Men's Tennis Schedule & Results - 2009
| Current Tournaments | ||
| DATE | TOURNAMENT | LOCATION |
| Nov. 2 - 8 | ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel | Basel, Switzerland |
| Nov. 2 - 8 | ATP Tour Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana | Valencia, Spain |
| Nov. 9 - 16 | ATP BNP Paribas Masters | Paris, France |
| Completed Tournaments | |||
| DATE | TOURNAMENT | LOCATION | CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH |
| Jan. 4 - 11 | ATP Brisbane International | Brisbane, Australia | (8) Radek Stepanek (Cze) def. (3) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 3-6 6-3 6-4 |
| Jan. 5 - 11 | ATP Chennai Open | Chennai, India | (3) Marin Cilic (Cro) def. Somdev Dev Varman (Ind) 6-4 7-6 (7-3) |
| Jan. 5 - 11 | ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open | Doha, Qatar | (3) Andy Murray (Gbr) def. (4) Andy Roddick (USA) 6-4 6-2 |
| Jan. 11 - 18 | ATP Medibank International | Sydney, Australia | (4) David Nalbandian (Arg) def. Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 6-3 6-7 (9-11) 6-2 |
| Jan. 12 - 18 | ATP Heineken Open | Auckland, New Zealand | (1) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) def. (6) Sam Querrey (USA) 6-4 6-4 |
| Jan. 19 - Feb. 1 | Australian Open (View Bracket) | Melbourne, Australia | (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) def. (2) Roger Federer (Swi) 7-5 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-2 |
| Feb. 2 - 8 | ATP SA Tennis Open | Johannesburg, South Africa | (1) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) def. (5) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) |
| Feb. 2 - 8 | ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors | Zagreb, Croatia | (2) Marin Cilic (Cro) def. (7) Mario Ancic (Cro) 6-3 6-4 |
| Feb. 2 - 8 | ATP Movistar Open | Vina Del Mar, Chile | (1) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) def. (4) Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-1 6-3 |
| Feb. 9 - 15 | ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | Rotterdam, Holland | (2) Andy Murray (Gbr) def. (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 6-3 4-6 6-0 |
| Feb. 9 - 14 | ATP Brasil Open | Costa do Sauipe, Brazil | (2) Tommy Robredo (Spa) def. Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| Feb. 9 - 15 | ATP SAP Open | San Jose, California, USA | (4) Radek Stepanek (Cze) def. (5) Mardy Fish (USA) 3-6 6-4 6-2 |
| Feb. 16 - 22 | ATP Tour Open 13 | Marseille, France | (4) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) def. Michael Llodra (Fra) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) |
| Feb. 16 - 22 | ATP Regions Morgan Keegan Championships | Memphis, Tennessee, USA | (1) Andy Roddick (USA) def. (5) Radek Stepanek (Cze) 7-5 7-5 |
| Feb. 16 - 22 | ATP Copa Telmex | Buenos Aires, Argentina | (3) Tommy Robredo (Spa) def. Juan Monaco (Arg) 7-5 2-6 7-6 (7-5) |
| Feb. 23 - 28 | ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Acapulco, Mexico | (4) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) def. (2) Gael Monfils (Fra) 6-4 6-4 |
| Feb. 23 - 28 | ATP Dubai Tennis Championships | Dubai, UAE | (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) def. (4) David Ferrer (Spa) 7-5 6-3 |
| Feb. 23 - Mar. 1 | ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championship | Delray Beach, Florida, USA | (1) Mardy Fish (USA) def. Evgeny Korolev (Rus) 7-5 6-3 |
| Mar. 12 - 22 | ATP BNP Paribas Open | Indian Wells, California, USA | (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) def. (4) Andy Murray (Gbr) 6-1 6-2 |
| Mar. 25 - Apr. 5 | ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open | Miami, Florida, USA | (4) Andy Murray (Gbr) def. (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 6-2 7-5 |
| Apr. 6 - 12 | ATP US Men's Claycourt Championships | Houston, Texas, USA | Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) def. Wayne Odesnik (USA) 6-2 7-5 |
| Apr. 6 - 12 | ATP Grand Prix Hassan II | Casablanca, Morocco | Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) def. (5) Florent Serra (Fra) 6-4 7-5 |
| Apr. 12 - 19 | ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo | Monte Carlo, Monaco | (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) def. (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 6-3 2-6 6-1 |
| Apr. 20 - 26 | ATP Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell | Barcelona, Spain | (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) def. (4) David Ferrer (Spa) 6-2 7-5 |
| Apr. 27 - May. 3 | ATP Internationaionali BNL d'Italia | Rome, Italy | (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) def. (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 |
| May. 3 - 10 | ATP BMW Open | Munich, Germany | (4) Tomas Berdych (Cze) def. Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-5) |
| May. 3 - 10 | ATP Estoril Open | Estoril, Portugal | (7) Albert Montanes (Spa) def. (4) James Blake (USA) 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 6-0 |
| May. 4 - 11 | ATP Serbia Open | Belgrade, Serbia | (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) def. Lukasz Kubot (Pol) 6-3 7-6 (7-0) |
| May. 10 - 17 | ATP Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open | Madrid, Spain | (2) Roger Federer (Swi) def. (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 6-4 6-4 |
| May. 17 - 23 | ARAG World Team Cup | Dusseldorf, Germany | Viktor Troicki (Ser) def. Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) def. Phillip Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-2 6-4 |
| May. 17 - 23 | ATP Interwetten Austrian Open | Kitzbuhel, Austria | Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) def. Julien Benneteau (Fra) 3-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 |
| May. 24 - Jun. 7 | French Open (View Bracket) | Roland Garros, Paris, France | (2) Roger Federer (Swi) def. (23) Robin Soderling (Swe) 6-1 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 |
| Jun. 8 - 14 | ATP AEGON Championships | London, England | (1) Andy Murray (Gbr) def. (6) James Blake (USA) 7-5 6-4 |
| Jun. 8 - 14 | ATP Gerry Weber Open | Halle, Germany | Tommy Haas (Ger) def. (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 |
| Jun. 14 - 21 | ATP Tour Ordina Open | s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Benjamin Becker (Ger) def. Raemon Sluiter (Ned) 7-5 6-3 |
| Jun. 14 - 20 | ATP AEGON International | Eastbourne, England | (2) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) def. Frank Dancevic (Can) 6-3 7-6 (7-5) |
| Jun. 22 - Jul. 5 | Wimbledon (View Bracket) | Wimbledon, England | (2) Roger Federer (Swi) def. (6) Andy Roddick (USA) 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14 |
| Jul. 6 - 12 | ATP Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships | Newport, Rhode Island, USA | Rajeev Ram (USA) def. (3) Sam Querrey (USA) 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 6-3 |
| Jul. 13 - 19 | ATP Mercedes Cup | Stuttgart, Germany | Jeremy Chardy (Fra) def. (4) Victor Hanescu (Rom) 1-6 6-3 6-4 |
| Jul. 13 - 19 | ATP Catella Swedish Open | Bastad, Sweden | (2) Robin Soderling (Swe) def. Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) |
| Jul. 19 - 26 | ATP Indianapolis Tennis Championships | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA | Robby Ginepri (USA) def. (3) Sam Querrey (USA) 6-2 6-4 |
| Jul. 20 - 26 | ATP German Open | Hamburg, Germany | (2) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) def. (13) Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4 6-2 |
| Jul. 26 - Aug. 2 | ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad | Gstaad, Switzerland | Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) def. Andreas Beck (Ger) 6-4 7-6 (7-2) |
| Jul. 27 - Aug. 2 | ATP Studena Croatia Open | Umag, Croatia | (1) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) def. (5) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 6-3 6-0 |
| Jul. 27 - Aug. 2 | ATP LA Tennis Open | Los Angeles, California, USA | (6) Sam Querrey (USA) def. Carsten Ball (Aus) 6-4 3-6 6-1 |
| Aug. 2 - 9 | ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic | Washington, USA | (2) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) def. (1) Andy Roddick (USA) 3-6 7-5 7-6 (8-6) |
| Aug. 10 - 16 | ATP Masters Series Rogers Cup | Montreal, Canada | (3) Andy Murray (Gbr) def. (6) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 |
| Aug. 16 - 23 | ATP Masters Series Western & Southern Financial Group Masters | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | (1) Roger Federer (Swi) def. (4) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 6-1 7-5 |
| Aug. 23 - 30 | ATP Pilot Pen Tennis | New Haven, Connecticut, USA | (2) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) def. (6) Sam Querrey (USA) 6-4 7-6 (8-6) |
| Aug. 31 - Sep. 14 | US Open (View Bracket) | Flushing Meadows, New York, USA | (6) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) def. (1) Roger Federer (Swi) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 |
| Sep. 21 - 27 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Bucharest, Romania | (5) Albert Montanes (Spa) def. (3) Juan Monaco (Arg) 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (8-6) |
| Sep. 21 - 27 | ATP Tour Open de Moselle | Metz, France | (1) Gael Monfils (Fra) def. (2) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 6-2 |
| Sep. 28 - Oct. 4 | ATP Tour Proton Malaysian Open | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | (1) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) def. (2) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-4 7-5 |
| Sep. 28 - Oct. 4 | ATP Tour PTT Thailand Open | Bangkok, Thailand | (2) Gilles Simon (Fra) def. (4) Viktor Troicki (Ser) 7-5 6-3 |
| Oct. 5 - 11 | ATP Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships | Tokyo, Japan | (2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) def. Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-3 6-3 |
| Oct. 5 - 11 | ATP China Open | Beijing, China | (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) def. (8) Marin Cilic (Cro) 6-2 7-6 (7-4) |
| Oct. 11 - 18 | ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 | Shanghai, China | (6) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) def. (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 |
| Oct. 19 - 25 | ATP Tour if...Stockholm Open | Stockholm, Sweden | Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) def. Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-1 7-5 |
| Oct. 19 - 25 | ATP Kremlin Cup | Moscow, Russia | (3) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) def. (6) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) 6-7 (5-7) 6-0 6-4 |
| Oct. 25 - Nov. 1 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | St Petersburg, Russia | Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) def. (8) Horacio Zeballos (Arg) 2-6 7-6 (10-8) 7-6 (9-7) |
| Oct. 26 - Nov. 1 | ATP Bank Austria Tennis Trophy | Vienna, Austria | (7) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) def. (1) Marin Cilic (Cro) 6-4 6-3 |
| Oct. 26 - Nov. 1 | ATP Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon | Lyon, France | (3) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) def. Michael Llodra (Fra) 7-5 6-3 |
| Scheduled Tournaments | ||
| DATE | TOURNAMENT | LOCATION |
| May. 4 - 10 | ATP Dutch Open Tennis | Amersfoot, Holland |
| Jun. 8 - 15 | ATP Orange Warsaw Open | Warsaw, Poland |
| Nov. 22 - 29 | Barclays ATP World Tour Finals | London, England |
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