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2009 LA Tennis Open

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Date
  
July 27 – August 2

Category
  
World Tour 250 series

Prize money
  
$630,500

Edition
  
83rd

Draw
  
28S / 16D

2009 LA Tennis Open

Location
  
Los Angeles, United States

The 2009 LA Tennis Open (also known as the LA Tennis Open presented by Farmers Insurance Group for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 83rd edition of the event known that year as the LA Tennis Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 27 through August 2, 2009. The LA Tennis Open was the second ATP stop of the 2009 US Open Series.

Contents

In addition to the singles and doubles events, a Legends Invitational Singles competition was held, featuring Michael Chang, Stefan Edberg and Jim Courier, winner of the competition at the 2008 Countrywide Classic. The LA Tennis Open kicked off with the "Millennium Challenge" featuring Pete Sampras returning to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to play Marat Safin in a rematch of their 2000 US Open final, won by the Russian 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Sampras, who held the World No. 1 ranking for a record 286 weeks, was recognized as the 2009 LA Tennis Open Tournament Honoree.

Seeds

*Seedings based on the July 20, 2009 rankings.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Taylor Dent
  • Jesse Levine
  • Chris Guccione
  • The following players received special exemptions into the singles main draw

  • Robby Ginepri
  • Frank Dancevic
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Josselin Ouanna
  • Carsten Ball
  • Ryan Sweeting
  • Somdev Devvarman
  • Singles

    Sam Querrey def. Carsten Ball, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

  • It was Querrey's first title of the year and second of his career.
  • Doubles

    Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Benjamin Becker / Frank Moser, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

    References

    2009 LA Tennis Open Wikipedia


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