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{{TennisEventInfo|2009|Chennai Open|
{{TennisEventInfo|2009|Chennai Open|
| date=5 – 10 January
| date=5–10 January
| edition=14th
| edition=14th
| category=[[ATP World Tour 250 series|250 series]]
| prize_money=[[USD|$]]398,250
| draw=32S / 16D
| surface=Hard / outdoors
| location= [[Chennai, India]]
| champs={{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]]
| champs={{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]]
| champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Butorac]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rajeev Ram]]
| champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Butorac]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rajeev Ram]]
}}
}}
[[File:Mikhail Youzhny 2006 Australian Open.jpg|thumb|200px|Singles [[2008 Chennai Open]] champion [[Mikhail Youzhny]] chose to compete in [[2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open|Doha]]]]
[[File:Mikhail Youzhny 2006 Australian Open.jpg|thumb|200px|Singles [[2008 Chennai Open]] champion [[Mikhail Youzhny]] chose to compete in [[2009 Qatar ExxonMobil Open|Doha]]]]
The '''2009 Chennai Open''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Tennis court#Hard courts|outdoor hard courts]]. It was the 14th edition of the [[Chennai Open]], and part of the [[ATP World Tour 250 series]] of the [[2009 ATP World Tour]]. It took place at the [[SDAT Tennis Stadium]] in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]], from 5 through 10 January 2009.
The '''2009 Chennai Open''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[hard court]]s. It was the 14th edition of the [[Chennai Open]], and part of the [[ATP World Tour 250 series]] of the [[2009 ATP World Tour]]. It took place at the [[SDAT Tennis Stadium]] in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India, from 5 through 10 January 2009.


The singles line up was led by [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP) No. 5, [[2008 Tennis Masters Cup|Tennis Masters Cup]] runner-up, [[2008 Miami Masters|Miami]] Masters, [[2008 Hypo Group Tennis International|Pörtschach]] and [[2008 Orange Warsaw Open|Warsaw]] champion [[Nikolay Davydenko]], [[2008 Rome Masters|Rome]] Masters finalist and [[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics doubles gold medalist]] [[Stanislas Wawrinka]], and [[2008 Brasil Open|Costa do Sauípe]] and [[2008 BCR Open Romania|Bucharest]] runner-up, [[Chennai Open|2004 and 2005 Chennai]] champion [[Carlos Moyá]].<ref name=Field>{{cite web|work=chennaiopen.org|title=Chennai Open 2009 Players | url =http://chennaiopen.org/players|date=27 November 2008| accessdate =2008-11-27}}</ref>
The singles line up was led by [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP) No. 5, [[2008 Tennis Masters Cup|Tennis Masters Cup]] runner-up, [[2008 Miami Masters|Miami]] Masters, [[2008 Hypo Group Tennis International|Pörtschach]] and [[2008 Orange Warsaw Open|Warsaw]] champion [[Nikolay Davydenko]], [[2008 Rome Masters|Rome]] Masters finalist and [[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics doubles gold medalist]] [[Stanislas Wawrinka]], and [[2008 Brasil Open|Costa do Sauípe]] and [[2008 BCR Open Romania|Bucharest]] runner-up, [[Chennai Open|2004 and 2005 Chennai]] champion [[Carlos Moyá]].<ref name=Field>{{cite web|work=chennaiopen.org|title=Chennai Open 2009 Players | url =http://chennaiopen.org/players|date=27 November 2008| accessdate =2008-11-27}}</ref>


==Review==
==Review==
===Day One===
===Day one===
[[Marin Čilić]], [[Simon Greul]] and [[Björn Phau]] were the early winners in the singles event. The no. 3 seed Čilić overcame [[Alberto Martín]] from Spain 6&ndash;4, 6&ndash;4. The German player Greul had a comfortable 6&ndash;3, 6&ndash;4 victory over [[Daniel Gimeno-Traver]] while compatriot Phau beat [[Santiago Ventura Bertomeu|Santiago Ventura]] 6&ndash;2, 7&ndash;5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1640.asp |title=Čilić makes smooth progress |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=5 January 2009 |accessdate=5 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218143857/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1640.asp |archivedate=18 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Greul will now play another German, the no. 5 seed [[Rainer Schüttler]], who took three sets to emerge victorious against home-favourite [[Prakash Amritraj]] 6&ndash;2, 4&ndash;6, 6&ndash;1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/11226162 |title=Čilić, Schüttler advance in Chennai Open |work=CBS Sports |date=5 January 2009 |accessdate=7 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115183800/http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/11226162 |archivedate=15 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the other completed matches, seeded player [[Marcel Granollers]] (8) reached the second round without too much difficulty, beating [[Lee Hyung-Taik|Hyung Taik-Lee]] of South Korea 6&ndash;4, 7&ndash;5. The only non-Indian wildcard [[Lukáš Dlouhý]] recorded a 3&ndash;6, 6&ndash;2, 6&ndash;4 win against [[Go Soeda]] from Japan and Israel's top player [[Dudi Sela]] overcame Spaniard [[Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo]] 4&ndash;6, 7&ndash;6(3), 6&ndash;1.
[[Marin Čilić]], [[Simon Greul]] and [[Björn Phau]] were the early winners in the singles event. The no. 3 seed Čilić overcame [[Alberto Martín]] from Spain 6&ndash;4, 6&ndash;4. The German player Greul had a comfortable 6&ndash;3, 6&ndash;4 victory over [[Daniel Gimeno Traver]] while compatriot Phau beat [[Santiago Ventura Bertomeu|Santiago Ventura]] 6&ndash;2, 7&ndash;5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1640.asp |title=Čilić makes smooth progress |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=5 January 2009 |accessdate=5 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218143857/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1640.asp |archivedate=18 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Greul will now play another German, the no. 5 seed [[Rainer Schüttler]], who took three sets to emerge victorious against home-favourite [[Prakash Amritraj]] 6&ndash;2, 4&ndash;6, 6&ndash;1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/11226162 |title=Čilić, Schüttler advance in Chennai Open |work=CBS Sports |date=5 January 2009 |accessdate=7 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115183800/http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/11226162 |archivedate=15 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the other completed matches, seeded player [[Marcel Granollers]] (8) reached the second round without too much difficulty, beating [[Lee Hyung-Taik|Hyung Taik-Lee]] of South Korea 6&ndash;4, 7&ndash;5. The only non-Indian wildcard [[Lukáš Dlouhý]] recorded a 3&ndash;6, 6&ndash;2, 6&ndash;4 win against [[Go Soeda]] from Japan and Israel's top player [[Dudi Sela]] overcame Spaniard [[Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo]] 4&ndash;6, 7&ndash;6(3), 6&ndash;1.


The men's doubles also started on the first day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1647.asp |title=Nadal-Lopez reach quarterfinals |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=5 January 2009 |accessdate=5 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218110304/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1647.asp |archivedate=18 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The only seeds in action, American [[Scott Lipsky]] and [[David Martin (tennis)|David Martin]] of Sweden progressed to the second round with a 7&ndash;6(9), 6&ndash;3 victory over home player [[Rohan Bopanna]] and Italian [[Flavio Cipolla]]. American duo [[Eric Butorac]] and [[Rajeev Ram]] advanced 6&ndash;1, 6&ndash;2 against home wildcards [[Yuki Bhambri]] and [[Harsh Mankad]]. [[Oliver Marach]] of Austria and Serbian [[Janko Tipsarević]] beat Spaniards [[Carlos Moyá]] and [[Pablo Andújar]] 3&ndash;6, 6&ndash;3, [10-4] (champions tiebreak) to set up a match with Lipsky and Martin in round two.
The men's doubles also started on the first day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1647.asp |title=Nadal-Lopez reach quarterfinals |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=5 January 2009 |accessdate=5 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218110304/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1647.asp |archivedate=18 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The only seeds in action, American [[Scott Lipsky]] and [[David Martin (tennis)|David Martin]] of Sweden progressed to the second round with a 7&ndash;6(9), 6&ndash;3 victory over home player [[Rohan Bopanna]] and Italian [[Flavio Cipolla]]. American duo [[Eric Butorac]] and [[Rajeev Ram]] advanced 6&ndash;1, 6&ndash;2 against home wildcards [[Yuki Bhambri]] and [[Harsh Mankad]]. [[Oliver Marach]] of Austria and Serbian [[Janko Tipsarević]] beat Spaniards [[Carlos Moyá]] and [[Pablo Andújar]] 3&ndash;6, 6&ndash;3, [10-4] (champions tiebreak) to set up a match with Lipsky and Martin in round two.
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*Seeded players out (doubles): None
*Seeded players out (doubles): None


===Day Two===
===Day two===
In the remaining first round matches, world #5 and top seed, Russian [[Nikolay Davydenko]], eased to a 6–2, 6–3 victory over Austrian [[Daniel Köllerer]] in his first match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12110_4755675,00.html |title=Davydenko through in Chennai |publisher=Sky Sports |date=6 January 2009 |accessdate=8 January 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112061711/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12110_4755675%2C00.html |archivedate=12 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was joined by #4 seed [[Ivo Karlović]] of Croatia (defeated American [[Rajeev Ram]] 6&ndash;0, 6&ndash;3), #6 [[Carlos Moyá]] of Spain (triumphed against [[Danai Udomchoke]] 6&ndash;3, 7&ndash;6(4)), and #7 [[Janko Tipsarević]] of Serbia, comfortably advancing with a 6&ndash;2, 6&ndash;3 victory over Spaniard [[Pablo Andújar]].#2 seed [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] of Switzerland wasn't as fortunate, falling to Italian qualifier [[Flavio Cipolla]] 6&ndash;4, 6&ndash;1. The winners were also joined by Uzbek [[Denis Istomin]] who will play Čilić following a 6&ndash;4, 7&ndash;6 triumph against home player [[Rohan Bopanna]]; German [[Andreas Beck (tennis)|Andreas Beck]] who will play Marcel Granollers after thrashing [[Roko Karanušić]] 6&ndash;0, 6&ndash;1 and Czech [[Ivo Minář]], who beat [[Wayne Odesnik]] of America 6&ndash;0, 6&ndash;3 and preceded to face Karlović in round two.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1659.asp |title=Davydenko starts well in Chennai |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=6 January 2009| accessdate= 6 January 2009 }}</ref>
In the remaining first round matches, world #5 and top seed, Russian [[Nikolay Davydenko]], eased to a 6–2, 6–3 victory over Austrian [[Daniel Köllerer]] in his first match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12110_4755675,00.html |title=Davydenko through in Chennai |publisher=Sky Sports |date=6 January 2009 |accessdate=8 January 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112061711/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12110_4755675%2C00.html |archivedate=12 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was joined by #4 seed [[Ivo Karlović]] of Croatia (defeated American [[Rajeev Ram]] 6&ndash;0, 6&ndash;3), #6 [[Carlos Moyá]] of Spain (triumphed against [[Danai Udomchoke]] 6&ndash;3, 7&ndash;6(4)), and #7 [[Janko Tipsarević]] of Serbia, comfortably advancing with a 6&ndash;2, 6&ndash;3 victory over Spaniard [[Pablo Andújar]].#2 seed [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] of Switzerland wasn't as fortunate, falling to Italian qualifier [[Flavio Cipolla]] 6&ndash;4, 6&ndash;1. The winners were also joined by Uzbek [[Denis Istomin]] who will play Čilić following a 6&ndash;4, 7&ndash;6 triumph against home player [[Rohan Bopanna]]; German [[Andreas Beck (tennis)|Andreas Beck]] who will play Marcel Granollers after thrashing [[Roko Karanušić]] 6&ndash;0, 6&ndash;1 and Czech [[Ivo Minář]], who beat [[Wayne Odesnik]] of America 6&ndash;0, 6&ndash;3 and preceded to face Karlović in round two.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1659.asp |title=Davydenko starts well in Chennai |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=6 January 2009| accessdate= 6 January 2009 }}</ref>


On the doubles side, #3 seeds [[Rogier Wassen]] & [[Lovro Zovko]] won their first match, beating [[Alberto Martín]] & [[Dudi Sela]] 6&ndash;3, 6&ndash;1. They will next face Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram in the quarter-finals. In an all-Spanish match between [[Daniel Gimeno-Traver]] / [[Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo]] and [[Marcel Granollers]] / [[Santiago Ventura Bertomeu|Santiago Ventura]], the latter pair comfortably won 6&ndash;4, 6&ndash;2.
On the doubles side, #3 seeds [[Rogier Wassen]] & [[Lovro Zovko]] won their first match, beating [[Alberto Martín]] & [[Dudi Sela]] 6&ndash;3, 6&ndash;1. They will next face Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram in the quarter-finals. In an all-Spanish match between [[Daniel Gimeno Traver]] / [[Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo]] and [[Marcel Granollers]] / [[Santiago Ventura Bertomeu|Santiago Ventura]], the latter pair comfortably won 6&ndash;4, 6&ndash;2.


*Seeded players out (singles): [2] Stanislas Wawrinka
*Seeded players out (singles): [2] Stanislas Wawrinka
*Seeded players out (doubles): None
*Seeded players out (doubles): None


===Day Three===
===Day three===
Because of rain, no matches were played.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/07/AR2009010701015.html |title=Injured Davydenko to miss Australian Open |work=The Washington Post|date=7 January 2009| accessdate= 7 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1674.asp |title=Rain washes out day three in Chennai |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=7 January 2009 |accessdate=7 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218143928/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1674.asp |archivedate=18 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, [[Lukáš Dlouhý]] advanced when top seed [[Nikolay Davydenko]] was forced to withdraw because of a heel inflammation, which will also keep him out of the Australian Open.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7815843.stm |title=Davydenko out of Australian Open |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 January 2009 |accessdate=8 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113201028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7815843.stm |archivedate=13 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Because of rain, no matches were played.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/07/AR2009010701015.html |title=Injured Davydenko to miss Australian Open |work=The Washington Post|date=7 January 2009| accessdate= 7 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1674.asp |title=Rain washes out day three in Chennai |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=7 January 2009 |accessdate=7 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218143928/http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1674.asp |archivedate=18 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, [[Lukáš Dlouhý]] advanced when top seed [[Nikolay Davydenko]] was forced to withdraw because of a heel inflammation, which will also keep him out of the Australian Open.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7815843.stm |title=Davydenko out of Australian Open |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 January 2009 |accessdate=8 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113201028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7815843.stm |archivedate=13 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>


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*Seeded players out (doubles): None
*Seeded players out (doubles): None


===Day Four===
===Day four===
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/EN/NEWS/NEWSARTICLE_1685.ASP |title=Wild card upsets former Chennai champion |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=8 January 2009 |accessdate=8 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117195424/http://atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1685.asp |archivedate=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/wires/01/08/3000.ap.ten.chennai.2nd.ld.writehtru.0572/ |title=Devvarman stuns 6th-seeded Moyá at Chennai Open |publisher=sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=8 January 2009 |accessdate=8 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218161728/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/wires/01/08/3000.ap.ten.chennai.2nd.ld.writehtru.0572/ |archivedate=18 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/EN/NEWS/NEWSARTICLE_1685.ASP |title=Wild card upsets former Chennai champion |publisher=atpworldtour.com |date=8 January 2009 |accessdate=8 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117195424/http://atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1685.asp |archivedate=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/wires/01/08/3000.ap.ten.chennai.2nd.ld.writehtru.0572/ |title=Devvarman stuns 6th-seeded Moyá at Chennai Open |publisher=sportsillustrated.cnn.com |date=8 January 2009 |accessdate=8 January 2009  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218161728/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/wires/01/08/3000.ap.ten.chennai.2nd.ld.writehtru.0572/ |archivedate=18 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Seeded players out (singles): [6] Carlos Moyá
*Seeded players out (singles): [6] Carlos Moyá
*Seeded players out (doubles): [3] Rogier Wassen /Lovro Zovko
*Seeded players out (doubles): [3] Rogier Wassen /Lovro Zovko


===Day Five===
===Day five===
*Seeded players out (singles): [4] Ivo Karlović, [7] Janko Tipsarević
*Seeded players out (singles): [4] Ivo Karlović, [7] Janko Tipsarević
*Seeded players out (doubles): [1] Mahesh Bhupathi /Mark Knowles
*Seeded players out (doubles): [1] Mahesh Bhupathi /Mark Knowles


===Day Six===
===Day six===
*Seeded players out (singles): [8] Marcel Granollers, [5] Rainer Schüttler (withdrew)
*Seeded players out (singles): [8] Marcel Granollers, [5] Rainer Schüttler (withdrew)
*Seeded players out (doubles): [4] Scott Lipsky /David Martin
*Seeded players out (doubles): [4] Scott Lipsky /David Martin


===Day Seven===
===Day seven===
Marin Čilić won his 2nd career title by defeating Devvarman in straight sets.
Marin Čilić won his 2nd career title by defeating Devvarman in straight sets.



Revision as of 23:23, 4 March 2022


2009 Chennai Open
Date5–10 January
Edition14th
Category250 series
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$398,250
SurfaceHard / outdoors
LocationChennai, India
Champions
Singles
Croatia Marin Čilić
Doubles
United States Eric Butorac / United States Rajeev Ram
Template:Infobox tennis tournament year/footer
Singles 2008 Chennai Open champion Mikhail Youzhny chose to compete in Doha

The 2009 Chennai Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Chennai Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, from 5 through 10 January 2009.

The singles line up was led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 5, Tennis Masters Cup runner-up, Miami Masters, Pörtschach and Warsaw champion Nikolay Davydenko, Rome Masters finalist and Beijing Olympics doubles gold medalist Stanislas Wawrinka, and Costa do Sauípe and Bucharest runner-up, 2004 and 2005 Chennai champion Carlos Moyá.[1]

Review

Day one

Marin Čilić, Simon Greul and Björn Phau were the early winners in the singles event. The no. 3 seed Čilić overcame Alberto Martín from Spain 6–4, 6–4. The German player Greul had a comfortable 6–3, 6–4 victory over Daniel Gimeno Traver while compatriot Phau beat Santiago Ventura 6–2, 7–5.[2] Greul will now play another German, the no. 5 seed Rainer Schüttler, who took three sets to emerge victorious against home-favourite Prakash Amritraj 6–2, 4–6, 6–1.[3] In the other completed matches, seeded player Marcel Granollers (8) reached the second round without too much difficulty, beating Hyung Taik-Lee of South Korea 6–4, 7–5. The only non-Indian wildcard Lukáš Dlouhý recorded a 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 win against Go Soeda from Japan and Israel's top player Dudi Sela overcame Spaniard Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 4–6, 7–6(3), 6–1.

The men's doubles also started on the first day.[4] The only seeds in action, American Scott Lipsky and David Martin of Sweden progressed to the second round with a 7–6(9), 6–3 victory over home player Rohan Bopanna and Italian Flavio Cipolla. American duo Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram advanced 6–1, 6–2 against home wildcards Yuki Bhambri and Harsh Mankad. Oliver Marach of Austria and Serbian Janko Tipsarević beat Spaniards Carlos Moyá and Pablo Andújar 3–6, 6–3, [10-4] (champions tiebreak) to set up a match with Lipsky and Martin in round two.

  • Seeded players out (singles): None
  • Seeded players out (doubles): None

Day two

In the remaining first round matches, world #5 and top seed, Russian Nikolay Davydenko, eased to a 6–2, 6–3 victory over Austrian Daniel Köllerer in his first match.[5] He was joined by #4 seed Ivo Karlović of Croatia (defeated American Rajeev Ram 6–0, 6–3), #6 Carlos Moyá of Spain (triumphed against Danai Udomchoke 6–3, 7–6(4)), and #7 Janko Tipsarević of Serbia, comfortably advancing with a 6–2, 6–3 victory over Spaniard Pablo Andújar.#2 seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland wasn't as fortunate, falling to Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla 6–4, 6–1. The winners were also joined by Uzbek Denis Istomin who will play Čilić following a 6–4, 7–6 triumph against home player Rohan Bopanna; German Andreas Beck who will play Marcel Granollers after thrashing Roko Karanušić 6–0, 6–1 and Czech Ivo Minář, who beat Wayne Odesnik of America 6–0, 6–3 and preceded to face Karlović in round two.[6]

On the doubles side, #3 seeds Rogier Wassen & Lovro Zovko won their first match, beating Alberto Martín & Dudi Sela 6–3, 6–1. They will next face Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram in the quarter-finals. In an all-Spanish match between Daniel Gimeno Traver / Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and Marcel Granollers / Santiago Ventura, the latter pair comfortably won 6–4, 6–2.

  • Seeded players out (singles): [2] Stanislas Wawrinka
  • Seeded players out (doubles): None

Day three

Because of rain, no matches were played.[7][8] However, Lukáš Dlouhý advanced when top seed Nikolay Davydenko was forced to withdraw because of a heel inflammation, which will also keep him out of the Australian Open.[9]

  • Seeded players out (singles): [1] Nikolay Davydenko (withdrew)
  • Seeded players out (doubles): None

Day four

[10][11]

  • Seeded players out (singles): [6] Carlos Moyá
  • Seeded players out (doubles): [3] Rogier Wassen /Lovro Zovko

Day five

  • Seeded players out (singles): [4] Ivo Karlović, [7] Janko Tipsarević
  • Seeded players out (doubles): [1] Mahesh Bhupathi /Mark Knowles

Day six

  • Seeded players out (singles): [8] Marcel Granollers, [5] Rainer Schüttler (withdrew)
  • Seeded players out (doubles): [4] Scott Lipsky /David Martin

Day seven

Marin Čilić won his 2nd career title by defeating Devvarman in straight sets.

Finals

Singles

Croatia Marin Čilić defeated India Somdev Devvarman, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

  • It was Čilić's first title of the year and 2nd of his career.

Doubles

United States Eric Butorac / United States Rajeev Ram defeated Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer / Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka, 6–3, 6–4

References

  1. "Chennai Open 2009 Players". chennaiopen.org. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  2. "Čilić makes smooth progress". atpworldtour.com. 5 January 2009. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  3. "Čilić, Schüttler advance in Chennai Open". CBS Sports. 5 January 2009. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
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