# 2009 Gerry Weber Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2009_Gerry_Weber_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2009_Gerry_Weber_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Gerry_Weber_Open > Source revision: 1319823018 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 2009 Gerry Weber Open Date 6–14 June Edition 17th Category ATP World Tour 250 Draw 32S / 16D Prize money €663,750 Surface Grass / outdoor Location Halle, Germany Venue Gerry Weber Stadion Champions Singles Tommy Haas[1] Doubles Christopher Kas / Philipp Kohlschreiber[2] ← 2008 · Gerry Weber Open · 2010 → Former World No. 2 [Tommy Haas](/source/Tommy_Haas) won his first title since February 2007 over [Novak Djokovic](/source/Novak_Djokovic) in the final [2008 Queen's Club](/source/2008_Queen's_Club_Championships) runner-up [Novak Djokovic](/source/Novak_Djokovic) lost his second career final on grass The **2009 Gerry Weber Open** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [grass courts](/source/Grass_court). It was the 17th edition of the event known that year as the [Gerry Weber Open](/source/Gerry_Weber_Open), and was part of the [ATP World Tour 250 series](/source/ATP_World_Tour_250_series) of the [2009 ATP World Tour](/source/2009_ATP_World_Tour). It took place at the [Gerry Weber Stadion](/source/Gerry_Weber_Stadion) in [Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/Halle%2C_North_Rhine-Westphalia), Germany, from 6 June through 14 June 2009. The singles draw featured [Miami](/source/2009_Sony_Ericsson_Open), [Monte Carlo](/source/2009_Monte-Carlo_Rolex_Masters) and [Rome](/source/2009_Italian_Open_(tennis)) finalist, [Dubai](/source/2009_Dubai_Tennis_Championships) and [Belgrade](/source/2009_Serbia_Open) titlist [Novak Djokovic](/source/Novak_Djokovic) and [2008 Davis Cup](/source/2008_Davis_Cup) winner, [Brisbane](/source/2009_Brisbane_International) runner-up [Fernando Verdasco](/source/Fernando_Verdasco). Also seeded were [Johannesburg](/source/2009_SA_Tennis_Open) and [Marseille](/source/2009_Open_13) winner [Jo-Wilfried Tsonga](/source/Jo-Wilfried_Tsonga), [Munich](/source/2009_BMW_Open) champion [Tomáš Berdych](/source/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Berdych), [Dmitry Tursunov](/source/Dmitry_Tursunov), [Jürgen Melzer](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Melzer) and [Rainer Schüttler](/source/Rainer_Sch%C3%BCttler). [Association of Tennis Professionals](/source/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals) (ATP) No. 2 [Roger Federer](/source/Roger_Federer), reigning [US Open](/source/2008_US_Open_(tennis)) champion, winner of the [Madrid Open](/source/2009_Mutua_Madrile%C3%B1a_Madrid_Open) and runner-up in the [2009 Australian Open](/source/2009_Australian_Open), was initially in the draw as the top seed, but pulled out before playing a match, citing fatigue after winning the [French Open](/source/2009_French_Open) the previous week. The doubles draw was led by [2009 French Open](/source/2009_French_Open) champions, [US Open](/source/2008_US_Open_(tennis)), [Rotterdam](/source/2009_ABN_AMRO_World_Tennis_Tournament), and [2008 Halle](/source/2008_Gerry_Weber_Open) finalists [Lukáš Dlouhý](/source/Luk%C3%A1%C5%A1_Dlouh%C3%BD) and [Leander Paes](/source/Leander_Paes). Also present were [Acapulco](/source/2009_Abierto_Mexicano_Telcel) winners [František Čermák](/source/Franti%C5%A1ek_%C4%8Cerm%C3%A1k) and [Michal Mertiňák](/source/Michal_Merti%C5%88%C3%A1k), [Martin Damm](/source/Martin_Damm) and [Robert Lindstedt](/source/Robert_Lindstedt), and [Philipp Petzschner](/source/Philipp_Petzschner) and [Alexander Peya](/source/Alexander_Peya). The singles event was won by German [Tommy Haas](/source/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](/source/Christopher_Kas) and [Philipp Kohlschreiber](/source/Philipp_Kohlschreiber) in straight sets over the wildcard pair of German [Andreas Beck](/source/Andreas_Beck_(tennis)) and Swiss [Marco Chiudinelli](/source/Marco_Chiudinelli). ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2009 Gerry Weber Open – Singles](/source/2009_Gerry_Weber_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Tommy Haas](/source/Tommy_Haas) defeated [Novak Djokovic](/source/Novak_Djokovic), 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 - It was Haas' first title of the year and 12th of his career. ### Doubles Main article: [2009 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles](/source/2009_Gerry_Weber_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Christopher Kas](/source/Christopher_Kas) / [Philipp Kohlschreiber](/source/Philipp_Kohlschreiber) defeated [Andreas Beck](/source/Andreas_Beck_(tennis)) / [Marco Chiudinelli](/source/Marco_Chiudinelli), 6–3, 6–4 ## Entrants ### Seeds Player Nationality Ranking* Seeding Roger Federer Switzerland 2 1 Novak Djokovic Serbia 4 2 Fernando Verdasco Spain 8 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France 9 4 Tomáš Berdych Czech Republic 20 5 Dmitry Tursunov Russia 23 6 Jürgen Melzer Austria 26 7 Rainer Schüttler Germany 29 8 - Seedings are based on the rankings of May 25, 2009. ### Other entrants The following players received [wildcards](/source/Wild_card_(sports)) into the main draw: - [Tommy Haas](/source/Tommy_Haas) - [Mischa Zverev](/source/Mischa_Zverev) - [Benjamin Becker](/source/Benjamin_Becker) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Olivier Rochus](/source/Olivier_Rochus) - [Harel Levy](/source/Harel_Levy) - [Joseph Sirianni](/source/Joseph_Sirianni) - [Fernando Vicente](/source/Fernando_Vicente) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["2009 Halle – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/2009/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["2009 Halle – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/halle/500/2009/draws?matchtype=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). ## External links - [Official website](http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080623175117/http://www.gerryweber-open.de/en/) 2008-06-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) v t e Halle tournaments 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 v t e 2009 ATP World Tour « 2008 2010 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Rome (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Paris (S, D) ATP World Tour 500 series Rotterdam (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Washington (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Valencia (S, D) Basel (S, D) ATP World Tour 250 series Brisbane (S, D) Chennai (S, D) Doha (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Johannesburg (S, D) Zagreb (S, D) Viña del Mar (S, D) San Jose (S, D) Costa do Sauípe (S, D) Buenos Aires (S, D) Marseille (S, D) Delray Beach (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Houston (S, D) Munich (S, D) Belgrade (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Düsseldorf London (S, D) Halle (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Newport (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Umag (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Metz (S, D) Bangkok (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Stockholm (S, D) Moscow (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Vienna (S, D) Lyon (S, D) Team events Davis Cup World Group + play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa World Team Cup ATP World Tour Finals, London (S, D) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2009 Gerry Weber Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Gerry_Weber_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Gerry_Weber_Open?action=history)). 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