2009 China Open (tennis)

2009 China Open
Date	October 2 – October 11
Edition	11th (ATP) / 13th (WTA)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA Premier Series (women)
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
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The 2009 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the China Open for the men (13th for the women), and was part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2009 ATP Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from October 2 through October 11, 2009.^[1]

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Dinara Safina	1	1
USA	Serena Williams	2	2
USA	Venus Williams	3	3
RUS	Elena Dementieva	4	4
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	5	5
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	6
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	7	7
SRB	Jelena Janković	8	8
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	9	9
ITA	Flavia Pennetta	10	10
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	11	11
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	12	12
RUS	Nadia Petrova	13	13
FRA	Marion Bartoli	14	14
AUS	Samantha Stosur	15	15
CHN	Li Na	16	16
FRA	Virginie Razzano	18	17

• seeds are based on the rankings of September 28, 2009
• Razzano became the 17th seed as Ivanovic withdrew due to upper respiratory tract infection

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Han Xinyun
• Maria Kirilenko
• Lu Jingjing
• Yanina Wickmayer
• Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Melinda Czink
• Olga Govortsova
• Ji Chunmei
• Alla Kudryavtseva
• Shahar Pe'er
• Urszula Radwańska
• Yaroslava Shvedova

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

• Vania King (replacing Ana Ivanovic due to upper respiratory tract infection)
• Galina Voskoboeva (replacing Gisela Dulko due to left adductor strain)
• Alexa Glatch (replacing Virginie Razzano due to Left calf strain)

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Rafael Nadal	2	1
SRB	Novak Djokovic	4	2
USA	Andy Roddick	6	3
RUS	Nikolay Davydenko	8	4
ESP	Fernando Verdasco	9	5
SWE	Robin Söderling	11	6
CHI	Fernando González	12	7
CRO	Marin Čilić	15	8

• seeds are based on the rankings of September 28, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Marcos Baghdatis
• Marin Čilić
• Marat Safin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Fabio Fognini
• Robby Ginepri
• Łukasz Kubot
• Florian Mayer

Champions

Men's singles

Novak Djokovic def. Marin Čilić, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)

• It was Djokovic's 3rd title of the year and the 14th of his career.

Women's singles

Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Agnieszka Radwańska, 6–2, 6–4

• It was Kuznetsova's 3rd title of the year and 12th of her career.

Men's doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Mark Knowles / Andy Roddick, 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai def. Alla Kudryavtseva / Ekaterina Makarova, 6–3, 6–1

References

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