Chennai Open 2009

ATP World Tour
Chennai Open 2009
date	5.1.2009 - 11.1.2009
Edition	14th
navigation	2008 ◄ 2009 ► 2010
venue	Chennai India India
Tournament number	891
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 398,250
Financial. Obligation	US $ 450,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Russia Mikhail Juschny
Last year's winner (double)	Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana Thailand

Winner (singles)	Croatia Marin Čilić
Winner (doubles)	United States Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram United States

Tournament director	Fernando Soler
Tournament supervisor	Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Germany Simon Greul (126)

As of February 8, 2016

The Aircel Chennai Open 2009 was a tennis tournament that took place from January 5th to 11th, 2009 in Chennai . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2009 and was played outdoors on hard courts. The same week the Qatar ExxonMobil Open was played in Doha and the Brisbane International in Brisbane , which, like the Aircel Chennai Open, belonged to the ATP World Tour 250 category .

The Croatian Marin Čilić , seeded third, celebrated his first triumph in Chennai this year. He gave up only one set up to the final and won there against Somdev Devvarman from India, who started with a wildcard, in two sets 6: 4, 7: 6 ³ . With that, Čilić won his second overall title at the ATP level. In doubles, Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana won last year , but they did not compete again this year. In the final, the American duo Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram prevailed against the Swiss doubles Jean-Claude Scherrer and Stan Wawrinka 6: 3, 6: 4.

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 398,250; total financial liabilities were $ 450,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from January 3rd to 5th, 2009. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
India Rohan Bopanna
Thailand Danai Udomchoke
United States Rajeev Ram
Italy Flavio Cipolla

Prize money and world ranking points

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.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 73,000
final	150	$ 37,000
Semifinals	90	$ 19,500
Quarter finals	45	$ 10,600
Round of 16	20th	$ 6,350
First round	0	$ 3,960

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	0	$ 400
Second round	0	$ 0
First round	0	$ 0

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 59,000
final	150	$ 30,100
Semifinals	90	$ 17,400
Quarter finals	45	$ 8,500
First round	0	$ 4,940

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	Round of 16
02.	Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka	1 round
03.	Croatia Marin Čilić	victory
04th	Croatia Ivo Karlović	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Germany Rainer Schüttler	Semifinals
06th	Spain Carlos Moyá	Round of 16
07th	Serbia Janko Tipsarevic	Quarter finals
08th.	Spain Marcel Granollers	Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

D. Köllerer

2

3

1

N. Dawydenko

WC

Czech Republic L. Dlouhy

3

6th

WC

Czech Republic L. Dlouhy

w.

O.

G. Soeda

6th

2

4th

WC

L. Dlouhy

5

6th

4th

R. Karanušić

1

0

8th

Spain M. Granollers

7th

2

6th

Germany A. Beck

6th

A. Beck

4th

1

H.-t. lee

4th

5

8th

Spain M. Granollers

6th

8th

Spain M. Granollers

6th

7th

8th

M. Granollers

4th

3

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

3

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

A. Martín

4th

3

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

Uzbekistan D. Istomin

6th

7th

D. Istomin

0

4th

Q

R. Bopanna

4th

6 ³

3

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

0

6th

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

6th

6 ³

1

7th

J. Tipsarevic

4th

6th

4th

Israel D. Sela

4th

7th

6th

D. Sela

6 ³

4th

P. Andújar

3

2

7th

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

7th

6th

7th

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

3

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

7th

6th

Spain C. Moyá

6th

7th

WC

S. Devvarman

4th

6 ³

Q

D. Udomchoke

3

6 ⁴

6th

C. Moyá

6th

5

4th

WC

India S. Devvarman

6th

WC

India S. Devvarman

4th

7th

6th

K. Kim

3

WC

India S. Devvarman

7th

6th

W. Odesnik

3

0

4th

I. Karlović

6 ⁴

4th

Czech Republic I. Minář

6th

I. Minář

1

4th

Q

R. Ram

4th

3

4th

Croatia I. Karlović

6th

4th

Croatia I. Karlović

6th

WC

India S. Devvarman

w.

O.

5

Germany R. Schüttler

6th

4th

6th

5

R. Schüttler

WC

P. Amritraj

2

6th

1

5

Germany R. Schüttler

6th

D. Gimeno Traver

3

4th

S. Greul

4th

2

Germany S. Greul

6th

5

Germany R. Schüttler

6th

7th

Germany B. Phau

6th

7th

B. Phau

2

5

S. Ventura

2

5

Germany B. Phau

6th

Q

Italy F. Cipolla

6th

Q

F. Cipolla

1

2

S. Wawrinka

4th

1

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	Quarter finals
02.	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes India	1 round
03.	Netherlands Rogier Wassen Lovro Zovko Croatia	Quarter finals
04th	United States Scott Lipsky David Martin United States	Semifinals