2009 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2009 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organised by the ITF.[1][2]
 Grand Slam men's singles champions of 2009: Australian Open titlist Rafael Nadal (top left), French Open and Wimbledon champion Roger Federer (top right, bottom left) and US Open winner Juan Martín del Potro (bottom right). Roger Federer concluded his fifth season as World #1, and was voted ATP Player of the Year for the fifth time. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | January 5 – November 30 |
| Tournaments | 68 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) World Tour Masters 1000 (9) World Tour 500 (11) World Tour 250 (40) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  |
| Most tournament finals |  |
| Prize money leader |  |
| Points leader | |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | |
| Doubles Team of the year |  |
| Most improved player of the year | |
| Newcomer of the year |  |
| Comeback player of the year | |
← 2008 2010 → | |
2009 is remembered for being the year that saw Pete Sampras' Grand Slam singles record be beaten by Roger Federer, who won his 15th title at Wimbledon. Federer also completed his Career Grand Slam at the French Open.
Tour changes
The ATP reinstated the world tour to its name as the organisation rebranded itself as the ATP World Tour.[3] ATP World Tour tournaments in 2009 are classified as ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500, and ATP World Tour 250. Broadly speaking the Tennis Masters Series tournaments became the new Masters 1000 level and ATP International Series Gold and ATP International Series events became ATP 500 level and 250 level events.
The Masters 1000 includes tournaments at Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Toronto/Montreal, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris. The end-of-year event, the Tour Finals, moved to London. Hamburg has been displaced by the new clay court event at Madrid, which is a new combined men's and women's tournament, and the indoor hard court event in Madrid was replaced by an outdoor hard court Masters tournament in Shanghai. From 2011, Rome and Cincinnati will also be combined tournaments. Severe sanctions will be placed on top players skipping the Masters 1000 series events, unless medical proof is presented.[4] Plans to eliminate Monte Carlo and Hamburg as Masters Series events led to controversy and protests from players as well as organisers. Hamburg and Monte Carlo filed lawsuits against the ATP,[5] and as a concession it was decided that Monte Carlo remains a Masters 1000 level event, with more prize money and 1000 ranking points, but it would no longer be a compulsory tournament for top-ranked players. Monte Carlo later dropped its suit. Hamburg was "reserved" to become a 500 level event in the summer.[6] Hamburg did not accept this concession, but later lost its suit.[7]
The 500 level includes tournaments at Rotterdam, Dubai, Acapulco, Memphis, Barcelona, Hamburg, Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, Basel and Valencia.
The ATP & ITF have declared that 2009 Davis Cup World Group and World Group Playoffs award a total of up to 500 points. Players accumulate points over the 4 rounds and the playoffs and these are counted as one of a player's four best results from the 500 level events. An additional 125 points are given to a player who wins all 8 live rubbers and wins the Davis Cup. [8]
Otherwise, the domain name of their website was changed to "www.atpworldtour.com".[9]
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2009 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.[10][11]
- Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| ATP World Tour Finals |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |
| ATP World Tour 500 |
| ATP World Tour 250 |
| Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
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June
July
August
September
October
November
Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2009 ATP World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series.[10] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Masters 1000 wins, one ATP World Tour Finals win equalling one-and-a-half Masters 1000 win, one Masters 1000 win equalling two 500 events wins, one 500 event win equalling two 250 events wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| ATP World Tour Finals |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |
| ATP World Tour 500 |
| ATP World Tour 250 |
| All titles |
Titles won by player
Titles won by nation
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| S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
| 21 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | |||
| 17 |  | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 |  | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
| 14 | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 10 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 10 |  | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 6 |  | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 |  | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 5 |  | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 |  | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 |  | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 |  | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 |  | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 |  | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 |  | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
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Title information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
- Singles
- Doubles
- Mixed Doubles
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
Rankings
These are the ATP Rankings of the top twenty singles players, doubles players, and the top ten doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the end of the 2008 ATP Tour,[12][13][14] and of the 2009 season,[15][16][17] with number of rankings points, number of tournaments played, year-end ranking in 2008, highest and lowest position during the season (for singles and doubles individual only, as doubles team rankings are not calculated over a rolling year-to-date system), and number of spots gained or lost from the 2008 to the 2009 year-end rankings. The 2008 year-end rankings include the number of points under the 2008 points system, and doubled, as they were at the end of the year by the ATP, to fit the 2009 points system[2] (the doubles (team) rankings points were not doubled, as they were calculated under the ATP Race points system in 2008). The doubled year-end rankings were never officially published though, as the first rankings of 2009 already counted the drop of the 2008 season openers' points due to a calendar change.
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Prize money leaders
- As of December 28, 2009
| # | Country | Player | Singles | Doubles | Year-to-date |
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| 1. | | Roger Federer | $8,761,805 | $6,305 | $8,768,110 |
| 2. | | Rafael Nadal | $6,414,604 | $51,911 | $6,466,515 |
| 3. | | Novak Djokovic | $5,438,063 | $38,408 | $5,476,471 |
| 4. | | Juan Martín del Potro | $4,712,743 | $40,344 | $4,753,087 |
| 5. | | Andy Murray | $4,397,231 | $23,826 | $4,421,057 |
| 6. | | Nikolay Davydenko | $3,636,773 | $22,387 | $3,659,160 |
| 7. | | Andy Roddick | $2,333,357 | $145,362 | $2,478,719 |
| 8. | | Robin Söderling | $2,294,548 | $19,237 | $2,313,785 |
| 9. | | Fernando Verdasco | $1,863,864 | $52,766 | $1,916,630 |
| 10. | | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | $1,633,191 | $185,361 | $1,818,552 |
Statistics leaders
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Best 5 Matches by ATPWorldTour.com
| Event | Round | Surface | Winner | Opponent | Result | |
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| 1. | Wimbledon | F | Grass | | | 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14 |
| 2. | Madrid Open | SF | Clay | | | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(11–9) |
| 3. | Australian Open | SF | Hard | | | 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–2), 6–7(1–7), 6–4 |
| 4. | US Open | R2 | Hard | | | 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(1–7), 7–5, 7–6(11–9) |
| 5. | ATP Finals | SF | Hard (i) | | | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
Point distribution
| Tournament Category | W | F | SF (3rd/4th) | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Additional qualifying points |
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| Grand Slam | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 |
| ATP World Tour Finals | 1500^ 1100m | 1000^ 600m | 600^ 200m | (200 for each round robin match win, +400 for a semifinal win, +500 for the final win) | |||||
| Masters 1000 | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 (25) | (10) | 25 |
| 500 | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | (20) | 20 | ||
| 250 | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | (10) | 12 | ||
- (ATP World Tour Masters 1000) Qualifying points changes to 12 points only if the main draw is larger than 56
- (ATP World Tour 500) Qualifying points changes to 10 points only if the main draw is larger than 32
- (ATP World Tour 250) Qualifying points changes to 5 points only if the main draw is larger than 32
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| Rubber category | Match win | Match loss | Team bonus | Performance bonus | Total achievable | |
| Singles | Play-offs | 5 / 101 | 15 | |||
| First round | 40 | 102 | 80 | |||
| Quarterfinals | 65 | 130 | ||||
| Semifinals | 70 | 140 | ||||
| Final | 75 | 753 | 1254 | 150 / 2253 / 2754 | ||
| Cumulative total | 500 | 500 to 5353 | 6254 | 6254 | ||
| Doubles | Play-offs | 10 | 10 | |||
| First round | 50 | 102 | 50 | |||
| Quarterfinals | 80 | 80 | ||||
| Semifinals | 90 | 90 | ||||
| Final | 95 | 355 | 95 / 1305 | |||
| Cumulative total | 315 | 3505 | 3505 | |||
The Davis Cup World Group and World Group Play-Off matches awarded ATP Ranking points from 2009 to 2015.[18]
- Glossary
Only live matches earn points; dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in the singles of one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing singles at the next tie. This last rule also applies for playing in doubles matches.[18]
1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.[18]
2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.[18]
3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[18]
4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.[18]
5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[18]
| World Team Cup | |||||||
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| Match type | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals | Points | Bonus | Total |
| Singles 1 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 95 | 200 | 50 | 250 |
| Singles 2 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 125 | 50 | 175 |
| Deciding match (doubles) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 95 | 200 | 50 | 250 |
| Dead rubber (doubles) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 50 | |
- Players who only play the finals will be awarded points from the previous round.[19]
- Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points.[19]
Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis during the 2009 season:
See also
References
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- "Hyung-Taik Lee To Retire In October". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 2009-09-02. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- "Petr Pala Profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
- "Former World No. 13 Pavel Retires From Professional Tennis". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 2009-09-24. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
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- "Safin Reflects After Final Grand Slam Match; Future A Mystery". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 2009-09-02. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
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- "Jim Thomas Profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
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External links
- Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website