2009 US Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2009 US Open
Final
Champion	Juan Martín del Potro
Runner-up	Roger Federer
Score	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Details
Draw	128
Seeds	32
Events

Juan Martín del Potro defeated the five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2009 US Open. It was his first (and only) major title. He became the first Argentine man to win the title since Guillermo Vilas in 1977, and the first to win a major since Gastón Gaudio in the 2004 French Open. This was also the first US Open final since 1999 to go to five sets.

Federer was attempting to become the first man to win six consecutive US Open titles in the Open Era, and the first since Bill Tilden in 1925. He was also vying to become the first man to win the Surface Slam (winning majors on clay, grass and hard court in the same calendar year), having won the preceding French Open and Wimbledon. It was the only major not won by the Big Four between the 2005 Australian Open and the 2014 Australian Open, a span of 35 events.^[1] This is the only major where Novak Djokovic, Federer, and Rafael Nadal all reached the semifinals, but none of them won the championship. It's also the only major not won by the Big Three in a 30 major span, from the 2005 French Open to 2012 Wimbledon.

This was the first major since the 2006 Australian Open not to have Federer and Nadal as the top two seeds. Andy Murray was seeded second ahead of Nadal, having become the world No. 2 shortly before the tournament.^[2] Nadal reclaimed the world No. 2 ranking after Murray lost to Marin Čilić in the fourth round.^[3]

This tournament marked the final major appearance of two-time major champion and world No. 1 Marat Safin.

For the first time in US Open history, no Americans reached the quarterfinals.

Seeds edit

01.

Roger Federer (final)

02.

Andy Murray (fourth round)

03.

Rafael Nadal (semifinals)

04.

Novak Djokovic (semifinals)

05.

Andy Roddick (third round)

06.

Juan Martín del Potro (champion)

07.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (fourth round)

08.

Nikolay Davydenko (fourth round, retired because of a hip injury)

09.

Gilles Simon (third round, retired because of a knee injury)

10.

Fernando Verdasco (quarterfinals)

11.

Fernando González (quarterfinals)

12.

Robin Söderling (quarterfinals)

13.

Gaël Monfils (fourth round)

14.

Tommy Robredo (fourth round)

15.

Radek Štěpánek (fourth round)

16.

Marin Čilić (quarterfinals)

17.

Tomáš Berdych (third round)

18.

David Ferrer (second round)

19.

Stan Wawrinka (first round)

20.

Tommy Haas (third round)

21.

James Blake (third round)

22.

Sam Querrey (third round)

23.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round)

24.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round)

25.

Mardy Fish (withdrew because of a rib injury)

26.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (first round)

27.

Ivo Karlović (first round)

28.

Victor Hănescu (first round)

29.

Igor Andreev (first round)

30.

Viktor Troicki (second round)

31.

Lleyton Hewitt (third round)

32.

Nicolás Almagro (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying draw edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Final

1	Roger Federer	6	6	6⁶	7⁸

12	Robin Söderling	0	3	7⁸	6⁶
						1	Roger Federer	7⁷	7	7

						4	Novak Djokovic	6³	5	5
4	Novak Djokovic	7⁷	1	7	6

10	Fernando Verdasco	6²	6	5	2
											1	Roger Federer	6	6⁵	6	6⁴	2

											6	Juan Martín del Potro	3	7⁷	4	7⁷	6
11	Fernando González	6⁴	6²	0

3	Rafael Nadal	7⁷	7⁷	6
						3	Rafael Nadal	2	2	2

						6	Juan Martín del Potro	6	6	6
6	Juan Martín del Potro	4	6	6	6

16	Marin Čilić	6	3	2	1

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

1	R Federer	6	6	7
WC	D Britton	1	3	5			1	R Federer	6	7	7
Q	G Lapentti	3	6	6	0	6⁹		S Greul	3	5	5
	S Greul	6	4	3	6	7¹¹							1	R Federer	4	6	7	6
PR	JI Chela	6	6	6									31	L Hewitt	6	3	5	4
	Ó Hernández	4	4	2			PR	JI Chela	3	3	4
	T Alves	0	3	4			31	L Hewitt	6	6	6
31	L Hewitt	6	6	6															1	R Federer	7	6	6
21	J Blake	6	6	7															14	T Robredo	5	2	2
	R Ramírez Hidalgo	1	4	5			21	J Blake	6	3	7⁸	6
	O Rochus	6	6	6				O Rochus	4	6	6⁶	3
	I Kunitsyn	3	0	2									21	J Blake	6²	4	4
Q	P Polansky	4	4	7	6	1							14	T Robredo	7⁷	6	6
	G García-López	6	6	5	3	6		G García-López	2	6	2	4
Q	D Young	4	6	2	3		14	T Robredo	6	4	6	6
14	T Robredo	6	3	6	6

Section 2 edit

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

12	R Söderling	6	3	6	6
	A Montañés	1	6	1	4		12	R Söderling	2
	M Zverev	6	5	6	4	0		M Granollers	0^r
	M Granollers	2	7	3	6	6							12	R Söderling	6	7	6⁶	6
	K Kim	6	0	6	6								22	S Querrey	2	5	7⁸	1
	D Sela	3	6	2	2			K Kim	5	7⁸	4	4
Q	M Yani	3	5	4			22	S Querrey	7	6⁶	6	6
22	S Querrey	6	7	6															12	R Söderling	7	3	6	0
26	P-H Mathieu	6	5	0	2														8	N Davydenko	5	6	2	0^r
	M Youzhny	2	7	6	6			M Youzhny	6	6⁴	4	3
	P Starace	6³	6²	0			Q	M Chiudinelli	2	7⁷	6	6
Q	M Chiudinelli	7⁷	7⁷	6									Q	M Chiudinelli	4	5	5
	J Hernych	1	7⁷	6	2	6							8	N Davydenko	6	7	7
	R Schüttler	6	6⁵	4	6	3		J Hernych	4	1	2
Q	D Kindlmann	3	4	5			8	N Davydenko	6	6	6
8	N Davydenko	6	6	7

Section 3 edit

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

4	N Djokovic	6	6	6
	I Ljubičić	3	1	3			4	N Djokovic	6	6	6
Q	JP Brzezicki	6⁵	3	4			Q	C Ball	3	4	4
Q	C Ball	7⁷	6	6									4	N Djokovic	6²	6	7⁷	6
	K Beck	6	6	1	4	3							Q	J Witten	7⁷	3	6²	4
	M González	2	1	6	6	6		M González	7⁷	4	5	2
Q	J Witten	6	6	6			Q	J Witten	6³	6	7	6
29	I Andreev	4	0	2															4	N Djokovic	6	6	6
23	P Kohlschreiber	6	6	6															15	R Štěpánek	1	3	3
	A Seppi	0	4	4			23	P Kohlschreiber	6	6	0	6
Q	S Devvarman	6	6	6			Q	S Devvarman	3	4	6	2
	F Gil	3	4	3									23	P Kohlschreiber	6	2	3	3
	A Golubev	4	6	5	3								15	R Štěpánek	4	6	6	6
	L Mayer	6	4	7	6			L Mayer	6⁵	3	4
	S Bolelli	4	4	4			15	R Štěpánek	7⁷	6	6
15	R Štěpánek	6	6	6

Section 4 edit

First round							Second round					Third round							Fourth round

10	F Verdasco	7	6	7
	B Becker	5	4	5			10	F Verdasco	6	6	6
	F Serra	7¹⁰	7⁷	7⁷				F Serra	3	0	3
	J Tipsarević	6⁸	6⁵	6⁵								10	F Verdasco	3	7	7¹⁰	1	6
	R Kendrick	6	6	6								20	T Haas	6	5	6⁸	6	4
	M Vassallo Argüello	3	2	2				R Kendrick	4	4	6³
Q	A Falla	5	6	6⁷	2		20	T Haas	6	6	7⁷
20	T Haas	7	4	7⁹	6														10	F Verdasco	4	6	6	6
28	V Hănescu	1	6¹⁴	6⁵																J Isner	6	4	4	4
	J Isner	6	7¹⁶	7⁷				J Isner	6	6	7⁷
Q	M İlhan	3	6	3	7	7	Q	M İlhan	3	4	6¹
	C Rochus	6	3	6	5	5							J Isner	7⁷	6	3	5	7⁷
	M Gicquel	6	5	6	6							5	A Roddick	6³	3	6	7	6⁵
	D Tursunov	2	7	3	3			M Gicquel	1	4	4
	B Phau	1	4	2			5	A Roddick	6	6	6
5	A Roddick	6	6	6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

7	J-W Tsonga	6	6	6
WC	C Buchanan	0	2	1			7	J-W Tsonga	7	6	6
	J Nieminen	7	7⁸	6				J Nieminen	5	3	4
	F Fognini	5	6⁶	4									7	J-W Tsonga	7⁷	6	6
	F Cipolla	6	1	3	3									J Benneteau	6⁴	2	4
	J Benneteau	4	6	6	6			J Benneteau	6	3	6	6
LL	P Luczak	3	3	6	6	1	30	V Troicki	1	6	1	0
30	V Troicki	6	6	1	2	6												7	J-W Tsonga	6	3	6³	4
17	T Berdych	7	6	6														11	F González	3	6	7⁷	6
	W Odesnik	5	4	4			17	T Berdych	6	6³	7⁷	6
Q	M Berrer	3	6⁷	6	0		Q	H Zeballos	3	7⁷	6²	2
Q	H Zeballos	6	7⁹	3	6								17	T Berdych	5	4	4
Q	J Ouanna	7⁷	6	3	6								11	F González	7	6	6
	R Ram	6⁴	4	6	3		Q	J Ouanna	4	7⁷	3	4
	N Massú	3	3	3			11	F González	6	6⁵	6	6
11	F González	6	6	6

Section 6 edit

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

13	G Monfils	6	6	6
	J Chardy	1	4	3			13	G Monfils	6	7	6
	E Korolev	3	4	6	6	4		A Beck	3	5	3
	A Beck	6	6	2	2	6								13	G Monfils	6	6	1
	M Daniel	2	4	3											J Acasuso	3	4	0^r
	J Acasuso	6	6	6				J Acasuso	6	3	1	6	6
	A Martín	5	7	3	3		18	D Ferrer	3	6	6	3	2
18	D Ferrer	7	5	6	6														13	G Monfils	7⁷	3	1	3
32	N Almagro	6	6	2	7¹⁰														3	R Nadal	6³	6	6	6
	S Darcis	2	4	6	6⁸		32	N Almagro	6⁷	6	6	4	6
	R Ginepri	5	6	6	6			R Ginepri	7⁹	2	3	6	4
PR	A Pavel	7	2	4	0									32	N Almagro	5	4	4
WC	M Llodra	3	4	4										3	R Nadal	7	6	6
	N Kiefer	6	6	6				N Kiefer	0	6	3	4
	R Gasquet	2	2	3			3	R Nadal	6	3	6	6
3	R Nadal	6	6	6

Section 7 edit

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

6	JM del Potro	6	6	6
	J Mónaco	3	3	1			6	JM del Potro	7⁸	6	6
	J Melzer	1	6	6	6			J Melzer	6⁶	3	3
	M Safin	6	4	3	4									6	JM del Potro	6	3	6	6
	P Cuevas	6	7⁷	6											D Köllerer	1	6	3	3
WC	C Guccione	4	6⁴	0				P Cuevas	6	2	1	4
	D Köllerer	6	6	2	6			D Köllerer	3	6	6	6
LL	R Machado	2	4	6	2															6	JM del Potro	6	6	6
24	JC Ferrero	6	6	6																24	JC Ferrero	3	3	3
	F Santoro	4	3	3			24	JC Ferrero	1	3	6	6	6
	P Petzschner	7⁷	6⁶	6	4	6		P Petzschner	6	6	4	2	4
	S Stakhovsky	6³	7⁸	4	6	3								24	JC Ferrero	1	6	7⁷	1
Q	T Bellucci	6	6	6										9	G Simon	6	4	6⁵	0^r
	Y-h Lu	4	2	3			Q	T Bellucci	3	2	4
	D Gimeno Traver	4	6³	3			9	G Simon	6	6	6
9	G Simon	6	7⁷	6

Section 8 edit

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

16	M Čilić	7⁷	6	7⁷
WC	R Sweeting	6²	4	6⁴			16	M Čilić	4	2	6	6	6
	T Gabashvili	5	1	2			WC	J Levine	6	6	0	3	0
WC	J Levine	7	6	6										16	M Čilić	6	6	6
	D Istomin	6	6	7⁷											D Istomin	1	4	3
WC	B Evans	4	4	6³				D Istomin	2	6	4	7	7⁷
	N Lapentti	4	3	7⁸	7⁷	6		N Lapentti	6	4	6	5	6⁴
19	S Wawrinka	6	6	6⁶	6⁴	3													16	M Čilić	7	6	6
27	I Karlović	4	6⁸	6⁵															2	A Murray	5	2	2
	I Navarro	6	7¹⁰	7⁷				I Navarro	4	7	7⁷	5	6⁹
	F López	6	6⁶	3	5		WC	T Dent	6	5	6¹	7	7¹¹
WC	T Dent	4	7⁸	6	7									WC	T Dent	3	2	2
	P Capdeville	6	6	7⁷										2	A Murray	6	6	6
	V Crivoi	3	0	6²				P Capdeville	2	6	0	2
	E Gulbis	5	3	5			2	A Murray	6	3	6	6
2	A Murray	7	6	7

References edit

^ "Tennis: Del Potro dethrones Federer in US". BBC Sport. September 15, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
^ "Murray deposes Nadal as number two". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). August 16, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
^ "Andy Murray Stunned: Rafael Nadal Regains No. 2". Bleacher Report. September 9, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2023.

External links edit

Preceded by 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2010 Australian Open – Men's singles

[1] "Tennis: Del Potro dethrones Federer in US". BBC Sport. September 15, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

[2] "Murray deposes Nadal as number two". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). August 16, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2023.

[3] "Andy Murray Stunned: Rafael Nadal Regains No. 2". Bleacher Report. September 9, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2023.

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