Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel 2009

ATP World Tour
Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel 2009
date	May 16, 2009 - May 23, 2009
Edition	65
navigation	2008 ◄ 2009 ► 2010
venue	Kitzbühel Austria Austria
Tournament number	306
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 398,250
Financial. Obligation	€ 450,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Last year's winner (double)	United States James Cerretani Victor Hănescu Romania

Winner (singles)	Spain G. García-López
Winner (doubles)	Brazil Marcelo Melo André Sá Brazil

Tournament director	Ronnie Leitgeb
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes
Last direct assumption	Chile Nicolás Massu (84)

As of February 8, 2016

The Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel 2009 was a tennis tournament that took place from May 16 to 23, 2009 in Kitzbühel . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2009 and was played outdoors on sand. The same week the World Team Cup took place in Düsseldorf , which, like the Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel, was part of the ATP World Tour 250 category .

Defending champion in the singles was Juan Martín del Potro , who no longer took part in the tournament this year. In the final, the Spaniard Guillermo García-López won against the French Julien Benneteau in three sets with 3: 6, 7: 6 ¹ , 6: 3. For García-López this was the first success on the ATP World Tour . In doubles, James Cerretani and Victor Hănescu were the defending champions, but this year they were eliminated with other partners in the first round. In the final, the Brazilian duo André Sá and Marcelo Melo won against the Romanian duo Andrei Pavel and Horia Tecău 6: 7, ⁹ , 6: 2, [10: 7].

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 euros; the total financial liabilities were 450,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from May 15th to 17th, 2009. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There were also three lucky losers.

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

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Czech Republic Robin Vik	Chile Paul Capdeville
Croatia Mario Ančić	France Julien Benneteau
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela	Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti

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	€ 71,700
final	150	€ 37,700
Semifinals	90	€ 20,000
Quarter finals	45	€ 10,850
Round of 16	20th	€ 6,400
First round	0	€ 3,850

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	0	500 €
Second round	0	0 €
First round	0	0 €

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	€ 22,750
final	150	€ 11,450
Semifinals	90	€ 6,200
Quarter finals	45	€ 3,440
First round	0	€ 1,940

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	retreat
02.	Austria Jürgen Melzer	Quarter finals
03.	Romania Victor Hănescu	Quarter finals
04th	France Fabrice Santoro	1 round

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello	Round of 16
06th	France Marc Gicquel	1 round
07th	Russia Mikhail Juschny	Semifinals
08th.	Israel Dudi Sela	1 round

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

LL

P. Capdeville

3

2

Argentina D. Junqueira

6th

D. Junqueira

1

2

T. Bellucci

4th

WC

Austria D. Köllerer

6th

WC

Austria D. Köllerer

6th

WC

D. Köllerer

2

7th

0

Chile N. Massu

6th

LL

France J. Benneteau

6th

6 ⁵

6th

Q

R. Vik

4th

2

N. Massu

1

7th

6 ⁷

LL

France J. Benneteau

7th

6th

LL

France J. Benneteau

6th

6 ⁴

7th

8th

D. Sela

5

1

LL

France J. Benneteau

6th

4th

F. Santoro

2

3

O. Hernández

3

4th

Spain O. Hernández

6th

Spain O. Hernández

7th

6th

J. Hernych

7th

3

5

WC

A. Beck

5

4th

WC

Germany A. Beck

5

6th

7th

Spain O. Hernández

6th

LL

Spain R. Ramírez Hidalgo

6th

Q

JI Chela

4th

Q

M. Ančić

4th

3

LL

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

3

2

Q

Argentina JI Chela

5

6th

Q

Argentina JI Chela

6th

6th

M. Gicquel

7th

3

0

LL

J. Benneteau

6th

6 ¹

3

5

Argentina M. Vassallo Argüello

6th

Spain G. García-López

3

7th

6th

C. Rochus

2

4th

5

M. Vassallo Argüello

6th

4th

3

B. Phau

3

2

Spain G. García-López

4th

6th

Spain G. García-López

6th

Spain G. García-López

6th

Spain M. Granollers

7th

6th

3

V. Hănescu

2

T. Gabashvili

6 ¹¹

3

M. Granollers

1

6 ²

Q

N. Lapentti

7th

3

5

3

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

7th

3

Romania V. Hănescu

6 ⁶

6th

7th

Spain G. García-López

6th

1

7th

7th

Russia M. Juschny

6th

7th

7th

M. Juschny

3

6th

6 ⁵

D. Gimeno Traver

2

6 ⁷

7th

Russia M. Juschny

6th

WC

Austria S. Koubek

7th

6th

WC

S. Koubek

2

4th

P. Petzschner

6 ⁸

4th

7th

Russia M. Juschny

6th

Y.-h. Lu

6th

5

1r

2

J. Melzer

4th

Argentina A. Calleri

3

7th

0

A. Calleri

4th

5

F. Gil

3

0

2

Austria J. Melzer

6th

7th

2

Austria J. Melzer

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Poland	Quarter finals
02.	Brazil Marcelo Melo André Sá Brazil	victory
03.	Spain Marcel Granollers Bruno Soares Brazil	1 round
04th	Czech Republic František Čermák Michal Mertiňák Slovakia	Quarter finals