St. Petersburg Open 2009

ATP World Tour
St. Petersburg Open 2009

date	October 25, 2009 - November 1, 2009
Edition	13
navigation	2008 ◄ 2009 ► 2010
venue	Saint Petersburg Russia Russia
Tournament number	568
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 663,750
Financial. Obligation	US $ 750,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	United Kingdom Andy Murray
Last year's winner (double)	United States Travis Parrott Filip Polášek Slovakia

Winner (singles)	Ukraine Serhiy Stachowskyj
Winner (doubles)	United Kingdom Colin Fleming Ken Skupski United Kingdom

Tournament director	Mikhail Rydnik
Tournament supervisor	Thomas Karlberg
Last direct assumption	Latvia Ernests Gulbis (101)

As of February 8, 2016

The St. Petersburg Open 2009 was a tennis tournament that took place from October 25th to November 1st, 2009 in Saint Petersburg . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2009 and was played indoors on a hard court. In the same week was in Vienna , the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy and in Lyon the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon played that just like the St. Petersburg Open to category ATP World Tour 250 counted.

Defending champion in the singles was Andy Murray , who won the last two years. This year he did not take part in the tournament. The winner was Serhij Stachowskyj , who defeated the Argentine Horacio Zeballos 2: 6, 7: 6 ⁸ , 7: 6 ⁷ in the final . Stachowskyj won his third title on the ATP tour. In doubles, Travis Parrott and Filip Polášek were the defending champions, but this year they each competed with new partners. Both were eliminated in the first round. The title went to Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski , who prevailed in the final against the French duo Jérémy Chardy and Richard Gasquet with 2: 6, 7: 5, [10: 4].

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 663,750; total financial liabilities were $ 750,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from October 23-25, 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
Kazakhstan Yuri Shchukin
Ukraine Serhiy Stachowskyj
Ukraine Oleksandr Dolhopolov
Romania Petru-Alexandru Luncanu

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	$ 118,500
final	150	$ 62,300
Semifinals	90	$ 33,000
Quarter finals	45	$ 17,925
Round of 16	20th	$ 10,600
First round	0	$ 6,350

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	0	$ 800
Second round	0	$ 400
First round	0	$ 0

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 38,250
final	150	$ 19,500
Semifinals	90	$ 10,500
Quarter finals	45	$ 5,750
First round	0	$ 3,260

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Russia Mikhail Juschny	Round of 16
02.	Romania Victor Hănescu	Quarter finals
03.	Serbia Viktor Troicki	1 round
04th	France Jérémy Chardy	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Russia Igor Andreyev	Round of 16
06th	Russia Yevgeny Korolyov	1 round
07th	Uruguay Pablo Cuevas	1 round
08th.	Argentina Horacio Zeballos	final

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

Russia M. Juschny

6th

A. Golubev

3

2

1

M. Juschny

2

1

r

Uzbekistan D. Istomin

6th

Uzbekistan D. Istomin

6th

2

R. Schüttler

4th

D. Istomin

0

6 ⁴

Russia M. Safin

7th

6th

Russia M. Safin

6th

7th

R. Gasquet

6 ⁵

4th

Russia M. Safin

6th

0

P. Starace

4th

2

5

I. Andreev

3

1

r

5

Russia I. Andreev

6th

M. Safin

4th

6th

4th

3

V. Troicki

6 ⁴

6th

4th

Q

Ukraine S. Stachowskyj

6th

4th

6th

Slovakia K. Beck

7th

4th

6th

K. Beck

4th

1

r

WC

S. Wowk

3

2

Germany B. Phau

6th

2

Germany B. Phau

6th

B. Phau

2

5

M. Granollers

7th

6 ⁶

4th

Q

Ukraine S. Stachowskyj

6th

7th

WC

Russia A. Kuznetsov

6 ⁴

7th

6th

WC

A. Kuznetsov

1

4th

Q

Ukraine S. Stachowskyj

6th

Q

Ukraine S. Stachowskyj

6th

6th

J. Korolyov

4th

3

Q

Ukraine S. Stachowskyj

2

7th

8th

Argentina H. Zeballos

7th

6th

8th

H. Zeballos

6th

6 ⁸

6 ⁷

Q

J. Shchukin

6 ⁹

3

8th

Argentina H. Zeballos

6th

Q

Ukraine O. Dolhopolov

6th

1

Q

O. Dolhopolov

3

1

R. Ginepri

2

0

r

8th

Argentina H. Zeballos

7th

6th

Latvia E. Gulbis

6th

7th

E. Gulbis

6 ⁸

4th

F. Mayer

3

6 ³

Latvia E. Gulbis

7th

6th

Q

P.-A. Luncanu

2

4th

J. Chardy

6 ⁷

3

4th

France J. Chardy

6th

8th

Argentina H. Zeballos

7th

6th

7th

P. Cuevas

4th

3

I. Kunitsyn

6 ⁷

3

Russia I. Kunitsyn

6th

Russia I. Kunitsyn

6th

WC

Russia M. Jelgin

6th

WC

M. Jelgin

2

3

SE

M. Kukushkin

3

Russia I. Kunitsyn

6th

3

7th

F. Fognini

4th

1

2

V. Hănescu

3

6th

6 ⁶

SE

Ukraine I. Marchenko

6th

SE

I. Marchenko

3

4th

T. Gabashvili

1

2

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

2

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Czech Republic František Čermák Michal Mertiňák Slovakia	1 round
02.	Sweden Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer Netherlands Antilles	1 round
03.	India Rohan Bopanna Travis Parrott United States	1 round
04th	United States Scott Lipsky Rogier Wassen Netherlands	1 round