2009 French Open

2009 French Open
Date:   24 May – 7 June
Edition:   108th
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:   Paris (XVIe), France
Champions
Men's Singles
Roger Federer
Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Men's Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes
Women's Doubles
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual
Mixed Doubles
Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan
Boys' Singles
Daniel Berta
Girls' Singles
Kristina Mladenovic
Boys' Doubles
Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan
Girls' Doubles
Elena Bogdan / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Legends Under 45 Doubles
Cédric Pioline / Paul Haarhuis
Legends Over 45 Doubles
Anders Järryd / John McEnroe
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stephane Houdet / Michael Jeremiasz
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer
French Open
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The 2009 French Open (also known as Roland Garros after the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 24 through June 7, 2009.

Contents

Notable stories

Nadal's new record

On May 27, 2009, four-time champion Rafael Nadal set a new record at Roland Garros becoming the only man or woman to have won 30 consecutive matches at Roland Garros after his victory against Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili. This feat eclipses the previous record held by Chris Evert, who won 29 consecutive matches. By beating Lleyton Hewitt on May 29, Nadal extended the record to 31 consecutive matches. Despite this, Nadal lost to Robin Söderling on May 31 in four sets (2–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7), finally ending Nadal's streak.

Federer's Career Grand Slam

Roger Federer won the finals against Robin Söderling to finally win the Roland Garros tournament for the first time in his career, after he was beaten in previous three finals by Nadal. With this win, he finished his quest to a career Grand Slam, titles on all four Grand Slam tournaments in his career. He became just the third male player in the Open era (after Rod Laver and Andre Agassi) and sixth male player in tennis history overall to accomplish that. He was only the second player in tennis history (after Agassi) to do it on three different surfaces (hard, clay and grass). Just 10 years after Agassi accomplished it also at Roland Garros, he managed to present the trophy (Coupe des Mousquetaires) to Federer.

Day-by-day summaries

Day 1 (May 24)

Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan became the first male winner at this year's French Open. French favourites Julie Coin and Mathieu Montcourt enjoyed safe passages through to the second round, but compatriot Mathilde Johansson was unable to use the crowd's advantage, falling to Vitalia Diatchenko 2–6, 6–2, 10–8. Lleyton Hewitt came from 2 tiebreak sets down, taking a third set tiebreak and eventually the match over the 26th seeded Croat Ivo Karlović, winning 6–7(1), 6–7(4), 7–6(4), 6–4, 6–3, to cause the first upset of a seed in the tournament. Karlovic set the new record for the greatest number of aces in the match, serving 55, but couldn't find a way to win.[1] French wildcard Josselin Ouanna came from two sets to one behind to defeat Marcel Granollers, 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 7–6(2), 6–1. However, Amélie Mauresmo lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–4, 6–3, to add to her history of early-round exits at Roland Garros. However, seventh seed Gilles Simon recovered from a tight clash with Wayne Odesnik, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3. Former French Open champion Gastón Gaudio made a disappointing start to his grand slam comeback, losing in straight sets to Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 6–4, 6–1.

Matches on Main Courts[2]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st Round Ana Ivanović (8) Sara Errani 7–6(3), 6–3
Men's Singles 1st Round Marat Safin (20) Alexandre Sidorenko (WC) 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Men's Singles 1st Round Gilles Simon (7) Wayne Odesnik 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st Round Anna-Lena Grönefeld Amélie Mauresmo (16) 6–4, 6–3
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st Round Vitalia Diatchenko (Q) Mathilde Johansson 2–6, 6–2, 10–8
Men's Singles 1st Round Fernando Verdasco (8) Florent Serra 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 1st Round Nadia Petrova (11) Lauren Embree (WC) 6–1, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st Round Andy Murray (3) Juan Ignacio Chela 6–2, 6–2, 6–1

Day 2 (May 25)

World number one and top seed Dinara Safina thrashed British Number one Anne Keothavong, 6–0, 6–0 in the first match on Philippe Chatrier, followed by ATP World Tour Champion and four-time defending champion, top seed Rafael Nadal defeating Brazilian qualifier Marcos Daniel 7–5, 6–4, 6–3. Second seed Roger Federer followed with a comfortable victory over Alberto Martín 6–4, 6–3, 6–2. Third seed Venus Williams struggled against Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but won 6–1, 4–6, 6–2. French wildcard Guillaume Rufin, who turned 19 on day 3, upset Eduardo Schwank, who reached the second week last year, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 to the delight of French fans. However, fans were disappointed to see their Nicolas Devilder fall in five sets (despite holding a two sets to love lead) to seventeenth seed Stanislas Wawrinka, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4. More disappointment came when Romain Jouan, another wildcard, fell 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 to sixth seed Andy Roddick. However, more good news for American fans followed when Fed Cup heroine Alexa Glatch stunned Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–1, to advance to the second round. Kateryna Bondarenko upset Patty Schnyder, and 13th seed Marion Bartoli recovered in an all-French affair to beat Pauline Parmentier 3–6, 6–1, 6–3. Two more French wild cards fell as Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova defeated Irena Pavlovic and Australian Jarmila Groth beat Kinnie Laisné. Seeds Nikolay Davydenko, Robin Söderling, and Zheng Jie also advanced. Another of the day's upsets came at the hands Colombia's Mariana Duque Mariño, who beat former Top 5 player and 26th seeded Russia's Anna Chakvetadze, winning 3–6, 6–4, 6–4.

Matches on Main Courts[3]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st Round Dinara Safina (1) Anne Keothavong 6–0, 6–0
Men's Singles 1st Round Rafael Nadal (1) Marcos Daniel (Q) 7–5, 6–4, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st Round Roger Federer (2) Alberto Martín 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round Marion Bartoli (13) Pauline Parmentier 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st Round Caroline Wozniacki (10) Vera Dushevina 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st Round Aravane Rezaï Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round Venus Williams (3) Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st Round Paul-Henri Mathieu (32) Laurent Recouderc 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st Round Andy Roddick (6) Romain Jouan (WC) 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st Round Kateryna Bondarenko Patty Schnyder (17) 6–4, 6–3

Day 3 (May 26)

Serbs Jelena Janković and Novak Djoković had no problems in their second round matches, beating Petra Cetkovská and Nicolás Lapentti respectively. Serena Williams came through a tough tie – in which she squandered eight match points – against Czech Klára Zakopalová to win 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4. All French seeds came through unscathed with victories for Marion Bartoli, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Gaël Monfils. The United States' hopes of having a French Open champion took a big blow as James Blake and Mardy Fish both lost to Argentinian opponents. Fish lost to Máximo González 6–3, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(4), and Blake, the highest seed to fall on Day 3, was beaten convincingly by Argentinian qualifier Leonardo Mayer 7–6(6), 7–5, 6–2. Number 27 seed Rainer Schüttler was comprehensively beaten by home favourite Marc Gicquel 6–0, 6–0, 6–4 and Chinese number 31 seed Shuai Peng was the only women's seed to go out, as she lost to Spain's María José Martínez Sánchez 1–6, 6–2, 6–4. There were victories for 10th seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki, former finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, Olympic gold medallist Elena Dementieva and World No. 5 Juan Martín del Potro.

Matches on Main Courts[4]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st Round Jelena Janković (5) Petra Cetkovská 6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st Round Novak Djoković (4) Nicolás Lapentti 6–3, 3–1 retired
Men's Singles 1st Round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9) Julien Benneteau 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Women's Singles 1st Round Alizé Cornet (21) vs. Maret Ani 6–4, 4–4 (suspended)
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st Round Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) Claire Feuerstein 6–1, 6–4
Men's Singles 1st Round Gaël Monfils (11) Bobby Reynolds 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
Women's Singles 1st Round Serena Williams (2) Klára Zakopalová 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4
Men's Singles 1st Round Christophe Rochus vs. Fabrice Santoro 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 5–4 (suspended)

Day 4 (May 27)

Day 4 saw the start of the second round matches in both the men's and women's draws. The first match up on Court Philippe Chatrier was world number 3 Andy Murray, who he faced Italian world number 104 Potito Starace. Murray was made to work hard, as Starace took control of the tie and levelled the match at one set all. At 5–1 in the third set, Murray worked his way back to reel of 6 games in a row, and went on the win 6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4. World number 1 Dinara Safina was first up on Court Suzanne Lenglen, and made light work of Vitalia Diatchenko, winning 6–1, 6–1. Defending women's champion Ana Ivanović also won comprehensively, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn to enter the third round. French tennis fans had reason to cheer as number 15 seed Alizé Cornet resumed her match from day 3, and beat Maret Ani 6–4, 7–5 to advance to the second round. Another Frenchwoman, Aravane Rezaï beat Slovenian qualifier Polona Hercog to book a tie with Portuguese qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito in the third round, who beat number 15 seed Jie Zheng earlier in the day. Unseeded Maria Sharapova faced number 11 seed Nadia Petrova in her first match against a top 20 player since her 10-month absence from the tour due to injury. A gutsy Sharapova came through with a 3 sets victory, 8–6 in the third. Gilles Simon was the only seeded Frenchman playing on day 4, and made swift work of American Robert Kendrick 7–5, 6–0, 6–1. Defending champion Rafael Nadal made history by becoming the first person to win 30 consecutive matches at Roland Garros by beating Teymuraz Gabashvili. French wildcard Josselin Ouanna caused perhaps the biggest upset of the day by beating number 20 seed Marat Safin in an epic five set match, in which he won the final set 10–8.

The first matches of the doubles competition were played, with World No. 1 team Liezel Huber & Cara Black, Květa Peschke & Lisa Raymond, defending champions Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual and Samantha Stosur & Rennae Stubbs were amongst the first to advance to the second round of the women's doubles.

On the men's side, defending champions Pablo Cuevas & Luis Horna, Lukáš Dlouhý & Leander Paes, Bruno Soares & Kevin Ullyett and Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski all advanced to the second round. However, number 7 seeds Andy Ram & Max Mirnyi and number 10 seeds Marcelo Melo & André Sá suffered shock first round defeats.

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[5]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 2nd Round Andy Murray (3) Potito Starace 6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Women's Singles 1st Round Alizé Cornet (21) Maret Ani 6–4, 7–5
Women's Singles 2nd Round Ana Ivanović (8) Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–1, 6–2
Men's Singles 2nd Round Josselin Ouanna Marat Safin (20) 7–6(2), 7–6(4), 4–6, 3–6, 10–8
Women's Singles 2nd Round Venus Williams (3) VS. Lucie Šafářová 6–7(5), 0–0 (suspended)
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round Dinara Safina (1) Vitalia Diatchenko 6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st Round Christophe Rochus Fabrice Santoro 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd Round Gilles Simon (7) Robert Kendrick 7–5, 6–0, 6–1
Women's Singles 2nd Round Maria Sharapova Nadia Petrova (11) 6–2, 1–6, 8–6
Men's Singles 2nd Round Rafael Nadal (1) Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–1, 6–4, 6–2

Day 5 (May 28)

Day 5 got off to a slow start from a French perspective, as number 13 seed and home favourite Marion Bartoli succumbed to Tathiana Garbin of Italy in straight sets on Court Philippe Chatrier. And the day got worse for France as number 21 seed Alizé Cornet could not find her way past Romanian teenager Sorana Cîrstea. However, they did have some consolation, as Virginie Razzano navigated her way past Anabel Medina Garrigues, and booked a place in the third round to play Bartoli conqueror Garbin. On Court Suzanne Lenglen, Serb Jelena Janković had little problem in seeing off Slovakian opponent Magdaléna Rybáriková, 6–1, 6–2. Venus Williams was made to work very hard to make the third round, as she went the distance with Lucie Šafářová, narrowly winning the final set 7–5. There were also victories for Elena Dementieva, Agnieszka Radwańska, former finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova and 2002 champion Serena Williams.

Meanwhile in the men's draw, Roger Federer was first up on Court Philippe Chatrier as he faced clay court specialist José Acasuso. Roger narrowly won the first set 7–6(8) in a first set tie-break, but Acasuso was not ready to falter, and came back stronger in the second set and eventually winning 7–5. Acasuso continued to put up strong resistance and took Federer to a third set tie-break, however Federer was too strong and won, from thereon Federer had little problem dispatching Acasuso winning the match 7–6(8), 5–7, 7–6(2), 6–2. Federer's victory set him up with a third round tie with Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu. After disappointed from the French ladies, the men did not disappoint. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gaël Monfils and Jérémy Chardy and Marc Gicquel all advanced to the third round. No seeds were knocked out, as there were victories from number 5 seed Juan Martín del Potro, Andy Roddick, Novak Djoković and Tommy Robredo, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Igor Andreev and Jürgen Melzer.

There was only one shocking exit from the men's doubles on the day, as Jeff Coetzee & Jordan Kerr were knocked out by the hands of Jaroslav Levinský & Igor Zelenay. Bob & Mike Bryan, Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjić, Rik de Voest & Ashley Fisher and Łukasz Kubot & Oliver Marach all secured places in the second round of the doubles.

There no upsets in the women's doubles, as all seeds made safe progress through to the second round including Serena & Venus Williams and Květa Peschke & Lisa Raymond.

On day 5, the mixed doubles got under way, which saw just one upset. Nenad Zimonjić & Zi Yan fell to the hands of Bruno Soares & Alisa Kleybanova. Cara Black & Leander Paes, Lisa Raymond & Marcin Matkowski, Nadia Petrova & Max Mirnyi and Elena Vesnina & Daniel Nestor all advanced to the second round.

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[6]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round Tathiana Garbin Marion Bartoli (13) 6–3, 7–5
Men's Singles 2nd Round Roger Federer (2) José Acasuso 7–6(8), 5–7, 7–6(2), 6–2
Women's Singles 2nd Round Serena Williams (2) Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–2, 6–0
Men's Singles 2nd Round Gaël Monfils (11) Victor Crivoi 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 2nd Round Jelena Janković (5) Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 2nd Round Venus Williams (3) Lucie Šafářová 6–7(5), 6–2, 7–5
Women's Singles 2nd Round Sorana Cîrstea Alizé Cornet (21) 6–3, 6–2
Men's Singles 2nd Round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9) Juan Mónaco 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(8)
Men's Singles 2nd Round Novak Djoković (4) Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–3, 6–4, 6–1

Day 6 (May 29)

There were mixed French fortunes on Day 6. Aravane Rezaï beat Michelle Larcher de Brito to move into the fourth round. The newest French star, Josselin Ouanna, saw his run come to an end at the hands of 12th seeded Chilean Fernando González, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5. Following that, Gilles Simon, seeded 7th, suffered a collapse to 30th seed Victor Hănescu 6–4, 6–4, 6–2. Rafael Nadal, the four-time defending champion and World Number 1, looked in stellar form as he continued his undefeated run against Lleyton Hewitt, a former holder of the top ranking, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1. Stanislas Wawrinka was eliminated in four sets by tenth seeded Nikolay Davydenko, whilst Fernando Verdasco beat countryman Nicolás Almagro and Robin Söderling, the 23rd seed, set up a clash with Nadal by beating David Ferrer in four sets. Ágnes Szávay stunned third seed Venus Williams 6–0, 6–4, and Novak Djokovic beat Sergiy Stakhovsky. Additionally, defending champion Ana Ivanović, Đoković's compatriot, advanced convincingly over Iveta Benešová, seeded 32nd, 6–0, 6–2. Andy Murray led Janko Tipsarević two sets to love before the Serb retired.

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[7]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 3rd Round Aravane Rezaï Michelle Larcher de Brito 7–6(3), 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd Round Fernando González (12) Josselin Ouanna 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
Men's Singles 3rd Round Rafael Nadal (1) Lleyton Hewitt 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
Women's Singles 3rd Round Maria Sharapova Yaroslava Shvedova 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 3rd Round Ana Ivanović (8) Iveta Benešová (32) 6–0, 6–2
Men's Singles 2nd Round Novak Djoković (4) Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
Women's Singles 3rd Round Ágnes Szávay (29) Venus Williams (3) 6–0, 6–4
Men's Singles 3rd Round Victor Hănescu (30) Gilles Simon (7) 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd Round Andy Murray (3) Janko Tipsarević 7–6(3), 6–3 retired

Day 7 (May 30)

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[8]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 3rd Round Samantha Stosur (30) Elena Dementieva (4) 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Women's Singles 3rd Round Virginie Razzano Tathiana Garbin 7–5, 7–5
Men's Singles 3rd Round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9) Christophe Rochus 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd Round Roger Federer (2) Paul-Henri Mathieu (32) 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 3rd Round Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) Melinda Czink 6–1, 6–3
Men's Singles 3rd Round Andy Roddick (6) Marc Gicquel 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Men's Singles 3rd Round Gaël Monfils (11) Jürgen Melzer (24) 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Women's Singles 3rd Round Serena Williams (2) María José Martínez Sánchez 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Day 8 (May 31)

Day 8 saw Rafael Nadal lose his first ever match at French Open to Swede Robin Söderling, which ended his streak of 31 wins in a row at Roland Garros. Also out was defending women's champion Ana Ivanović. Former world number 1 Maria Sharapova continued her miraculous run by defeating Li Na 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 to reach the quarterfinals, after returning from nine months away from the game. Nikolay Davydenko beat Fernando Verdasco to advance to the quarters with Söderling. Fernando González beat Victor Hănescu in straight sets to set up a quarterfinal with number four Andy Murray, a winner over Marin Čilić in tight but straight sets. World Number 1 Dinara Safina continued her dominant run of losing just 5 games all tournament against Aravane Rezaï, winning 6–1, 6–0.

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[9]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 4th Round Fernando González (12) Victor Hănescu (30) 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 4th Round Dinara Safina (1) Aravane Rezaï 6–1, 6–0
Men's Singles 4th Round Robin Söderling (23) Rafael Nadal (1) 6–2, 6–7(2), 6–4, 7–6(2)
Women's Singles 4th Round Maria Sharapova Na Li (25) 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 4th Round Dominika Cibulková (20) Ágnes Szávay (29) 6–2, 6–4
Men's Singles 4th Round Andy Murray (3) Marin Čilić (13) 7–5, 7–6(4), 6–1
Women's Singles 4th Round Victoria Azarenka (9) Ana Ivanović (8) 6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles 4th Round Nikolay Davydenko (10) Fernando Verdasco (8) 6–2, 6–2, 6–4

Day 9 (June 1)

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[10]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 4th Round Serena Williams (2) Aleksandra Wozniak (24) 6–1, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th Round Roger Federer (2) Tommy Haas 6–7(4), 5–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th Round Juan Martín del Potro (5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9) 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th Round Samantha Stosur (30) Virginie Razzano 6–1, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 4th Round Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) Agnieszka Radwańska (12) 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Men's Singles 4th Round Tommy Robredo (16) Philipp Kohlschreiber (29) 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(4), 6–2
Women's Singles 4th Round Sorana Cîrstea Jelena Janković (5) 3–6, 6–0, 9–7
Men's Singles 4th Round Gaël Monfils (11) Andy Roddick (6) 6–4, 6–2, 6–3

Day 10 (June 2)

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[11]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinal Dinara Safina (1) Victoria Azarenka (9) 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Men's Singles Quarterfinal Fernando González (12) Andy Murray (3) 6–3, 3–6, 6–0, 6–4
Mixed Doubles Quarterfinal Nadia Petrova (4)
Max Mirnyi (4)		 Natalie Dechy
Andy Ram		 6–3, 6–1
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles Quarterfinal Robin Söderling (23) Nikolay Davydenko (10) 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
Women's Singles Quarterfinal Dominika Cibulková (20) Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–2
Women's Doubles Quarterfinal Su-wei Hsieh (9)
Shuai Peng (9)		 Agnieszka Radwańska
Urszula Radwańska		 2–6, 6–4, 7–5

Day 11 (June 3)

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[12]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinal Samantha Stosur (30) Sorana Cîrstea 6–1, 6–3
Men's Singles Quarterfinal Roger Federer (2) Gaël Monfils (11) 7–6(6), 6–2, 6–4
Mixed Doubles Semifinal Liezel Huber (1)
Bob Bryan (1)		 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Mark Knowles		 6–2, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinal Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) Serena Williams (2) 7–6(3), 5–7, 7–5
Men's Singles Quarterfinal Juan Martín del Potro (5) Tommy Robredo (16) 6–3, 6–4, 6–2

Day 12 (June 4)

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[13]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Semifinal Dinara Safina (1) Dominika Cibulková (20) 6–3, 6–3
Women's Singles Semifinal Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) Samantha Stosur (30) 6–4, 6(5)–7, 6–3
Mixed Doubles Final Liezel Huber (1)
Bob Bryan (1)		 Vania King
Marcelo Melo		 5–7, 7–6(5), 10–7
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Legends Under 45 Doubles Pat Cash
Emilio Sánchez		 Goran Ivanišević
Michael Stich		 6–3, 2–6, 10–5
Men's Doubles Semifinal Wesley Moodie
Dick Norman		 Bob Bryan (2)
Mike Bryan (2)		 0–6, 7–6(5), 6–4
Men's Doubles Semifinal Lukáš Dlouhý (3)
Leander Paes (3)		 Daniel Nestor (1)
Nenad Zimonjić (1)		 7–6(4), 7–6(5)
Legends Under 45 Doubles Paul Haarhuis
Cédric Pioline		 Sergi Bruguera
Richard Krajicek		 2–6, 7–6(4), 10–5
Legends Over 45 Doubles Andrés Gómez
Victor Pecci		 Peter McNamara
Ilie Năstase		 6–2, 6–1

Day 13 (June 5)

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[14]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles Semifinal Robin Söderling (23) Fernando González (12) 6–3, 7–5, 5–7, 4–6, 6–4
Men's Singles Semifinal Roger Federer (2) Juan Martín del Potro (5) 3–6, 7–6(2), 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Legends Over 45 Doubles Anders Järryd
John McEnroe		 John Fitzgerald
Guillermo Vilas		 6–2, 6–3
Legends Under 45 Doubles Goran Ivanišević
Michael Stich		 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Thomas Muster		 6–3, 7–5
Legends Over 45 Doubles Mansour Bahrami
Henri Leconte		 Andrés Gómez
Victor Pecci		 6–4, 7–6(4)
Women's Doubles Final Anabel Medina Garrigues (3)
Virginia Ruano Pascual (3)		 Victoria Azarenka (12)
Elena Vesnina (12)		 6–1, 6–1

Day 14 (June 6)

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[15]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Final Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) Dinara Safina (1) 6–4, 6–2
Men's Doubles Final Lukáš Dlouhý (3)
Leander Paes (3)		 Wesley Moodie
Dick Norman		 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Legends Under 45 Doubles Sergi Bruguera
Richard Krajicek		 Arnaud Boetsch
Guy Forget		 6–1, 7–6(2)
Legends Over 45 Doubles Mikael Pernfors
Mats Wilander		 John Fitzgerald
Guillermo Vilas		 6–3, 6–3
Legends Under 45 Doubles Pat Cash
Emilio Sánchez		 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Thomas Muster		 6–3, 7–5

Day 15 (June 7)

The men's singles final was briefly interrupted as Jimmy Jump carrying a FC Barcelona banner ran onto the court during the second set, running around Roger Federer and even putting a cap on him, then jumping over the net before being taken out by security. This is the first time this has ever happened at the French Open, however the occurrence did not seem to throw off Federer, as he won the set, and eventually the match. Federer also completed a career Grand Slam and tied Pete Sampras's record of 14 Grand Slam titles after winning the French Open.[16]

Schedule of play

Matches on Main Courts[17]
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles Final Roger Federer (2) Robin Söderling (23) 6–1, 7–6(1), 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Boy's Singles Final Daniel Berta Gianni Mina (11) 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Girl's Singles Final Kristina Mladenovic (9) Daria Gavrilova 6–3, 6–2

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Men's Singles

Roger Federer[18] def. Robin Söderling, 6–1, 7–6(1), 6–4

Women's singles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Women's Singles

Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Dinara Safina, 6–4, 6–2

Men's doubles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Men's Doubles

Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes def. Wesley Moodie / Dick Norman, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Women's doubles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Women's Doubles

Anabel Medina / Virginia Ruano Pascual def. Victoria Azarenka / Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Mixed Doubles

Liezel Huber / Robert Bryan def. Vania King / Marcelo Melo, 5–7, 7–6(5), 10–7

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2009 French Open – Boys' Singles

Daniel Berta def. Gianni Mina, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Girls' singles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Girls' Singles

Kristina Mladenovic def. Daria Gavrilova, 6–3, 6–2

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Boys' Doubles

Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan def. Guilherme Clézar / Huang Liang-chi, 6–3, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Girls' Doubles

Elena Bogdan / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn def. Tímea Babos / Heather Watson, 3–6, 6–3, 10–8

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Legends Under 45 Doubles

Paul Haarhuis / Cédric Pioline def. Pat Cash / Emilio Sánchez, 6–3, 6–4

Legends over 45 doubles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Legends Over 45 Doubles

Anders Järryd / John McEnroe def. Mansour Bahrami / Henri Leconte, 7–6(2), 6–1

Wheelchair men's singles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Wheelchair Men's Singles

Shingo Kunieda def. Stephane Houdet, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Wheelchair women's singles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Wheelchair Women's Singles

Esther Vergeer def. Korie Homan, 6–2, 7–5

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Stephane Houdet / Michael Jeremiasz def. Robin Ammerlaan / Maikel Scheffers, 6–2, 7–5

Wheelchair women's doubles

Main article: 2009 French Open - Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer def. Annick Sevenans / Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–3

Seeds

Withdrawals: David Nalbandian, Richard Gasquet, Katarina Srebotnik, Vera Zvonareva.

Men's singles

  1. Rafael Nadal (Fourth Round, lost to Robin Söderling)
  2. Roger Federer (Champion)
  3. Andy Murray (Quarterfinals, lost to Fernando González)
  4. Novak Djoković (Third Round, lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber)
  5. Juan Martín del Potro (Semifinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  6. Andy Roddick (Fourth Round, lost to Gaël Monfils)
  7. Gilles Simon (Third Round, lost to Victor Hănescu)
  8. Fernando Verdasco (Fourth Round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
  9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fourth Round, lost to Juan Martín del Potro)
  10. Nikolay Davydenko (Quarterfinals, lost to Robin Söderling)
  11. Gaël Monfils (Quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  12. Fernando González (Semifinals, lost to Robin Söderling)
  13. Marin Čilić (Fourth Round, lost to Andy Murray)
  14. David Ferrer (Third Round, lost to Robin Söderling)
  15. James Blake (First Round, lost to Leonardo Mayer)
  16. Tommy Robredo (Fourth Round, lost to Juan Martín del Potro)
  17. Stanislas Wawrinka (Third Round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
  18. Radek Štěpánek (Third Round, lost to Marin Čilić)
  19. Tomáš Berdych (First Round, lost to Simone Bolelli)
  20. Marat Safin (Second Round, lost to Josselin Ouanna)
  21. Dmitry Tursunov (First Round, lost to Arnaud Clément)
  22. Mardy Fish (First Round, lost to Máximo González)
  23. Robin Söderling (Final, lost to Roger Federer)
  24. Jürgen Melzer (Third Round, lost to Gaël Monfils)
  25. Igor Andreev (Third Round, lost to Juan Martín del Potro)
  26. Ivo Karlović (First Round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  27. Rainer Schüttler (First Round, lost to Marc Gicquel)
  28. Feliciano López (Second Round, lost to Janko Tipsarević)
  29. Philipp Kohlschreiber (Fourth Round, lost to Tommy Robredo)
  30. Victor Hănescu (Fourth Round, lost to Fernando González)
  31. Nicolás Almagro (Third Round, lost to Fernando Verdasco)
  32. Paul-Henri Mathieu (Third Round, lost to Roger Federer)

Women's singles

  1. Dinara Safina (Final, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
  2. Serena Williams (Quarterfinals, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
  3. Venus Williams (Third Round, lost to Ágnes Szávay)
  4. Elena Dementieva (Third Round, lost to Samantha Stosur)
  5. Jelena Janković (Fourth Round, lost to Sorana Cîrstea)
  6. Vera Zvonareva (withdrew due to ankle injury)
  7. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Champion)
  8. Ana Ivanović (Fourth Round, lost to Victoria Azarenka)
  9. Victoria Azarenka (Quarterfinals, lost to Dinara Safina)
  10. Caroline Wozniacki (Third Round, lost to Sorana Cîrstea)
  11. Nadia Petrova (Second Round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  12. Agnieszka Radwańska (Fourth Round, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
  13. Marion Bartoli (Second Round, lost to Tathiana Garbin)
  14. Flavia Pennetta (First Round, lost to Alexa Glatch)
  15. Zheng Jie (Second Round, lost to Michelle Larcher de Brito)
  16. Amélie Mauresmo (First Round, lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld)
  17. Patty Schnyder (First Round, lost to Kateryna Bondarenko)
  18. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Second Round, lost to Virginie Razzano)
  19. Kaia Kanepi (First Round, lost to Yaroslava Shvedova)
  20. Dominika Cibulková (Semifinals, lost to Dinara Safina)
  21. Alizé Cornet (Second Round, lost to Sorana Cîrstea)
  22. Carla Suárez Navarro (Third Round, lost to Victoria Azarenka)
  23. Alisa Kleybanova (First Round, lost to Polona Hercog)
  24. Aleksandra Wozniak (Fourth Round, lost to Serena Williams)
  25. Li Na (Fourth Round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  26. Anna Chakvetadze (First Round, lost to Mariana Duque Mariño)
  27. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Third Round, lost to Dinara Safina)
  28. Sybille Bammer (Second Round, lost to Melinda Czink)
  29. Ágnes Szávay (Fourth Round, lost to Dominika Cibulková)
  30. Samantha Stosur (Semifinals, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
  31. Peng Shuai (First Round, lost to María José Martínez Sánchez)
  32. Iveta Benešová (Third Round, lost to Ana Ivanović)

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.[19]

Men's singles wildcard entries

  1. Gastón Gaudio
  2. Romain Jouan
  3. Bernard Tomic
  4. Adrian Mannarino
  5. Josselin Ouanna
  6. Laurent Recouderc
  7. Guillaume Rufin
  8. Alexandre Sidorenko

Women's singles wildcard entries

  1. Lauren Embree
  2. Olivia Rogowska
  3. Claire Feuerstein
  4. Kinnie Laisné
  5. Émilie Loit
  6. Kristina Mladenovic
  7. Irena Pavlovic
  8. Olivia Sanchez

Men's doubles wildcard entries

  1. Jérôme Haehnel / Florent Serra
  2. Sébastien de Chaunac / Benoît Paire
  3. Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut
  4. Sébastien Grosjean / Nicolás Lapentti
  5. Josselin Ouanna / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
  6. Mathieu Montcourt / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  7. Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro

Women's doubles wildcard entries

  1. Kinnie Laisné / Stéphanie Vongsouthi
  2. Sophie Lefèvre / Aurélie Védy
  3. Dominika Cibulková / Virginie Razzano
  4. Stéphanie Foretz / Camille Pin
  5. Violette Huck / Laura Thorpe
  6. Émilie Loit / Kristina Mladenovic
  7. Viktoriya Kutuzova / Aravane Rezaï

Qualifiers entries

Men's Qualifiers entries

  1. Fabio Fognini
  2. Leonardo Mayer
  3. Marcos Daniel
  4. Victor Crivoi
  5. Ilija Bozoljac
  6. Daniel Brands
  7. Jean-René Lisnard
  8. Santiago Giraldo
  9. Sergiy Stakhovsky
  10. Simon Greul
  11. Peter Polansky
  12. Franco Ferreiro
  13. Łukasz Kubot
  14. Santiago Ventura
  15. Jiří Vaněk
  16. Rui Machado

Lucky Losers

  1. Thiago Alves
  2. Mathieu Montcourt

Women's Qualifiers entries

  1. Yaroslava Shvedova
  2. Zuzana Ondrášková
  3. Anastasija Sevastova
  4. Polona Hercog
  5. Chanelle Scheepers
  6. Vitalia Diatchenko
  7. Michelle Larcher de Brito
  8. Arantxa Rus
  9. Corinna Dentoni
  10. Yvonne Meusburger
  11. Petra Martić
  12. Carly Gullickson

Lucky Losers

  1. Katie O'Brien
  2. Mariana Duque Mariño

Media coverage

In the US, coverage was provided by The Tennis Channel. In France, the French Open is broadcast live by France Télévisions & Eurosport. In the UK & Republic of Ireland it is broadcast live by BBC & Eurosport, Irish viewers can also watch live on TG4. In Switzerland it is broadcast live by SF, Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana & Télévision Suisse Romande. In Serbia it is broadcast live by RTS & Eurosport. In Sweden it is broadcast live by Eurosport, and because of Robin Söderling's final, SVT also broadcast the men's final live.

References

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  18. ^ This win allowed Federer to be one of six men to claim a Career Grand Slam.
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