The winner of the previous edition of the tournament was Andy Roddick , who did not participate in the tournament that year. In this year's individual final, Novak Đoković defeated the Russian Michail Juschny in three sets with 7: 5, 5: 7 and 6: 3. This was Đoković's twelfth career title on the ATP Tour. In doubles, Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles were the defending champions, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals this year. In the final, Rik De Voest and Dmitri Tursunow won against Martin Damm and Robert Lindstedt 4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5].
The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 1,619,500 and total financial liabilities were $ 2,233,000.
The qualification took place February 21-22, 2009. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.
The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who moved into the main draw via qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition applies per team.
Andy Roddick
Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles
.svg){kind=small}
Novak Đoković
Rik De Voest Dmitri Tursunov
Arnaud Clément (88)
Flavio Cipolla
Marco Chiudinelli
J. Hernych
J. Melzer
M. Čilić
M. Ghareeb
V. Hănescu
D. Ferrer
P. Kohlschreiber
A. Murray
S. Stachowskyj
