# 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but chose not to participate to protest the United Arab Emirates decision to deny Israeli player Shahar Pe'er a visa to enter the country for the women's tournament.
In the final, Novak Djokovic defeated David Ferrer, 7–5, 6–3.

## Seeds

* Novak Djokovic (champion)
* Andy Murray (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a viral infection)
* Gilles Simon (semifinals)
* David Ferrer (final)
* Marin Čilić (quarterfinals)
* Igor Andreev (quarterfinals)
* Ivo Karlović (first round)
* Marat Safin (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| 3 | Gilles Simon | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| 3 | Gilles Simon | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | Novak Djokovic | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | David Ferrer | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | David Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | 4 | David Ferrer | 5 | 3 |
| | Richard Gasquet | 2 | 2 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Cipolla | 3 | 2 | | 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hernych | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Hernych | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Melzer | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | M Čilić | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Benneteau | 1 | 6 | 6 | | J Benneteau | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tipsarević | 6 | 6$^3$ | 4 | 5 | M Čilić | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Čilić | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | N Djokovic | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | G Simon | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Simon | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| WC | M Ghareeb | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | G Simon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Gabashvili | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | T Gabashvili | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Recouderc | 7 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | 3 | G Simon | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Hănescu | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | F Santoro | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | F Santoro | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Chiudinelli | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7$^9$ | Q | M Chiudinelli | 6 | 1 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | I Karlović | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | I Andreev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | R de Voest | 4 | 0 | | 6 | I Andreev | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Tursunov | 6 | 6 | | | D Tursunov | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Seppi | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | I Andreev | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | D Ferrer | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Lammer | 1 | 1 | | | P Kohlschreiber | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | D Ferrer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Ferrer | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Ferrer | 6 | 6 |
| 8/WC | M Safin | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 2 | 2 |
| | R Gasquet | 6 | 5 | 6 | | R Gasquet | 6$^4$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | V Troicki | 3 | 4 | | | S Bolelli | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bolelli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | w/o | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | A Murray | | | | | | |
| | A Clément | 1 | 6 | 6 | | A Clément | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky | 7$^7$ | 3 | 3$^r$ | 2 | A Murray | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Murray | 6$^3$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Ivo Minář (first round)
* Flavio Cipolla (qualified)
* Rik de Voest (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Lukáš Dlouhý (first round)
* Laurent Recouderc (qualified)
* Prakash Amritraj (first round, retired due to illness)
* Paolo Lorenzi (qualifying competition)
* Marsel İlhan (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Michael Lammer
* Flavio Cipolla
* Laurent Recouderc
* Marco Chiudinelli

### Lucky loser

* Rik de Voest

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Ivo Minář | 3 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | |
| | Michael Lammer | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Michael Lammer | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | 1 | Michael Lammer | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy | 1 | 3 |
| | Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy | 5 | | | | Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Prakash Amritraj | 0$^r$ | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Flavio Cipolla | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Karim Alayli | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Karim Alayli | 0 | 2 | | 2 | Flavio Cipolla | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Marsel İlhan | 2 | 4 |
| | George Bastl | 5 | 7$^8$ | 3 | 8 | Marsel İlhan | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Marsel İlhan | 7 | 6$^6$ | 5 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Rik de Voest | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Mahmoud-Nader Al Baloushi | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | Mahmoud-Nader Al Baloushi | 0 | 0 | 3 | Rik de Voest | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | 5 | Laurent Recouderc | 6 | 6 |
| | Björn Rehnquist | 4 | 0 | 5 | Laurent Recouderc | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Laurent Recouderc | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Lukáš Dlouhý | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Marco Chiudinelli | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Marco Chiudinelli | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | Marco Chiudinelli | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 7 | Paolo Lorenzi | 6$^1$ | 4 |
| | Marco Crugnola | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | Paolo Lorenzi | 6$^1$ | 4 |
| 7 | Paolo Lorenzi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |