{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{TennisEventInfo|2009|Brisbane International| | date= 4–11 January 2009 | edition=1st | surface=Hard | location=[[Brisbane]], Australia | champms={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radek Štěpánek]] | champws={{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] | champmd={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marc Gicquel]] / {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] | champwd={{flagicon|GER}} [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vania King]] }} [[File:Michael Llodra 2007 Australian Open R1.jpg|thumb|150px|[[2008 Next Generation Adelaide International|2008 Adelaide]] champion [[Michaël Llodra]]]] [[File:Li na 2007 sydney medibank international.jpg|thumb|150px|[[2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts|2008 Gold Coast]] champion [[Li Na]]]] The '''2009 Brisbane International''' was a professional [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Tennis court#Hard courts|outdoor hard courts]] in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. It was the first edition of the event known as the [[Brisbane International]] and resulted from the merger of the ''Next Generation Adelaide International'' on the men's tour with the ''Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts'' on the women's tour. The 2009 Brisbane International was a [[ATP World Tour 250 series|World Tour 250 series]] event on the [[ATP Tour]] and an [[WTA International tournaments|International series event]] on the [[WTA Tour]]. Both the men's and women's events took place at the [[Queensland Tennis Centre]] in [[Tennyson, Queensland|Tennyson]] from 4 January through 11 January 2009.
The men's draw was led by [[Novak Djokovic]], who was the World No. 3 ranked player, [[2008 Australian Open]] champion, [[2008 Indian Wells Masters|2008 Pacific Life Open]] champion, and [[2008 Tennis Masters Cup]] winner. Joining Djokovic in the tournament was [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]], who was the [[2008 Australian Open]] runner-up and the 2008 champion of the [[2008 Thailand Open (tennis)|tournament in Bangkok]] and the [[2008 Paris Masters|Masters Series tournament in Paris]]. [[Fernando Verdasco]], a member of Spain's [[2008 Davis Cup]] championship team and the winner of the [[2008 Croatia Open Umag|tournament in Umag]], also played in Adelaide. Also lined up for this tournament were [[2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon|Lyon titlist]] [[Robin Söderling]], [[2008 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships|Tokyo winner]] [[Tomáš Berdych]], [[Mardy Fish]], [[Richard Gasquet]], and [[Radek Štěpánek]].<ref name=ATPField>{{cite web|work=atpworldtour.com|title=Men's Singles Draw | url =http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2009/339/MDS.pdf|date=3 January 2009| access-date =3 January 2009}}</ref>
The women's field featured [[Ana Ivanovic]], the World No. 5 ranked player, a former [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]], [[2008 Australian Open]] runner-up, and champion of the [[2008 French Open]] and [[2008 Indian Wells Masters|2008 Pacific Life Open]]. Joining Ivanovic in the tournament was [[Victoria Azarenka]], who was the runner-up at the [[2008 Generali Ladies Linz]] tournament, the [[2008 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts|2008 Gold Coast tournament]] and the [[2008 ECM Prague Open|2008 Prague Open tournament]] the previous year. Also present were [[Marion Bartoli]], the runner-up at the [[2008 Bank of the West Classic|2008 tournament in Stanford]]; [[Daniela Hantuchová]], [[2008 Australian Open – Women's Singles#Finals|2008 Australian Open semifinalist]]; [[Amélie Mauresmo]], a former World No. 1, [[2008 Cincinnati Masters – Women's singles#Finals|champion of the 2008 tournament in Cincinnati]], and [[2008 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's singles#Finals|semifinalist at the 2008 tournament in New Haven, Connecticut]]; World No. 26 [[Kaia Kanepi]]; and World No. 30 [[Francesca Schiavone]].<ref name=WTAField>{{cite web|work=sonyericssonwtatour.com |title=Women's Singles Draw |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/global/Pdfs/events/2009/brisbane_draws.pdf |date=3 January 2009 |access-date=3 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205122305/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/global/Pdfs/events/2009/brisbane_draws.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The seventh seed, [[Maria Kirilenko]], had to withdraw because of a viral illness.
==Review==
===Day one: 4 January===
In women's singles, [[Victoria Azarenka]], the second seed, defeated [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] 6–0, 6–2. The third seed, [[Marion Bartoli]], overcame home qualifier and world No. 528 [[Monika Wejnert]] 6–1, 6–2. The only seed to fall was sixth-seeded [[Kaia Kanepi]] who lost to Russian [[Alisa Kleybanova]] 6–1, 6–4. In other first round matches, [[Jarmila Groth|Jarmila Gajdošová]] advanced to face Azarenka after beating [[Peng Shuai]], and [[Tsvetana Pironkova]] defeated [[Monica Niculescu]] in straight sets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2849 |title=Top seeds clinch opening win of season in Brisbane |publisher=Sony Ericsson WTA Tour |date=4 January 2009 |access-date=4 January 2009 |archive-date=28 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928190655/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2849 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Four matches were played in men's singles. Seventh-seeded [[Richard Gasquet]] advanced to the second round with a 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 victory over fellow Frenchman [[Marc Gicquel]]. [[Robin Söderling]], the fourth seed, also reached the second round, beating [[Sam Querrey]] 6–3, 6–3. [[Taylor Dent]] and [[Julien Benneteau]] also won against [[Steve Darcis]] and [[Robby Ginepri]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iBr99T9rwlYfJbL4YpFXE8zQonJg |title=Gasquet first match winner of 2009 |publisher=The Press Association |date=4 January 2009| access-date= 4 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Dent, who had thought his career was over<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3394467 |title=Dent hoping effort, medical science get him back on track |author=Ubha, Ravi|publisher=ESPN |date=19 May 2009 |access-date=8 January 2009}}</ref> following back surgery and sliding down to world No. 865 in the rankings from a career high of world No. 21, set up a second round match against Gasquet.
*Seeded player out (singles): Kaia Kanepi
===Day two: 5 January=== [[File:Verdasco Brisbane 2009.jpg|thumb|Fernando Verdasco]] First round play in women's and men's singles continued on day two<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1637.asp |title=Nieminen edges Baghdatis in Brisbane |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=5 January 2009| access-date= 5 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2853 |title=Erani stuns Hantuchová; Mauresmo outclasses Dokic |publisher=sonyericssonwtatour.com |date=5 January 2009| access-date= 5 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12110_4747911,00.html |title=Mauresmo overcomes Dokic |publisher=skysports.com |date=5 January 2009 |access-date=5 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119075955/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12110_4747911%2C00.html |archive-date=19 January 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12110_4746994,00.html |title=Baghdatis comeback halted |publisher=skysports.com |date=5 January 2009| access-date= 5 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref> while the doubles events also started.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1647.asp |title=Nadal-Lopez reach Doha quarterfinals |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=5 January 2009 |access-date=5 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218110304/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1647.asp |archive-date=18 February 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> Four matches were completed in the men's singles tournament. Third-seeded Spaniard [[Fernando Verdasco]], aiming for his first career hard court title, defeated Australian wildcard [[Bernard Tomic]] 6–2, 6–4. The other seed in action, [[Radek Štěpánek]] from the Czech Republic, beat Russian doubles specialist [[Igor Kunitsyn]] 6–2, 6–2. The other players to progress to round two were Finnish player [[Jarkko Nieminen]], who took just over 2 hours to win 5–7, 6–1, 6–4 against Cypriot [[Marcos Baghdatis]], the [[2007 Australian Open]] runner-up who is just now returning from injury. The only seed to exit the tournament on day two was [[Mardy Fish]], the sixth-seeded American who lost 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4) to [[Jürgen Melzer]] of Austria.
The majority of first round matches in women's singles was played on day two, with three of the seeds failing to progress. Fourth-seeded Slovak [[Daniela Hantuchová]] was knocked out by Italian [[Sara Errani]]. After taking the first set in a tiebreak, she lost the next two sets 6–4, 6–0. Eighth-seeded [[Francesca Schiavone]] of Italy lost 7–5, 6–2 to Belarusian [[Olga Govortsova]]. [[Ai Sugiyama]], who replaced [[Maria Kirilenko]] as a seeded player, was defeated by home-favourite [[Samantha Stosur]] 6–2, 6–3. A couple of seeds did make the second round, however: top seeded Serbian [[Ana Ivanovic]] needed 1 hour, 45 minutes to win her match against Czech [[Petra Kvitová]] 6–4, 6–2 and former world No. 1 [[Amélie Mauresmo]], the fifth-seeded Frenchwoman, triumphed 7–6(9), 7–6(5) over home player [[Jelena Dokić]]. Qualifiers [[Roberta Vinci]] (Italy), [[Melinda Czink]] (Hungary) and Bulgarian [[Sesil Karatantcheva]] advanced against [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]], [[Alona Bondarenko]], and [[Iveta Benešová]]. [[Lucky loser]] [[Julie Coin]] of France, who was accepted into the tournament when Kirilenko withdrew, beat Belgian [[Yanina Wickmayer]] 7–5, 6–7(5), 7–6(3) in the longest women's match so far at almost 3 hours 20 minutes. Unseeded Czech [[Lucie Šafářová]] also won against Australian wildcard [[Isabella Holland]] 6–4, 6–3.
Just one match was played in the women's doubles and it saw unseeded duo [[Mervana Jugić-Salkić]] from Bosnia and Chinese player [[Peng Shuai]] defeat [[Akgul Amanmuradova]] from Uzbekistan and [[Yuliana Fedak]] of Ukraine 6–1, 6–4. In the men's competition, third seeds [[Simon Aspelin]] and [[Pavel Vízner]] saw off singles players [[Julien Benneteau]] and [[Michaël Llodra]] 6–4, 7–5 while in a match of the singles specialists, French duo [[Marc Gicquel]] and [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] beat countryman [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]] and his Croatian partner [[Mario Ančić]] 7–5, 4–6, [10-4] (champions tiebreak).
*Seeded players out (singles): Mardy Fish; Francesca Schiavone, Daniela Hantuchová, Ai Sugiyama *Seeded players out (doubles): None
===Day three: 6 January=== First round play was completed and second round play was started in men's singles, resulting in several upsets of seeded players. world No. 3 and top-seeded Serbian [[Novak Djokovic]] lost his first round match to Latvia's [[Ernests Gulbis]] 6–4, 6–4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7813872.stm |title=Gulbis stuns Djokovic in Brisbane |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 January 2009 |access-date=6 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107105417/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7813872.stm |archive-date=7 January 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> Gulbis, who reached a career-high ranking of world No. 38 during 2008 that included a maiden [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] quarterfinal, was rewarded with a match against Frenchman [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]] who beat Russian qualifier [[Teymuraz Gabashvili]] 6–3, 6–3.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1653.asp |title=Gulbis upsets Djokovic in opener |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=6 January 2009| access-date= 6 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref> The other seeds to play their first matches were Frenchman [[Jo Wilfried Tsonga]], who beat Argentinian [[Agustín Calleri]], currently ranked world No. 62, 6–2, 7–5, and fifth-seeded Czech [[Tomáš Berdych]] who advanced 6–0, 6–4 to a second round match against [[Kei Nishikori]], the Japanese player who beat U.S. player [[Bobby Reynolds]] 6–2, 6–3. [[Mario Ančić]], [[Florent Serra]], and [[Michaël Llodra]] all won their first round matches, against [[Amer Delic]], [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]], and home qualifier [[Joseph Sirianni]]. Fourth-seeded [[Robin Söderling]] and seventh-seeded [[Richard Gasquet]] won their second round matches: Gasquet defeated [[Taylor Dent]] 7–5, 6–4 while Söderling recorded a 6–3, 6–3 triumph against [[Julien Benneteau]].
The second round started in women's singles. Second seed [[Victoria Azarenka]] took over 2 hours to win her match against Slovak-born but Australian based [[Jarmila Groth|Jarmila Gajdošová]] 7–6, 7–5.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2009/01/azarenka-dashes-gajdosovas-hopes |title=Azarenka dashes Gajdošová's hopes |publisher=Brisbane International |date=6 January 2009| access-date= 7 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref> The match between [[Tathiana Garbin]] and [[Alisa Kleybanova]] took 2 hours 20 minutes to complete, with the former winning 4–6, 6–4, 6–2. The fourth seed [[Marion Bartoli]] emerged victorious in a match lasting half an hour less despite taking three sets, beating qualifier [[Melinda Czink]] 5–7, 6–3, 6–1. [[Lucie Šafářová]] defeated home-favourite [[Samantha Stosur]] in the night session 6–4, 6–4 in under an hour to reach the quarterfinals. The Australian, whose ranking had dropped to outside the top 150 while she was ill with meningitis, lost despite feeling she had been hitting the ball well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2009/01/stosur-out-of-brisbane-international |title=Stosur out of Brisbane International |publisher=Brisbane International |date=6 January 2009| access-date= 7 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref> Šafářová is due to play Azarenka, and Bartoli will face Garbin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2855 |title=Azarenka and Bartoli survive tests; Stosur stumbles |publisher=sonyericssonwtatour.com |date=6 January 2009| access-date= 7 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref>
The men's doubles saw its first seeds eliminated as second seeds [[Marcelo Melo]] (defending champion with [[Martín García (tennis)|Martín García]]) and [[André Sá]] losing to American [[Travis Parrott]] and [[Filip Polášek]] from Slovakia. Their next opponents will be the new partnership of Briton [[Jamie Murray]] and Slovak [[Dušan Vemić]], who defeated the Austrian pair [[Julian Knowle]] and [[Jürgen Melzer]] 6–7(14), 6–2, [10-4] (champions tiebreak). Top seeds [[Max Mirnyi]] and [[Andy Ram]] needed three sets to defeat Czechs [[Radek Štěpánek]] and [[Tomáš Berdych]] 4–6, 6–2, [11-9]. The fourth seeded pair - Czech [[Martin Damm]] and Swede [[Robert Lindstedt]] - narrowly won against the South American pairing of Argentinian [[Lucas Arnold Ker]] and Brazilian [[Bruno Soares]] 7–5, 7–5. Their next match will be against Spaniard [[Fernando Verdasco]] and German [[Mischa Zverev]] who beat Australians [[Brydan Klein]] and youngster [[Bernard Tomic]] 7–6(4), 7–6(5). Home players [[Carsten Ball]] and [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]] beat Americans Mardy Fish and [[Sam Querrey]] by the same scoreline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1658.asp |title=Nestor-Zimonjic advance in Doha |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=6 January 2009 |access-date=6 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220140813/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1658.asp |archive-date=20 February 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>
Five more matches took place in the women's doubles first round, with all four seeds securing victory. Top seeded South African-American duo [[Cara Black]] and [[Liezel Huber]] beat France's [[Séverine Brémond Beltrame|Séverine Brémond]] and [[Olga Govortsova]] 6–3, 6–3 while the second seeds, Ukrainian sisters [[Kateryna Bondarenko|Kateryna]] and [[Alona Bondarenko]], defeated [[Alisa Kleybanova]] and [[Monica Niculescu]] 3–6, 6–4, [10-7]. Italian third seeds [[Victoria Azarenka]] and [[Francesca Schiavone]] followed up their singles successes by knocking out [[Tatiana Poutchek]] and [[Anastasia Rodionova]] 6–3, 6–2. [[Sun Tiantian]] and [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]], the fourth seeded Chinese pair, beat [[Iveta Benešová]] and [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] 3–6, 7–6(12), [10-6]. In the only non-seeded match, [[Daniela Hantuchová]] and [[Ai Sugiyama]] eased through against home wildcards [[Monika Wejnert]] and [[Sophie Ferguson]] 6–2, 6–3.
*Seeded players out (singles): Novak Djokovic *Seeded players out (doubles): Marcelo Melo/André Sá
===Day four: 7 January===
The biggest upset of the day was in men's singles, where Japanese [[Kei Nishikori]] defeated fifth-seeded [[Tomáš Berdych]] 7–6(7), 6–3. The other seeds won, with third-seeded [[Fernando Verdasco]] defeating [[Mario Ančić]] 6–2, 6–3; eighth-seeded [[Radek Štěpánek]] defeating defending champion [[Michaël Llodra]] 7–6(2), 6–3; and second-seeded [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] overcoming a first set bagel to defeat [[Jarkko Nieminen]] 0–6, 7–6(1), 7–6(5). In other matches, [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]] defeated the player who defeated Djokovic earlier in the tournament, [[Ernests Gulbis]], 6–3, 6–4 while [[Florent Serra]] beat [[Jürgen Melzer]] 6–4, 6–3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1669.asp |title=Tsonga wins marathon, Verdasco into QFs |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=7 January 2009 |access-date=7 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122091746/http://atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1669.asp |archive-date=22 January 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>
Both women's seeds prevailed, with top-seeded [[Ana Ivanovic]] saving match points to defeat [[Roberta Vinci]] 6–7(4), 7–5, 6–1 and fifth-seeded [[Amélie Mauresmo]] also saving match points and needing 3 hours, 15 minutes to defeat [[lucky loser]] [[Julie Coin]] 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(11). [[Olga Govortsova]] and [[Sara Errani]] also advanced by defeating qualifier [[Sesil Karatantcheva]] and [[Tsvetana Pironkova]], respectively.<ref name="Day four women">{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2857 |title=Coin, Vinci left to rue lost opportunities |publisher=sonyericssonwtatour.com |date=7 January 2009| access-date= 7 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref>
In the men's doubles quarterfinals, the unseeded French duo and new partnership of Tsonga and [[Marc Gicquel]] upset the third-seeded team of [[Simon Aspelin]] and [[Pavel Vízner]] 7–6(1), 6–4. In the other match, [[Travis Parrott]] and [[Filip Polášek]] defeated [[Dušan Vemić]] and [[Jamie Murray]] 6–3, 6–4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1679.asp |title=Brisbane quarter-final exit for new team |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=7 January 2009 |access-date=7 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220141022/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1679.asp |archive-date=20 February 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> In women's doubles, the top-seeded team of [[Cara Black]] and [[Liezel Huber]] lost to [[Daniela Hantuchová]] and [[Ai Sugiyama]] 7–5, 3–6, [10–3]. The fourth-seeded team of [[Sun Tiantian]] and [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]] also lost to [[Mervana Jugić-Salkić]] and [[Peng Shuai]] 6–4, 3–6, [10–7].<ref name="Day four women"/> In the remaining first round matches, Polish pair [[Klaudia Jans]] and [[Alicja Rosolska]] beat [[Lucie Šafářová]] and [[Galina Voskoboeva]] 6–1, 6–3. Jans and Rosolska then reached the semifinals by walkover when [[Victoria Azarenka]] and [[Francesca Schiavone]], the fourth-seeded team, withdrew from their quarterfinal match. [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] and [[Vania King]] defeated Coin and Hungarian [[Melinda Czink]] 6–3, 6–4.<ref name="Day four women"/>
*Seeded players out (singles): Tomáš Berdych *Seeded players out (doubles): Simon Aspelin/Pavel Visner; Cara Black/Liezel Huber; Sun Tiantian/Yan Zi;
===Day five: 8 January=== [[File:Ivanovic Mauresmo Brisbane 2009.jpg|thumb|Ivanovic and Mauresmo after their match]] Two of the men's singles quarterfinals were played on day five. The first saw third-seeded [[Fernando Verdasco]] defeat [[Florent Serra]] 4–6, 6–0, 6–3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1683.asp |title=Verdasco fights back for semi-final berth |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=8 January 2009 |access-date=9 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117195419/http://atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1683.asp |archive-date=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> Joining him in the semifinals was [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], who defeated [[Kei Nishikori]] 6–3, 6–4.
In women's singles, the story of the day was [[Amélie Mauresmo]], as she routed top-seeded [[Ana Ivanovic]] 6–3, 6–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7817224.stm |title=Ivanovic dumped out in Brisbane |publisher=BBC Sport |date=8 January 2009 |access-date=8 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116200031/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7817224.stm |archive-date=16 January 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> Second-seeded [[Victoria Azarenka]] advanced with a 7–6(5), 6–4 victory over [[Lucie Šafářová]] while third-seeded [[Marion Bartoli]] defeated [[Tathiana Garbin]] 6–3, 6–3. The lone unseeded player to advance to the semifinals, [[Sara Errani]], defeated [[Olga Govortsova]] 6–3, 6–3.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2861 |title=Errani joins seeds in Brisbane's semi-final line-up |publisher=sonyericssonwtatour.com |date=8 January 2009| access-date= 9 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref>
In men's doubles, home favorites [[Carsten Ball]] and [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]] upset the top-seeded team of [[Max Mirnyi]] and [[Andy Ram]], while fourth-seeded [[Martin Damm]] and [[Robert Lindstedt]] fell to Verdasco and [[Mischa Zverev]]. In women's doubles, [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] and [[Vania King]] defeated the second-seeded team of [[Alona Bondarenko]] and [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] 6–1, 6–3, while [[Klaudia Jans]] and [[Alicja Rosolska]] advanced to the final with a 6–3, 6–4 victory over [[Daniela Hantuchová]] and [[Ai Sugiyama]].
*Seeded players out (singles): Ana Ivanovic *Seeded players out (doubles): Max Mirnyi/Andy Ram, Martin Damm/Robert Lindstedt; Alona Bondarenko/Kateryna Bondarenko
===Day six: 9 January=== [[File:Azarenka Brisbane 2009.jpg|thumb|Victoria Azarenka]] The last two quarterfinals in men's singles were played, with [[Radek Štěpánek]] coming back from a set down to defeat fourth-seeded [[Robin Söderling]] 2–6, 6–4, 6–3. After losing the first set, Štěpánek recovered to pull ahead 3–0 in the second set with an early break, taking the set and then establishing a 5–3 lead in the decider. His semifinal opponent will be seventh-seeded Frenchman [[Richard Gasquet]] who defeated second-seeded compatriot [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 despite Tsonga's eight aces and Gasquet's four double faults.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/EN/NEWS/NEWSARTICLE_1694.ASP |title=Gasquet prevails in all-French battle |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=9 January 2009 |access-date=9 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117124006/http://atpworldtour.com/1/EN/NEWS/NEWSARTICLE_1694.ASP |archive-date=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/tennis/tsonga-added-to-list-of-upsets/2009/01/10/1231004298569.html |title=Tsonga added to list of upsets |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=9 January 2009| access-date= 9 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref>
In the women's singles semifinals, [[Amélie Mauresmo]] retired from her match with [[Marion Bartoli]] after just four games because of a thigh injury. Despite the retirement, she was expected to be fit for the [[2009 Australian Open|Australian Open]] starting two weeks later. Bartoli will next play [[Victoria Azarenka]], a 6–3, 6–1 victor over [[Sara Errani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/09/2462717.htm?section=sport |title=Mauresmo retires in Brisbane international semi |work=ABC News |date=9 January 2009 |access-date=9 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113170815/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/09/2462717.htm?section=sport |archive-date=13 January 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7819517.stm |title=Mauresmo suffers injury setback |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 January 2009 |access-date=9 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116141929/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7819517.stm |archive-date=16 January 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
*Seeded players out (singles): Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Robin Söderling; Amélie Mauresmo (retirement) *Seeded players out (doubles): None
===Day seven: 10 January=== The men's semifinals were played, with third-seeded [[Fernando Verdasco]] defeating Frenchman [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]] 6–2, 6–1. Verdasco was broken at the beginning of the match to fall behind 2–0 but then won six straight games to take the first set. In the second semifinal, eighth-seeded [[Richard Gasquet]] struggled in the first three games of the first set, giving [[Radek Štěpánek]] an early break. Gasquet was able to break back immediately and broke twice more to take the first set. Gasquet's errors allowed Štěpánek to win the second set, breaking Gasquet twice. In the third set, Štěpánek broke Gasquet's serve twice while losing his own serve only once to win the match 2–6, 6–2, 6–4.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7821696.stm |title=Verdasco meets Štěpánek in final |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 January 2009| access-date= 10 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref>
Verdasco's success at the tournament continued in the men's doubles semifinals. He and partner [[Mischa Zverev]] defeated home pair [[Carsten Ball]] and [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]] 6–2, 6–4 to reach the final. Their opponents will be [[Marc Gicquel]] and [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]], the all-French pair, who overcame [[Travis Parrott]] and [[Filip Polášek]] 7–5, 6–7(4), [10–7].
[[Victoria Azarenka]], a new top-20 player from Belarus, claimed her maiden [[Women's Tennis Association]] Tour title with a 6–3, 6–1 victory over third-seeded Frenchwoman [[Marion Bartoli]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7821696.stm |title=Azarenka claims first tour title |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 January 2009 |access-date=14 January 2009}}</ref> The 19-year-old won the tournament without losing a set. After falling behind 4–1 and two breaks of serve in the first set, Bartoli fought back to 4–3. Azarenka then won six consecutive games to take the set and lead 4–0 in the second before closing out the match in 29 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/5254441 |title=Azarenka wins Brisbane WTA title |publisher=Yahoo Sports |date=10 January 2009 |access-date=14 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718134304/http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/5254441/ |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref>
With no seeds left in the women's doubles, [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] and [[Vania King]] overcame a first set loss to defeat [[Klaudia Jans]] and [[Alicja Rosolska]] 3–6, 7–5, [10–5], *Seeded players out (singles): Paul-Henri Mathieu, Richard Gasquet; Marion Bartoli *Seeded players out (doubles): None
===Day eight: 11 January=== Czech [[Radek Štěpánek]] won the men's singles title, defeating third-seeded [[Fernando Verdasco]] from Spain 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/11012009/58/atp-tour-stepanek-wins-brisbane.html |title=Štěpánek wins in Brisbane |publisher=Eurosport |date=11 January 2009 |access-date=14 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> This was Štěpánek's third singles title on the [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] tour after Rotterdam in 2006 and Los Angeles in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1734.asp |title=Štěpánek surges to Brisbane title |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=11 January 2009 |access-date=14 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911143735/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1734.asp |archive-date=11 September 2009 }}</ref> Štěpánek led 4–1 in the third set with a double break before Verdasco broke back to trail 4–3.
Verdasco also was involved in the doubles final. Partnering [[Mischa Zverev]] for the first time, they lost to fellow new team [[Marc Gicquel]] and [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] 6–3, 6–4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1735.asp |title=Gicquel-Tsonga capture Brisbane crown |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=11 January 2009 |access-date=11 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*Seeded players out (singles): Fernando Verdasco *Seeded players out (doubles): None
==Finals==
===Men's singles=== {{Main|2009 Brisbane International – Men's singles}} {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radek Štěpánek]] defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Verdasco]], 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 *It was Štěpánek's first title of the year and 3rd of his career.
===Women's singles=== {{Main|2009 Brisbane International – Women's singles}} {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marion Bartoli]], 6–3, 6–1 * It was Azarenka's first career title.
===Men's doubles=== {{Main|2009 Brisbane International – Men's doubles}} {{flagicon|France}} [[Marc Gicquel]] / {{flagicon|France}} [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] defeated {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fernando Verdasco]] / {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mischa Zverev]] 6–4, 6–3
===Women's doubles=== {{Main|2009 Brisbane International – Women's doubles}} {{flagicon|GER}} [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vania King]] defeated {{flagicon|POL}} [[Klaudia Jans]] / {{flagicon|POL}} [[Alicja Rosolska]], 3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/ Official website] *[http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2009/339/MDS.pdf Men's singles draw] *[http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2009/339/MDD.pdf Men's doubles draw] *[http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2009/339/QS.pdf Men's qualifying singles draw] *[https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2009/800.pdf Women's singles, doubles and qualifying singles draws] {{Brisbane International tournaments}} {{2009 ATP World Tour}} {{2009 WTA Tour}}
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