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2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic

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Date
  
August 1 – August 9

Category
  
ATP World Tour 500

Edition
  
41st

2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic

Location
  
Washington, D.C., United States

The 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic (also known as the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic presented by GEICO for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from August 1 through August 9, 2009. The Legg Mason Tennis Classic was the third ATP stop of the 2009 US Open Series. Unlike previous years, the men's event was field 48 players instead of 32.

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Singles

Juan Martín del Potro defeated Andy Roddick, 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6).

  • It was del Potro's second title of the year and sixth of his career.
  • It was his second consecutive title at the event.
  • Doubles

    Martin Damm / Robert Lindstedt defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 7–5, 7–6(7–3).

    ATP entrants

    List of Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles entrants, as of July 27, 2009.

    Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Jerzy Janowicz
  • Donald Young
  • Michael Russell
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Somdev Devvarman
  • Alejandro Falla
  • Santiago Giraldo
  • Yuichi Sugita
  • Jesse Witten
  • Sébastien de Chaunac
  • The following player received the lucky loser spot:

  • Nicolás Lapentti
  • References

    2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Wikipedia


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