| 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9–15 February |
| Edition | 37th |
| Category | ATP World Tour 500 |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | €1,150,000 |
| Surface | Hard / indoor |
| Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Venue | Rotterdam Ahoy |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Andy Murray[1] | |
| Doubles | |
 Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić[2] | |
| Wheelchair singles | |
 Robin Ammerlaan | |
The2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men'stennis tournament played on indoorhard courts. It was the 37th edition of the event known as theABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and is part of theATP World Tour 500 series of the2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at theRotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena inRotterdam, Netherlands, from 9 February through 15 February 2009. Second-seededAndy Murray won the singles final beating first-seededRafael Nadal in the final.
The list of original seeded players was headlined byworld number 1Rafael Nadal,Andy Murray andNikolay Davydenko. Also lined up areGilles Simon,Gaël Monfils,David Ferrer,Jo-Wilfried Tsonga andRobin Söderling.[3]
Robin Söderling was forced to withdraw from the tournament on the second day, before he was due to face Russia'sEvgeny Korolev on day three. He was replaced by FrenchmanMarc Gicquel who entered the tournament as alucky loser.[4]
Andy Murray defeated
Rafael Nadal 6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Daniel Nestor /Nenad Zimonjić defeated
Lukáš Dlouhý /
Leander Paes 6–2, 7–5
Robin Söderling was the eighth seed, but had to withdraw.
| Athlete | Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Nadal | Spain | 1 | 1 |
| Andy Murray | Great Britain | 4 | 2 |
| Nikolay Davydenko |  Russia | 5 | 3 |
| Gilles Simon |  France | 8 | 4 |
| Gaël Monfils | France | 12 | 5 |
| David Ferrer | Spain | 14 | 6 |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | France | 13 | 7 |
| Robin Söderling |  Sweden | 16 | 8 |
The following players receivedwildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Arnaud Clément
Stéphane BohliLaurent RecoudercEvgeny KorolevMarc Gicquel (as a lucky loser)In the first ATP World 500 Series tournament of the year, all the seeded players reached the second round. World number 1Rafael Nadal needed three sets to beatSimone Bolelli andDavid Ferrer equally took three sets to advance againstJürgen Melzer.[5]Thiemo de Bakker, who was ranked at #242 in the world rankings and one of only two Dutchmen in the competition, lost his first round tie againstAndreas Seppi. The other home player,Jesse Huta Galung, gave seventh seedJo Wilfried Tsonga a real game but lost out on two tie-breaks.[6]Andy Murray beat former top three playerIvan Ljubičić whileGaël Monfils took the first set against Swiss playerStéphane Bohli before his opponent had to retire injured.[7]
Seeds began to fall in the second round:Nikolay Davydenko,Gilles Simon andDavid Ferrer exited the competition with defeats toJulien Benneteau,Mario Ančić andMikhail Youzhny respectively. Nadal overcame the loss of the second set against the 2008 junior championGrigor Dimitrov to win 7–5, 3–6, 6–2.[8] Murray defeated Seppi 7–6, 7–6 and Monfils beat fellow FrenchmanMichaël Llodra. The quarter-final line-up was completed byMarc Gicquel (who had the opportunity to play after Soderling's withdrawal) and Tsonga who defeatedDmitry Tursunov.
In the quarter-finalsRafael Nadal beat FrenchmanTsonga 6–4, 7–6, 6–4 to set up a match withMonfils in the semi-finals, who beatJulien Benneteau 7–6, 6–1.Mario Ančić continued his good form from theZagreb tournament the previous week by beatingMikhail Youzhny 6–4, 6–2 in their quarter-final match.Marc Gicquel was forced to retire from his quarter-final againstMurray when Murray was leading 7–6, 4–6, 3–0.[9]
In the first semi-final match, despite initial fears that he would not be able to play due to an ankle injury,Murray beatAnčić 6–1, 6–2.
The #1, #2 and #4 seeded doubles pairs all progressed through the first two rounds to reach the semi-finals. Top seedsDaniel Nestor andNenad Zimonjić recorded identical scorelines of 7–6(2), 6–4 in their opening two matches, defeating singles playersDmitry Tursunov (the champion the previous year withTomáš Berdych) andGilles Simon in the first round before beating ItaliansAndreas Seppi andSimone Bolelli. The #2 seeded pair ofLukáš Dlouhý andLeander Paes won on a final-set champions tiebreak againstChristopher Kas andPhilipp Kohlschreiber, then proceeded to win 6–2, 6–1 againstIgor Andreev andMarcin Matkowski in the quarterfinals. TheJulian Knowle andAndy Ram partnerships also reached the semi-finals after a straight sets victory overAndy Murray andJames Auckland in the first round and victory over the French pair ofArnaud Clément andMichaël Llodra in the second round. The #3 pair ofJeff Coetzee –Wesley Moodie were defeated in the quarter-finals byTomáš Berdych andJürgen Melzer 4–6, 66-7.
