2009 Novak Djokovic tennis season

Main article: Novak Djokovic

2009 Novak Djokovic tennis season

Full name	Novak Djokovic
Country	Serbia
Calendar prize money	$5,476,472 (singles & doubles)
Singles
Season record	78–19
Calendar titles	5
Year-end ranking	No. 3
Ranking change from previous year
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	QF
French Open	3R
Wimbledon	QF
US Open	SF
Doubles
Season record	6–5
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	No. 114
Ranking change from previous year	465
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	1R
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially commenced on January 5 with the start of the 2009 ATP World Tour.

Yearly summary

Early hard court season

Djokovic started the year at the Brisbane International, where he was upset by fellow Pilić academy trainee Ernests Gulbis in the first round. ^[1]

Australian Open

See also: 2009 Australian Open – Men's singles

As defending champion at the Australian Open, Djokovic retired from his quarterfinal match with former world No. 1 Andy Roddick when trailing 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 2-1. ^[2] , primarily due to heat illness that generated muscle aches and cramps. ^{[3] [4]}

Dubai Tennis Championships

See also: 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

After losing in the semifinals of the Open 13 tournament in Marseille to Tsonga, Djokovic won the singles title at the Dubai Championships, defeating Ferrer to claim his twelfth career title. ^[5]

Indian Wells Open

See also: 2009 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

The following week, Djokovic was the defending champion at the Indian Wells Masters but lost to Roddick in the quarterfinals.

Indian Wells Open

See also: 2009 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles

At the Miami Open in Key Biscayne, Djokovic beat Federer in the semifinals, before losing to Murray in the final. ^[6]

Clay court season

Monte-Carlo Masters

See also: 2009 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles

Djokovic reached the final of the next Masters event, the Monte-Carlo Masters on clay, losing to Nadal in the final.

Italian Open

See also: 2009 Italian Open – Men's singles

At the Italian Open in Rome, Djokovic failed to defend the title he had won the previous year, losing to Nadal in the final again. ^[7]

Madrid Open

See also: 2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's singles

Djokovic was the top seed at his hometown tournament, the Serbia Open in Belgrade, beating Łukasz Kubot in the final to win his second title of the year. ^[8] Djokovic then reached the semifinals of the Madrid Open without dropping a set, where he lost to Nadal despite holding three match points. The match, at 4 hours and 3 minutes, was at the time the longest three-set singles match on the ATP Tour in the Open Era. ^[9]

Roland Garros

See also: 2009 French Open – Men's singles

At the French Open, he lost in the third round to German Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Grass court season

Djokovic began his grass court season at the Gerry Weber Open where after the withdrawal of Federer, he competed as the top seed. He advanced to the final, where he lost to Tommy Haas. ^[10]

Wimbledon

See also: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Djokovic then lost to Haas again, this time in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. ^[11]

Fall hard court season

During the US Open Series, Djokovic made the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open in Montreal before losing to Roddick. At the Cincinnati Masters, Djokovic defeated Nadal in the semifinals before losing in the final to Federer. ^[12] At the US Open, Djokovic reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by Federer. ^[13]

Djokovic then won his third title of the year at the China Open in Beijing, beating Marin Čilić in the final. ^[14] Djokovic then lost in the semifinals of the inaugural Shanghai Masters to Davydenko.

Swiss Indoors

See also: 2009 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles

At the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Djokovic recorded his first 6–0, 6–0 win at an elite event when he defeated Jan Hernych in the second round. ^[15] He then defeat home player Wawrinka in the quarterfinals before saving three match to win his semifinal against Radek Štěpánek. In the final, he defeated home favorite and three-time defending champion Federer to win his fourth title of the year. ^[16]

Paris Masters

See also: 2009 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles

Djokovic won his first Masters title of the year at the Paris Masters after defeating Nadal in the semifinals, and outlasting Gaël Monfils in a decisive set tiebreak in the final. ^[17]

ATP Finals

See also: 2009 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles

Even though he came into the year-ending ATP Finals in London on a 10-match winning streak and as the defending champion, Djokovic failed to make it out from the round-robin stage despite beating both Davydenko and Nadal due to having fewer sets. ^[18]

Djokovic ended the year as the No. 3 for the third consecutive year, having played 97 matches, the most of any player on the ATP Tour, which earned him the Ironman nickname, with a 78–19 win–loss record. In addition to leading the ATP Tour in match wins, he reached a career-best ten finals, winning five titles. ^[19]

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Djokovic in 2009, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	#	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP 250 Hard, outdoor January 5, 2009
	1 / 254	1R	Ernests Gulbis	53	Loss	4–6, 4–6
Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia ATP 250 Hard, outdoor January 12, 2009		1R	Bye
	2 / 255	2R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	29	Win	6–1, 6–2
	3 / 256	QF	Mario Ančić	35	Win	6–3, 6–4
	4 / 257	SF	Jarkko Nieminen	40	Loss	4–6, 6–7(7–3)
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor January 19, 2009
	5 / 258	1R	Andrea Stoppini	220	Win	6–2, 6–3, 7–5
	6 / 259	2R	Jérémy Chardy	68	Win	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
	7 / 260	3R	Amer Delić	127	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
	8 / 261	4R	Marcos Baghdatis	97	Win	6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(5–7), 6–2
	9 / 262	QF	Andy Roddick	9	Loss	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 2–6, 1–2 Ret.
Open 13 Marseille, France ATP 250 Hard, indoor February 16, 2009
	10 / 263	1R	Jérémy Chardy	55	Win	7–6(7–4), 6–4
	11 / 264	2R	Jan Hernych	68	Win	7–5, 6–4
	12 / 265	QF	Mischa Zverev	76	Win	6–3, 6–3
	13 / 266	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	12	Loss	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE ATP 500 Hard, outdoor February 23, 2009
	14 / 267	1R	Flavio Cipolla	125	Win	6–3, 6–2
	15 / 268	2R	Jan Hernych	66	Win	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
	16 / 269	QF	Marin Čilić	19	Win	6–3, 6–4
	17 / 270	SF	Gilles Simon	8	Win	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
	18 / 271	W	David Ferrer	14	Win (1)	7–5, 6–3
Davis Cup World Group 1st Round: Spain vs Serbia Benidorm, Spain Davis Cup Clay, outdoor March 6, 2009	19 / 272	1R R1	David Ferrer	12	Loss	3–6, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
	20 / 273	1R R4	Rafael Nadal	1	Loss	4–6, 4–6, 1–6
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 9, 2009		1R	Bye
	21 / 274	2R	Martín Vassallo Argüello	54	Win	7–5, 6–4
	22 / 275	3R	Tommy Haas	64	Win	6–2, 7–6(7–1)
	23 / 276	4R	Stan Wawrinka	16	Win	7–6(9–7), 7–6(8–6)
	24 / 277	QF	Andy Roddick	7	Loss	3–6, 2–6
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 23, 2009		1R	Bye
	25 / 278	2R	Frank Dancevic	117	Win	6–3, 6–2
	26 / 279	3R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	33	Win	6–4, 6–1
	27 / 280	4R	Tomáš Berdych	22	Win	6–3, 6–2
	28 / 281	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	11	Win	6–3, 6–4
	29 / 282	SF	Roger Federer	2	Win	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
	30 / 283	F	Andy Murray	4	Loss (1)	2–6, 5–7
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor April 13, 2009		1R	Bye
	31 / 284	2R	Óscar Hernández	65	Win	6–1, 6–2
	32 / 285	3R	Albert Montañés	36	Win	6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–0
	33 / 286	QF	Fernando Verdasco	8	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
	34 / 287	SF	Stan Wawrinka	16	Win	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
	35 / 288	F	Rafael Nadal	1	Loss (2)	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor April 27, 2009		1R	Bye
	36 / 289	2R	Albert Montañés	33	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–0
	37 / 290	3R	Tommy Robredo	17	Win	6–1, 6–1
	38 / 291	QF	Juan Martín del Potro	5	Win	6–3, 6–4
	39 / 292	SF	Roger Federer	2	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
	40 / 293	F	Rafael Nadal	1	Loss (3)	6–7(2–7), 2–6
Serbia Open Belgrade, Serbia ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor May 3, 2009		1R	Bye
	41 / 294	2R	Janko Tipsarević	63	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
	42 / 295	QF	Viktor Troicki	38	Win	6–3, 6–2
	43 / 296	SF	Andreas Seppi	36	Win	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
	44 / 297	W	Łukasz Kubot	179	Win (2)	6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor May 5, 2009		1R	Bye
	45 / 298	2R	Óscar Hernández	65	Win	6–3, 6–3
	46 / 299	3R	Andreas Seppi	36	Win	6–4, 6–4
	47 / 300	QF	Ivan Ljubičić	54	Win	6–3, 6–4
	48 / 301	SF	Rafael Nadal	1	Loss	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(9–11)
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor May 25, 2009
	49 / 302	1R	Nicolás Lapentti	102	Win	6–3, 3–1 Ret.
	50 / 303	2R	Sergiy Stakhovsky	110	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
	51 / 304	3R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	31	Loss	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor June 8, 2009
	52 / 305	1R	Simone Bolelli	66	Win	7–5, 6–2
	53 / 306	2R	Florent Serra	56	Win	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
	54 / 307	QF	Jürgen Melzer	28	Win	6–1, 6–4
	55 / 308	SF	Olivier Rochus	136	Win	7–6(9–7), 6–4
	56 / 309	F	Tommy Haas	41	Loss (4)	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Wimbledon Championships London, England Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor June 22, 2009
	57 / 310	1R	Julien Benneteau	81	Win	6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–1), 6–2, 6–4
	58 / 311	2R	Simon Greul	106	Win	7–5, 6–1, 6–4
	59 / 312	3R	Mardy Fish	25	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
	60 / 313	4R	Dudi Sela	46	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–1
	61 / 314	QF	Tommy Haas	34	Loss	5–7, 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6
Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor August 10, 2009		1R	Bye
	62 / 315	2R	Peter Polansky	225	Win	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
	63 / 316	3R	Mikhail Youzhny	65	Win	6–3, 6–4
	64 / 317	QF	Andy Roddick	5	Loss	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters Cincinnati, USA ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor August 17, 2009		1R	Bye
	65 / 318	2R	Ivan Ljubičić	54	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–4
	66 / 319	3R	Jérémy Chardy	35	Win	7–5, 6–3
	67 / 320	QF	Gilles Simon	9	Win	6–4, 7–5
	68 / 321	SF	Rafael Nadal	3	Win	6–1, 6–4
	69 / 322	F	Roger Federer	1	Loss (5)	1–6, 5–7
US Open New-York, USA Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor August 31, 2009
	70 / 323	1R	Ivan Ljubičić	51	Win	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
	71 / 324	2R	Carsten Ball	155	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	72 / 325	3R	Jesse Witten	276	Win	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
	73 / 326	4R	Radek Štěpánek	16	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–3
	74 / 327	QF	Fernando Verdasco	10	Win	7–6(7–2), 1–6, 7–5, 6–2
	75 / 328	SF	Roger Federer	1	Loss	6–7(3–7), 5–7, 5–7
China Open Beijing, China ATP 500 Hard, outdoor October 5, 2009
	76 / 329	1R	Victor Hănescu	27	Win	6–3, 7–5
	77 / 330	2R	Viktor Troicki	28	Win	6–3, 6–0
	78 / 331	QF	Fernando Verdasco	9	Win	6–3, 1–6, 6–1
	79 / 332	SF	Robin Söderling	11	Win	6–3, 6–3
	80 / 333	W	Marin Čilić	15	Win (3)	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor October 12, 2009		1R	Bye
	81 / 334	2R	Fabio Fognini	66	Win	6–3, 6–1
	82 / 335	3R	Rainer Schüttler	99	Win	6–1, 6–1
	83 / 336	QF	Gilles Simon	10	Win	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
	84 / 337	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	8	Loss	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP 500 Hard, indoor November 2, 2009
	85 / 338	1R	Andreas Beck	33	Win	6–3, 7–5
	86 / 339	2R	Jan Hernych	59	Win	6–0, 6–0
	87 / 340	QF	Stan Wawrinka	21	Win	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
	88 / 341	SF	Radek Štěpánek	14	Win	6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–2
	89 / 342	W	Roger Federer	1	Win (4)	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
BNP Paribas Masters Paris, France ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor November 9, 2009		1R	Bye
	90 / 343	2R	Juan Mónaco	30	Win	6–3, 7–5
	91 / 344	3R	Arnaud Clément	93	Win	6–2, 6–2
	92 / 345	QF	Robin Söderling	10	Win	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
	93 / 346	SF	Rafael Nadal	2	Win	6–2, 6–3
	94 / 347	W	Gaël Monfils	16	Win (5)	6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
ATP World Tour Finals London, England Year-end Championships Hard, indoor November 23, 2009
	95 / 348	RR	Nikolay Davydenko	7	Win	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
	96 / 349	RR	Robin Söderling	9	Loss	6–7(5–7), 1–6
	97 / 350	RR	Rafael Nadal	2	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–3

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Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (seed or key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 13 – 19 April 2009 Partner: Viktor Troicki
	1 / 44	1R	Marcelo Melo / André Sá	22 / 23	Win	6–1, 6–4
	2 / 45	2R	Jeff Coetzee / Jordan Kerr	14 / 29	Win	6–4, 6–4
	3 / 46	QF	Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles	10 / 9	Win	6–4, 4–6, [12–10]
	4 / 47	SF	Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić	3 / 4	Loss	6–3, 1–6, [5–10]
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 11 – 17 May 2009 Partner: Dušan Vemić
	5 / 48	1R	Jeff Coetzee / Jordan Kerr	22 / 26	Win	7–6(7–4), 6–3
	6 / 49	2R	Marcelo Melo / André Sá	20 / 21	Win	6–2, 7–6(11–9)
	7 / 50	QF	Simon Aspelin / Wesley Moodie	37 / 30	Loss	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 7 – 13 June 2009 Partner: Viktor Troicki
	8 / 51	1R	Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer	37 / 45	Win	7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
	9 / 52	2R	Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev	140 / 44	Loss	1–6, 1–6
ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag Umag, Croatia ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 27 July – 2 August 2009 Partner: Marko Djokovic
	10 / 53	1R	Fabio Fognini / Potito Starace	195 / 79	Loss	0–6, 5–7
Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 August 2010 Partner: Dušan Vemić
	11 / 54	1R	Rafael Nadal / Francisco Roig	122 / –	Loss	5–7, 4–6

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Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Novak Djokovic had a 15–12 record against the top 10, a 44–18 record against the top 50 and a 34–1 record against players outside the top 50.

Finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Category Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–4) ATP World Tour 500 (3–0) ATP World Tour 250 (1–1)

Titles by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–1)

Titles by conditions Outdoors (3–5) Indoors (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Win	12–6	Feb 2009	Dubai Championships, UAE	500 series	Hard	David Ferrer	7–5, 6–3
Loss	12–7	Apr 2009	Miami Open, United States	Masters	Hard	Andy Murray	2–6, 5–7
Loss	12–8	Apr 2009	Monte-Carlo Masters, France	Masters	Clay	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	12–9	May 2009	Italian Open, Italy	Masters	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–7(2–7), 2–6
Win	13–9	May 2009	Serbia Open, Serbia	250 Series	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Loss	13–10	Jun 2009	Halle Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Tommy Haas	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Loss	13–11	Aug 2009	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters	Hard	Roger Federer	1–6, 5–7
Win	14–11	Oct 2009	China Open, China	500 series	Hard	Marin Čilić	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	15–11	Nov 2009	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	500 series	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win	16–11	Nov 2009	Paris Masters, France	Masters	Hard (i)	Gaël Monfils	6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)

See also

• 2009 ATP World Tour
• 2009 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2009 Rafael Nadal tennis season

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