2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick in the final, 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was his sixth Wimbledon title and record-breaking 15th major title overall, surpassing Pete Sampras' all-time record. It was the longest men's singles major final (in terms of games played) in history with 77 games, breaking the record of 71 games set at the 1927 Australian Championships. The match also had the longest fifth set (16–14) in a major men's singles final, surpassing the 11–9 fifth set in the 1927 French Championships final.[2] The match took 4 hours and 17 minutes to complete, and the fifth set alone lasted 95 minutes.[3] It was a rematch of the 2004 and 2005 finals, where Federer also beat Roddick to win the title. This was Federer's 11th grass court men's singles title, surpassing the previous Open Era record held by Sampras (10). Notably, Roddick lost despite only having his serve broken once, in the last game of the match. By winning the title, Federer regained the world No. 1 singles ranking.

Men's singles
2009 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionSwitzerland Roger Federer
Runner-upUnited States Andy Roddick
Score5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 16–14
Details
Draw128 (16 Q / 7 WC )
Seeds32
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women seniors
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Rafael Nadal was the reigning champion, but withdrew from the tournament due to knee tendinitis.[4]

Roddick's run to the final would be the last time an American man reached a major singles final, as of 2023. This was the first major appearance of future ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov, who retired in the first round against Igor Kunitsyn.

Seeds edit

01.     Rafael Nadal (withdrew)
02.     Roger Federer (champion)
03.     Andy Murray (semifinals)
04.     Novak Djokovic (quarterfinals)
05.     Juan Martín del Potro (second round)
06.     Andy Roddick (final)
07.     Fernando Verdasco (fourth round)
08.     Gilles Simon (fourth round)
09.     Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (third round)
10.     Fernando González (third round)
11.     Marin Čilić (third round)
12.     Nikolay Davydenko (third round)
13.     Robin Söderling (fourth round)
14.     Marat Safin (first round)
15.     Tommy Robredo (third round)
16.     David Ferrer (third round)
17.     James Blake (first round)
18.     Rainer Schüttler (second round)
19.     Stan Wawrinka (fourth round)
20.     Tomáš Berdych (fourth round)
21.     Feliciano López (first round)
22.     Ivo Karlović (quarterfinals)
23.     Radek Štěpánek (fourth round)
24.     Tommy Haas (semifinals)
25.     Dmitry Tursunov (first round)
26.     Jürgen Melzer (third round)
27.     Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round)
28.     Mardy Fish (third round)
29.     Igor Andreev (fourth round)
30.     Viktor Troicki (third round)
31.     Victor Hănescu (third round)
32.     Albert Montañés (third round)
33.     Nicolas Kiefer (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
  Lleyton Hewitt 3 712 61 6 4
6   Andy Roddick 6 610 77 4 6
6   Andy Roddick 6 4 79 77
3   Andy Murray 4 6 67 65
3   Andy Murray 7 6 6
WC   Juan Carlos Ferrero 5 3 2
6   Andy Roddick 7 66 65 6 14
2   Roger Federer 5 78 77 3 16
24   Tommy Haas 7 78 4 6
4   Novak Djokovic 5 66 6 3
24   Tommy Haas 63 5 3
2   Roger Federer 77 7 6
22   Ivo Karlović 3 5 63
2   Roger Federer 6 7 77

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5   Juan Martín del Potro 6 6 6
  Arnaud Clément 3 1 2 5   JM del Potro 3 5 5
  Lleyton Hewitt 6 6 6   L Hewitt 6 7 7
  Robby Ginepri 4 1 1   L Hewitt 7 77 6
Q   Rajeev Ram 6 1 63 1   P Petzschner 5 63 3
  Philipp Petzschner 2 6 77 6   P Petzschner 4 715 3 77 6
  Mischa Zverev 6 6 3   M Zverev 6 613 6 65 0
25   Dmitry Tursunov 4 2 0r   L Hewitt 4 2 6 6 6
23   Radek Štěpánek 6 6 6 23   R Štěpánek 6 6 1 2 2
Q   Alejandro Falla 4 4 1 23   R Štěpánek 6 4 6 4 6
  Potito Starace 77 6 0   P Starace 4 6 2 6 3
  José Acasuso 60 3 0r 23   R Štěpánek 7 7 3 4 6
  Fabio Fognini 1 63 6 3 16   D Ferrer 5 5 6 6 4
  Denis Istomin 6 77 4 1r   F Fognini 2 2 3
  Kevin Kim 5 3 6 2 16   D Ferrer 6 6 6
16   David Ferrer 7 6 4 6

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
12   Nikolay Davydenko 6 6 6
WC   Daniel Evans 2 3 3 12   N Davydenko 6 6 6
  Victor Crivoi 4 6 77 2 6   V Crivoi 4 4 2
  Björn Phau 6 1 63 6 3 12   N Davydenko 2 3 2
  Frederico Gil 1 6 4 2 20   T Berdych 6 6 6
  Paul-Henri Mathieu 6 2 6 6   P-H Mathieu 2 4 4
WC   Alex Bogdanovic 3 4 4 20   T Berdych 6 6 6
20   Tomáš Berdych 6 6 6 20   T Berdych 64 4 3
26   Jürgen Melzer 6 6 6 6   A Roddick 77 6 6
  Wayne Odesnik 1 4 2 26   J Melzer 78 6 77
  Benjamin Becker 6 6 6   B Becker 66 3 61
Q   Roko Karanušić 4 4 1 26   J Melzer 62 62 6 3
WC   Grigor Dimitrov 6 0 0r 6   A Roddick 77 77 4 6
  Igor Kunitsyn 3 6 3   I Kunitsyn 4 2 6 2
  Jérémy Chardy 3 63 6 3 6   A Roddick 6 6 3 6
6   Andy Roddick 6 77 4 6

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3   Andy Murray 7 63 6 6
  Robert Kendrick 5 77 3 4 3   A Murray 6 7 6
Q   Riccardo Ghedin 2 4 4   E Gulbis 2 5 3
  Ernests Gulbis 6 6 6 3   A Murray 6 6 6
Q   Taylor Dent 5 66 6 77 4 30   V Troicki 2 3 4
  Daniel Gimeno Traver 7 78 4 63 6   D Gimeno Traver 77 0 6 3 5
  Brian Dabul 4 4 3 30   V Troicki 65 6 1 6 7
30   Viktor Troicki 6 6 6 3   A Murray 2 6 6 5 6
19   Stan Wawrinka 7 6 6 19   S Wawrinka 6 3 3 7 3
  Eduardo Schwank 5 4 1 19   S Wawrinka 6 6 6
  Pablo Andújar 6 3 2 2   M Vassallo Argüello 3 2 2
  Martín Vassallo Argüello 4 6 6 6 19   S Wawrinka 5 7 6 6
  Christophe Rochus 6 6 4 1 9 Q   J Levine 7 5 3 3
LL   Pablo Cuevas 3 4 6 6 11 LL   P Cuevas 2 1 6 6 3
Q   Jesse Levine 6 3 77 6 Q   J Levine 6 6 4 4 6
14   Marat Safin 2 6 64 4

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
10   Fernando González 7 7 6
  Teymuraz Gabashvili 5 5 3 10   F González 64 6 6 6
  Óscar Hernández 0 0 3   L Mayer 77 4 4 4
  Leonardo Mayer 6 6 6 10   F González 6 5 4 6 4
WC   Juan Carlos Ferrero 6 77 6 WC   JC Ferrero 4 7 6 4 6
  Mikhail Youzhny 3 63 3 WC   JC Ferrero 61 6 6 6
  Fabrice Santoro 6 6 6   F Santoro 77 3 4 3
33   Nicolas Kiefer 4 2 2 WC   JC Ferrero 77 6 6
31   Victor Hănescu 6 65 6 65 12 8   G Simon 64 3 2
  Iván Navarro 3 77 4 77 10 31   V Hănescu 6 6 6
  Nicolas Devilder 3 6 6 4 7   N Devilder 2 3 1
  Nicolás Lapentti 6 4 3 6 5 31   V Hănescu 2 5 2
LL   Thiago Alves 6 2 6 2 6 8   G Simon 6 7 6
PR   Andrei Pavel 3 6 1 6 1 LL   T Alves 7 3 4 4
  Bobby Reynolds 4 3 3 8   G Simon 5 6 6 6
8   Gilles Simon 6 6 6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
17   James Blake 5 4 65
  Andreas Seppi 7 6 77   A Seppi 7 6 63 5 6
Q   Adrian Mannarino 2 2 4   M Gicquel 5 4 77 7 4
  Marc Gicquel 6 6 6   A Seppi 1 65 6 65
  Paul Capdeville 0 4 5 29   I Andreev 6 77 4 77
  Vince Spadea 6 6 7   V Spadea 3 5 2
  Evgeny Korolev 6 62 4 64 29   I Andreev 6 7 6
29   Igor Andreev 4 77 6 77 29   I Andreev 68 4 4
24   Tommy Haas 65 77 6 6 24   T Haas 710 6 6
Q   Alexander Peya 77 60 3 4 24   T Haas 4
  Michaël Llodra 4 77 6 3 6   M Llodra 3r
WC   Josh Goodall 6 65 4 6 4 24   T Haas 7 7 1 63 10
  Sam Querrey 6 6 6 11   M Čilić 5 5 6 77 8
LL   Danai Udomchoke 3 4 4   S Querrey 6 63 3 77 4
  Alberto Martín 3 4 4 11   M Čilić 4 77 6 64 6
11   Marin Čilić 6 6 6

Section 6 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
15   Tommy Robredo 77 6 5 77
Q   Luka Gregorc 64 4 7 63 15   T Robredo 3 4 6 77 6
Q   Édouard Roger-Vasselin 5 3 6 6 3 PR   S Koubek 6 6 4 65 1
PR   Stefan Koubek 7 6 4 3 6 15   T Robredo 68 5 6 5
  Dudi Sela 6 4 77 6   D Sela 710 7 2 7
Q   Santiago González 4 6 62 3   D Sela 77 6 6
Q   Xavier Malisse 711 4 63 1 18   R Schüttler 63 3 2
18   Rainer Schüttler 69 6 77 6   D Sela 2 4 1
28   Mardy Fish 6 6 4 4   N Djokovic 6 6 6
  Sergio Roitman 3 2 1r 28   M Fish 6 3 6 6
  Jan Hernych 4 4 64   J Tipsarević 4 6 1 4
  Janko Tipsarević 6 6 77 28   M Fish 4 4 4
Q   Simon Greul 6 6 7 4   N Djokovic 6 6 6
Q   Michael Yani 4 2 5 Q   S Greul 5 1 4
  Julien Benneteau 710 61 2 4 4   N Djokovic 7 6 6
4   Novak Djokovic 68 77 6 6

Section 7 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7   Fernando Verdasco 6 6 6
WC   James Ward 1 3 4 7   F Verdasco 77 63 77 6
WC   Nicolas Mahut 3 66 7 7 4   K Vliegen 63 77 64 4
  Kristof Vliegen 6 78 5 5 6 7   F Verdasco 4 6 6 77
  Diego Junqueira 1 2 2 32   A Montañés 6 1 4 62
  Guillermo Cañas 6 6 6   G Cañas 4 3 6 3
Q   Grega Žemlja 4 4 4 32   A Montañés 6 6 4 6
32   Albert Montañés 6 6 6 7   F Verdasco 65 77 3 69
22   Ivo Karlović 6 77 6 22   I Karlović 77 64 6 711
Q   Lukáš Lacko 3 64 3 22   I Karlović 7 6 6
  Steve Darcis 6 77 6   S Darcis 5 3 4
  Frank Dancevic 4 64 3 22   I Karlović 77 65 7 77
  Simone Bolelli 63 2 7 6 6 9   J-W Tsonga 65 77 5 65
  Daniel Köllerer 77 6 5 4 4   S Bolelli w/o
  Andrey Golubev 3 7 64 65 9   J-W Tsonga
9   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 5 77 77

Section 8 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
13   Robin Söderling 64 7 6 6
  Gilles Müller 77 5 1 2 13   R Söderling 4 79 6 7
  Marcel Granollers 6 6 64 6   M Granollers 6 67 4 5
  Andreas Beck 2 4 77 2 13   R Söderling 79 6 6
  Nicolás Almagro 63 67 77 6 8   N Almagro 67 4 4
  Juan Mónaco 77 79 65 4 6   N Almagro 6 77 3 3 7
LL   Karol Beck 1 7 6 4 10 LL   K Beck 4 62 6 6 5
21   Feliciano López 6 5 3 6 8 13   R Söderling 4 65 65
27   Philipp Kohlschreiber 77 6 6 2   R Federer 6 77 77
  Florent Serra 63 1 4 27   P Kohlschreiber 6 3 4 6 8
  Ivo Minář 6 3 7 6   I Minář 4 6 6 2 6
  Máximo González 4 6 5 0 27   P Kohlschreiber 3 2 77 1
  Guillermo García López 6 6 6 2   R Federer 6 6 65 6
  Agustín Calleri 2 3 2   G García López 2 2 4
  Yen-hsun Lu 5 3 2 2   R Federer 6 6 6
2   Roger Federer 7 6 6

References edit

  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. ^ "Federer triumphs in another English epic". espn.com. 5 July 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  3. ^ Deans, Jason (6 July 2009). "More than 11 million watch Roger Federer win Wimbledon final on BBC". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.

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