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{{TennisEventInfo|2009|Chennai Open|
| date=5–10 January
| 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]]
| 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]]]]
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>

==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&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.

*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.<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.

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

===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>

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

===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>
*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===
{{main|2009 Chennai Open – Singles}}
{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] defeated {{flagicon|IND}} [[Somdev Devvarman]], 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>
* It was Čilić's first title of the year and 2nd of his career.

===Doubles===
{{main|2009 Chennai Open – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Butorac]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rajeev Ram]] defeated {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jean-Claude Scherrer]] / {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stanislas Wawrinka]], 6–3, 6–4

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.chennaiopen.org/ Official website]

{{Chennai Open tournaments}}
{{2009 ATP World Tour}}

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