2009 SA Tennis Open

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2009 SA Tennis Open
Date2–8 February
Edition18th
Category World Tour 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$442,500
SurfaceHard / outdoors
Location Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue Montecasino
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg James Cerretani / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman [2]
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The 2009 SA Tennis Open was a men's tennis tournament played on hard courts outdoors. It is the 18th edition of the SA Tennis Open (and the first since 1995), and is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Montecasino in Johannesburg, South Africa from 2 February through 8 February 2009.

Contents

The singles line up was led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 7 and 2008 Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Originally, Gaël Monfils was scheduled to play in the tournament, but later withdrew due to a wrist injury.

Review

The singles competition was won by Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who was the top seed for the tournament. On his route to the final he faced unseeded players Thiago Alves, Denis Istomin and Frederico Gil, as well as seventh seed Kristof Vliegen in the quarter-finals, winning them all in straight sets for the loss of only 22 games. His final opponent was his fellow countryman, the fifth-seeded Jérémy Chardy who had progressed against Jiří Vaněk, qualifiers Marco Chiudinelli and Sébastien de Chaunac in straight sets before a more tricky test against second seed David Ferrer. In the final Tsonga came through 7–6, 6–4 to take the title.

Five South African players (Kevin Anderson, Andrew Anderson, Izak van der Merwe, Raven Klaasen and Rik de Voest) were present in the draw and the latter three reached the second round. de Voest knocked out sixth seed Iván Navarro while Klaasen defeated another Spaniard, Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and van der Merwe overcame Benjamin Becker.

Finals

Singles

Flag of France.svg Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Flag of France.svg Jérémy Chardy 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg James Cerretani / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman defeated Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Fisher 6–7(7–9), 6–2, [14–12]

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References

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  2. "2009 Johannesburg – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).