Last year's individual winner Gilles Simon did not defend his title this year. The individual competition was won by Juan Carlos Ferrero , in the final he prevailed against Florent Serra . This was the first title in the current year and his twelfth overall ATP title. In doubles, Albert Montañés and Santiago Ventura were the defending champions, but this year they were eliminated in the quarter-finals against Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach . They won this year's final against Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley in three sets. For Kubot it was the first double title of his career, for Marach the third, after he had already won two tournaments with his former double partner Michal Mertiňák .
The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize money was 398,250 US dollars; the total financial liabilities were 450,000 euros.
The qualification took place from April 4th to 6th, 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.