2009 Serbia Open

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2009 Serbia Open
DateMay 2 – May 10
Edition1st
Category ATP World Tour 250 series
Prize money€398,250
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Belgrade, Serbia
Champions
Singles
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Novak Djokovic
Doubles
Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Kubot / Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach
Serbia Open ·  2010  
2009 singles winner Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic during the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup final3.jpg
2009 singles winner Novak Djokovic
Centre court at the Serbia Open during a second round night session encounter between Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic Srbopenctrcourt.jpg
Centre court at the Serbia Open during a second round night session encounter between Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarević

The 2009 Serbia Open (also known as Serbia Open powered by Telekom Srbija for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the event known that year as the Serbia Open, and was a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Milan Gale Muškatirović complex in Belgrade, Serbia, from May 2 through May 10, 2009.

Contents

The singles draw was headlined by the tournament's host, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 3, 2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Dubai winner and recent Miami, Monte Carlo and Rome runner-up Novak Djokovic from Serbia. Other featured stars included reigning Nottingham champion Ivo Karlović, and Gstaad and Umag finalist Igor Andreev. Other seeds included Andreas Seppi from Italy, Belgrade Challenger winner Viktor Troicki, Ivan Ljubičić, Arnaud Clément and Christophe Rochus.

The doubles draw was headlined by 2008 year-end World No. 1 doubles team, 2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Rotterdam, Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome champions Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić, both born in Belgrade (although Nestor grew up from early childhood in Canada and represents that country). Also competing were Acapulco runners-up Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach, Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins, and Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley.

Champions

Singles

Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Novak Djokovic defeated Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Kubot, 6–3, 7–6(7–0)

Doubles

Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Kubot / Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach defeated Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Brunström / Flag of the Netherlands Antilles.svg Jean-Julien Rojer, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)

Entrants

Seeds

PlayerNationalityRanking*Seeding
Novak Djokovic Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 31
Ivo Karlović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 242
Igor Andreev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 253
Andreas Seppi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 374
Viktor Troicki Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 405
Ivan Ljubičić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 526
Arnaud Clément Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 547
Christophe Rochus Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 558

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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