2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships

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2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
DateFebruary 23 – March 1
Edition17th
Category International Series
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$442,500
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan [2]
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The 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2009 ATP Tour. It took place at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, from February 23 through March 1, 2009.

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The field was headlined by ATP No. 21 and San Jose finalist Mardy Fish, Auckland finalist Sam Querrey, and 2008 Moscow titlist Igor Kunitsyn. Other top seeds competing were Ernests Gulbis, Steve Darcis, Florent Serra, Jérémy Chardy and Lu Yen-hsun.

First-seeded Mardy Fish won the singles title.

ATP entrants

Mardy Fish won the singles event Fish 2009 Delray 1.jpg
Mardy Fish won the singles event

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Mardy Fish Flag of the United States.svg United States201
Sam Querrey Flag of the United States.svg United States342
Ernests Gulbis Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 423
Igor Kunitsyn Flag of Russia.svg Russia404
Steve Darcis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium495
Florent Serra Flag of France.svg France516
Jérémy Chardy Flag of France.svg France527
Lu Yen-hsun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 598

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received a special exempt into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish defeated Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Korolev 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan defeated Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo / Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá, 6–4, 6–4

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