2009 Wimbledon Championships

2009 Wimbledon Championships
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
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.
* per team
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
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
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
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
Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Mixed doubles
Mark Knowles / Anna-Lena Grönefeld def. Leander Paes / Cara Black, 7–5, 6–3
Juniors
Boys' singles
Andrey Kuznetsov def. Jordan Cox, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Girls' singles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn def. Kristina Mladenovic, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Boys' doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Kevin Krawietz def. Julien Obry / Adrien Puget, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 12–10
Girls' doubles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sally Peers def. Kristina Mladenovic / Silvia Njirić, 6–1, 6–1
Invitation
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis def. Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Ladies' invitation doubles
Martina Navratilova / Helena Suková def. Ilana Kloss / Rosalyn Nideffer, 6–3, 6–2
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
Stéphane Houdet / Michaël Jérémiasz def. Robin Ammerlaan / Shingo Kunieda, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
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
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).
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
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.
† 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
Alex Bogdanovic
Grigor Dimitrov
Dan Evans
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Josh Goodall
Nicolas Mahut
James Ward
Women's singles
Elena Baltacha
Kimiko Date-Krumm
Alexa Glatch
Michelle Larcher de Brito
Katie O'Brien
Laura Robson
Melanie South
Georgie Stoop
Men's doubles
James Auckland / Josh Goodall
Alex Bogdanovic / James Ward
Jamie Delgado / Jonathan Marray
Colin Fleming / Ken Skupski
Michaël Llodra / Nicolas Mahut (Withdrew)
Women's doubles
Elena Baltacha / Amanda Elliott
Jade Curtis / Anna Smith
Laura Robson / Georgie Stoop
Jocelyn Rae / Melanie South
Naomi Cavaday / Katie O'Brien
Mixed doubles
James Auckland / Elena Baltacha
Alex Bogdanovic / Melanie South
Colin Fleming / Sarah Borwell
Josh Goodall / Naomi Cavaday
Ken Skupski / Katie O'Brien
Main draw qualifier entries
Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.
Men's singles
Men's singles qualifiers
Rajeev Ram
Simon Greul
Xavier Malisse
Roko Karanušić
Lukáš Lacko
Alexander Peya
Alejandro Falla
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Grega Žemlja
Santiago González
Taylor Dent
Riccardo Ghedin
Adrian Mannarino
Luka Gregorc
Michael Yani
Jesse Levine
Lucky Losers
Karol Beck
Thiago Alves
Danai Udomchoke
Pablo Cuevas
Women's singles
Women's singles qualifiers
Viktoriya Kutuzova
Klára Zakopalová
Tatjana Malek
Aiko Nakamura
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Sesil Karatantcheva
Regina Kulikova
Melanie Oudin
Alberta Brianti
Neuza Silva
Vesna Manasieva
Anastasija Sevastova
Lucky Losers
Kristína Kučová
Men's doubles
Men's doubles qualifiers
Chris Eaton / Alexander Slabinsky
Santiago González / Travis Rettenmaier
Kevin Anderson / Somdev Devvarman
Prakash Amritraj / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Lucky Losers
Rameez Junaid / Philipp Marx
David Martin / Jean-Claude Scherrer
Alessandro Motti / Joseph Sirianni
Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana
Karol Beck / Jaroslav Levinský
Chris Guccione / Frank Moser
Women's doubles
Women's doubles qualifiers
Tatjana Malek / Andrea Petkovic
Rika Fujiwara / Aiko Nakamura
Edina Gallovits / Katalin Marosi
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
References
External links
Official Wimbledon Championships website