2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
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tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...
, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series
ATP World Tour 500 series
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of the 2009 ATP World Tour
2009 ATP World Tour
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. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
The William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center is a public tennis center located in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.. It houses 10 hard courts and 15 clay courts. 5 indoors courts are heated and available year round. The main stadium seats 7,500 spectators...
in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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, United States, from August 1 through August 9, 2009. The Legg Mason Tennis Classic was the third ATP stop of the 2009 US Open Series
2009 US Open Series
The sixth edition of the US Open Series , included ten hard court tournaments started on July 20 in Indianapolis and endend in New Haven, Connecticut on August 29. This edition has scheduled five separate men's tournaments, four women's tournaments, and the Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament hosted both a...
. Unlike previous years, the men's event was field 48 players instead of 32.
ATP entrants
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(ATP) singles entrants, as of July 27, 2009.
Seeds
| Country | Player | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
5 | 1 | |
 Argentina |
6 | 2 | |
 France |
7 | 3 | |
 Chile |
11 | 4 | |
 Sweden |
12 | 5 | |
 Croatia |
15 | 6 | |
 Spain |
16 | 7 | |
 Czech Republic |
19 | 8 | |
| United States |
21 | 9 | |
 Germany |
22 | 10 | |
| Croatia |
25 | 11 | |
 Serbia |
26 | 12 | |
 Russia |
27 | 13 | |
| Russia |
29 | 14 | |
 Israel |
30 | 15 | |
| United States |
32 | 16 |
Other entrants
The following players received wildcardWild card (sports)
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s into the singles main draw
Jerzy Janowicz
Jerzy Janowicz
Jerzy Janowicz is a Polish professional tennis player. As of November 15, 2010 Janowicz was ranked third among Polish players behind L. Kubot and M. Przysiezny Jerzy Janowicz is a Polish professional tennis player. As of November 15, 2010 Janowicz was ranked third among Polish players behind...
Donald Young Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman , is a professional Indian tennis player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner, Kevin Anderson, and Jesse Levine have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning...
Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in...
Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo Salazar is a Colombian male tennis player from Pereira in Colombia. He plays on the ATP tour and represents Colombia in the Davis Cup competition.-ATP Tour:...
Yuichi Sugita
Yuichi Sugita
Yuichi Sugita is a Japanese tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 29, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 181.-Singles finals: 2 :-External links:*...
Jesse Witten
Jesse Witten
Jesse Witten is an American professional tennis player. He is a graduate of Lely High School and the University of Kentucky, where he majored in Kinesiology.- College career :...
Sébastien de Chaunac
Sébastien de Chaunac
Sébastien de Chaunac is a now inactive French professional tennis player. He mainly played ATP Challenger Series tournaments, capturing one singles and two doubles titles...
The following player received the lucky loser spot: Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Lapentti
----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...
Singles
Juan Martín del PotroJuan Martin Del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player. Del Potro achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4...
def.
Andy RoddickAndy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
, 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(6).
- It was del Potro's second title of the year and sixth of his career.
- It was his second consecutive title at the event.
Doubles
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...
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Robert LindstedtRobert Lindstedt
Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist...
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Mariusz FyrstenbergMariusz Fyrstenberg
Mariusz Fyrstenberg is a left-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Marcin Matkowski; they have been playing together since 2003....
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Marcin MatkowskiMarcin Matkowski
Marcin Matkowski is a right-handed Polish professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. His current partner is Mariusz Fyrstenberg; they have been playing together since 2003, he occasionally plays mixed doubles with Caroline Wozniacki.Matkowski and Fyrstenberg qualified as the eighth...
, 7–5, 7–6(3).
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