The 2009 Paris Masters (also known as the BNP Paribas Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP Tour. It was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 8 November through 15 November 2009.
In singles, the event was notable for hosting the last ATP Tour appearance of the former Number One player Marat Safin. He lost his second round match against Juan Martín del Potro, 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, in what would be his last professional match.
ATP players
Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed Roger Federer 11 Rafael Nadal 22 Novak Djokovic 33 Andy Murray 44 Juan Martín del Potro 55 Nikolay Davydenko 76 Fernando Verdasco 87 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 98 Robin Söderling 109 Fernando González 1110 Gilles Simon 1211 Marin Čilić 1312 Radek Štěpánek 1413 Tommy Robredo 1514 Gaël Monfils 1615 Tommy Haas 1716
Seeds are based on the rankings of 2 November 2009.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Sébastien Grosjean Michaël Llodra Marat Safin
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempt: Marco Chiudinelli
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Thierry Ascione Arnaud Clément Alejandro Falla David Guez Łukasz Kubot Vincent Millot
Finals Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Gaël Monfils 6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–3) It was Djokovic's 5th title of the year and 16th of his career. It was his first win in five Masters Series finals this year, and fifth total Masters 1000 win.
Doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Marcel Granollers / Tommy Robredo, 6–3, 6–4
References
External links Official website ATP tournament profile