2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Tomáš Berdych was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarterfinals to Mikhail Youzhny.

Singles
2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionFrance Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Runner-upRussia Mikhail Youzhny
Score6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Mikhail Youzhny.

Seeds

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  1.   Juan Martín del Potro (first round)
  2.   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (champion)
  3.   Gilles Simon (second round)
  4.   Gaël Monfils (semifinals)
  5.   Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals)
  6.   Radek Štěpánek (first round)
  7.   Stanislas Wawrinka (quarterfinals)
  8.   Lleyton Hewitt (semifinals)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
8   Lleyton Hewitt 2 7 5
    Mikhail Youzhny 6 5 7
    Mikhail Youzhny 3 3  
2   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
4   Gaël Monfils 3 3  
2   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   JM del Potro 4 4  
Q   É Roger-Vasselin 6 6   Q   É Roger-Vasselin 4 6 6
    J Melzer 77 6       J Melzer 6 2 3
    L Mayer 64 3   Q   É Roger-Vasselin 4 0  
    A Golubev 77 62 2 8   L Hewitt 6 6  
    F Santoro 65 77 6     F Santoro 6 3 1
WC   T Ito 1 5   8   L Hewitt 3 6 6
8   L Hewitt 6 7   8   L Hewitt 2 7 5
3   G Simon 6 6       M Youzhny 6 5 7
WC   T Suzuki 3 4   3   G Simon 65 77 4
    T Bellucci 2 3       M Youzhny 77 65 6
    M Youzhny 6 6       M Youzhny 6 710  
    A Beck 6 4 77 5   T Berdych 2 68  
    R Schüttler 3 6 63     A Beck 4 1  
WC   G Soeda 2 4   5   T Berdych 6 6  
5   T Berdych 6 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7   S Wawrinka 6 6  
    J Isner 4 4   7   S Wawrinka 6 6  
    S Greul 4 6 6     S Greul 3 2  
    M Vassallo Argüello 6 4 2 7   S Wawrinka 6 3 4
Q   M Chiudinelli 4 6 6 4   G Monfils 2 6 6
    D Sela 6 1 4 Q   M Chiudinelli 65 3  
Q   M İlhan 2 4   4   G Monfils 77 6  
4   G Monfils 6 6   4   G Monfils 3 3  
6   R Štěpánek 4 4   2   J-W Tsonga 6 6  
Q   E Gulbis 6 6   Q   E Gulbis 6 4  
    J Mónaco 5         J Mónaco 3 1r
    G García-López 0r   Q   E Gulbis 6 4 3
    R Gasquet 6 6   2   J-W Tsonga 4 6 6
    P Petzschner 3 2       R Gasquet 6 2 2
    M Zverev 4 3   2   J-W Tsonga 4 6 6
2   J-W Tsonga 6 6  

Qualifying

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Seeds

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  1.   Ernests Gulbis (qualified)
  2.   Marco Chiudinelli (qualified)
  3.   Somdev Devvarman (first round)
  4.   Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualified)
  5.   Im Kyu-tae (qualifying competition)
  6.   Marsel İlhan (qualified)
  7.   Dominik Meffert (qualifying competition)
  8.   Rik de Voest (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

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Draw

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First qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
1   Ernests Gulbis 6 6
  Junn Mitsuhashi 2 3
1   Ernests Gulbis 63 6 6
7   Dominik Meffert 77 3 4
WC   Yuichi Ito 3 2  
7   Dominik Meffert 6 6  

Second qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
2   Marco Chiudinelli 6 6  
  Luka Gregorc 3 4  
2   Marco Chiudinelli 66 6 6
5   Im Kyu-tae 78 4 2
WC   Hiroyasu Ehara 6 2 3
5   Im Kyu-tae 0 6 6

Third qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
3   Somdev Devvarman 6 5 4
    Yūichi Sugita 3 7 6
  Yūichi Sugita 64 1
6   Marsel İlhan 77 6
  Hiroki Kondo 3 4  
6   Marsel İlhan 6 6  

Fourth qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
4   Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6 6
  Alexander Peya 2 4
4   Édouard Roger-Vasselin 3 6 6
8   Rik de Voest 6 3 4
WC   Hiroki Moriya 4 63
8   Rik de Voest 6 77
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