# 2009 China Open – Men's singles

Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round against Łukasz Kubot. Novak Djokovic won in the final 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, against Marin Čilić.

## Seeds

* Rafael Nadal (semifinals)
* Novak Djokovic (champion)
* Andy Roddick (first round)
* Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals)
* Fernando Verdasco (quarterfinals)
* Robin Söderling (semifinals)
* Fernando González (second round)
* Marin Čilić (final)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| 8/WC | Marin Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8/WC | Marin Čilić | 6 | 6 | 8/WC | Marin Čilić | 2 | 6$^4$ |
| | | | | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 6 | Robin Söderling | 3 | 3 | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Baghdatis | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | R Nadal | 7 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Blake | 6 | 3 | 6 | | J Blake | 5 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Mayer | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Acasuso | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | WC | M Safin | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Ferrer | 5 | 4 | | 7 | F González | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | F González | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | N Davydenko | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8/WC | M Čilić | 6 | 6 |
| | I Kunitsyn | 1 | 7$^8$ | 2 | 4 | N Davydenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber | 7$^8$ | 4 | 6 | | P Kohlschreiber | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Karlović | 6$^6$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | N Davydenko | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Benneteau | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8/WC | M Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Daniel | 3 | 4 | | | J Benneteau | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Andreev | 4 | 4 | | 8/WC | M Čilić | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8/WC | M Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | R Söderling | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Chardy | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | R Söderling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Robredo | 6 | 6 | | | T Robredo | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Becker | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | R Söderling | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | P-H Mathieu | 6$^8$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | I Ljubičić | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 7$^{10}$ | 4 | 6 | | I Ljubičić | 7$^8$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Ł Kubot | 6 | 6 | | Q | Ł Kubot | 6$^6$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Roddick | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | R Söderling | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | F Verdasco | 6$^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 |
| Q | R Ginepri | 7$^9$ | 1 | 2 | 5 | F Verdasco | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Almagro | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | JC Ferrero | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | JC Ferrero | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 5 | F Verdasco | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | F Fognini | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Troicki | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | V Troicki | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Hănescu | 3 | 5 | | 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Feliciano López (first round)
* Robby Ginepri (qualified)
* Fabio Fognini (qualified)
* Florian Mayer (qualified)
* Michaël Llodra (qualifying competition)
* Brendan Evans (first round)
* Sébastien De Chaunac (qualifying competition, retired)
* Łukasz Kubot (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Łukasz Kubot
* Robby Ginepri
* Fabio Fognini
* Florian Mayer

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Feliciano López | 6$^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Donald Young | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Donald Young | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | Donald Young | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 8 | Łukasz Kubot | 6 | 6 |
| | Kamil Čapkovič | 3 | 1$^r$ | | 8 | Łukasz Kubot | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Łukasz Kubot | 6 | 5 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Robby Ginepri | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Zhang Ze | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Zhang Ze | 4 | 3 | 2 | Robby Ginepri | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 5 | Michaël Llodra | 3 | 1 |
| | Ivo Klec | 2 | 1 | 5 | Michaël Llodra | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Michaël Llodra | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Fabio Fognini | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | Yang Tsung-hua | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | Yang Tsung-hua | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Fabio Fognini | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Lukáš Dlouhý | 3 | 0 |
| | Lukáš Dlouhý | 7$^8$ | 0 | 7$^7$ | | Lukáš Dlouhý | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Brendan Evans | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Florian Mayer | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | |
| | Michael Yani | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | |
| | Michael Yani | 6$^1$ | 4 | 4 | Florian Mayer | 4 |
| | | | | 7 | Sébastien De Chaunac | 1$^r$ |
| WC | Zeng Shaoxuan | 1 | 6$^3$ | 7 | Sébastien De Chaunac | 1$^r$ |
| 7 | Sébastien De Chaunac | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | |