2009 Pilot Pen Tennis

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2009 Pilot Pen Tennis
DateAugust 21–29
Edition41st
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationNew Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
VenueCullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Spain Fernando Verdasco
Women's singles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Men's doubles
Austria Julian Knowle / Austria Jürgen Melzer
Women's doubles
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives / Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
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The 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 29, 2009. It was the last event on the 2009 US Open Series before the 2009 US Open.

ATP entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 8 1
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 10 2
 ESP Tommy Robredo 16 3
 ESP David Ferrer 19 4
 USA Mardy Fish 22 5
 USA Sam Querrey 26 6
 RUS Igor Andreev 27 7
 ROU Victor Hănescu 28 8
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 33 9
 FRA Jérémy Chardy 35 10
 AUT Jürgen Melzer 37 11
 GER Philipp Petzschner 39 12
 GER Andreas Beck 40 13
 RUS Igor Kunitsyn 43 14
 FRA Fabrice Santoro 44 15
 ITA Andreas Seppi 45 16
  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of August 17, 2009

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis
  • United States Taylor Dent
  • United States Rajeev Ram
  • Spain Fernando Verdasco

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

  • Belgium Olivier Rochus

WTA entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 1
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 8 2
 ITA Flavia Pennetta 10 3
 RUS Nadia Petrova 12 4
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 13 5
 FRA Marion Bartoli 14 6
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 15 7
 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 16 8
 AUS Samantha Stosur 17 9
  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of August 17, 2009
  • Dominika Cibulková was forced withdrew due to right rib injury, so Samantha Stosur became the no. 9 seed.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
  • Russia Nadia Petrova
  • United States Meghann Shaughnessy

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received the lucky loser spots:

  • Romania Edina Gallovits
  • United States Varvara Lepchenko

Finals[]

Men's singles[]

Spain Fernando Verdasco defeated United States Sam Querrey, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)

  • It was Verdasco's first title of the year and third of his career.

Women's singles[]

Denmark Caroline Wozniacki defeated Russia Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Wozniacki's third title of the year, and the sixth of her career. It was her second win at the event, also winning in 2008.

Men's doubles[]

Austria Julian Knowle / Austria Jürgen Melzer defeated Brazil Bruno Soares / Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Women's doubles[]

Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives / Spain María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Czech Republic Iveta Benešová / Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká, 6–2, 7–5.

External links[]

Preceded by 2009 US Open Series
Men's Events
Succeeded by
Preceded by 2009 US Open Series
Women's Events
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