2009 Estoril Open
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The 2009 Estoril Open was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
. It was the 20th edition of the Estoril Open
, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series
of the 2009 ATP World Tour
, and of the International-level tournaments
of the 2009 WTA Tour
. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Estádio Nacional
in Oeiras, Portugal, from May 2 through May 10, 2009.
The men's draw was headlined by Gilles Simon
, former 2002
and 2006
champion David Nalbandian
and 2003
champion Nikolay Davydenko
. Other players included David Ferrer
, Mardy Fish
and 2001
champion Juan Carlos Ferrero
.
The women's draw was headlined by 2004
and 2008
finalist Iveta Benešová
and 2008
champion Maria Kirilenko
. Other players included Shahar Pe'er
and Anna-Lena Grönefeld
.
s into the main draw: Gilles Simon
Gastón Gaudio
Rui Machado
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Pablo Cuevas
Mikhail Kukushkin
Ricardo Hocevar
Ryan Sweeting
s into the main draw: Neuza Silva
Frederica Piedade
Maria João Koehler
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Eva Fernández Brugués Sharon Fichman
Silvia Soler Espinosa
Elena Bovina
Albert Montañés
def.
James Blake
, 5–7, 7–6(6), 6–0
Yanina Wickmayer
def.
Ekaterina Makarova
, 7–5, 6–2
Eric Butorac
/ Scott Lipsky
def.
Martin Damm
/
Robert Lindstedt
, 6–3, 6–2
Raquel Kops-Jones
/ Abigail Spears
def.
Sharon Fichman
/
Katalin Marosi
, 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
. It was the 20th edition of the Estoril Open
Estoril Open
The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,...
, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series
ATP World Tour 250 series
The ATP World Tour 250 series is a new series for tennis tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals from the 2009 ATP World Tour...
of the 2009 ATP World Tour
2009 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
, and of the International-level tournaments
WTA International tournaments
The International Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier III and Tier IV events...
of the 2009 WTA Tour
2009 WTA Tour
The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....
. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Estádio Nacional
Estádio Nacional
The Estádio Nacional , also known as Estádio do Jamor, is the Portuguese national football ground. It is located in the Jamor sports complex, in Oeiras, near Lisbon. It was designed by Jacobetty Rosa and the building works started in 1939, with its inauguration happening on 10 June 1944 by the...
in Oeiras, Portugal, from May 2 through May 10, 2009.
The men's draw was headlined by Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...
, former 2002
2002 Estoril Open
The 2002 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Estoril Court Central in Oeiras in Portugal that was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour and of Tier IV of the 2002 WTA Tour...
and 2006
2006 Estoril Open
The 2006 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. This event was the 17th edition of the Estoril Open, included in the 2006 ATP Tour International Series and in the 2006 WTA Tour Tier IV Series...
champion David Nalbandian
David Nalbandian
David Pablo Nalbandian is an Argentine professional tennis player and former world no. 3. He was runner-up at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and the winner of the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005.-Biography:...
and 2003
2003 Estoril Open
The 2003 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Estoril Court Central in Oeiras in Portugal that was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour and of Tier IV of the 2003 WTA Tour...
champion Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
. Other players included David Ferrer
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...
, Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish
Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...
and 2001
2001 Estoril Open
The 2001 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Estoril Court Central in Oeiras in Portugal and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier IV of the 2001 WTA Tour...
champion Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002...
.
The women's draw was headlined by 2004
2004 Estoril Open
The 2004 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Estoril Court Central in Oeiras in Portugal that was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour and of Tier IV of the 2004 WTA Tour...
and 2008
2008 Estoril Open
The 2008 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Estoril Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
finalist Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events and one Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.-2006–2008:In the 2006 Australian...
and 2008
2008 Estoril Open
The 2008 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Estoril Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour, and of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour...
champion Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached no. 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian...
. Other players included Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 ....
and Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006...
.
Seeds
| Player | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Simon Gilles Simon Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour... |
 France |
7 | 1 |
| Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP... |
Russia |
11 | 2 |
| David Ferrer David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000... |
Spain |
14 | 3 |
| James Blake James Blake James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances... |
United States |
16 | 4 |
| David Nalbandian David Nalbandian David Pablo Nalbandian is an Argentine professional tennis player and former world no. 3. He was runner-up at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and the winner of the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005.-Biography:... |
 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
18 | 5 |
| Mardy Fish Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist... |
United States |
28 | 6 |
| Albert Montañés Álbert Montañés Albert Montañés Roca is a professional tennis player from Spain.He first entered the top-100 in 2001 and has been in the top-100 for all but 20 weeks since then... |
Spain |
33 | 7 |
| Florent Serra Florent Serra Florent Lucien Serra is a French male tennis player. A right-hander, he has won two ATP titles during his career and is coached by Pierre Cherret.-Early life and junior career:... |
France |
48 | 8 |
- Seedings are based on the rankings of April 27, 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcardWild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
s into the main draw: Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...
Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Norberto Gaudio is a former tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP ranking was World No. 5 in 2005...
Rui Machado
Rui Machado
Rui Machado is a Portuguese professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In October 2011, he achieved he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 59, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held.- Early life :At the age of six, Machado was first introduced to...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open Men's Doubles title with Luis Horna....
Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin is a professional Kazakh tennis player of Russian origin.-History:Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006 and achieved his highest ranking on 1 November 2010....
Ricardo Hocevar
Ricardo Hocevar
Ricardo Hocevar is a Brazilian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:*...
Ryan Sweeting
Ryan Sweeting
Ryan Sweeting is a Bahamian-born American professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas, and has lived and trained in Ft. Lauderdale since the age of 12...
Seeds
| Player | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iveta Benešová Iveta Benešová Iveta Benešová is a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of 7 and turned professional in 1998 in Prague. She has won two WTA Tour events and one Grand Slam in mixed doubles partnering with Jürgen Melzer at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.-2006–2008:In the 2006 Australian... |
Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... |
29 | 1 |
| Maria Kirilenko Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached no. 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian... |
Russia |
38 | 2 |
| Sorana Cîrstea Sorana Cîrstea Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :... |
 RomaniaRomania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
40 | 3 |
| Sabine Lisicki Sabine Lisicki Sabine Lisicki is a German professional tennis player of Polish background.Lisicki has won three WTA singles tournaments in her career and one doubles tournament . She reached the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and also reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships... |
 Germany |
42 | 4 |
| Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles... |
Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... |
48 | 5 |
| Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:... |
Russia |
51 | 6 |
| Shahar Pe'er Shahar Pe'er Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 .... |
 IsraelIsrael The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
53 | 7 |
| Anna-Lena Grönefeld Anna-Lena Grönefeld Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006... |
Germany |
57 | 8 |
- Seedings are based on the rankings of April 27, 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcardWild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
s into the main draw: Neuza Silva
Neuza Silva
Neuza Silva is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 133, which she reached on July 6, 2009; her career high doubles ranking is 185, set at July 6, 2008...
Frederica Piedade
Frederica Piedade
Frederica Piedade is a Portuguese female tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 142, which she reached on May 15, 2006; her career high doubles ranking is 158, achieved on February 16, 2009. Piedade has competed for he Portugal Fed Cup team, having a total win–loss record of 12–4...
Maria João Koehler
Maria João Koehler
Maria João Koehler is a Portuguese professional tennis player. She reached her career high WTA singles ranking of 215 on October 2011. Koehler has represented the Portugal Fed Cup team, where she has a singles win-loss record of 1–3 and a doubles win–loss record of 3–3...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Eva Fernández Brugués Sharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman is a Canadian professional tennis player. Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the junior circuit in December 2006. Since turning pro, so far her career highs are No. 114 in singles and No. 83 in doubles. Fichman is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's doubles player.-Early life:Fichman...
Silvia Soler Espinosa
Silvia Soler Espinosa
Silvia Soler Espinosa is an Spanish tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 136, which she reached on June 6, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 255, which she reached on May 9, 2011.-External links:...
Elena Bovina
Elena Bovina
Elena Olegovna Bovina is a Russian professional female tennis player. On April 4, 2005 Bovina reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 14....
Champions
Men's singles
Albert MontañésÁlbert Montañés
Albert Montañés Roca is a professional tennis player from Spain.He first entered the top-100 in 2001 and has been in the top-100 for all but 20 weeks since then...
def.
James BlakeJames Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
, 5–7, 7–6(6), 6–0
- It was Montañés' first title of the year and second of his career.
Women's singles
Yanina WickmayerYanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 22 and is the second-highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010...
def.
Ekaterina MakarovaEkaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...
, 7–5, 6–2
- It was Wickmayer's first career title.
Men's doubles
Eric ButoracEric Butorac
Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray...
/
Scott LipskyScott Lipsky
Scott Lipsky is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is primarily a doubles specialist....
def.
Martin DammMartin Damm
Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...
/
Robert LindstedtRobert Lindstedt
Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist...
, 6–3, 6–2
Women's doubles
Raquel Kops-JonesRaquel Kops-Jones
Raquel Kops-Jones is a professional tennis player from the United States of America. She made her debut in professional competition in 2000, aged 17, at an ITF tournament in Boca Raton....
/
Abigail SpearsAbigail Spears
Abigail Michal Spears is an American professional tennis player.Spears turned professional in 2000. Spears has reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament and the 2005 U.S. Open...
def.
Sharon FichmanSharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman is a Canadian professional tennis player. Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the junior circuit in December 2006. Since turning pro, so far her career highs are No. 114 in singles and No. 83 in doubles. Fichman is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's doubles player.-Early life:Fichman...
/
Katalin MarosiKatalin Marosi
Katalin Marosi is a professional tennis player from Hungary. Marosi has won 16 ITF Circuit Singles titles and 27 doubles titles...
, 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]