# 2009 Proton Malaysian Open – Singles

Nikolay Davydenko won in the final 6–4, 7–5, against Fernando Verdasco.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Nikolay Davydenko (champion)
* Fernando Verdasco (final)
* Robin Söderling (semifinals)
* Fernando González (semifinals)
* Gaël Monfils (quarterfinals)
* Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals)
* David Ferrer (first round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (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 | Nikolay Davydenko | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Robin Söderling | 6 | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | |
| 3 | Robin Söderling | 6 | 6$^1$ | 2 | 1 | Nikolay Davydenko | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 2 | Fernando Verdasco | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Fernando González | 4 | 5 | | 2 | Fernando Verdasco | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | Fernando Verdasco | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### 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 Davydenko | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Golubev | 6 | 3 | 6$^4$ | WC | T Dent | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Dent | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 1 | N Davydenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F López | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | G Monfils | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | M Vassallo Argüello | 6 | 6 | | | M Vassallo Argüello | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Istomin | 6$^3$ | 6$^2$ | | 5 | G Monfils | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | G Monfils | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | N Davydenko | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Söderling | 6 | 6$^1$ | 2 |
| | | | | | 3 | R Söderling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Yani | 3 | 4 | | Q | B Evans | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Evans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | R Söderling | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Greul | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | T Berdych | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | C Rochus | 4 | 6 | 2 | | S Greul | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Kunitsyn | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | T Berdych | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | T Berdych | 6 | 3 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | D Ferrer | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-H Lu | 6 | 3 | 6$^5$ | WC | M Baghdatis | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Baghdatis | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Acasuso | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | F González | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | R Bopanna | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | R Bopanna | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | F González | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | F González | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | L Hewitt | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | F Verdasco | 6 | 7 |
| WC | J Johansson | 7$^9$ | 6 | | WC | J Johansson | 6 | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | R Gasquet | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Crivoi | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | M Kukushkin | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | 2 | F Verdasco | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Beck | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | K Beck | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | F Verdasco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |