The 2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 36th edition of the event known that year as the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 5 through October 11, 2009. Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the singles title.
ATP entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Juan Martín del Potro51 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga72 Gilles Simon103 Gaël Monfils134 Tomáš Berdych165 Radek Štěpánek176 Stanislas Wawrinka237 Lleyton Hewitt268
rankings are based on the rankings of September 28, 2009
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Tatsuma Ito Go Soeda Takao Suzuki
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Marco Chiudinelli Ernests Gulbis Marsel İlhan Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Finals
Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Mikhail Youzhny, 6–3, 6–3 It was Tsongas 3rd title of the year and 5th of his career.
Doubles
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer defeated Ross Hutchins / Jordan Kerr, 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
References
External links Official website ATP tournament profile