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.[1][2] 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.

2009 Wimbledon Championships
Date22 June – 5 July
Edition123rd
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£12,550,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Attendance511,043
Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Women's doubles
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Wheelchair men's doubles
France Stéphane Houdet / France Michaël Jérémiasz
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Korie Homan / Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Boys' singles
Russia Andrey Kuznetsov
Girls' singles
Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Boys' doubles
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Germany Kevin Krawietz
Girls' doubles
Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Australia Sally Peers
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Ladies' invitation doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / Czech Republic Helena Suková
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
United Kingdom Jeremy Bates / Sweden Anders Järryd
← 2008 · Wimbledon Championships · 2010 →

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

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Point distribution

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

Senior points

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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

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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.[3][4][5]

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

* per team

Champions

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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

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Men's singles

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

  • 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.[7]
  • 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

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  Serena Williams def.   Venus Williams, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 [8]

  • 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.[9]

Men's doubles

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  Daniel Nestor /   Nenad Zimonjić def.   Bob Bryan /   Mike Bryan, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3 [10][11]

Women's doubles

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  Serena Williams /   Venus Williams def.   Samantha Stosur /   Rennae Stubbs, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 [12][13]

Mixed doubles

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  Mark Knowles /   Anna-Lena Grönefeld def.   Leander Paes /   Cara Black, 7–5, 6–3 [14][15]

Juniors

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Boys' singles

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  Andrey Kuznetsov def.   Jordan Cox, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 [16]

Girls' singles

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  Noppawan Lertcheewakarn def.   Kristina Mladenovic, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 [17]

Boys' doubles

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  Pierre-Hugues Herbert /   Kevin Krawietz def.   Julien Obry /   Adrien Puget, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 12–10 [18]

Girls' doubles

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  Noppawan Lertcheewakarn /   Sally Peers def.   Kristina Mladenovic /   Silvia Njirić, 6–1, 6–1 [19]

Invitation

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Gentlemen's invitation doubles

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

Ladies' invitation doubles

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

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

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

Wheelchair events

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Wheelchair men's doubles

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

Wheelchair women's doubles

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

Highlights

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Records

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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.[20] 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.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23] The 30-game fifth set in the men's final was the longest set in Wimbledon finals history.[24]

Centre Court roof

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The 2009 Championships took place during an extended period of hot, dry weather in southeast England,[25] 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.[26] 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

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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.[27][28]

Singles players

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Men's singles
Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

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Singles seeds

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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.

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[29]
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[30]
16   David Nalbandian 2,385 10 2,375 Hip injury[31]
19   Richard Gasquet 1,925 300 1,625 Provisional suspension[32]

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

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Main draw wild card entries

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

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

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Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.[33][34][35][36]

Protected ranking

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

Withdrawals

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