French Open 2009

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French Open 2009
Date: May 24th - June 7th 2009
Edition: 108th  French Open
Place: Paris
Covering: sand
Defending champion
Men's singles : SpainSpain Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles : SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović
Men's double : UruguayUruguay Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna
PeruPeru 
Ladies doubles : SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
Mixed : RussiaRussia Viktoria Azaranka Bob Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
winner
Men's singles : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer
Ladies singles : RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Men's double : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
Ladies doubles : SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Liezel Huber Bob Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 2009

The 108th French Open took place from May 24th to June 7th, 2009 in Paris , France .

The defending champions were Rafael Nadal for men and Ana Ivanović for women. In the men's doubles Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna were and in the women's doubles Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual were the defending champions. Defending champions in mixed were Wiktoryja Asaranka and Bob Bryan .

Roger Federer won the men's singles for the first time . He won the final against Robin Söderling , who had previously inflicted his first defeat in Roland Garros on the four-time title holder Nadal. Svetlana Kuznetsova won the women's singles and celebrated her second Grand Slam victory of her career. Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were victorious in men's doubles, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual in women's doubles. The title in the mixed competition went to Liezel Huber and defending champion Bob Bryan .

Men's singles

Winner: Roger Federer

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. SpainSpain Rafael Nadal Round of 16
02. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer victory
03. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andy Murray Quarter finals
04th SerbiaSerbia Novak Đoković 3rd round

05. ArgentinaArgentina Juan Martín del Potro Semifinals

06th United StatesUnited States Andy Roddick Round of 16

07th FranceFrance Gilles Simon 3rd round

08th. SpainSpain Fernando Verdasco Round of 16

09. FranceFrance Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Round of 16

10. RussiaRussia Nikolai Davydenko Quarter finals

11. FranceFrance Gaël Monfils Quarter finals

12. ChileChile Fernando González Semifinals

13. CroatiaCroatia Marin Čilić Round of 16

14th SpainSpain David Ferrer 3rd round

15th United StatesUnited States James Blake 1 round

16. SpainSpain Tommy Robredo Quarter finals
No. player Round reached
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stanislas Wawrinka 3rd round

18th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Radek Štěpánek 3rd round

19th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Berdych 1 round

20th RussiaRussia Marat Safin 2nd round

21st RussiaRussia Dmitri Tursunov 1 round
22nd United StatesUnited States Mardy Fish 1 round
23. SwedenSweden Robin Soderling final
24. AustriaAustria Jürgen Melzer 3rd round
25th RussiaRussia Igor Andreyev 3rd round
26th CroatiaCroatia Ivo Karlović 1 round
27. GermanyGermany Rainer Schüttler 1 round
28. SpainSpain Feliciano López 2nd round
29 GermanyGermany Philipp Kohlschreiber Round of 16
30th RomaniaRomania Victor Hănescu Round of 16
31. SpainSpain Nicolás Almagro 3rd round
32. FranceFrance Paul-Henri Mathieu 3rd round

Ladies singles

Winner: Svetlana Kuznetsova

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. RussiaRussia Dinara Safina final
02. United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Quarter finals
03. United StatesUnited States Venus Williams 3rd round
04th RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 3rd round

05. SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković Round of 16

06th RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova retreat

07th RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova victory

08th. SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović Round of 16

09. Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoriya Azaranka Quarter finals

10. DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 3rd round

11. RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova 2nd round

12. PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska Round of 16

13. FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 2nd round

14th ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 1 round

15th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zheng Jie 2nd round

16. FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 1 round
No. Player Round reached
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 1 round

18th SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues 2nd round

19th EstoniaEstonia Kaia Kanepi 1 round

20th SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková Semifinals

21st FranceFrance Alizé Cornet 2nd round
22nd SpainSpain Carla Suarez Navarro 3rd round
23. RussiaRussia Alissa Kleibanova 1 round
24. CanadaCanada Aleksandra Wozniak Round of 16
25th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na Round of 16
26th RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze 1 round
27. RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova 3rd round
28. AustriaAustria Sybille Bammer 2nd round
29 HungaryHungary Ágnes Szávay Round of 16
30th AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur Semifinals
31. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Peng Shuai 1 round
32. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová 3rd round

Men's doubles

Winner: Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić
SerbiaSerbia 
Semifinals
02. United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals
03. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
victory
04th IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles
BahamasBahamas 
Round of 16

05. BrazilBrazil Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
Quarter finals

06th PolandPoland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
PolandPoland 
2nd round

07th Belarus 1995Belarus Max Mirny Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael 
1 round

08th. UruguayUruguay Pablo Cuevas Luis Horna
PeruPeru 
Round of 16
No. pairing Round reached
09. PolandPoland Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach
AustriaAustria 
2nd round

10. BrazilBrazil Marcelo Melo André Sá
BrazilBrazil 
1 round

11. South AfricaSouth Africa Jeff Coetzee Jordan Kerr
AustraliaAustralia 
1 round

12. Czech RepublicCzech Republic František Čermák Michal Mertiňák
SlovakiaSlovakia 
2nd round

13. AustraliaAustralia Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
1 round

14th South AfricaSouth Africa Rik De Voest Ashley Fisher
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16

15th United StatesUnited States Travis Parrott Filip Polášek
SlovakiaSlovakia 
2nd round

16. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt
SwedenSweden 
1 round

Ladies doubles

Winners: Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals
02. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16
03. SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
victory
04th AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16

05. United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

06th SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
SpainSpain 
1 round

07th SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
Round of 16

08th. RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly 
Round of 16
No. pairing Round reached
09. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Semifinals

10. United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia 
Quarter finals

11. GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Quarter finals

12. Belarus 1995Belarus Viktoria Azaranka Elena Veznina
RussiaRussia 
final

13. United StatesUnited States Vania King Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania 
Round of 16

14th Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
2nd round

15th FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo
ItalyItaly 
1 round

16. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Quarter finals

Mixed

Winner: Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Bob Bryan Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
victory
02. IndiaIndia Leander Paes Cara Black
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
Round of 16
03. PolandPoland Marcin Matkowski Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16
04th Belarus 1995Belarus Max Mirny Nadja Petrova
RussiaRussia 
Semifinals
No. pairing Round reached
05. BrazilBrazil André Sa Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
Quarter finals

06th CanadaCanada Daniel Nestor Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
Round of 16

07th SerbiaSerbia Nenad Zimonjić Yan Zi
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
1 round

08th. AustraliaAustralia Stephen Huss Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
1 round

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