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2009 Western and Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open

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Edition
  
108th

Location
  
Mason, United States

Surface
  
Hard / Outdoor

2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open

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

Venue
  
Lindner Family Tennis Center

The 2009 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 108th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from August 17 through August 23, 2009, and the women from August 10 through August 16, 2009. It was the third women's event and the fifth men's event on the 2009 US Open Series. Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters made her return to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in Cincinnati.

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Seeds

  • 1 As of August 3, 2009
  • Other Entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Kim Clijsters
  • Maria Kirilenko
  • Meghann Shaughnessy
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Kateryna Bondarenko
  • Olga Govortsova
  • Tatjana Malek
  • Ayumi Morita
  • Melanie Oudin
  • Urszula Radwańska
  • Yaroslava Shvedova
  • Yanina Wickmayer
  • Seeds

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

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Robby Ginepri
  • John Isner
  • Wayne Odesnik
  • Marat Safin
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Simone Bolelli
  • Chris Guccione
  • Jan Hernych
  • Łukasz Kubot
  • Ivan Ljubičić
  • Lu Yen-hsun
  • Mikhail Youzhny
  • The following players received the lucky loser spot:

  • Julien Benneteau
  • Men's Singles

    Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–5.

  • It was Federer's fourth title of the year and 61st overall. It was his third win at the event, also winning in 2005 and 2007.
  • Women's Singles

    Jelena Janković defeated Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2.

  • It was Janković's second title of the year and 11th overall.
  • Men's Doubles

    Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), [15–13].

    Women's Doubles

    Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 0–6, [10–2].

    References

    2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open Wikipedia