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, England, United Kingdom, from 8–14 June 2009.

2009 Aegon Championships
Date8 June – 14 June
Edition107th
CategoryATP World Tour 250
SurfaceGrass / outdoor
LocationLondon, England
VenueQueen's Club
Champions
Singles
Andy Murray
Doubles
Wesley Moodie / Mikhail Youzhny
Andy Murray the first Briton to win the tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938
American James Blake finished runner-up in London for the second time after 2006

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.

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2009 Aegon Championships – 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
Main article: 2009 Aegon Championships – Doubles

Wesley Moodie / Mikhail Youzhny defeated Marcelo Melo / André Sá, 6–4, 4–6, [10–6]

Entrants

Seeds
Nationality Ranking* Seeding
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:

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