{{TennisEventInfo|2009|Gerry Weber Open| | date=6–14 June | edition=17th | category=[[ATP World Tour 250]] | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money=€663,750 | surface=[[Grass court|Grass]] / outdoor | location=[[Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia|Halle]], Germany | venue=[[Gerry Weber Stadion]] | champs={{flagicon|GER}} [[Tommy Haas]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web |title=2009 Halle – Singles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/2009/draws?matchtype=singles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|GER}} [[Christopher Kas]] / {{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]]<ref name="md">{{cite web |title=2009 Halle – Doubles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/2009/draws?matchtype=doubles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> }} [[Image:Tommy Haas at the 2008 Rogers Cup.jpg|thumb|222px|Former World No. 2 [[Tommy Haas]] won his first title since February 2007 over [[Novak Djokovic]] in the final]] [[Image:Novak Djokovic at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup.jpg|thumb|222px|[[2008 Queen's Club Championships|2008 Queen's Club]] runner-up [[Novak Djokovic]] lost his second career final on grass]] The '''2009 Gerry Weber Open''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[grass court]]s. It was the 17th edition of the event known that year as the [[Gerry Weber Open]], and was part of the [[ATP World Tour 250 series]] of the [[2009 ATP World Tour]]. It took place at the [[Gerry Weber Stadion]] in [[Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany, from 6 June through 14 June 2009.
The singles draw featured [[2009 Sony Ericsson Open|Miami]], [[2009 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters|Monte Carlo]] and [[2009 Italian Open (tennis)|Rome]] finalist, [[2009 Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai]] and [[2009 Serbia Open|Belgrade]] titlist [[Novak Djokovic]] and [[2008 Davis Cup]] winner, [[2009 Brisbane International|Brisbane]] runner-up [[Fernando Verdasco]]. Also seeded were [[2009 SA Tennis Open|Johannesburg]] and [[2009 Open 13|Marseille]] winner [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]], [[2009 BMW Open|Munich]] champion [[Tomáš Berdych]], [[Dmitry Tursunov]], [[Jürgen Melzer]] and [[Rainer Schüttler]]. [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP) No. 2 [[Roger Federer]], reigning [[2008 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] champion, winner of the [[2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open|Madrid Open]] and runner-up in the [[2009 Australian Open]], was initially in the draw as the top seed, but pulled out before playing a match, citing fatigue after winning the [[2009 French Open|French Open]] the previous week.
The doubles draw was led by [[2009 French Open]] champions, [[2008 US Open (tennis)|US Open]], [[2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament|Rotterdam]], and [[2008 Gerry Weber Open|2008 Halle]] finalists [[Lukáš Dlouhý]] and [[Leander Paes]]. Also present were [[2009 Abierto Mexicano Telcel|Acapulco]] winners [[František Čermák]] and [[Michal Mertiňák]], [[Martin Damm]] and [[Robert Lindstedt]], and [[Philipp Petzschner]] and [[Alexander Peya]].
The singles event was won by German [[Tommy Haas]], who had earned a wildcard entry into the main draw, over Djokovic in three sets. The doubles were won by the unseeded German pair of [[Christopher Kas]] and [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] in straight sets over the wildcard pair of German [[Andreas Beck (tennis)|Andreas Beck]] and Swiss [[Marco Chiudinelli]].
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{main|2009 Gerry Weber Open – Singles}} {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tommy Haas]] defeated {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]], 6–3, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–1 *It was Haas' first title of the year and 12th of his career.
===Doubles=== {{main|2009 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles}} {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christopher Kas]] / {{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] defeated {{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Beck (tennis)|Andreas Beck]] / {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Marco Chiudinelli]], 6–3, 6–4
==Entrants==
===Seeds=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Player ! Nationality ! Ranking* ! Seeding |- | [[Roger Federer]] | {{flagicon|SUI|}} Switzerland | 2 | 1 |- | [[Novak Djokovic]] | {{flagicon|SRB|}} [[Serbia]] | 4 | 2 |- | [[Fernando Verdasco]] | {{flagicon|ESP|}} Spain | 8 | 3 |- | [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] | {{flagicon|FRA|}} France | 9 | 4 |- | [[Tomáš Berdych]] | {{flagicon|CZE|}} [[Czech Republic]] | 20 | 5 |- | [[Dmitry Tursunov]] | {{flagicon|RUS|}} Russia | 23 | 6 |- | [[Jürgen Melzer]] | {{flagicon|AUT|}} Austria | 26 | 7 |- | [[Rainer Schüttler]] | {{flagicon|GER|}} Germany | 29 | 8 |} * Seedings are based on the rankings of May 25, 2009.
===Other entrants=== The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]s into the main draw: * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tommy Haas]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Mischa Zverev]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Benjamin Becker]]
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Olivier Rochus]] * {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Harel Levy]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Joseph Sirianni]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Vicente]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623175117/http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/ |date=2008-06-23 }}
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