2009 Dubai Tennis Championships

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2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
Date23–28 February (men)
15 – 21 February (Women)
Edition17th (men) / 9th (women)
Category ATP World Tour 500 (men)
WTA Premier 5 event (woman)
Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Venue Aviation Club Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Men's doubles
Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest / Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov
Women's doubles
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber
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The 2009 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2009 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2009 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at The Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from 15 to 21 February 2009, while the men's tournament took place from 23 to 28 February 2009.

Contents

The men's draw was led by only 3 of the world's Top 10 men: ATP No. 3 Novak Djokovic, Doha, Rotterdam champion Andy Murray and ATP No. 8 Gilles Simon. Australian Open runner-up and four-time champion Roger Federer was scheduled to take part, however he was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a back injury. ATP No. 1, Rotterdam finalist, 2006 titlist & recent Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal was also due to compete but was also forced to withdraw from the event due to a knee injury sustained at the previous event in Rotterdam. [1] Defending champion Andy Roddick withdrew from the event due to the Shahar Pe'er incident and chose not to defend his title as a protest. Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco were also scheduled to play but withdrew due to injuries. [2] [3]

In the women's event, nine of the ten highest ranked players participated. The top four seeds were Serena Williams, the 2009 Australian Open champion, Dinara Safina, the 2009 Australian Open runner-up, Jelena Janković, a former World No. 1, and Elena Dementieva, the runner-up at the recent Open GDF SUEZ tournament in Paris. Also in the field were Vera Zvonareva, a 2009 Australian Open semifinalist and winner of the recent Pattaya Women's Open, Venus Williams, the reigning Wimbledon champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Ana Ivanovic.

Shahar Pe'er controversy

The tournament became embroiled in controversy when the Dubai government refused to grant a visa to Israeli player Shahar Pe'er, denying her the ability to take part in the 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships. The refusal to allow Pe'er to participate drew immense criticism from top seed players. WTA chief executive Larry Scott said the women's tour was "deeply disappointed" by the decision. "Ms. Pe'er has earned the right to play in the tournament and it's regrettable that the UAE is denying her this right", he said. "Ms. Peer and her family are obviously extremely upset and disappointed by the decision of the UAE and its impact on her personally and professionally." Scott said the WTA would "review appropriate future actions with regard to the future of the Dubai tournament". [4] In reaction to the move, the Tennis Channel decided not to televise the event, [5] [6] and The Wall Street Journal dropped its sponsorship. [7] In response to the move by the UAE, the Dubai Tennis Championship was fined a record US$300,000. Pe'er was awarded US$44,250, an amount equal to the average prize money she earned per tournament in 2008. [8] A number of highly ranked tennis players, including 2008 winner Andy Roddick, pulled out of the men's ATP tournament in Dubai in protest. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal also pulled out of the tournament, although they both cited injury as their reason for withdrawal, not the incident involving Pe'er. The WTA Tour Board also demanded that Dubai organizers confirm that qualifying Israeli players will get visas at least eight weeks in advance for the 2010 event.[ permanent dead link ]

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic defeated Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer 7–5, 6–3

Women's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams defeated Flag of France.svg Virginie Razzano 6–4, 6–2

Men's doubles

Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest / Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm / Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt 4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Women's doubles

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber defeated Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko / Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–3

WTA entrants

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States11
Dinara Safina Flag of Russia.svg Russia22
Jelena Janković Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 33
Elena Dementieva Flag of Russia.svg Russia44
Vera Zvonareva Flag of Russia.svg Russia55
Venus Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States66
Svetlana Kuznetsova Flag of Russia.svg Russia77
Ana Ivanovic Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 88
Agnieszka Radwańska Flag of Poland.svg Poland109
Alizé Cornet Flag of France.svg France1110
Marion Bartoli Flag of France.svg France1311
Dominika Cibulková Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 1812
Zheng Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China2013
Anabel Medina Garrigues Flag of Spain.svg Spain2114
Anna Chakvetadze Flag of Russia.svg Russia2315
Kaia Kanepi Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 2416

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received the lucky loser spots:

ATP entrants

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
Novak Djokovic Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 31
Andy Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain42
Gilles Simon Flag of France.svg France83
David Ferrer Flag of Spain.svg Spain144
Marin Čilić Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 195
Igor Andreev Flag of Russia.svg Russia246
Ivo Karlović Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 297
Marat Safin Flag of Russia.svg Russia258

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

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References

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