The 2009 Italian Open (also known for 2009 Rome Masters and its sponsored title 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 66th edition, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier-level tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, with the men playing from April 25 through May 4, 2009, and the women from May 3 through May 9, 2009.
Finals
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–2), 6–2 It was Nadal's 5th singles title of the year, and his 36th singles title overall. It was his 4th win at the event, also winning in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
Women's singles
Dinara Safina defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–3, 6–2 It was Safina's first title of the year and 10th of her career.
Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Women's doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai defeated Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
ATP entrants
Seeds Player Country Ranking* Seeding Rafael Nadal 1 1 Roger Federer 2 2 Novak Djokovic 3 3 Andy Murray 4 4 Juan Martín del Potro 5 5 Fernando Verdasco 7 6 Nikolay Davydenko 8 7 Gilles Simon 9 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 11 9 Stanislas Wawrinka 12 10 David Ferrer 13 11 Fernando González 14 12 Tommy Robredo 16 13 James Blake 17 14 Marin Čilić 18 15 Radek Štěpánek 19 16
Seedings based on the April 20, 2009 rankings.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Flavio Cipolla Potito Starace Fabio Fognini Filippo Volandri
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Mikhail Youzhny Juan Mónaco Daniel Gimeno Traver Jan Hernych Victor Crivoi Thomaz Bellucci Mischa Zverev
WTA entrants
Seeds Player Country Ranking* Seeding Dinara Safina 1 1 Serena Williams 2 2 Jelena Janković 4 3 Venus Williams 5 4 Ana Ivanovic 7 5 Victoria Azarenka 8 6 Svetlana Kuznetsova 9 7 Nadia Petrova 10 8 Caroline Wozniacki 11 9 Agnieszka Radwańska 12 10 Marion Bartoli 13 11 Flavia Pennetta 14 12 Alizé Cornet 15 13 Zheng Jie 16 14 Anabel Medina Garrigues 18 15 Kaia Kanepi 19 16
Seedings based on the April 27, 2009 rankings.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Roberta Vinci Karin Knapp Tathiana Garbin
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ayumi Morita Vania King Jill Craybas Mariana Duque Marino Aravane Rezaï Yaroslava Shvedova Alberta Brianti Mariya Koryttseva
References
External links
WTA tournament draws ATP tournament profile WTA tournament profile