Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2009

ATP World Tour
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2009

date	April 12, 2009 - April 19, 2009
Edition	41
navigation	2008 ◄ 2009 ► 2010
venue	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin France France
Tournament number	410
category	Masters 1000
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	56E / 28Q / 24D
Prize money	US $ 2,227,500
Financial. Obligation	US $ 2,750,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Spain Rafael Nadal
Last year's winner (double)	Spain Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo Spain

Winner (singles)	Spain Rafael Nadal
Winner (doubles)	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia

Tournament director	Željko Franulović
Tournament supervisor	Gerry Armstrong Thomas Karlberg
Last direct assumption	Argentina Eduardo Schwank (56)

As of April 13, 2016

The Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2009 was a tennis tournament that took place from April 12th to 19th, 2009 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monaco . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2009 and was played outdoors on a clay court. This season it was the third of nine tournaments in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 category .

In the singles, Rafael Nadal won the tournament for the fifth time in a row by beating the Serbian Novak Đoković in the final. He won 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 1 and thus celebrated his 34th career title. Last year Nadal and Tommy Robredo won doubles . Only Robredo started again and dropped out early. In the final, Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić won 6: 4, 6: 1 against Bob and Mike Bryan and thus their first joint title in Monte Carlo. For Nestor it was the first title ever in Monte Carlo, while for Zimonjić it was the third title after 2004 and 2005.

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 56 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 24 pairs. The eight top seeded players in singles or pairings in doubles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize money was 2,227,500 euros; the total financial liabilities were 2,750,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from April 10th to 11th, 2009. Seven 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
Ecuador Nicolás. Lapentti	Germany Andreas Beck
Belgium Kristof Viegen	Spain Óscar Hernández
Spain Alberto Martín	Italy Flavio Cipolla
Italy Fabio Fognini

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 cumulative (prize money for the double competition per team).

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	1000	€ 434,000
final	600	€ 203,000
Semifinals	360	€ 103,450
Quarter finals	180	€ 53,000
Round of 16	90	€ 27,500
Second round	45	€ 14,500
First round	10	€ 7,650

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	25th
Qualifying round	14th	1,800 €
First round	0	€ 900

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	1000	€ 166,500
final	600	€ 69,000
Semifinals	360	€ 30,000
Quarter finals	180	€ 13,750
Round of 16	90	€ 6,400
First round	0	€ 3,300

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain Rafael Nadal	victory
02.	Switzerland Roger Federer	Round of 16
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković	final
04th	United Kingdom Andy Murray	Semifinals
05.	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro	2nd round
06th	France Gilles Simon	2nd round
07th	Spain Fernando Verdasco	Quarter finals
08th.	Russia Nikolai Davydenko	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
09.	France Gaël Monfils	1 round
10.	Spain David Ferrer	Round of 16
11.	Spain Tommy Robredo	2nd round
12.	Argentina David Nalbandian	Round of 16
13.	Switzerland Stan Wawrinka	Semifinals
14th	Croatia Marin Čilić	2nd round
15th	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	1 round
16.	Spain Nicolás Almagro	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

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Spain Rafael Nadal

6th

7th

4th

Andy Murray

2

6 ⁴

1

Spain Rafael Nadal

6th

2

6th

3

Novak Đoković

3

6th

1

3

Serbia Novak Đoković

4th

6th

13

Stan Wawrinka

6th

1

3

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

I. Kunitsyn

4th

6th

5

PR

JI Chela

2

3

PR

Argentina JI Chela

6th

2

7th

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

Russia M. Safin

6th

7th

Q

N. Lapentti

3

0

WC

L. Hewitt

4th

5

M. Safin

6 ⁶

6th

6 ⁶

Q

Ecuador N. Lapentti

6th

1

6th

Q

Ecuador N. Lapentti

7th

2

7th

15th

R. Štěpánek

3

6th

3

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

9

G. Monfils

3

1

WC

I. Ljubičić

3

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

J. Tipsarevic

5

3

R. Soderling

4th

6th

3

Italy S. Bolelli

7th

6th

Italy S. Bolelli

6th

1

6th

S. Bolelli

5

6 ²

Q

K. Viegen

4th

7th

4th

WC

Croatia I. Ljubičić

7th

WC

Croatia I. Ljubičić

6th

6 ⁵

6th

WC

Croatia I. Ljubičić

4th

6th

5

JM del Potro

6th

1

4th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

V. Hănescu

3

2

Q

A. Martín

2

3

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

7th

6th

Q

Italy F. Fognini

1

6th

Q

F. Fognini

6 ¹¹

4th

T. Berdych

6th

3

Q

Italy F. Fognini

6th

Q

F. Cipolla

3

2

14th

M. Čilić

2

0

14th

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

7th

6th

12

Argentina D. Nalbandian

6th

3

6th

8th

N. Dawydenko

6 ¹

4th

P.-H. Mathieu

4th

6th

3

12

Argentina D. Nalbandian

4th

6th

J. Acasuso

6 ⁴

6 ²

M. Granollers

6th

3

1

Spain M. Granollers

7th

12

D. Nalbandian

4th

7th

3

Croatia I. Karlović

6th

8th

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

5

6th

F. Serra

4th

I. Karlović

4th

3

8th

Russia N. Dawydenko

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

7th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

E. Gulbis

1

3

P. Kohlschreiber

3

4th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

7th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

France M. Gicquel

3

6th

7th

10

D. Ferrer

2

1

E. Schwank

6th

1

6 ²

M. Gicquel

1

0

F. López

2

3

10

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

10

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

7th

F. Verdasco

2

6th

3

16

N. Almagro

6 ⁶

6th

6 ⁵

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

4th

6th

Spain A. Montañés

7th

4th

7th

Spain A. Montañés

6th

WC

Monaco J.-R. Lisnard

6th

WC

J.-R. Lisnard

2

4th

C. Rochus

2

A. Montañés

1

7th

0

J. Benneteau

4th

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

6 ⁴

6th

Q

Spain O. Hernández

6th

Q

O. Hernández

1

2

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

6th

G. Simon

5

1

Q

Germany A. Beck

1

7th

6th

Q

Germany A. Beck

7th

6th

N. jaw

6th

6 ¹

4th

Q

Germany A. Beck

3

6th

7th

J. Chardy

2

5

J. Mónaco

6th

2

5

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

7th

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

R. Schüttler

1

4th

11

T. Robredo

2

4th

11

Spain T. Robredo

6th

Q

A. Beck

2

4th

13

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

13

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

V. Troicki

2

3

13

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

2

7th

6th

I. Andreev

6th

6 ⁵

2

M. Vassallo Argüello

6th

5

2

Argentina M. Vassallo Argüello

2

7th

6th

13

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

6th

7th

Italy A. Seppi

6th

2 toilets

R. Federer

4th

5

J. Melzer

2

0

A. Seppi

4th

2 toilets

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States	final
02.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	victory
03.	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes India	Semifinals
04th	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	Quarter finals

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Brazil Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe	Round of 16
06th	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Poland	Quarter finals
07th	Austria Julian Knowle Andy Ram Israel	Quarter finals
08th.	South Africa Jeff Coetzee Jordan Kerr Australia	Round of 16