2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships

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2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships
DateJuly 20–26
Edition22nd
Category ATP World Tour 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$450,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location Indianapolis, United States
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Robby Ginepri [1]
Doubles
Flag of Latvia.svg Ernests Gulbis/ Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov [2]
  2008  · Indianapolis Tennis Championships ·  2010  
Robby Ginepri defeated Sam Querrey for his third career title, his first since 2005. Robby Ginepri at the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships 01.jpg
Robby Ginepri defeated Sam Querrey for his third career title, his first since 2005.
Sam Querrey lost his second straight final, after the 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships two weeks earlier. Sam Querrey US Open 08.jpg
Sam Querrey lost his second straight final, after the 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships two weeks earlier.
Ernests Gulbis and Dmitry Tursunov partnered to their first doubles title together. Ernests Gulbis and Dmitry Tursunov at the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships 01.jpg
Ernests Gulbis and Dmitry Tursunov partnered to their first doubles title together.

The 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships (also known as the Indianapolis Tennis Championships presented by Lilly for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the event known that year as the Indianapolis Tennis Championships and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, United States, from July 20 through July 26, 2009. The Indianapolis Tennis Championships was the first ATP stop of the 2009 US Open Series. Unseeded Robby Ginepri won the singles title, his second at the event after 2005.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Robby Ginepri defeated Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of Latvia.svg Ernests Gulbis / Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Fisher / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr, 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

PlayerNationRanking*Seeding
Dmitry Tursunov Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 241
Dudi Sela Flag of Israel.svg  ISR 302
Sam Querrey Flag of the United States.svg USA343
Igor Kunitsyn Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 364
Benjamin Becker Flag of Germany.svg  GER 445
Lu Yen-hsun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE 576
Marc Gicquel Flag of France.svg  FRA 647
Denis Istomin Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  UZB 688

*Seedings based on the July 13, 2009 rankings.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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References

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