Sony Ericsson Open 2009 / Men

ATP World Tour
Sony Ericsson Open 2009
date	25.3.2009 - 5.4.2009
Edition	25th
navigation	2008 ◄ 2009 ► 2010
venue	Miami United States United States
Tournament number	403
category	Masters 1000
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	96E / 48Q / 32D
Prize money	US $ 3,645,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 4,500,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Russia Nikolai Davydenko
Last year's winner (double)	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States

Winner (singles)	United Kingdom Andy Murray
Winner (doubles)	Belarus 1995 Max Mirny Andy Ram Israel

Tournament director	Adam Barrett
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes Lars Graff Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Chile Nicolás Massu (83)

As of March 21, 2016

The Sony Ericsson Open 2009 was a tennis tournament that took place from March 25th to April 5th, 2009 in Miami . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2009 and was played outdoors on hard courts. This season it was the second of nine tournaments in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 category . At the same time, the women’s Sony Ericsson Open 2009 took place in Miami .

Defending champion in the singles was Nikolai Dawydenko , who was unable to take part in the tournament due to a foot infection. In this year's final Andy Murray prevailed against Novak Đoković in two sets with 6: 2 and 7: 5. This was his third tournament victory in a Masters tournament and eleventh career title. This season it was also his third title after winning the tournaments in Doha and Rotterdam . The brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won the doubles title last year and were eliminated in the semifinals this year. Max Mirny and Andy Ram won the final against Ashley Fisher and Stephen Huss in three sets with 6: 7 ⁴ , 6: 2, [10: 7]. For Mirny it was the fourth title in Miami. He won the tournament in 2003, 2005 and 2006 respectively.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 96 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 32 pairs. The 32 top seeded players in the singles each received a bye into the second round. The total prize money was $ 3,645,000; total financial liabilities were $ 4,500,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from April 23 to 24, 2009. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There were also two lucky losers.

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

Qualifiers		Lucky Loser
Portugal Frederico Gil	United States Amer Delic	Germany Bjorn Phau
United States John Isner	Germany Benjamin Becker	Israel Dudi Sela
United States Robert Kendrick	Canada Frank Dancevic
Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin	United States Michael Russell
United States Taylor Dent	United States Kevin Kim
Brazil Thomaz Bellucci	Brazil Ricardo Mello

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	1000	$ 605,500
final	600	$ 295,500
Semifinals	360	$ 148,100
Quarter finals	180	$ 75,500
Round of 16	90	$ 39,800
Third round	45	$ 21,300
Second round	25th	$ 11,500
First round	10	$ 7,050

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	7th	$ 2,100
First round	0	$ 1,075

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	1000	$ 225,000
final	600	$ 117,000
Semifinals	360	$ 54,000
Quarter finals	180	$ 23,000
Second round	90	$ 12,650
First round	0	$ 4,000

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain Rafael Nadal	Quarter finals
02.	Switzerland Roger Federer	Semifinals
03.	Serbia Novak Đoković	final
04th	United Kingdom Andy Murray	victory
05.	United States Andy Roddick	Quarter finals
06th	Argentina Juan Martín del Potro	Semifinals
07th	France Gilles Simon	Round of 16
08th.	Spain Fernando Verdasco	Quarter finals
09.	France Gaël Monfils	Round of 16
10.	France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Quarter finals
11.	Spain David Ferrer	Round of 16
12.	Chile Fernando González	3rd round
13.	United States James Blake	3rd round
14th	Argentina David Nalbandian	2nd round
15th	Spain Tommy Robredo	3rd round
16.	Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
17th	Croatia Marin Čilić	3rd round
18th	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	Round of 16
19th	Spain Nicolás Almagro	2nd round
20th	Russia Igor Andreyev	3rd round
21st	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	Round of 16
22nd	Russia Marat Safin	3rd round
23.	Sweden Robin Soderling	2nd round
24.	France Richard Gasquet	retreat
25th	Russia Dmitri Tursunov	3rd round
26th	Croatia Ivo Karlović	2nd round
27.	United States Mardy Fish	2nd round
28.	Germany Nicolas Kiefer	3rd round
29	Germany Rainer Schüttler	3rd round
30th	Austria Jürgen Melzer	2nd round
31.	France Paul-Henri Mathieu	3rd round
32.	Spain Feliciano López	3rd 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

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Rafael Nadal

4th

6th

6 ³

6th

Argentina Juan Martín del Potro

6th

3

7th

6th

Juan Martín del Potro

1

7th

2

4th

United Kingdom Andy Murray

6th

5

6th

4th

United Kingdom Andy Murray

6th

8th

Fernando Verdasco

1

2

4th

United Kingdom Andy Murray

6th

7th

3

Novak Đoković

2

5

10

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

3

4th

3

Serbia Novak Đoković

6th

3

Serbia Novak Đoković

3

6th

2

Roger Federer

6th

2

3

5

Andy Roddick

3

6th

4th

2

Switzerland Roger Federer

6th

4th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

1

Spain R. Nadal

6th

S. Bolelli

4th

6th

4th

T. Gabashvili

2

Russia T. Gabashvili

6th

4th

6th

1

Spain R. Nadal

7th

6th

Q

Portugal F. Gil

7th

6th

Q

F. Gil

5

3

M. Zverev

6 ⁷

2

Q

Portugal F. Gil

6th

26th

I. Karlović

4th

1

Spain R. Nadal

7th

16

S. Wawrinka

6 ²

6 ⁴

20th

Russia I. Andreev

7th

6th

Chinese Taipei Y.-h. Lu

6th

Y.-h. Lu

6 ⁴

3

E. Schwank

2

20th

I. Andreev

6th

3

G. García-López

6 ⁶

1

16

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

4th

6th

Italy A. Seppi

7th

6th

A. Seppi

5

16

Switzerland S. Wawrinka

7th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

11

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

3

6th

S. Stachowskyj

4th

Q

J. Isner

3

6th

2

Q

United States J. Isner

6th

11

Spain D. Ferrer

3

6th

Q

United States A. Delic

6th

7th

17th

M. Čilić

6th

3

4th

S. Darcis

4th

6 ²

Q

A. Delic

3

7th

3

17th

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

6 ⁷

6th

11

D. Ferrer

3

2

6th

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

30th

J. Melzer

4th

3

J. Acasuso

4th

6th

3

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

4th

6th

J. Tipsarevic

4th

1

P. Starace

6 ⁹

4th

6th

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

Argentina M. Vassallo Argüello

7th

6th

M. Vassallo Argüello

2

6th

Argentina JM del Potro

6th

Upper half 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

4th

6th

M. Gicquel

0

4th

J. Mónaco

6th

3

2

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

WC

R. Sweeting

4th

6 ²

N. Massu

4th

Chile N. Massu

6th

7th

Chile N. Massu

5

7th

6th

27

M. Fish

7th

6 ⁴

2

4th

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

V. Troicki

1

0

LL

Germany B. Phau

6th

2

S. Koubek

4th

6 ²

A. Montañés

4th

0

r

Spain A. Montañés

6th

7th

LL

B. Phau

4th

3

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

N. Devilder

2

3

Serbia V. Troicki

6th

14th

D. Nalbandian

1

3

Upper half 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

12

Chile F. González

6th

Russia I. Kunitsyn

7th

5

6th

I. Kunitsyn

4th

G. Cañas

6 ²

7th

3

12

F. González

6 ¹

4th

JI Chela

6th

5

4th

18th

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

7th

6th

United States B. Reynolds

0

7th

6th

B. Reynolds

5

7th

2

18th

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

7th

6 ³

6th

18th

R. Štěpánek

2

8th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

32

Spain F. López

6 ⁵

7th

6th

G. Muller

4th

3

S. Querrey

7th

5

2

United States S. Querrey

6th

32

F. López

6th

3

4th

Q

Germany B. Becker

6th

8th

Spain F. Verdasco

3

6th

WC

J. Levine

4th

3

Q

B. Becker

3

4th

8th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

7th

France G. Simon

6th

LL

D. Sela

6th

4th

3

WC

L. Hewitt

1

2

WC

Australia L. Hewitt

3

6th

7th

France G. Simon

3

6th

Finland J. Nieminen

6th

29

R. Schüttler

6th

1

I. Navarro

3

J. Nieminen

6th

2

3

29

Germany R. Schüttler

4th

6th

7th

G. Simon

7th

3

2

10

France J.-W. Tsonga

6 ⁴

6th

23

R. Soderling

4th

2

A. Clement

3

6 ⁵

Q

United States R. Kendrick

6th

Q

United States R. Kendrick

6th

7th

Q

R. Kendrick

5

4th

Argentina A. Calleri

6th

3

6th

10

France J.-W. Tsonga

7th

6th

C. Rochus

4th

6th

3

A. Calleri

1

10

France J.-W. Tsonga

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

13

United States J. Blake

6th

France J. Benneteau

3

6th

J. Benneteau

4th

F. Serra

6th

3

13

J. Blake

4th

7th

3

Russia M. Juschny

6th

3

6th

21st

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

6 ³

6th

J. Chardy

4th

6th

3

M. Juschny

3

6th

4th

21st

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

3

6th

21st

T. Berdych

3

2

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

31

France P.-H. Mathieu

6th

2

6th

E. Gulbis

2

M. Baghdatis

3

6th

2

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

6th

31

P.-H. Mathieu

4th

1

P. Kohlschreiber

4th

6 ²

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

Q

Canada F. Dancevic

6th

7th

Q

F. Dancevic

3

2

3

Serbia N. Đoković

6th

Lower half 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

5

United States A. Roddick

6th

Argentina D. Junqueira

6th

D. Junqueira

1

WC

Y. Bhambri

4th

3

5

United States A. Roddick

7th

6th

Q

Kazakhstan M. Kukushkin

6th

25th

D. Tursunov

6 ⁹

2

T. Haas

4th

Q

M. Kukushkin

6th

6 ⁴

3

25th

Russia D. Tursunov

3

7th

6th

5

United States A. Roddick

7th

6th

9

G. Monfils

6 ²

4th

22nd

Russia M. Safin

6th

2

6th

I. Ljubičić

4th

O. Hernández

4th

6th

1

Spain O. Hernández

6th

22nd

M. Safin

7th

5

6 ³

V. Hănescu

6 ⁴

3

9

France G. Monfils

5

7th

Q

United States M. Russell

7th

6th

Q

M. Russell

2

7th

3

9

France G. Monfils

6th

6 ⁵

6th

Lower half 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Round of 16

15th

Spain T. Robredo

6th

B. Evans

4th

3

J. Hernych

4th

Czech Republic J. Hernych

6th

15th

T. Robredo

5

3

Q

United States T. Dent

6th

Q

United States T. Dent

7th

6th

Q

R. Mello

1

3

Q

United States T. Dent

2

6th

7th

19th

N. Almagro

6th

2

6 ⁷

Q

T. Dent

3

2

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

28

Germany N. jaw

5

7th

6th

Q

T. Bellucci

4th

6th

1

F. Santoro

7th

6 ⁵

2

France F. Santoro

6th

4th

6th

28

N. jaw

4th

1

Q

United States K. Kim

3

2

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

M. Llodra

6th

r

Q

K. Kim

3

2

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States	Semifinals
02.	Canada Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić Serbia	1 round
03.	India Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles Bahamas	1 round
04th	Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes India	Round of 16

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Poland	1 round
06th	Brazil Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe	Quarter finals
07th	South Africa Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie South Africa	Round of 16
08th.	Brazil Marcelo Melo André Sá Brazil	1 round