2009 Aegon Championships

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2009 Aegon Championships
Date8–14 June
Edition107th
Category ATP World Tour 250
Draw56S / 24D
Prize money€663,750
Surface Grass / outdoor
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Venue Queen's Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [1]
Doubles
Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie / Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny [2]
  2008  · Queen's Club Championships ·  2010  
Andy Murray the first Briton to win the tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938 Andy Murray US Open 08.jpg
Andy Murray the first Briton to win the tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938
American James Blake finished runner-up in London for the second time after 2006 Blake Estoril Open 2009 1.jpg
American James Blake finished runner-up in London for the second time after 2006

The 2009 Aegon Championships (also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships ) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 107th edition of the event and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from 8–14 June 2009.

Contents

The singles draw was headlined by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Number 3, US Open and Indian Wells runner-up, Doha, Rotterdam and Miami champion Andy Murray, Memphis winner, Australian Open semifinalist and four-time Queen's Club champion Andy Roddick, and Australian Open quarterfinalist Gilles Simon. Also present were Acapulco runner-up, French Open quarterfinalist Gaël Monfils, Chennai and Zagreb winner Marin Čilić, James Blake, Marat Safin and Mardy Fish.

The doubles draw was led by reigning Wimbledon champions, Rotterdam, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome and Madrid winners Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. Other seeded partnerships were 2008 US Open and 2009 Australian Open champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, Bruno Soares and Kevin Ullyett, and Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray defeated Flag of the United States.svg James Blake, 7–5, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie / Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny defeated Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo / Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá, 6–4, 4–6, [10–6]

Entrants

Seeds

NationalityRanking*Seeding
Andy Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 31
Andy Roddick Flag of the United States.svg United States62
Gilles Simon Flag of France.svg France73
Gaël Monfils Flag of France.svg France104
Marin Čilić Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 135
James Blake Flag of the United States.svg United States166
Marat Safin Flag of Russia.svg Russia227
Mardy Fish Flag of the United States.svg United States248
Ivo Karlović Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 289
Feliciano López Flag of Spain.svg Spain3010
Paul-Henri Mathieu Flag of France.svg France3511
Jérémy Chardy Flag of France.svg France3912
Ernests Gulbis Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 4013
Mikhail Youzhny Flag of Russia.svg Russia4214
Lleyton Hewitt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia4815
Guillermo García López Flag of Spain.svg Spain5016

* Seedings are based on the rankings as of 25 May 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

References

  1. "2009 London Queens – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "2009 London Queens – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).