The 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 (also known as the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000–presented by Rolex) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was played at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China.[1] The tournament replaced Madrid as the second and last ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament where it was now moved into a spring calendar, the inaugural edition was held from October 11 to October 18, 2009.[1]
| 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 | |
|---|---|
| Date | October 11–18 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Category | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Venue | Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Nikolay Davydenko | |
| Doubles | |
 Julien Benneteau / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | |
The singles field was led by Rafael Nadal. Other top seeds were 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, reigning US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro and Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick.
World No. 1 Roger Federer had been due to play but withdrew, citing fatigue.[2] World No. 3 Andy Murray was also scheduled to play, but withdrew due to a wrist injury.[3]
ATP entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 ESP
|
Rafael Nadal | 2 | 1 |
 SRB
|
Novak Djokovic | 4 | 2 |
 ARG
|
Juan Martín del Potro | 5 | 3 |
 USA
|
Andy Roddick | 6 | 4 |
| FRA
|
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 5 |
| RUS
|
Nikolay Davydenko | 8 | 6 |
| ESP
|
Fernando Verdasco | 9 | 7 |
| FRA
|
Gilles Simon | 10 | 8 |
 SWE
|
Robin Söderling | 11 | 9 |
 CHI
|
Fernando González | 12 | 10 |
| FRA
|
Gaël Monfils | 13 | 11 |
 CRO
|
Marin Čilić | 15 | 12 |
 CZE
|
Radek Štěpánek | 16 | 13 |
| ESP
|
Tommy Robredo | 17 | 14 |
 GER
|
Tommy Haas | 18 | 15 |
| ESP
|
David Ferrer | 19 | 16 |
- seeds are based on the rankings of October 5, 2009
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Finals
editSingles
edit Nikolay Davydenko defeated Rafael Nadal, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
- It was Davydenko's 4th title of the year and the 18th of his career.
- It was Davydenko's 3rd Masters title and improving his perfect Masters finals to 3–0.
Doubles
edit Julien Benneteau / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated 
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 6–2, 6–4.
References
edit- ^ a b "atpworldtour.com tournament profile". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ "Roger Federer – News Detail". Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ "Murray pulls out of Chinese event". BBC Sport. October 8, 2009. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-08.