Medibank International 2009 / Men

ATP World Tour
Medibank International Sydney 2009
date	January 12, 2009 - January 17, 2009
Edition	41
navigation	2008 ◄ 2009 ► 2010
venue	Sydney Australia Australia
Tournament number	338
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	28E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 433,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 484,750
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Russia Dmitri Tursunov
Last year's winner (double)	France Richard Gasquet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France

Winner (singles)	Argentina David Nalbandian
Winner (doubles)	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States

Tournament director	Craig Watson
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes

As of February 8, 2016

The Medibank International in 2009 was a tennis tournament , which is from 12 to 17 January 2009 in Sydney took place. It was part of the ATP World Tour 2009 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week, the Heineken Open was played in Auckland , which, like Medibank International, was part of the ATP World Tour 250 category . At the same time a women's tournament was held in Sydney .

Defending champion in the singles was Dmitri Tursunow , who failed in the first round to Richard Gasquet . In this year's final, the fourth seeded Argentine David Nalbandian prevailed against the unseeded Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6: 3, 6: 7 ⁹ , 6: 2. With this, Nalbandian won the tenth of his eleven career titles in singles. In doubles, Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were last year's winners, but they did not compete again this year. The brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won in straight sets 6: 1, 7: 6 ³ against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić .

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The four top seeded players in the singles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize pool was $ 433,000; total financial liabilities were $ 484,750.

qualification

The qualification took place from January 10th to 12th, 2009. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There was also a lucky loser.

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

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Belgium Xavier Malisse	Italy Potito Starace
Germany Denis Gremelmayr
Canada Frank Dancevic
France Jérémy Chardy

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	$ 77,200
final	150	$ 40,500
Semifinals	90	$ 21,500
Quarter finals	45	$ 11,675
Round of 16	20th	$ 7,000
First round	0	$ 4,250

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	0	$ 525
Second round	0	$ 0
First round	0	$ 0

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 25,000
final	150	$ 12,700
Semifinals	90	$ 7,350
Quarter finals	45	$ 3,550
First round	0	$ 2,100

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Serbia Novak Đoković	Semifinals
02.	France Gilles Simon	Round of 16
03.	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Quarter finals
04th	Argentina David Nalbandian	victory

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Russia Igor Andreyev	Round of 16
06th	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	1 round
07th	Spain Tommy Robredo	Round of 16
08th.	United States Mardy Fish	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

1 toilet

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

A. Seppi

2

6th

3

P.-H. Mathieu

1

2

France P.-H. Mathieu

6th

2

6th

1 toilet

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

Croatia M. Ančić

4th

7th

6th

M. Ančić

3

4th

Q

X. Malisse

6th

6 ⁵

3

Croatia M. Ančić

6th

J. Melzer

3

4th

7th

T. Robredo

2

1

7th

Spain T. Robredo

6th

1 toilet

N. Đoković

4th

6 ³

Finland J. Nieminen

6th

7th

3

France J.-W. Tsonga

6th

Italy S. Bolelli

7th

6th

S. Bolelli

4th

1

LL

P. Starace

6 ¹

4th

3

J.-W. Tsonga

Finland J. Nieminen

6th

7th

Finland J. Nieminen

w.

O.

F. López

2

6 ⁹

Finland J. Nieminen

7th

6th

WC

Australia C. Guccione

6th

WC

C. Guccione

6 ⁸

3

6th

T. Berdych

3

4th

J. Nieminen

3

7th

2

8th

M. Fish

4th

6th

4th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

6 ⁹

6th

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

3

6th

J. Tipsarevic

5

4th

J. Benneteau

7th

2

4th

WC

Australia L. Hewitt

7th

6th

WC

Australia L. Hewitt

5

6th

WC

L. Hewitt

6 ³

5

Q

D. Gremelmayr

0

2

4th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

7th

France M. Llodra

6th

M. Llodra

1

3

4th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

4th

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

5

Russia I. Andreev

7th

6th

R. Gasquet

4th

3

Q

F. Dancevic

6 ²

3

5

I. Andreev

4th

6th

4th

Q

France J. Chardy

6th

3

Q

France J. Chardy

6th

4th

6th

R. Štěpánek

4th

0

r

Q

J. Chardy

2

6 ⁴

D. Tursunov

6 ⁴

4th

France R. Gasquet

6th

7th

France R. Gasquet

7th

6th

France R. Gasquet

6th

2

G. Simon

4th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	final
02.	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States	victory
03.	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	Semifinals
04th	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Poland	Semifinals