2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic

Tennis tournament

2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic

Date| August 1–9
Edition| 41st
Category| ATP World Tour 500
Draw| 48S / 16D
Prize money| $1,165,500
Surface| Hard / outdoor
Location| Washington, D.C., United States
Venue| William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Juan Martín del Potro[1]
Doubles
Martin Damm /  Robert Lindstedt[2]
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ATP World Tour No. 6 Juan Martín del Potro was the singles defending champion in Washington

2007 champion and 2008 quarterfinalist Andy Roddick headlined the field in the singles event

The 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic (also known as the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic presented by GEICO for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., 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. Unlike previous years, the men's event was field 48 players instead of 32. Second-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the singles title.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Finals
* 1.1 Singles
* 1.2 Doubles
* 2 ATP entrants
* 2.1 Seeds
* 2.2 Other entrants
* 3 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Finals[edit]

### Singles[edit]

Main article: 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles

Juan Martín del Potro defeated  Andy Roddick, 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6).

* 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[edit]

Main article: 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles

Martin Damm /  Robert Lindstedt defeated  Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski, 7–5, 7–6(7–3).

## ATP entrants[edit]

List of Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles entrants, as of July 27, 2009.[4]

### Seeds[edit]

Country  | Player  | Rank[a] | Seed[b]

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USA  | Andy Roddick | 5  | 1
ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 6  | 2
FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7  | 3
CHI | Fernando González | 11  | 4
SWE | Robin Söderling | 12  | 5
CRO | Marin Čilić | 15  | 6
ESP | Tommy Robredo | 16  | 7
CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 19  | 8
USA  | Mardy Fish | 21  | 9
GER | Tommy Haas | 22  | 10
CRO | Ivo Karlović | 25  | 11
SRB | Viktor Troicki | 26  | 12
RUS | Igor Andreev | 27  | 13
RUS | Dmitry Tursunov | 29  | 14
ISR | Dudi Sela | 30  | 15
USA  | Sam Querrey | 32  | 16

### Other entrants[edit]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

* Jerzy Janowicz
* Donald Young
* Michael Russell

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Somdev Devvarman
* Alejandro Falla
* Santiago Giraldo
* Yūichi Sugita
* Jesse Witten
* Sébastien de Chaunac

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

* Nicolás Lapentti

## Notes[edit]

* a ATP rankings, as of Monday, July 27, 2009.[5]
* b Seedings based on the Monday, July 27, 2009 ATP rankings.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2009 Washington – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. ^ "2009 Washington – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. ^ "Legg Mason Tennis Classic – At a Glance". leggmasontennisclassic.com. Legg Mason Tennis Classic. 2009-07-17. Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
4. ^ "2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic - Singles draw" (PDF). atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
5. ^ a b "Rankings – 1–100". atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. 2009-07-27. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2009-07-28.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

Photos:

* 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic - Photo Gallery

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