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2009 Rogers Cup

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2009 Rogers Cup

Date
  
August 8 – August 16 (men) August 15 – August 23 (women)

Edition
  
120th (men) / 108th (women)

The 2009 Canada Masters (also known as the 2009 Rogers Masters presented by National Bank and 2009 Rogers Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Canada Masters for the men (the 108th edition for the women), and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier 5 of the 2009 WTA Tour. The men's event was held at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from August 8 through August 16, 2009, and the women's event was held at the Rexall Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from August 15 through August 23, 2009. It was the fourth event for both the men and women on the 2009 US Open Series.

Contents

Seeds

  • Seedings are based on the rankings of August 8, 2009
  • Robin Söderling was forced to withdraw due to an elbow injury, so Tomáš Berdych became the no. 17 seed.
  • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Bruno Agostinelli
  • Frank Dancevic
  • Peter Polansky
  • Frédéric Niemeyer
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
  • Jan Hernych
  • Julien Benneteau
  • Jesse Levine
  • Juan Carlos Ferrero
  • Alejandro Falla
  • Milos Raonic
  • The following player received the lucky loser spot:

  • Andrey Golubev
  • Seeds

  • Seedings are based on the rankings of August 10, 2009
  • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Kim Clijsters
  • Valérie Tétreault
  • Stéphanie Dubois
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Elena Baltacha
  • Kateryna Bondarenko
  • Julie Coin
  • Heidi El Tabakh
  • Maria Kirilenko
  • Alla Kudryavtseva
  • Monica Niculescu
  • Magdaléna Rybáriková
  • Lucie Šafářová
  • Yaroslava Shvedova
  • Roberta Vinci
  • Yanina Wickmayer
  • Men's singles

    Andy Murray def. Juan Martín del Potro, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–1.

  • It was Murray's fifth title of the year and 13th of his career. It was his second Masters 1000 title of the year.
  • For the first time in the ATP history, all top 8 seeded and top 8 ranked players reached the quarterfinals.

    Women's singles

    Elena Dementieva def. Maria Sharapova, 6–4, 6–3.

  • It was Dementieva's third title of the year and 14th of her career.
  • Men's doubles

    Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles def. Max Mirnyi / Andy Ram, 6–4, 6–3.

    Women's doubles

    Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez def. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs, 2–6, 7–5, [11–9].

    References

    2009 Rogers Cup Wikipedia