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The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup ...
The Tier III and Tier IV have also been merged into International Tournaments. The WTA Tour Championships remain on the schedule but the WTA have also initiated a second season-ending tournament, the Commonwealth Bank Tour of Champions for eight players who did not qualify for the Tour Championships (usually below the top eight in the rankings).
The 2009 men's singles edition is considered to be one of the best Grand Slam tournaments in the Open Era. [3] It is remembered for containing many of the best matches of the 2009 season, [4] including the Nadal–Fernando Verdasco semifinal (lasting 5 hours and 14 minutes [5]) and the final. [4]
The 2009 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 63rd annual men's and 27th annual women's championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. The tournaments were played concurrently during May 2009.
Tournament Country Location Surface Prize money Indian Wells Masters USA Indian Wells, California: Hard $4,615,170 Miami Open USA Key Biscayne, Florida
Andy Murray was seeded second ahead of Nadal, having become the world No. 2 shortly before the tournament. [2] Nadal reclaimed the world No. 2 ranking after Murray lost to Marin Čilić in the fourth round. [3] This tournament marked the final major appearance of two-time major champion and world No. 1 Marat Safin.
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.A significant part of the Federer–Roddick rivalry, it pitted five-time champion Roger Federer against American Andy Roddick for the third time in a Wimbledon final and the fourth time in a Grand Slam final.
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] It was the 123rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 22 June to 5 July 2009. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.