2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but chose not to participate to protest the United Arab Emirates decision to deny Israeli player Shahar Pe'er a visa to enter the country for the women's tournament.

Men's singles
2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	David Ferrer
Score	7–5, 6–3
Draw	32
Seeds	8

Main article: 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships

In the final, Novak Djokovic defeated David Ferrer, 7–5, 6–3.

Seeds

1. Novak Djokovic (champion)
2. Andy Murray (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a viral infection)
3. Gilles Simon (semifinals)
4. David Ferrer (final)
5. Marin Čilić (quarterfinals)
6. Igor Andreev (quarterfinals)
7. Ivo Karlović (first round)
8. Marat Safin (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	3	7	7
	3	Gilles Simon	6	5	5
								1	Novak Djokovic	7	6
								4	David Ferrer	5	3
	4	David Ferrer	6	6
		Richard Gasquet	2	2

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	N Djokovic	6	6
	Q	F Cipolla	3	2				1	N Djokovic	6	3	6
		J Hernych	4	6	6				J Hernych	3	6	4
		M Youzhny	6	1	4										1	N Djokovic	6	6
		J Melzer	6	3	3										5	M Čilić	3	4
		J Benneteau	1	6	6				J Benneteau	3	6	5
		J Tipsarević	6	63	4			5	M Čilić	6	4	7
	5	M Čilić	2	77	6																	1	N Djokovic	3	7	7
	3	G Simon	5	6	6																	3	G Simon	6	5	5
	WC	M Ghareeb	7	4	4			3	G Simon	6	6
		T Gabashvili	5	77	6				T Gabashvili	1	2
	Q	L Recouderc	7	64	3										3	G Simon	77	6
		V Hănescu	4	2												F Santoro	63	1
		F Santoro	6	6					F Santoro	3	6	77
	Q	M Chiudinelli	77	4	79			Q	M Chiudinelli	6	1	61
	7	I Karlović	64	6	67

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	I Andreev	6	6
	LL	R de Voest	4	0				6	I Andreev	5	6	6
		D Tursunov	6	6					D Tursunov	7	4	3
	WC	A Seppi	1	4											6	I Andreev	5	1
		P Kohlschreiber	6	6											4	D Ferrer	7	6
	Q	M Lammer	1	1					P Kohlschreiber	4	2
		I Ljubičić	6	2	1			4	D Ferrer	6	6
	4	D Ferrer	3	6	6																	4	D Ferrer	6	6
	8/WC	M Safin	3	7	3																		R Gasquet	2	2
		R Gasquet	6	5	6				R Gasquet	64	6	77
		V Troicki	3	4					S Bolelli	77	3	65
		S Bolelli	6	6												R Gasquet	w/o
		R Schüttler	6	3	3										2	A Murray
		A Clément	1	6	6				A Clément	2	3
		S Stakhovsky	77	3	3r			2	A Murray	6	6
	2	A Murray	63	6	5

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Ivo Minář (first round)
2. Flavio Cipolla (qualified)
3. Rik de Voest (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
4. Lukáš Dlouhý (first round)
5. Laurent Recouderc (qualified)
6. Prakash Amritraj (first round, retired due to illness)
7. Paolo Lorenzi (qualifying competition)
8. Marsel İlhan (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Michael Lammer
2. Flavio Cipolla
3. Laurent Recouderc
4. Marco Chiudinelli

Lucky loser

1. Rik de Voest

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Ivo Minář	3	6	61
		Michael Lammer	6	4	77
								1	Michael Lammer	6	6
									Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy	1	3
		Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy	5
	6	Prakash Amritraj	0r

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Flavio Cipolla	6	6
	WC	Karim Alayli	0	2
								2	Flavio Cipolla	6	6
								8	Marsel İlhan	2	4
		George Bastl	5	78	3
	8	Marsel İlhan	7	66	5

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Rik de Voest	6	6
	WC	Mahmoud-Nader Al Baloushi	0	0
								3	Rik de Voest	4	4
								5	Laurent Recouderc	6	6
		Björn Rehnquist	4	0
	5	Laurent Recouderc	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Lukáš Dlouhý	3	6	4
	WC	Marco Chiudinelli	6	3	6
								WC	Marco Chiudinelli	77	6
								7	Paolo Lorenzi	61	4
		Marco Crugnola	2	6	4
	7	Paolo Lorenzi	6	4	6

External links

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