2009 Rogers Cup Explained

Date:	August 8–16 (men) August 15–23 (women)
Edition:	120th (men) / 108th (women)
Surface:	Hard / outdoor
Main Name:	Canadian Open (tennis) Canadian Open
Champms:	Andy Murray^[1]
Champws:	Elena Dementieva
Champmd:	Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles^[2]
Champwd:	Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez

The 2009 Canadian Open (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.

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^*	Seed
	Roger Federer	1	1
Spain	Rafael Nadal	2	2
United Kingdom	Andy Murray	3	3
Serbia	Novak Djokovic	4	4
	Andy Roddick	5	5
Argentina	Juan Martín del Potro	6	6
France	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7	7
Russian Federation	Nikolay Davydenko	8	8
France	Gilles Simon	9	9
Spain	Fernando Verdasco	10	10
	Fernando González	11	11
Sweden	Robin Söderling	12	12
France	Gaël Monfils	13	13
	Marin Čilić	15	14
Spain	Tommy Robredo	16	15
Czech Republic	Radek Štěpánek	17	16
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych	18	17

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

Andrey Golubev

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Russian Federation	Dinara Safina	1	1
	Serena Williams	2	2
	Venus Williams	3	3
Russian Federation	Elena Dementieva	4	4
Serbia	Jelena Janković	5	5
Russian Federation	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	6
Russian Federation	Vera Zvonareva	7	7
	Caroline Wozniacki	8	8
Belarus	Victoria Azarenka	9	9
Russian Federation	Nadia Petrova	10	10
Serbia	Ana Ivanovic	11	11
Italy	Flavia Pennetta	12	12
France	Marion Bartoli	13	13
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	14	14
France	Amélie Mauresmo	15	15
Slovakia	Dominika Cibulková	16	16

Seedings are based on the rankings of August 10, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Men's singles

See main article: 2009 Rogers Masters – Singles. Andy Murray defeated 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

See main article: 2009 Rogers Cup – Singles. Elena Dementieva defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–4, 6–3.

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

Men's doubles

See main article: 2009 Rogers Masters – Doubles. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles defeated Max Mirnyi / Andy Ram, 6–4, 6–3.

Women's doubles

See main article: 2009 Rogers Cup – Doubles. Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs, 2–6, 7–5, [11–9].

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: 2009 Montreal – Men's Singles draw. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
Web site: 2009 Montreal – Men's Doubles draw. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).