2009 Aegon Championships
The 2009 Aegon Championships (also known traditionally as the Queen's Club Championships) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 107th edition of the event and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom, from 8–14 June 2009.
2009 Aegon Championships | |
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Date | 8–14 June |
Edition | 107th |
Category | ATP World Tour 250 |
Draw | 56S / 24D |
Prize money | €663,750 |
Surface | Grass / outdoor |
Location | London, United Kingdom |
Venue | Queen's Club |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Andy Murray[1] | |
Doubles | |
Wesley Moodie / Mikhail Youzhny[2] |
The singles draw was headlined by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Number 3, US Open and Indian Wells runner-up, Doha, Rotterdam and Miami champion Andy Murray, Memphis winner, Australian Open semifinalist and four-time Queen's Club champion Andy Roddick, and Australian Open quarterfinalist Gilles Simon. Also present were Acapulco runner-up, French Open quarterfinalist Gaël Monfils, Chennai and Zagreb winner Marin Čilić, James Blake, Marat Safin and Mardy Fish.
The doubles draw was led by reigning Wimbledon champions, Rotterdam, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome and Madrid winners Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. Other seeded partnerships were 2008 US Open and 2009 Australian Open champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, Bruno Soares and Kevin Ullyett, and Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.
Finals
Singles
Andy Murray defeated James Blake, 7–5, 6–4
- It was Murray's 4th title of the year and 12th of his career. It was his first of five Queen's Club Championships titles.
Doubles
Wesley Moodie / Mikhail Youzhny defeated Marcelo Melo / André Sá, 6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Entrants
Seeds
Nationality | Ranking* | Seeding | |
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Andy Murray | Great Britain | 3 | 1 |
Andy Roddick | United States | 6 | 2 |
Gilles Simon | France | 7 | 3 |
Gaël Monfils | France | 10 | 4 |
Marin Čilić | Croatia | 13 | 5 |
James Blake | United States | 16 | 6 |
Marat Safin | Russia | 22 | 7 |
Mardy Fish | United States | 24 | 8 |
Ivo Karlović | Croatia | 28 | 9 |
Feliciano López | Spain | 30 | 10 |
Paul-Henri Mathieu | France | 35 | 11 |
Jérémy Chardy | France | 39 | 12 |
Ernests Gulbis | Latvia | 40 | 13 |
Mikhail Youzhny | Russia | 42 | 14 |
Lleyton Hewitt | Australia | 48 | 15 |
Guillermo García López | Spain | 50 | 16 |
* Seedings are based on the rankings as of 25 May 2009
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
References
- "2009 London Queens – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- "2009 London Queens – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).