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2009 China Open (tennis)

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Date
  
October 2 – October 11

Edition
  
11th (ATP) / 13th (WTA)

Category
  
ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier Series (women)

The 2009 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the China Open for the men (13th for the women), and was part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2009 ATP Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from October 2 through October 11, 2009.

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Seeds

  • seeds are based on the rankings of September 28, 2009
  • Razzano became the 17th seed as Ivanovic withdrew due to upper respiratory tract infection

    • Other Entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Han Xinyun
  • Maria Kirilenko
  • Lu Jingjing
  • Yanina Wickmayer
  • Zhang Shuai

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Kateryna Bondarenko
  • Melinda Czink
  • Olga Govortsova
  • Ji Chunmei
  • Alla Kudryavtseva
  • Shahar Pe'er
  • Urszula Radwańska
  • Yaroslava Shvedova

    • The following player received the lucky loser spot:

  • Vania King (replacing Ana Ivanovic due to upper respiratory tract infection)
  • Galina Voskoboeva (replacing Gisela Dulko due to left adductor strain)
  • Alexa Glatch (replacing Virginie Razzano due to Left calf strain)

    • Seeds

  • seeds are based on the rankings of September 28, 2009

    • Other Entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Marcos Baghdatis
  • Marin Čilić
  • Marat Safin

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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

    • Men's Singles

    Novak Djokovic def. Marin Čilić, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)

  • It was Djokovic's 3rd title of the year and the 14th of his career.

    • Women's Singles

    Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Kuznetsova's 3rd title of the year and 12th of her career.

    • Men's Doubles

    Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Mark Knowles / Andy Roddick, 6–4, 6–2

    Women's Doubles

    Hsieh Su-Wei / Peng Shuai def. Alla Kudryavtseva / Ekaterina Makarova, 6–3, 6–1

    References

    2009 China Open (tennis) Wikipedia
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