sela	4	2	6	1
	I Ljubičić	4	7⁷	7⁹	5	6								5	J-W Tsonga	6	6	1	6
	I Kunitsyn	6	6³	6⁷	7	3		I Ljubičić	7⁷	6⁸	6⁷	2
	J Mónaco	4	4	0			5	J-W Tsonga	6⁴	7¹⁰	7⁹	6
5	J-W Tsonga	6	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round						Second round							Third round					Fourth round

7	A Roddick	6	6	6
Q	B Rehnquist	0	2	2		7	A Roddick	4	6	7⁷	6
Q	X Malisse	7¹⁰	6	6		Q	X Malisse	6	2	6¹	2
	M Llodra	6⁸	1	1									7	A Roddick	6	6	6
	JC Ferrero	3	2	7⁷	2									F Santoro	3	4	2
	F Santoro	6	6	6⁵	6		F Santoro	5	7	3	7	6
	S Querrey	6⁶	3	2		32	P Kohlschreiber	7	5	6	5	3
32	P Kohlschreiber	7⁸	6	6														7	A Roddick	7	6	6
21	T Robredo	6	7	6														21	T Robredo	5	1	3
	B Reynolds	2	5	1		21	T Robredo	6	6	6
	A Martín	3	6	2	4		V Troicki	1	3	0
	V Troicki	6	3	6	6								21	T Robredo	6	6	6
	T Bellucci	3	5	4										Y-h Lu	1	3	2
	Y-h Lu	6	7	6			Y-h Lu	6	5	4	6	6
	M Gicquel	1	6	2	3	10	D Nalbandian	4	7	6	4	2
10	D Nalbandian	6	4	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

16	R Söderling	5	6	6	7
	R Kendrick	7	4	4	5		16	R Söderling	6	5	3	3
	J Benneteau	3	6⁵	2				M Baghdatis	3	7	6	6
	M Baghdatis	6	7⁷	6											M Baghdatis	6	6	6
	S Bolelli	7⁷	7⁷	7										23	M Fish	2	4	4
	K Vliegen	6⁵	6³	5				S Bolelli	4	1	5
WC	S Groth	7⁷	4	5	0		23	M Fish	6	6	7
23	M Fish	6³	6	7	6																M Baghdatis	1	6¹	7⁷	2
28	P-H Mathieu	6	4																	3	N Djokovic	6	7⁷	6⁵	6
	J Nieminen	2	1^r				28	P-H Mathieu	6	6	3	6³	7
PR	T Dent	4	6	6	3	4	LL	A Delić	1	3	6	7⁷	9
LL	A Delić	6	3	4	6	6								LL	A Delić	2	6	3	6⁴
	J Chardy	6	6	6										3	N Djokovic	6	4	6	7⁷
	M Daniel	4	4	1				J Chardy	5	1	3
Q	A Stoppini	2	3	5			3	N Djokovic	7	6	6
3	N Djokovic	6	6	7

Section 7

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

8	JM del Potro	6	6	6
	M Zverev	3	4	2			8	JM del Potro	6	7	6
Q	L Ouahab	2	1	2			Q	F Mayer	1	5	2
Q	F Mayer	6	6	6									8	JM del Potro	6⁵	7	6	7
	P Starace	6⁵	6	6⁵	6⁶									G Müller	7⁷	5	3	5
WC	B Tomic	7⁷	1	7⁷	7⁸		WC	B Tomic	6	1	4	2
	G Müller	6	7⁷	4	4	16		G Müller	3	6	6	6
27	F López	3	6⁵	6	6	14													8	JM del Potro	5	6	6	6
19	M Čilić	6	6	6⁴	6														19	M Čilić	7	4	4	2
	K Anderson	3	2	7⁷	3		19	M Čilić	6	6	4	6
	Ó Hernández	6	1	3	6	0		J Tipsarević	2	3	6	3
	J Tipsarević	4	6	6	4	6							19	M Čilić	7⁷	6	6
Q	D Hrbatý	7⁷	2	6	7								11	D Ferrer	6⁵	3	4
WC	J Isner	6⁴	6	2	5		Q	D Hrbatý	2	2	1
	D Gremelmayr	1	7⁸	1	7⁷	4	11	D Ferrer	6	6	6
11	D Ferrer	6	6⁶	6	6⁵	6

Section 8

First round						Second round					Third round						Fourth round

15	S Wawrinka	6	2	7	7¹¹
	I Minář	1	6	5	6⁹	15	S Wawrinka	6	6	6
Q	B Phau	4	3	6	3	WC	B Klein	3	4	4
WC	B Klein	6	6	4	6						15	S Wawrinka	6	1	3	4
	B Dabul	6	6	6							20	T Berdych	4	6	6	6
	P Petzschner	1	2	4			B Dabul	1	1	3
	R Ginepri	4	4	3		20	T Berdych	6	6	6
20	T Berdych	6	6	6													20	T Berdych	6	7⁷	4	4	2
26	M Safin	6	6	6													2	R Federer	4	6⁴	6	6	6
	I Navarro	3	3	4		26	M Safin	7	6	6
	G García-López	3	7⁷	6	6		G García-López	5	2	2
	A Calleri	6	6⁵	2	0						26	M Safin	3	2	6⁵
Q	E Korolev	6	6	7⁹							2	R Federer	6	6	7⁷
	C Moyá	3	1	6⁷		Q	E Korolev	2	3	1
	A Seppi	1	6⁴	5		2	R Federer	6	6	6
2	R Federer	6	7⁷	7

References

^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 365. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ "Australian Open Results Archive – 2009 Men's Singles". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
^ Australian Open 2009 Tennis Championship Winners Archived 2017-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, australianopen4u.com
^ ^a ^b McGrogan, Ed. "Tignor: 10 Most Memorable Matches of 2009". Tennis.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015.
^ "Nadal earns rematch with Federer". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013.
^ Nadal calls for fewer hard court events, sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis, 2 February 2009.

External links

Preceded by 2008 US Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2009 French Open – Men's singles

[1] Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 365. ISBN 978-0942257700.

[2] "Australian Open Results Archive – 2009 Men's Singles". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

[3] Australian Open 2009 Tennis Championship Winners Archived 2017-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, australianopen4u.com

[auto-4] McGrogan, Ed. "Tignor: 10 Most Memorable Matches of 2009". Tennis.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015.

[5] "Nadal earns rematch with Federer". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013.

[6] Nadal calls for fewer hard court events, sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis, 2 February 2009.

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