2009 US Open (tennis) explained

The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009, in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the men's singles final match on Sunday, September 13, but due to rain the tournament was extended by one day. Like the Australian Open, the tournament featured night matches.

Former World No. 1 and 2005 US Open women's singles champion, Kim Clijsters, competed in the 2009 US Open[1] after being granted a wild card entry, returning to professional tennis after more than two years of retirement. She made it to the women's singles semi-finals, where she knocked out the defending champion Serena Williams in controversial circumstances. In the final, Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki, the first Dane, man or woman, to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, in straight sets: 7–5, 6–3. Clijsters thus became the first mother to win a Grand Slam since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980. In the process, she also became the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament.

In the men's singles final, five-time defending champion Roger Federer lost to Argentina's Juan Martín del Potro in a match lasting over four hours.

Arthur Ashe Kids' Day

The Arthur Ashe Kids' Day was held on August 29, 2009, prior to the start of the tournament. It featured an exhibition tennis match involving American player Andy Roddick and Great Britain's Andy Murray, who were joined by actor and comedian Will Ferrell. American Idol winner Jordin Sparks performed her hit single "Battlefield", along with rising stars Honor Society and Justin Bieber. There were also tennis matches and contests featuring Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, and James Blake. The popular tennis and music festival, which included interactive games, musical entertainment and tennis clinics, was hosted by television personalities Susie Castillo and Quddus.[2]

Singles players

Men's singles
Women's singles

Player of the day

Day-by-day summaries

Day 1 (August 31)

The first day of the tournaments saw many seeds get through pretty easily in straight sets: Roger Federer, James Blake, Lleyton Hewitt, Nikolay Davydenko and Radek Štěpánek. The day also produced a couple of upsets, when Mikhail Youzhny continued 26th seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu's horrible US Open record by beating him in four. While, tall American John Isner did the same to 28th seeded Victor Hănescu by ending the Romanian's 2009 bid in three with the second set going to a tie-break 16–14. The exciting day continued with a couple of five-set marathons, with Simon Greul defeating Giovanni Lapentti, Guillermo García López out-lasting Peter Polansky, and Jan Hernych surviving against Rainer Schüttler. The days last match featured America's hope Andy Roddick prevailing over Björn Phau in straight sets in a match that started at 11:00 pm.[17]

On the women's side, former world no. 1 Kim Clijsters opened the play, winning over Viktoriya Kutuzova losing only two games. Joining her were defending 2009 Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Serena Williams, Amélie Mauresmo, Victoria Azarenka, Flavia Pennetta, Elena Vesnina, Agnieszka Radwańska, Li Na and Marion Bartoli who all won in two sets. Australian Samantha Stosur was pushed by veteran player Ai Sugiyama in three sets, Daniela Hantuchová got past American Meghann Shaughnessy in three as well. In the first night match, Venus Williams was able to claw her way to avoid an upset to win against Russian Vera Dushevina in a very close three-setter. Venus committed four foot faults in the match.[18] With Venus and Serena getting past the first round, a few American players saw success on the women's side with Vania King, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Jill Craybas getting to the second round. Austrian and 28th seeded Sybille Bammer, who defeated Serena Williams in Cincinnati, and 25th seeded Kaia Kanepi were the only casualties of the day.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 1st round Kim Clijsters [WC] Viktoriya Kutuzova6–1, 6–1
Men's singles – 1st round Roger Federer [1] Devin Britton [WC]6–1, 6–3, 7–5
Women's singles – 1st round Serena Williams [2] Alexa Glatch [WC]6–4, 6–1
2009 US Open Opening Night Ceremony
Women's singles – 1st round Venus Williams [3] Vera Dushevina6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–3
Men's singles – 1st round Andy Roddick [5] Björn Phau6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 1st round Victoria Azarenka [8] Alexandra Dulgheru6–1, 6–1
Men's singles – 1st round John Isner Victor Hănescu [28]6–1, 7–6(16–14), 7–6(7–5)
Women's singles – 1st round Amélie Mauresmo [17] Tatjana Malek6–3, 6–4
Men's singles – 1st round James Blake [21] Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–1, 6–4, 7–5
Women's singles – 1st round Daniela Hantuchová [22] Meghann Shaughnessy [PR]6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Matches on the Grandstand
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 1st round Mikhail Youzhny Paul-Henri Mathieu [26]2–6, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
Women's singles – 1st round Flavia Pennetta Edina Gallovits6–0, 6–4
Women's singles – 1st round Vera Zvonareva [7] Nuria Llagostera Vives6–0, 6–4
Men's singles – 1st round Lleyton Hewitt [31] Thiago Alves6–0, 6–3, 6–4
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 2 (September 1)

On the men's side, many seeded players got through in straight sets: 2008 US Open runner-up Andy Murray, 2008 Australian Open Champion Novak Djokovic, Tomáš Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando González, and Fernando Verdasco. No. 30 seed Victor Troicki survived a five-set scare, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6–1. However, some seeds failed to be as lucky and fell in the first round with Ivo Karlović falling to Iván Navarro and Igor Andreev falling to American Jesse Witten, both in straight sets, while Stan Wawrinka fell in five. American players were once again successful, with 5 out of the 11 getting past the first round: Sam Querrey, Kevin Kim, Jesse Witten, Jesse Levine, and Taylor Dent.

On the women's side, the first major upset of the tournament occurred with Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko upsetting 11th seed and former world no. 1 Ana Ivanovic. Ivanovic committed 50 unforced errors. In the second round, her sister Alona Bondarenko, 2009 French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sharapova, Elena Dementieva, Nadia Petrova and Tathiana Garbin all advanced. Other seeded players that were eliminated in the first round were 32nd seed Ágnes Szávay, losing to Israeli Shahar Pe'er in straight sets, Alisa Kleybanova, losing to Petra Kvitová in three and Virginie Razzano losing to Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets. Day 2 was a good day for women American players with three out of five getting through: Melanie Oudin, Shenay Perry, and Christina McHale. However, world no. 1 Dinara Safina struggled in her match against Olivia Rogowska but manage to survive, winning in three sets[19]

On the doubles side, the day was led by 2nd seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić, who won in straight sets, and the only seeds that were eliminated were No. 15 seed Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 1st round Svetlana Kuznetsova [6] Julia Görges6–3, 6–2
Women's singles – 1st round Dinara Safina [1] Olivia Rogowska [WC]6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4
Men's singles – 1st round Novak Djokovic [4] Ivan Ljubičić6–3, 6–1, 6–3
Women's singles – 1st round Maria Sharapova [29] Tsvetana Pironkova6–3, 6–0
Men's singles – 1st round Andy Murray [2] Ernests Gulbis7–5, 6–3, 7–5
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 1st round Caroline Wozniacki [9] Galina Voskoboeva6–4, 6–0
Men's singles – 1st round Tomáš Berdych [17] Wayne Odesnik7–5, 6–4, 6–4
Women's singles – 1st round Jelena Janković [5] Roberta Vinci6–2, 6–3
Men's singles – 1st round Sam Querrey [22] Michael Yani [Q]6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Women's singles – 1st round Kateryna Bondarenko Ana Ivanovic [11]2–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Matches on the Grandstand
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 1st round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [7] Chase Buchanan [WC]6–0, 6–2, 6–1
Women's singles – 1st round Melanie Oudin Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova6–1, 6–2
Men's singles – 1st round Marin Čilić [16] Ryan Sweeting7–6(7–2), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Women's singles – 1st round Elena Dementieva [4] Camille Pin [Q]6–1, 6–2
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 3 (September 2)

The men's side saw Rafael Nadal playing his first match at the 2009 US Open and winning against his friend Richard Gasquet. He was joined by no. 1 seed Roger Federer, Juan Martín del Potro, Gaël Monfils, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Gilles Simon, who all won in straight sets, while David Ferrer, Nicolás Almagro and American Robby Ginepri won in 4. Joining them was Austrian Jürgen Melzer, who defeated Marat Safin in Safin's last Grand Slam match.[20]

On the women's side, upsets continued with Amélie Mauresmo falling to Aleksandra Wozniak, Anabel Medina Garrigues losing to Kirsten Flipkens, and dark horse favorite Australian Samantha Stosur losing to American Vania King,[21] all in straight sets, while Marion Bartoli and Agnieszka Radwańska both fell to resurging players Kim Clijsters and Maria Kirilenko in three. However, the day also saw half of the seeds getting through easily and was led by former champion Venus Williams and Flavia Pennetta, who won in double bagel, Victoria Azarenka, Francesca Schiavone, Elena Vesnina, and Li Na. The day ended for the first time in over 30 years in the US Open history by a women's match, which saw Serena Williams dispatching Melinda Czink in just 53 minutes.[22]

On the doubles side, there were a couple of major upsets: sixth seeded Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, fell in their opening round, as well as unseeded world no. 8 in doubles Lisa Raymond and her partner Shenay Perry.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 2nd round Aleksandra Wozniak Amélie Mauresmo [17]6–4, 6–0
Women's singles – 2nd round Venus Williams [3] Bethanie Mattek-Sands6–4, 6–2
Men's singles – 1st round Rafael Nadal [3] Richard Gasquet6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Men's singles – 2nd round Roger Federer [1] Simon Greul6–3, 7–5, 7–5
Women's singles – 2nd round Serena Williams [2] Melinda Czink6–1, 6–1
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 2nd round Flavia Pennetta [10] Sania Mirza6–0, 6–0
Men's singles – 1st round Jürgen Melzer Marat Safin1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles – 2nd round Kim Clijsters [WC] Marion Bartoli [14]5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Men's singles – 1st round Juan Martín del Potro [6] Juan Mónaco6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Matches on the Grandstand
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 1st round Gaël Monfils [13] Jérémy Chardy6–1, 6–4, 6–3
Women's singles – 2nd round Vera Zvonareva [7] Anna Chakvetadze3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Women's singles – 2nd round Victoria Azarenka [8] Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová [Q]6–2, 6–1
Women's singles – 2nd round Vania King [WC] Samantha Stosur [15]7–5, 6–4
Men's singles – 2nd round Lleyton Hewitt [31] Juan Ignacio Chela [PR]6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 4 (September 3)

Day 4 continued the success of the top men's seeds, with no. 4 seed Novak Djokovic dispatching Carsten Ball 6–2, 6–4, 6–4. He was joined by 2009 French Open runner-up Robin Söderling, 2009 French Open semifinalist Tommy Haas, 2009 Hamburg Open Champion Nikolay Davydenko, Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Tommy Robredo. The Americans once again took advantage of their home court, with four of them winning their matches: James Blake surviving against Olivier Rochus in four, with Blake committing 53 unforced errors, John Isner, Jesse Witten, and Sam Querrey. Andy Roddick once again got through easily against Marc Gicquel 6–1, 6–4, 6–4. He produced 33 winners and only 10 unforced errors in the last match of the night.

The women's side received a lot of buzz, with 17-year-old American Melanie Oudin upsetting hot favorite and US Open Series champion Elena Dementieva in the second round. Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan upset last year's runner-up Jelena Janković in three sets.[23] Seeded players who joined Dementieva and Janković were Alona Bondarenko, who lost to Gisela Dulko, and Patty Schnyder, who lost in straight sets, while Sabine Lisicki lost in three to the last Australian and qualifier on the draw Anastasia Rodionova. No. 1 seed Dinara Safina once again survived a scare from Kristina Barrois, winning 6(5)–7, 6–2, 6–3. However, a few seeded players got through quite easily, led by Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sharapova, Nadia Petrova, and Danish player Caroline Wozniacki. Unseeded players who got through in straight sets were Kateryna Bondarenko, who eliminated Ivanovic, Shahar Pe'er, Sara Errani, and Petra Kvitová.

On the doubles side, it was the opposite, with all of the women's doubles seeds getting through. However, on the men's side, the highest seeded players who fell were no. 9 seeded Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach, losing to veteran doubles players Leoš Friedl and Jaroslav Levinský.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 2nd round Melanie Oudin Elena Dementieva [4]5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Women's singles – 2nd round Yaroslava Shvedova Jelena Janković [5]6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6)
Men's singles – 2nd round James Blake [21] Olivier Rochus6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Women's singles – 2nd round Maria Sharapova [29] Christina McHale [WC]6–2, 6–1
Men's singles – 2nd round Andy Roddick [5] Marc Gicquel6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 2nd round Dinara Safina [1] Kristina Barrois6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3
Men's singles – 2nd round Sam Querrey [22] Kevin Kim7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Women's singles – 2nd round Svetlana Kuznetsova [6] Anastasija Sevastova6–4, 6–2
Men's singles – 2nd round Novak Djokovic [4] Carsten Ball [Q]6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Matches on the Grandstand
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 2nd round Tommy Haas [20] Robert Kendrick6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Women's singles – 2nd round Caroline Wozniacki [9] Petra Martić6–1, 6–0
Women's doubles – 1st round Serena Williams [4]
Venus Williams [4]		 Julia Görges
Arantxa Parra Santonja		6–2, 6–2
Men's doubles – 1st round Bob Bryan [1]
Mike Bryan [1]		 José Acasuso
Martín Vassallo Argüello		6–3, 6–4
Men's singles – 2nd round John Isner Marsel İlhan [Q]6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
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Day 5 (September 4)

The fifth day of the US Open saw many seeds struggle on the men's side, with no. 30 seed Viktor Troicki losing to Julien Benneteau in four sets, and no. 18 seed David Ferrer losing to José Acasuso in five sets. This day also saw Rafael Nadal[24] and Andy Murray struggle with their matches, with both of them being pushed to four sets. A couple of seeds were also pushed to four: Tomáš Berdych and Fernando González. No. 24 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero and no. 16 seed Marin Čilić both survived their matches, despite losing the first two sets. Many victors were pushed to five sets: Nicolás Almagro, a returning Taylor Dent, and Denis Istomin. Although many seeds struggled, French seeds got through easily with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gaël Monfils, and Gilles Simon winning their matches on straight sets. They were joined by Argentine Juan Martín del Potro, who also won in straight sets.

On the women's side, Victoria Azarenka lost to Italian Francesca Schiavone in three sets after Azarenka double-faulted on a match point.[25] The rest of the matches were all won in straight sets, led by Serena Williams, who defeated María José Martínez Sánchez, who had a controversial match at the 2009 French Open. She was joined by Daniela Hantuchová, who crushed American Vania King, Li Na, Kim Clijsters, Flavia Pennetta, and Venus Williams. Elena Vesnina lost to 7th seed Vera Zvonareva.

On the women's side, seventh seeded Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were ousted by the American team of Alexa Glatch and Carly Gullickson. They were followed by no. 14 seed Sania Mirza and Francesca Schiavone, who lost to Shahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulko in a tight three-setter.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 3rd round Daniela Hantuchová [22] Vania King [WC]6–2, 6–2
Women's singles – 3rd round Serena Williams [2] María José Martínez Sánchez6–3, 7–5
Men's singles – 2nd round Andy Murray [2] Paul Capdeville6–2, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Women's singles – 3rd round Venus Williams [3] Magdaléna Rybáriková6–2, 7–5
Men's singles – 2nd round Rafael Nadal [3] Nicolas Kiefer6–0, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 3rd round Flavia Pennetta [10] Aleksandra Wozniak6–1, 6–1
Men's singles – 2nd round Juan Martín del Potro [6] Jürgen Melzer7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–3
Men's singles – 2nd round Nicolás Almagro [32] Robby Ginepri6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Women's singles – 3rd round Kim Clijsters [WC] Kirsten Flipkens6–0, 6–2
Matches on the Grandstand
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 2nd round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [7] Jarkko Nieminen7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles – 3rd round Francesca Schiavone [26] Victoria Azarenka [8]4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Women's singles – 3rd round Li Na [18] Maria Kirilenko6–4, 6–2
Men's singles – 2nd round Taylor Dent Iván Navarro6–4, 5–7, 6–7(1–7), 7–5, 7–6(11–9)
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 6 (September 5)

Five-time defending champion Swiss Roger Federer took out the 2001 Champion Lleyton Hewitt in four sets after losing the first to set up a match-up with Spaniard Tommy Robredo in the fourth round, who beat American James Blake in three sets. Swede Robin Söderling took out the young American Sam Querrey in four sets in order to advance to face Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the fourth round, who won his match against Swiss qualifier Marco Chiudinelli in straight sets. One-time slam champion Novak Djokovic won in a four-set match after losing the first set against American qualifier Jesse Witten in order to advance to the fourth round against Czech Radek Štěpánek, who won in a match against German Philipp Kohlschreiber in four sets after losing the first. Spaniard Fernando Verdasco sent German Tommy Haas packing in a brutal five-set match, Verdasco met American John Isner in the next round because Isner eliminated the 2003 champion Andy Roddick from the tournament in another five-set battle.[26]

American Melanie Oudin defeated three-time slam champion and 2006 US Open Champion Russian Maria Sharapova in three sets, losing the first and winning the next two to advance into the fourth round. Russian Nadia Petrova defeated Chinese Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–1 to set up a match with Melanie Oudin in the fourth round. Danish Caroline Wozniacki took out doubles partner Romanian Sorana Cîrstea in the third round in 6–3, 6–2, which allowed her to set up a match with Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round, after Kuznetsova beat Israeli Shahar Pe'er 7–5, 6–1. Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko bested Australian qualifier Anastasia Rodionova in the third round 7-6(7–4), 6–4, which allowed her to meet Argentine Gisela Dulko, who beat Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 6–4. Czech Petra Kvitová took down top-seeded world no. 1 Russian Dinara Safina[27] in three up-and-down sets 4–6, 6–2, 7-6(7–5). This set up a fourth-round match with Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, who took down Italian Sara Errani with a score of 6–3, 6–4.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 3rd round Roger Federer [1] Lleyton Hewitt [31]4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Women's singles – 3rd round Melanie Oudin Maria Sharapova [29]3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Men's singles – 3rd round John Isner Andy Roddick [5]7–6(7–3), 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Men's singles – 3rd round Tommy Robredo [14] James Blake [21]7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 3rd round Novak Djokovic [4] Jesse Witten [Q]6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Men's singles – 3rd round Fernando Verdasco [10] Tommy Haas [20]3–6, 7–5, 7–6(10–8), 1–6, 6–4
Women's doubles – 2nd round Serena Williams [4]
Venus Williams [4]		 Chan Yung-jan
Katarina Srebotnik		7–5, 6–1
Women's singles – 3rd round Petra Kvitová Dinara Safina [1]6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Matches on the Grandstand
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 3rd round Radek Štěpánek [15] Philipp Kohlschreiber [23]4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
Women's singles – 3rd round Nadia Petrova [13] Zheng Jie [21]6–4, 6–1
Men's singles – 3rd round Robin Söderling [12] Sam Querrey [22]6–2, 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–1
Women's singles – 3rd round Svetlana Kuznetsova [6] Shahar Pe'er7–5, 6–1
Women's singles – 3rd round Caroline Wozniacki [9] Sorana Cîrstea [24]6–3, 6–2
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 7 (September 6)

Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Nicolás Almagro played in a third-round match which was won in straight sets by Rafael Nadal, who would face Frenchman Gaël Monfils in the fourth round. Monfils beat Argentine José Acasuso in straight sets. Chilean Fernando González won in straight sets against Czech Tomáš Berdych and would face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau in straight sets. Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero won over higher-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon. Ferrero advanced to play Argentine Juan Martín del Potro, who won in four sets over Austrian Daniel Köllerer. Croatian Marin Čilić won in three easy sets over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan to face Briton Andy Murray, who beat American Taylor Dent in three sets.

American Serena Williams beat Slovakian Daniela Hantuchová in two sets that totaled 64 minutes of action to face in the quarterfinals Italian Flavia Pennetta, who beat Russian Vera Zvonareva. Zvonareva had six match points in the second set, but had a meltdown and lost the third set 6–0.[28] Chinese Li Na won in two sets over Italian Francesca Schiavone. Na advanced to play wild-card Belgian Kim Clijsters, who took down third-seeded Venus Williams in three sets after two love games, 6-0 for Clijsters and 0-6 for Venus Williams. The third set went to Clijsters in one break of Venus's serve 6–4.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 4th round Serena Williams [2] Daniela Hantuchová [22]6–2, 6–0
Men's singles – 3rd round Rafael Nadal [3] Nicolás Almagro [32]7–5, 6–4, 6–4
Women's singles – 4th round Kim Clijsters [WC] Venus Williams [3]6–0, 0–6, 6–4
Women's singles – 4th round Flavia Pennetta [10] Vera Zvonareva [7]3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Men's singles – 3rd round Andy Murray [2] Taylor Dent [WC]6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 3rd round Juan Carlos Ferrero [24] Gilles Simon [9]1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 1–0, retired
Women's singles – 4th round Li Na [18] Francesca Schiavone [26]6–2, 6–3
Men's singles – 3rd round Juan Martín del Potro [6] Daniel Köllerer6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Women's doubles – 3rd round Serena Williams [4]
Venus Williams [4]		 Sorana Cîrstea
Caroline Wozniacki		6–4, 6–2
Matches on the Grandstand
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's doubles – 3rd round Maria Kirilenko [10]
Elena Vesnina [10]		 Alexa Glatch
Carly Gullickson		7–6(7–3), 6–2
Men's singles – 3rd round Fernando González [11] Tomáš Berdych [17]7–5, 6–4, 6–4
Men's singles – 3rd round Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [7] Julien Benneteau7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–4
Men's singles – 3rd round Gaël Monfils [13] José Acasuso6–3, 6–4, 1–0, retired
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 8 (September 7)

Swede Robin Söderling advanced to the quarterfinals with a retirement of Russian Nikolay Davydenko to face the Swiss Roger Federer, who beat Spaniard Tommy Robredo in straight sets. This would mark the third time the duo of Federer and Söderling has met in a Grand Slam in 2009, including the 2009 French Open final and the 2009 Wimbledon Championships fourth round, which were both won by Federer. Spaniard Fernando Verdasco beat American John Isner to advance into the quarterfinals, which means for the first time in US Open history no American male advanced into the quarterfinals of the tournament.[29] Verdasco would face Serbian Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals because Djokovic took down Czech Radek Štěpánek in straight sets. After defeating Štěpánek, Djokovic provided a light-hearted moment for the crowd along with former tennis great and current commentator John McEnroe. Djokovic began by impersonating McEnroe, who grew up in the nearby Queens neighborhood of Douglaston. He then motioned for McEnroe to come down from the press box; McEnroe obliged, mimicking some of Djokovic's mannerisms before the two played a few points. The two then embraced at the net.

The first match featured Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko making quick work of Argentine Gisela Dulko in double-bagel sets in 47 minutes. Dulko had beaten Bondarenko's sister, Alona Bondarenko, in the second round. with Dulko making 20 unforced errors compared to Bondarenko's 6, while Bondarenko made 17 winners to Dulko's 7.[30] Melanie Oudin advanced to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a 1–6, 7–6, 6–3 win over No. 13 seed Nadia Petrova. Belgian Yanina Wickmayer won in a three-set match against Czech Petra Kvitová to advance into the quarterfinals, making two Belgians who have advanced to the quarterfinalss for the first time since the 2003 US Open tournament. Wickmayer took advantage of the Czech's unforced errors and won the match 4–6, 6–4, 7–5. Caroline Wozniacki defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 2–6, 7–6, 7–6 in an absorbing contest that kicked off Monday's night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – 4th round Kateryna Bondarenko Gisela Dulko6–0, 6–0
Women's singles – 4th round Melanie Oudin Nadia Petrova [13]1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Men's singles – 4th round Roger Federer [1] Tommy Robredo [14]7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Women's singles – 4th round Caroline Wozniacki [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova [6]2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Men's singles – 4th round Novak Djokovic [4] Radek Štěpánek [15]6–1, 6–3, 6–3
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – 4th round Robin Söderling [12] Nikolay Davydenko [8]7–5, 3–6, 6–2, retired
Women's singles – 4th round Yanina Wickmayer Petra Kvitová4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Men's singles – 4th round Fernando Verdasco [10] John Isner4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Mixed doubles – Quarterfinals Liezel Huber [1]
Mahesh Bhupathi [1]		 Bethanie Mattek-Sands [8]
Nenad Zimonjić [8]		6–4, 6–3
Matches on the Grandstand
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's doubles – 3rd round Lukáš Dlouhý [4]
Leander Paes [4]		 Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer		7–5, 6–4
Men's doubles – 3rd round Daniel Nestor [2]
Nenad Zimonjić [2]		 Robert Kendrick
Janko Tipsarević		6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Women's doubles – 3rd round Yan Zi [11]
Zheng Jie [11]		 Daniela Hantuchová [5]
Ai Sugiyama [5]		4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Mixed doubles – Quarterfinals Cara Black [2]
Leander Paes [2]		 Rennae Stubbs [7]
Robert Lindstedt [7]		7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 9 (September 8)

In the fourth round of men's singles, Juan Martín del Potro won in straight sets over 2003 finalist Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 6–3, 6–3. This set up a quarterfinal clash with Marin Čilić, who upset second-seeded Andy Murray in straight sets as well. In a closely contested match Fernando González prevailed over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets. The 11th-seeded Gonzalez advanced to his second US Open quarterfinal, having reached this stage seven years ago. This set up a meeting with Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals who outlasted the last Frenchman Gaël Monfils in four sets.

Belgian wild-card Kim Clijsters won over Chinese Li Na in two sets 6–2, 6–4 to make it to the semifinals. The next match featured American Serena Williams who defeated a gritty competitor in Italian Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinals in two hard-fought sets. This set up a meeting in the semifinals with Clijsters, who defeated Serena's sister Venus in the fourth round.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's doubles – Quarterfinals Bob Bryan [1]
Mike Bryan [1]		 Carsten Ball [Alt]
Chris Guccione [Alt]		6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Women's singles – Quarterfinals Kim Clijsters [WC] Li Na [18]6–2, 6–4
Men's singles – 4th round Marin Čilić [16] Andy Murray [2]7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Women's singles – Quarterfinals Serena Williams [2] Flavia Pennetta [10]6–4, 6–3
Men's singles – 4th round Rafael Nadal [3] Gaël Monfils [13]6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's doubles – Quarterfinals Lukáš Dlouhý [4]
Leander Paes [4]		 Wesley Moodie[7]
Dick Norman [7]		6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Men's singles – 4th round Juan Martín del Potro [6] Juan Carlos Ferrero [24]6–3, 6–3, 6–3
Women's doubles – Quarterfinals Samantha Stosur [3]
Rennae Stubbs [3]		 Bethanie Mattek-Sands [8]
Nadia Petrova [8]		6–2, 6–3
Men's singles – 4th round Fernando González [11] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [7]3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Matches on the Grandstand
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's doubles – Quarterfinals Alisa Kleybanova [13]
Ekaterina Makarova [13]		 Maria Kirilenko [10]
Elena Vesnina [10]		6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Men's doubles – Quarterfinals Mahesh Bhupathi [3]
Mark Knowles [3]		 Ivan Ljubičić
Michaël Llodra		6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Mixed doubles – Semifinals Cara Black [2]
Leander Paes [2]		 Hsieh Su-wei [5]
Kevin Ullyett [5]		6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
Men's doubles – Semifinals Max Mirnyi [5]
Andy Ram [5]		 Daniel Nestor [2]
Nenad Zimonjić [2]		6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–0
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 10 (September 9)

The first quarterfinals match in the Men's side featured no. 4 seed Novak Djokovic taking on no. 10 seed Fernando Verdasco, with Novak Djokovic prevailing over Fernando Verdasco 7–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–2 to reach his third straight semi-finals in the US Open. The next match saw Robin Söderling against Roger Federer. Federer defeated Söderling in four sets: 6–0, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6.

The third quarterfinals match and the first of the day for the Women's side featured Belgian Yanina Wickmayer beating Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine in two sets, joining Belgian Kim Clijsters in the semi-finals. This set up a semifinal match with Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark, who defeated American Melanie Oudin in two sets 6–2, 6–2.

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's doubles – Semifinals Lukáš Dlouhý [4]
Leander Paes [4]		 Bob Bryan [1]
Mike Bryan [1]		6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
Women's singles – Quarterfinals Yanina Wickmayer Kateryna Bondarenko7–5, 6–4
Men's singles – Quarterfinals Novak Djokovic [4] Fernando Verdasco [10]7–6(7–2), 1–6, 7–5, 6–2
Women's singles – Quarterfinals Caroline Wozniacki [9] Melanie Oudin6–2, 6–2
Men's singles – Quarterfinals Roger Federer [1] Robin Söderling [12]6–0, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(8–6)
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Junior boys' singles 2nd round Bernard Tomic [3] Alexander Domijan4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Women's doubles – Quarterfinals Cara Black [1]
Liezel Huber [1]		 Nuria Llagostera Vives [6]
María José Martínez Sánchez [6]		6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Women's doubles – Quarterfinals Serena Williams [4]
Venus Williams [4]		 Yan Zi [11]
Zheng Jie [11]		7–5, 6–4
Men's doubles – Semifinals Mahesh Bhupathi [3]
Mark Knowles [3]		 Max Mirnyi [5]
Andy Ram [5]		6–4, 6–2
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 11 (September 10)

Argentinie Juan Martín del Potro defeated Croatian Marin Čilić in four sets and became the third of his country to qualify for the semifinals (after Vilas and Nalbandian). The other quarterfinal match between Rafael Nadal and Fernando González was suspended due to bad weather and would be resumed on Friday. Rafael Nadal was leading 7-6(4), 6-6(3–2) when play was stopped.

The Williams sisters defeated Russians Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova in three sets and qualified for the final. The mixed doubles final saw Americans Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott claim the title in straight sets over Zimbabwe's Cara Black and Indian Leander Paes.

Seeded players out

Schedule of play

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's doubles – Semifinals Serena Williams [4]
Venus Williams [4]		7–6(4), 3–6, 6–2
Mixed doubles – Finals Carly Gullickson
Travis Parrott		 Cara Black [2]
Leander Paes [2]		6–2, 6–4
Men's singles – Quarterfinals Marin Čilić [16]4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Junior boys' singles 3rd round Yuki Bhambri [1] Jack Sock6–4, 6–4
Esther Vergeer [1] Florence Gravellier6–2, 7–5
Junior girls' singles 3rd round Beatrice Capra [16] Asia Muhammad3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Wheelchair men's singles quarterfinals Shingo Kunieda [1] Martin Legner6–2, 6–0
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 12 (September 11)

All the matches that should have been played this day were postponed due to the continued rain.

Schedule of play

Day 13 (September 12)

Rafael Nadal needed 34 minutes to finish off Fernando González in their rain-interrupted quarterfinal, advancing 7–6, 7–6, 6–0 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Nadal led 7-6 and 3–2 in a second-set tiebreak when play was called off late Thursday evening. Precipitation throughout a gloomy Friday rendered play impossible, throwing the schedule into chaos and prompting a resumption on Saturday at noon.

Kim Clijsters won an entry into the women's singles final after a dramatic ending to her semifinal against Serena Williams. After losing the first set 4–6, Williams smashed her racquet into the ground, giving her a code violation warning for racquet abuse from the chair umpire. In the second set, down 5–6 (15–30), Williams had a foot fault called on her second serve, giving Clijsters two match points at 15–40. Williams started yelling at the line umpire, who reported to the chair umpire. As a result, she was penalized for another code violation, for unsportsmanlike conduct, meaning a point penalty for Williams, which meant that Clijsters was awarded the match 6–4 7–5 without playing the match point.[31] Williams later admitted that she was "pretty sure" she did foot fault.[32] After securing her thirteenth straight win at the US Open, Clijsters went on to play Danish youngster Caroline Wozniacki in the final, who beat her unseeded opponent Yanina Wickmayer 6–3 6–3.[33]

Seeded players out

Schedule of play

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – Quarterfinals Rafael Nadal [3] Fernando González [11]7–6(4), 7–6(2), 6–0
Women's singles – Semifinals Kim Clijsters [WC] Serena Williams [2]6–4, 7–5
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's singles – Semifinals Caroline Wozniacki [9] Yanina Wickmayer6–3, 6–3
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 14 (September 13)

In the first match, Juan Martín del Potro defeated third-ranked Rafael Nadal easily, winning 6–2, 6–2, 6-2 and became the first finalist of the men's singles tournament. Del Potro's convincing victory, which echoed Caroline Wozniacki's takedown of crowd favorite Melanie Oudin in the quarterfinals, set the twenty-year-old Argentine up for his first Grand Slam final.

In the second semifinal of the women's doubles championship Cara Black and Liezel Huber defeated Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs in three sets and they became finalist of the championship to defend which they got in 2008.

Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes won the men's doubles defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles also in three sets.

Del Potro's opponent in the men's championship match was decided in a contest between world number one Roger Federer and fourth-ranked Novak Djokovic, who lost to Federer in the final of the 2007 U.S. Open. Federer dispatched his opponent in straight sets, winning 7-6(3), 7–5, 7–5, to round out the final two players remaining from an original draw of 128 men's professional tennis players.

In the women's final, unranked Kim Clijsters capped off an impressive return to professional tennis with a win over ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, winning 7–5, 6–3, for her second Grand Slam title.

Seeded players out

Schedule of play

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Men's singles – Semifinals Juan Martín del Potro [6] Rafael Nadal [3]6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Men's singles – Semifinals Roger Federer [1] Novak Djokovic [4]7–6(3), 7–5, 7–5
Women's singles – Final Kim Clijsters [WC] Caroline Wozniacki [9]7–5, 6–3
Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's doubles – Semifinals Cara Black [1]
Liezel Huber [1]		 Samantha Stosur [3]
Rennae Stubbs [3]		5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Men's doubles – Final Lukáš Dlouhý [4]
Leander Paes [4]		 Mahesh Bhupathi [3]
Mark Knowles [3]		3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Colored background indicates a night match

Day 15 (September 14)

The Williams sisters beat Cara Black and Liezel Huber in straight sets to win the women's doubles championship, 6-2 6–2.

Juan Martín del Potro defeated Roger Federer in five sets. In so doing he became the third Argentine to win the US Open title, and the first South American to win a men's Grand Slam event on a hard court.

There was some controversy during the presentation ceremony when the Master of Ceremonies initially refused to allow del Potro the time to speak in Spanish as he was under pressure from his American television network, CBS, to get the ceremony over with so that it could return to its regularly scheduled programming.[34]

Seeded players out

Schedule of play

Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium
EventWinnerLoserScore
Women's doubles – Final Serena Williams [4]
Venus Williams [4]		6–2, 6–2
Men's singles – Final Juan Martín del Potro [6] Roger Federer [1]3–6, 7–6(5), 4–6, 7–6(4), 6–2

Seniors

Men's singles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Men's singles. Juan Martín del Potro defeated Roger Federer, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2

Women's singles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Women's singles. Kim Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 7–5, 6–3

Men's doubles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Men's doubles. Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Women's doubles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Women's doubles. Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 6–2, 6–2

Mixed doubles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Mixed doubles. Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott defeated Cara Black / Leander Paes, 6–2, 6–4.

Juniors

Boys' singles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Boys' singles. Bernard Tomic defeated Chase Buchanan, 6–1, 6–3.

Girls' singles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Girls' singles. Heather Watson defeated Yana Buchina, 6–4, 6–1.

Boys' doubles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Boys' doubles. Márton Fucsovics / Hsieh Cheng-peng defeated Julien Obry / Adrien Puget, 7–6(5), 5–7, [10–1]

Girls' doubles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Girls' doubles. Valeria Solovieva / Maryna Zanevska defeated Elena Bogdan / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, 1–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Wheelchair

Wheelchair men's singles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Wheelchair men's singles. Shingo Kunieda defeated Maikel Scheffers, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair women's singles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Wheelchair women's singles. Esther Vergeer defeated Korie Homan, 6–0, 6–0

Wheelchair men's doubles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Wheelchair men's doubles. Stéphane Houdet / Stefan Olsson defeated Maikel Scheffers / Ronald Vink, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4

Wheelchair women's doubles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Wheelchair women's doubles. Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer defeated Daniela DiToro / Florence Gravellier, 6–2, 6–2

Wheelchair quad singles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Wheelchair quad singles. Peter Norfolk defeated David Wagner, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Wheelchair quad doubles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Wheelchair quad doubles. Nick Taylor / David Wagner defeated Johan Andersson / Peter Norfolk, 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3

Seeds

[35] [36] Withdrawals: David Nalbandian,[37] Dominika Cibulková,[38] Mardy Fish[39]

  1. Roger Federer (final, lost to Juan Martín del Potro)
  2. Andy Murray (fourth round, lost to Marin Čilić)
  3. Rafael Nadal (semifinals, lost to Juan Martín del Potro)
  4. Novak Djokovic (semifinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  5. Andy Roddick (third round, lost to John Isner)
  6. Juan Martín del Potro (champion)
  7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (fourth round, lost to Fernando González)
  8. Nikolay Davydenko (fourth round, retired – hip injury – against Robin Söderling)
  9. Gilles Simon (third round, retired – knee injury – against Juan Carlos Ferrero)
  10. Fernando Verdasco (quarterfinals, lost to Novak Djokovic)
  11. Fernando González (quarterfinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  12. Robin Söderling (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  13. Gaël Monfils (fourth round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  14. Tommy Robredo (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer)
  15. Radek Štěpánek (fourth round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
  16. Marin Čilić (quarterfinals, lost to Juan Martín del Potro)
  17. Tomáš Berdych (third round, lost to Fernando González)
  18. David Ferrer (second round, lost to José Acasuso)
  19. Stanislas Wawrinka (first round, lost to Nicolás Lapentti)
  20. Tommy Haas (third round, lost to Fernando Verdasco)
  21. James Blake (third round, lost to Tommy Robredo)
  22. Sam Querrey (third round, lost to Robin Söderling)
  23. Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)
  24. Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round, lost to Juan Martín del Potro)
  25. Mardy Fish (withdrew due to rib injury)
  26. Paul-Henri Mathieu (first round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny)
  27. Ivo Karlović (first round, lost to Iván Navarro)
  28. Victor Hănescu (first round, lost to John Isner)
  29. Igor Andreev (first round, lost to Jesse Witten)
  30. Viktor Troicki (second round, lost to Julien Benneteau)
  31. Lleyton Hewitt (third round, lost to Roger Federer)
  32. Nicolás Almagro (third round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  1. Dinara Safina (third round, lost to Petra Kvitová)
  2. Serena Williams (semifinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  3. Venus Williams (fourth round, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  4. Elena Dementieva (second round, lost to Melanie Oudin)
  5. Jelena Janković (second round, lost to Yaroslava Shvedova)
  6. Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round, lost to Caroline Wozniacki)
  7. Vera Zvonareva (fourth round, lost to Flavia Pennetta)
  8. Victoria Azarenka (third round, lost to Francesca Schiavone)
  9. Caroline Wozniacki (final, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  10. Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams)
  11. Ana Ivanovic (first round, lost to Kateryna Bondarenko)
  12. Agnieszka Radwańska (second round, lost to Maria Kirilenko)
  13. Nadia Petrova (fourth round, lost to Melanie Oudin)
  14. Marion Bartoli (second round, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  15. Samantha Stosur (second round, lost to Vania King)
  16. Virginie Razzano (first round, lost to Yanina Wickmayer)
  17. Amélie Mauresmo (second round, lost to Aleksandra Wozniak)
  18. Li Na (quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  19. Patty Schnyder (second round, lost to Sara Errani)
  20. Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round, lost to Kirsten Flipkens)
  21. Zheng Jie (third round, lost to Nadia Petrova)
  22. Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round, lost to Serena Williams)
  23. Sabine Lisicki (second round, lost to Anastasia Rodionova)
  24. Sorana Cîrstea (third round, lost to Caroline Wozniacki)
  25. Kaia Kanepi (first round, lost to Chang Kai-Chen)
  26. Francesca Schiavone (fourth round, lost to Li Na)
  27. Alisa Kleybanova (first round, lost to Petra Kvitová)
  28. Sybille Bammer (first round, lost to María José Martínez Sánchez)
  29. Maria Sharapova (third round, lost to Melanie Oudin)
  30. Alona Bondarenko (second round, lost to Gisela Dulko)
  31. Elena Vesnina (third round, lost to Vera Zvonareva)
  32. Ágnes Szávay (first round, lost to Shahar Pe'er)

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draw.[40] [41]

Men's singles wildcard entries

  1. Devin Britton
  2. Chase Buchanan
  3. Taylor Dent
  4. Brendan Evans
  5. Chris Guccione
  6. Jesse Levine
  7. Michaël Llodra
  8. Ryan Sweeting

Women's singles wildcard entries

  1. Gail Brodsky
  2. Mallory Cecil
  3. Kim Clijsters (champion)
  4. Alexa Glatch
  5. Vania King
  6. Christina McHale
  7. Kristina Mladenovic
  8. Olivia Rogowska

Men's doubles wildcard entries

  1. Brendan Evans / Alex Kuznetsov
  2. Robby Ginepri / Scoville Jenkins
  3. Ryan Harrison / Kaes Van't Hof
  4. Jesse Levine / Ryan Sweeting
  5. David Martin / Donald Young
  6. Daniel Nguyen / JT Sundling
  7. Wayne Odesnik / Michael Shabaz

Women's doubles wildcard entries

  1. Kristie Ahn / Courtney Dolehide
  2. Lauren Albanese / Angela Haynes
  3. Alexa Glatch / Carly Gullickson
  4. Christina McHale / Asia Muhammad
  5. Alicia Molik / Meghann Shaughnessy
  6. Ahsha Rolle / Riza Zalameda
  7. Sloane Stephens / Mashona Washington

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

  1. Mallory Cecil / Devin Britton
  2. Jill Craybas / Eric Butorac
  3. Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott (champions)
  4. Angela Haynes / Travis Rettenmaier
  5. Melanie Oudin / Rajeev Ram
  6. Shenay Perry / Scoville Jenkins
  7. Abigail Spears / Robert Kendrick

Qualifiers

Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering the main draw.

Men's singles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Men's singles qualifying.

  1. Thomaz Bellucci
  2. Horacio Zeballos
  3. Michael Yani
  4. Marsel İlhan
  5. Josselin Ouanna
  6. Jesse Witten
  7. Dieter Kindlmann
  8. Alejandro Falla
  9. Peter Polansky
  10. Michael Berrer
  11. Juan Pablo Brzezicki
  12. Carsten Ball
  13. Marco Chiudinelli
  14. Giovanni Lapentti
  15. Donald Young
  16. Somdev Devvarman
Lucky losers
  1. Peter Luczak
  2. Rui Machado

Women's singles

See main article: 2009 US Open – Women's singles qualifying.

  1. Chang Kai-chen
  2. Anastasia Rodionova
  3. Yurika Sema
  4. Marta Domachowska
  5. Angelique Kerber
  6. Monique Adamczak
  7. Eva Hrdinová
  8. Petra Martić
  9. Shenay Perry
  10. Vesna Manasieva
  11. Carly Gullickson
  12. Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
  13. Mariya Koryttseva
  14. Valérie Tétreault
  15. Camille Pin
  16. Yvonne Meusburger

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Men's Singles
Women's Singles

Withdrawals

Men's Singles
Women's Singles

Prize money

[42]

CategoryAmount
Total prize money$21,664,000
Men's singles winner$1,600,000
Men's singles runner-up$800,000
Women's singles winner$1,600,000
Women's singles runner-up$800,000
Men's doubles winners$420,000
Men's doubles runners-up$210,000
Women's doubles winners$420,000
Women's doubles runners-up$210,000
Mixed doubles winners$150,000
Mixed doubles runners-up$70,000

Media coverage

CountryBroadcasters
CBS
ESPN2
Tennis Channel
TSN
RDS
TSN2
ESPN Brasil
SporTV
Sky Sports 2
Sky Sports Xtra
Eurosport
SF zwei
Eurosport
-Canal +
Eurosport
Eurosport
Eurosport 2
Serbia
RTP
RTP 2
Eurosport
Eurosport 2
VRT
Digital plus
Antena 3
Ten Sports
WOWOW
CCTV-5
TrueVisions
Balls

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: The US Open 2009 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM . dead . September 6, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090828165217/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/aakd.html?promo=leftnav . August 28, 2009 . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: Player of the Day: Day 1 . usopen.org . August 31, 2009 . September 14, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090905162428/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/20090831.html . September 5, 2009 .
  4. Web site: Player of the Day: Day 2 . usopen.org . September 1, 2009 . September 14, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090905162433/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/20090901.html . September 5, 2009 .
  5. Web site: Player of the Day: Day 3 . usopen.org . September 2, 2009 . September 14, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090906064009/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/20090902.html . September 6, 2009 .
  6. Web site: Player of the Day: Day 4 . usopen.org . September 3, 2009 . September 14, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090908152620/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/20090903.html . September 8, 2009 .
  7. Web site: Player of the Day: Day 5 . usopen.org . September 4, 2009 . September 14, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090910071116/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/playerday/20090904.html . September 10, 2009 .
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  38. News: espn.com. Cibulkova withdraws from U.S. Open.
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