2009 Wimbledon Championships

2009 Wimbledon Championships
Date	22 June – 5 July
Edition	123rd
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money	£12,550,000
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Venue	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Attendance	511,043
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić
Women's doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Mark Knowles / Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Michaël Jérémiasz
Wheelchair women's doubles
Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer
Boys' singles
Andrey Kuznetsov
Girls' singles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Boys' doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Kevin Krawietz
Girls' doubles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sally Peers
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
Ladies' invitation doubles
Martina Navratilova / Helena Suková
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd

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. 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.

Rafael Nadal did not defend his title as he withdrew from the tournament due to knee tendonitis. Roger Federer won his 6th Wimbledon title defeating rival Andy Roddick in the final in five sets. Federer's victory marked his fifteenth Grand Slam title, establishing the men's all-time record. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in the title's defence, having been defeated in the final match by her sister Serena, who won her first Wimbledon title since 2003.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	2000	1200	720	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	8	0
Men's doubles							0	—		—	0	0
Women's singles		1400	900	500	280	160	100	5	60	50	40	2
Women's doubles							5	—	48	—	0	0

Prize distribution

The total prize money for 2009 championships was £12,550,000. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £850,000.

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	£850,000	£425,000	£212,500	£106,250	£53,250	£29,250	£17,750	£10,750	£6,700	£3,350	£1,675
Doubles*	£230,000	£115,000	£57,500	£30,000	£16,000	£9,000	£5,250	—	—	—	—
Mixed doubles *	£92,000	£46,000	£23,000	£10,500	£5,200	£2,600	£1,300	—	—	—	—
Wheelchair doubles*	£6,750	£3,750	£2,250	£1,250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Invitation doubles	£17,000	£14,000	£10,500	£9,500	£9,000	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Champions

Roger Federer won his sixth Wimbledon crown to be just one shy of Pete Sampras's record of 7 Wimbledon titles, but did exceed his record of 14 grand slams with his 15th slam title.

Serena Williams won her eleventh slam and her third Wimbledon title.

Seniors

Men's singles

Main articles: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles and 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final

Roger Federer def. Andy Roddick, 5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 16–14

• It was Federer's 3rd title of the year, and his 60th overall. Federer's victory gave him his 15th career Grand Slam title, to make him the most successful male player in Grand Slam history. Watching the Swiss break the record was Pete Sampras, who won 14 Grand Slam titles and was making his first return to Wimbledon since 2002; Björn Borg, who won five consecutive Wimbledon titles (the only other man doing this being Roger Federer himself); and Rod Laver, who won Wimbledon four times.
• The match set a record for most games in a men's final (77); the most games won by the losing player (39); and, most games won by the winning player (38).

Women's singles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2

• It was Serena's 2nd title of the year, and her 34th overall. It was her 11th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Mark Knowles / Anna-Lena Grönefeld def. Leander Paes / Cara Black, 7–5, 6–3

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Andrey Kuznetsov def. Jordan Cox, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2

Girls' singles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn def. Kristina Mladenovic, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles

Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Kevin Krawietz def. Julien Obry / Adrien Puget, 6–7^(3–7), 6–2, 12–10

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sally Peers def. Kristina Mladenovic / Silvia Njirić, 6–1, 6–1

Invitation

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis def. Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4

Ladies' invitation doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' invitation doubles

Martina Navratilova / Helena Suková def. Ilana Kloss / Rosalyn Nideffer, 6–3, 6–2

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd def. Mansour Bahrami / Henri Leconte, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles

Stéphane Houdet / Michaël Jérémiasz def. Robin Ammerlaan / Shingo Kunieda, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)

Wheelchair women's doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair women's doubles

Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer def. Daniela Di Toro / Lucy Shuker, 6–1, 6–3

Highlights

Records

Swiss Roger Federer established a number of records at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. By defeating Ivo Karlović in the quarter-finals, Federer reached his 21st consecutive Grand Slam semi-final, having started the streak at Wimbledon in 2004. He then defeated Tommy Haas in the semi-final to reach his seventh consecutive Wimbledon final and his twentieth Grand Slam final, both of these all-time records. Finally, by defeating Andy Roddick in the final, Federer won his fifteenth Grand Slam title, breaking the record of fourteen titles previously set by Pete Sampras. Federer also became the fourth man to complete the rare French Open / Wimbledon double in the Open Era, joining Rod Laver, Björn Borg, and Rafael Nadal (who had completed the feat the previous year and would do so again in 2010).

Among other records set, the men's final between Federer and Roddick had the highest number of viewers in the UK of any Wimbledon final since 2001, peaking at 11.1 million viewers during the last stretch of the match. The 30-game fifth set in the men's final was the longest set in Wimbledon finals history.

Centre Court roof

The 2009 Championships took place during an extended period of hot, dry weather in southeast England, meaning that it was not until day seven of the tournament (29 June) that the newly constructed Centre Court roof was closed for the first time due to rain, delaying a fourth round match between Amélie Mauresmo and Dinara Safina. The following match between Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka was the first full match to be played under the new roof; owing to the new floodlights, the match continued until 22:38, the latest ever finish in Wimbledon history (this record was broken in 2012 in a third round match between Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis, which ended at 23:02). These were the only two matches in which the Centre Court roof was used during the entire 2009 tournament.

Tennis Integrity Unit

The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) planned to observe matches played by up to 12 players (some of whom were inside the ATP top 50) throughout the tournament. The TIU has existed since January 2008.

The ATP claimed to have identified Russian and Italian Mafia-related groups behind suspicious betting at other tournaments, although the organisers of the Wimbledon Championships declared that there are no current proceedings against any players.

Singles players

Men's singles

Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 15 June 2009. Rankings and points before are as of 22 June 2009.

Men's singles

The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:

• ESP points as at a week of 22 June 2009
• Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months (23 June 2008 – 21 June 2009)
• add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (25 June 2007 – 22 June 2008).

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Rafael Nadal	12,735	2,000	0	10,735	Withdrew due to a knee injury
2	2	Roger Federer	10,620	1,400	2,000	11,220	Champion, defeated Andy Roddick [5]
3	3	Andy Murray	9,230	500	720	9,450	Semifinals lost to Andy Roddick [5]
4	4	Novak Djokovic	7,860	70	360	8,150	Quarterfinals lost to Tommy Haas [24]
5	5	Juan Martín del Potro	5,730	70	45	5,705	Second round lost to Lleyton Hewitt
6	6	Andy Roddick	4,310	70	1,200	5,440	Runner-up, lost to Roger Federer [2]
7	8	Fernando Verdasco	3,620	300	180	3,500	Fourth round lost to Ivo Karlović [22]
8	7	Gilles Simon	3,970	150	180	4,000	Fourth round lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero [WC]
9	9	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3,510	0	90	3,600	Third round lost to Ivo Karlović [22]
10	10	Fernando González	3,165	70	90	3,185	Third round lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero [WC]
11	13	Marin Čilić	2,710	300	90	2,500	Third round lost to Tommy Haas [24]
12	11	Nikolay Davydenko	2,855	10	90	2,935	Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [20]
13	12	Robin Söderling	2,825	70	180	2,935	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [2]
14	24	Marat Safin	1,820	900	10	930	First round lost to Jesse Levine
15	15	Tommy Robredo	2,580	70	90	2,600	Third round lost to Dudi Sela
16	21	David Ferrer	1,900	150	90	1,840	Third round lost to Radek Štěpánek [23]
17	17	James Blake	2,340	70	10	2,280	First round lost to Andreas Seppi
18	29	Rainer Schüttler	1,645	900	45	790	Second round lost to Dudi Sela
19	18	Stan Wawrinka	2,195	300	180	2,075	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [3]
20	20	Tomáš Berdych	1,910	150	180	1,940	Fourth round lost to Andy Roddick [6]
21	27	Feliciano López	1,665	500	10	1,165	First round lost to Karol Beck [LL]
22	36	Ivo Karlović	1,295	10	360	1,645	Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
23	23	Radek Štěpánek	1,890	150	180	3,500	Fourth round lost to Lleyton Hewitt
24	34	Tommy Haas	1,405	150	720	2,020	Semifinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
25	22	Dmitry Tursunov	1,900	150	10	1,760	First round lost to Mischa Zverev
26	30	Jürgen Melzer	1,640	150	90	3,500	Third round lost to Andy Roddick [6]
27	32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,540	10	90	1,620	Third round lost to Roger Federer [2]
28	25	Mardy Fish	1,735	10	90	1,815	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [4]
29	26	Igor Andreev	1,700	70	180	1,810	Fourth round lost to Tommy Haas [24]
30	31	Viktor Troicki	1,547	70	90	1,567	Third round lost to Andy Murray [3]
31	28	Victor Hănescu	1,651	70	90	1,671	Third round lost to Gilles Simon [8]
32	33	Albert Montañés	1,424	70	90	1,444	Third round lost to Fernando Verdasco [7]
33	35	Nicolas Kiefer	1,315	150	10	1,175	First round lost to Fabrice Santoro

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
14	Gaël Monfils	2,610	0	2,610	Wrist injury
16	David Nalbandian	2,385	10	2,375	Hip injury
19	Richard Gasquet	1,925	300	1,625	Provisional suspension

Women's singles

The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 15 June 2009, with an exception for Maria Sharapova (details are given below). Rank and points before are as of 22 June 2009.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Dinara Safina	9,801	180	900	10,521	Semifinals lost to Venus Williams [3]
2	2	Serena Williams	8,158	1,400	2,000	8,758	Champion, defeated Venus Williams [3]
3	3	Venus Williams	7,217	2,000	1,400	6,617	Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams [2]
4	4	Elena Dementieva	6,591	900	900	6,591	Semifinals lost to Serena Williams [2]
5	5	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6,191	280	160	6,071	Third round lost to Sabine Lisicki
6	6	Jelena Janković	6,100	280	160	5,980	Third round lost to Melanie Oudin [Q]
7	7	Vera Zvonareva	5,360	120	160	5,400	Third round withdrew due to ankle injury
8	8	Victoria Azarenka	4,946	180	500	5,066	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [2]
9	9	Caroline Wozniacki	4,680	180	280	4,780	Fourth round lost to Sabine Lisicki
10	10	Nadia Petrova	3,520	500	280	3,300	Fourth round lost to Victoria Azarenka [8]
11	14	Agnieszka Radwańska	2,981	500	500	2,981	Quarterfinals lost to Venus Williams [3]
12	11	Marion Bartoli	3,235	180	160	3,215	Third round lost to Francesca Schiavone
13	12	Ana Ivanovic	3,172	180	280	3,272	Fourth round retired against Venus Williams [3]
14	13	Dominika Cibulková	3,065	4	160	3,221	Third round lost to Elena Vesnina
15	15	Flavia Pennetta	2,860	120	160	2,900	Third round lost to Amélie Mauresmo [17]
16	16	Zheng Jie	2,661	900	100	1,861	Second round lost to Daniela Hantuchová
17	17	Amélie Mauresmo	2,539	180	280	2,639	Fourth round lost to Dinara Safina [1]
18	19	Samantha Stosur	2,212	120	160	2,252	Third round lost to Ana Ivanovic [13]
19	18	Li Na	2,302	120	160	6,591	Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [11]
20	20	Anabel Medina Garrigues	2,200	180	160	2,180	Third round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [9]
21	22	Patty Schnyder	2,112	4	10	2,118	First round lost to Ai Sugiyama
22	24	Alizé Cornet	1,960	4	10	1,966	First round lost to Vera Dushevina
23	21	Aleksandra Wozniak	2,114	120	10	2,004	First round lost to Francesca Schiavone
24†	60	Maria Sharapova	990	120	100	970	Second round lost to Gisela Dulko
25	25	Kaia Kanepi	1,860	4	10	1,866	First round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro
26	23	Virginie Razzano	2,089	4	280	2,365	Fourth round lost to Francesca Schiavone
27	31	Alisa Kleybanova	1,665	280	100	1,485	Second round lost to Regina Kulikova [Q]
28	27	Sorana Cîrstea	1,756	120	160	1,796	Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [8]
29	26	Sybille Bammer	1,775	120	10	1,665	First round lost to Melanie Oudin [Q]
30	28	Ágnes Szávay	1,749	280	10	1,479	First round lost to Kirsten Flipkens
31	29	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,708	242	120	1,566	Second round lost to Roberta Vinci
32	30	Anna Chakvetadze	1,681	280	10	1,411	First round lost to Sabine Lisicki

† Maria Sharapova was ranked 59th on the day seeds were announced, because she had missed the most of 12-month period due to injury. Nevertheless, she was deemed a special case and was seeded 24th by organizers.

Wild card entries

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles

1. Alex Bogdanovic
2. Grigor Dimitrov
3. Dan Evans
4. Juan Carlos Ferrero
5. Josh Goodall
6. Nicolas Mahut
7. James Ward

Women's singles

1. Elena Baltacha
2. Kimiko Date-Krumm
3. Alexa Glatch
4. Michelle Larcher de Brito
5. Katie O'Brien
6. Laura Robson
7. Melanie South
8. Georgie Stoop

Men's doubles

1. James Auckland / Josh Goodall
2. Alex Bogdanovic / James Ward
3. Jamie Delgado / Jonathan Marray
4. Colin Fleming / Ken Skupski
5. Michaël Llodra / Nicolas Mahut (Withdrew)

Women's doubles

1. Elena Baltacha / Amanda Elliott
2. Jade Curtis / Anna Smith
3. Laura Robson / Georgie Stoop
4. Jocelyn Rae / Melanie South
5. Naomi Cavaday / Katie O'Brien

Mixed doubles

1. James Auckland / Elena Baltacha
2. Alex Bogdanovic / Melanie South
3. Colin Fleming / Sarah Borwell
4. Josh Goodall / Naomi Cavaday
5. Ken Skupski / Katie O'Brien

Main draw qualifier entries

Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.

Men's singles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Men's singles qualifiers

1. Rajeev Ram
2. Simon Greul
3. Xavier Malisse
4. Roko Karanušić
5. Lukáš Lacko
6. Alexander Peya
7. Alejandro Falla
8. Édouard Roger-Vasselin
9. Grega Žemlja
10. Santiago González
11. Taylor Dent
12. Riccardo Ghedin
13. Adrian Mannarino
14. Luka Gregorc
15. Michael Yani
16. Jesse Levine

Lucky Losers

1. Karol Beck
2. Thiago Alves
3. Danai Udomchoke
4. Pablo Cuevas

Women's singles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying

Women's singles qualifiers

1. Viktoriya Kutuzova
2. Klára Zakopalová
3. Tatjana Malek
4. Aiko Nakamura
5. Arantxa Parra Santonja
6. Sesil Karatantcheva
7. Regina Kulikova
8. Melanie Oudin
9. Alberta Brianti
10. Neuza Silva
11. Vesna Manasieva
12. Anastasija Sevastova

Lucky Losers

1. Kristína Kučová

Men's doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles qualifying

Men's doubles qualifiers

1. Chris Eaton / Alexander Slabinsky
2. Santiago González / Travis Rettenmaier
3. Kevin Anderson / Somdev Devvarman
4. Prakash Amritraj / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Lucky Losers

1. Rameez Junaid / Philipp Marx
2. David Martin / Jean-Claude Scherrer
3. Alessandro Motti / Joseph Sirianni
4. Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana
5. Karol Beck / Jaroslav Levinský
6. Chris Guccione / Frank Moser

Women's doubles

Main article: 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying

Women's doubles qualifiers

1. Tatjana Malek / Andrea Petkovic
2. Rika Fujiwara / Aiko Nakamura
3. Edina Gallovits / Katalin Marosi
4. Yuliana Fedak / Mervana Jugić-Salkić

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Men's singles

• Stefan Koubek
• Andrei Pavel

Women's singles

• Akiko Morigami
• Tatiana Perebiynis

Withdrawals

Men's singles

• Mario Ančić → replaced by Frank Dancevic
• Marcos Baghdatis → replaced by Karol Beck
• Richard Gasquet → replaced by Benjamin Becker
• Ivan Ljubičić → replaced by Danai Udomchoke
• Gaël Monfils → replaced by Pablo Cuevas
• Carlos Moyá → replaced by Vince Spadea
• Rafael Nadal → replaced by Thiago Alves
• David Nalbandian → replaced by Brian Dabul
• Jarkko Nieminen → replaced by Nicolás Lapentti

Women's singles

• Marina Erakovic → replaced by Stéphanie Dubois
• Laura Granville → replaced by Maša Zec Peškirič
• Meghann Shaughnessy → replaced by Raluca Olaru
• Katarina Srebotnik → replaced by Kristína Kučová

External links

• Official Wimbledon Championships website