The 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2009 ATP Tour. It took place at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, from February 23 through March 1, 2009.
The field was headlined by ATP No. 21 and San Jose finalist Mardy Fish, Auckland finalist Sam Querrey, and 2008 Moscow titlist Igor Kunitsyn. Other top seeds competing were Ernests Gulbis, Steve Darcis, Florent Serra, Jérémy Chardy and Lu Yen-hsun.
First-seeded Mardy Fish won the singles title.
ATP entrants
Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Mardy Fish United States 20 1 Sam Querrey United States 34 2 Ernests Gulbis Latvia 42 3 Igor Kunitsyn Russia 40 4 Steve Darcis Belgium 49 5 Florent Serra France 51 6 Jérémy Chardy France 52 7 Lu Yen-hsun Chinese Taipei 59 8
Rankings as of February 23, 2009.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Sam Querrey Lleyton Hewitt Evan King The following players received a special exempt into the main draw: Dudi Sela The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Evgeny Korolev Frank Dancevic Taylor Dent Ryan Sweeting
Finals
Singles
Mardy Fish defeated Evgeny Korolev 7–5, 6–3 It was Fish's first singles title of the year and 3rd of his career.
Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Marcelo Melo / André Sá, 6–4, 6–4
References
External links
Official website Singles draw Doubles draw Qualifying Singles draw