Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon 2009

ATP World Tour
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon 2009
date	October 26, 2009 - November 1, 2009
Edition	22nd
navigation	2008 ◄ 2009 ► 2010
venue	Lyon France France
Tournament number	375
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 26Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 575,250
Financial. Obligation	€ 650,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Sweden Robin Soderling
Last year's winner (double)	France Michaël Llodra Andy Ram Israel

Winner (singles)	Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Winner (doubles)	France Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut France

Tournament director	Gilles Moretton
Tournament supervisor	Gerry Armstrong
Last direct assumption	Italy Paolo Lorenzi (123)

As of February 29, 2016

The Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon 2009 was a tennis tournament that took place from October 26th to November 1st, 2009 in Lyon . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2009 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week, the Bank Austria TennisTrophy was played in Vienna and the St. Petersburg Open was played in Saint Petersburg , which, like the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, belonged to the ATP World Tour 250 category .

The defending champion in the singles was Robin Söderling , who did not take part in the tournament this year. In the final, Ivan Ljubičić won against local hero Michaël Llodra in straight sets 7: 5 and 6: 3. For Ljubičić it was the first title of the current year as well as his ninth title overall on the ATP Tour. In doubles, Michaël Llodra and Andy Ram were the defending champions, but this year they no longer took part in the tournament together. In the purely French final, Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut won against Arnaud Clément and Sébastien Grosjean in straight sets 6: 4 and 7: 6 ⁶ . For Mahut it was the first double title in Lyon, while for Benneteau, after his victory in 2006 together with Arnaud Clément, it was already the second title.

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 650,000 euros; the total financial liabilities were 575,250 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 24th to 26th, 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
France Vincent Millot
France Jérôme Haehnel
South Africa Kevin Anderson
France David Guez

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	$ 103,400
final	150	$ 54,300
Semifinals	90	$ 28,800
Quarter finals	45	$ 15,600
Round of 16	20th	$ 9,200
First round	0	$ 5,500

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	0	$ 550
Second round	0	$ 250
First round	0	$ 0

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 33,200
final	150	$ 16,720
Semifinals	90	$ 9,050
Quarter finals	45	$ 5,020
First round	0	$ 2,820

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Quarter finals
02.	France Gilles Simon	Semifinals
03.	Croatia Ivan Ljubičić	victory
04th	Argentina Juan Mónaco	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
05.	France Julien Benneteau	Quarter finals
06th	France Paul-Henri Mathieu	Round of 16
07th	Germany Benjamin Becker	Round of 16
08th.	Spain Albert Montañés	Round of 16

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

France J.-W. Tsonga

7th

K. Kim

6 ⁵

1

France J.-W. Tsonga

6th

Belgium O. Rochus

6th

O. Rochus

3

2

Q

V. Millot

3

2

1

J.-W. Tsonga

7th

4th

6 ⁸

O. Hernández

1

3

WC

France A. Clement

5

6th

7th

WC

France A. Clement

6th

WC

France A. Clement

6th

P. Lorenzi

2

7th

B. Becker

4th

3

7th

Germany B. Becker

6th

WC

A. Clement

2

4th

3

Croatia I. Ljubičić

6th

3

Croatia I. Ljubičić

6th

M. Vassallo Argüello

3

4th

3

Croatia I. Ljubičić

6th

3

6th

Germany N. jaw

4th

7th

N. jaw

3

6th

3

WC

S. Grosjean

6th

6 ⁷

6 ²

3

Croatia I. Ljubičić

7th

6th

C. Rochus

3

F. Serra

6 ⁶

2

France F. Serra

6th

France F. Serra

7th

6th

F. Santoro

4th

8th

A. Montañés

5

3

8th

Spain A. Montañés

6th

3

Croatia I. Ljubičić

7th

6th

6th

France P.-H. Mathieu

7th

6th

WC

M. Llodra

5

3

L. Mayer

6 ⁵

2

6th

P.-H. Mathieu

4th

0

Q

J. Haehnel

1

4th

France M. Gicquel

6th

France M. Gicquel

6th

M. Gicquel

6 ⁵

4th

L. Ouahab

1

2

WC

France M. Llodra

7th

6th

WC

France M. Llodra

6th

WC

France M. Llodra

6th

J. Ouanna

3

2

4th

J. Mónaco

3

4th

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

WC

France M. Llodra

6 ⁴

6th

7th

5

France J. Benneteau

7th

6th

2

G. Simon

7th

3

6 ¹

A. Martín

6 ¹

1

5

France J. Benneteau

7th

6th

Q

South Africa K. Anderson

6th

4th

7th

Q

K. Anderson

5

2

S. Greul

4th

6th

6 ³

5

J. Benneteau

6 ⁵

3

Q

France D. Guez

6th

2

France G. Simon

7th

6th

R. Ram

2

4th

Q

D. Guez

1

2

S. Bolelli

6 ⁵

2

France G. Simon

6th

2

France G. Simon

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	South Africa Wesley Moodie Dick Norman Belgium	1 round
02.	Brazil Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe	1 round
03.	Czech Republic Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt Sweden	1 round
04th	Sweden Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley Australia	1 round