2009 Pilot Pen Tennis

The 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 29, 2009. It was the last event on the 2009 US Open Series before the 2009 US Open.

2009 Pilot Pen Tennis
Date	August 21–29
Edition	41st
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Venue	Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Fernando Verdasco
Women's singles
Caroline Wozniacki
Men's doubles
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer
Women's doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Nikolay Davydenko	8	1
ESP	Fernando Verdasco	10	2
ESP	Tommy Robredo	16	3
ESP	David Ferrer	19	4
USA	Mardy Fish	22	5
USA	Sam Querrey	26	6
RUS	Igor Andreev	27	7
ROU	Victor Hănescu	28	8
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	33	9
FRA	Jérémy Chardy	35	10
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	37	11
GER	Philipp Petzschner	39	12
GER	Andreas Beck	40	13
RUS	Igor Kunitsyn	43	14
FRA	Fabrice Santoro	44	15
ITA	Andreas Seppi	45	16

• ¹ Seeds are based on the rankings of August 17, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Marcos Baghdatis
• Taylor Dent
• Rajeev Ram
• Fernando Verdasco

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Pablo Cuevas
• Frederico Gil
• Nicolás Lapentti
• Frederik Nielsen

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

• Olivier Rochus

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	1
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	8	2
ITA	Flavia Pennetta	10	3
RUS	Nadia Petrova	12	4
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	13	5
FRA	Marion Bartoli	14	6
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	15	7
FRA	Amélie Mauresmo	16	8
AUS	Samantha Stosur	17	9

• ¹ Seeds are based on the rankings of August 17, 2009
• Dominika Cibulková was forced withdrew due to right rib injury, so Samantha Stosur became the no. 9 seed.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Nadia Petrova
• Meghann Shaughnessy

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ioana Raluca Olaru
• Magdaléna Rybáriková
• Roberta Vinci
• Yanina Wickmayer

The following players received the lucky loser spots:

• Edina Gallovits
• Varvara Lepchenko

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's singles

Fernando Verdasco defeated Sam Querrey, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)

• It was Verdasco's first title of the year and third of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's singles

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–4

• It was Wozniacki's third title of the year, and the sixth of her career. It was her second win at the event, also winning in 2008.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's doubles

Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer defeated Bruno Soares / Kevin Ullyett, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)

Women's doubles

Main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's doubles

Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Iveta Benešová / Lucie Hradecká, 6–2, 7–5.

External links

• Official website