2009 Italian Open (tennis)

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2009 Italian Open
Date25 April – 4 May (men)
3–9 May (women)
Edition66th
Surface Clay / outdoor
LocationRome, Italy
Venue Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [1]
Women's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Safina [2]
Men's doubles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor / Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić [3]
Women's doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai
  2008  · Italian Open ·  2010  
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal won his fourth singles title in Rome in five years Nadal Miami 2009 2.jpg
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal won his fourth singles title in Rome in five years
Women's singles champion and WTA No.1 Dinara Safina Dinara Safina at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships2.jpg
Women's singles champion and WTA No.1 Dinara Safina

The 2009 Italian Open [2] [4] [5] (also known for 2009 Rome Masters [6] [7] [8] and its sponsored title 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 66th edition, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier-level tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, with the men playing from April 25 through May 4, 2009, and the women from May 3 through May 9, 2009.

Contents

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal defeated Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 7–6(7–2), 6–2

Women's singles

Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Safina defeated Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor / Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić defeated Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Women's doubles

Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai defeated Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)

ATP entrants

Seeds

PlayerCountryRanking*Seeding
Rafael Nadal Flag of Spain.svg Spain11
Roger Federer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland22
Novak Djokovic Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 33
Andy Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom44
Juan Martín del Potro Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 55
Fernando Verdasco Flag of Spain.svg Spain76
Nikolay Davydenko Flag of Russia.svg Russia87
Gilles Simon Flag of France.svg France98
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Flag of France.svg France119
Stanislas Wawrinka Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland1210
David Ferrer Flag of Spain.svg Spain1311
Fernando González Flag of Chile.svg Chile1412
Tommy Robredo Flag of Spain.svg Spain1613
James Blake Flag of the United States.svg United States1714
Marin Čilić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1815
Radek Štěpánek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1916

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA entrants

Seeds

PlayerCountryRanking*Seeding
Dinara Safina Flag of Russia.svg Russia11
Serena Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States22
Jelena Janković Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 43
Venus Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States54
Ana Ivanovic Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 75
Victoria Azarenka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 86
Svetlana Kuznetsova Flag of Russia.svg Russia97
Nadia Petrova Flag of Russia.svg Russia108
Caroline Wozniacki Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 119
Agnieszka Radwańska Flag of Poland.svg Poland1210
Marion Bartoli Flag of France.svg France1311
Flavia Pennetta Flag of Italy.svg Italy1412
Alizé Cornet Flag of France.svg France1513
Zheng Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China1614
Anabel Medina Garrigues Flag of Spain.svg Spain1815
Kaia Kanepi Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1916

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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