2009 Pilot Pen Tennis Explained

The 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 29, 2009. It was the last event on the 2009 US Open Series before the 2009 US Open.

ATP entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
Russian Federation	Nikolay Davydenko	8	1
Spain	Fernando Verdasco	10	2
Spain	Tommy Robredo	16	3
Spain	David Ferrer	19	4
	Mardy Fish	22	5
	Sam Querrey	26	6
Russian Federation	Igor Andreev	27	7
Romania	Victor Hănescu	28	8
Spain	Nicolás Almagro	33	9
France	Jérémy Chardy	35	10
Austria	Jürgen Melzer	37	11
	Philipp Petzschner	39	12
	Andreas Beck	40	13
Russian Federation	Igor Kunitsyn	43	14
France	Fabrice Santoro	44	15
Italy	Andreas Seppi	45	16

• ¹ Seeds are based on the rankings of August 17, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Marcos Baghdatis
• Taylor Dent
• Rajeev Ram
• Fernando Verdasco

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Pablo Cuevas
• Frederico Gil
• Nicolás Lapentti
• Frederik Nielsen

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

• Olivier Rochus

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
Russian Federation	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	1
	Caroline Wozniacki	8	2
Italy	Flavia Pennetta	10	3
Russian Federation	Nadia Petrova	12	4
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	13	5
France	Marion Bartoli	14	6
Slovakia	Dominika Cibulková	15	7
France	Amélie Mauresmo	16	8
Australia	Samantha Stosur	17	9

• ¹ Seeds are based on the rankings of August 17, 2009
• Dominika Cibulková was forced withdrew due to right rib injury, so Samantha Stosur became the no. 9 seed.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Nadia Petrova
• Meghann Shaughnessy

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ioana Raluca Olaru
• Magdaléna Rybáriková
• Roberta Vinci
• Yanina Wickmayer

The following players received the lucky loser spots:

• Edina Gallovits
• Varvara Lepchenko

Finals

Men's singles

See main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's singles. Fernando Verdasco defeated Sam Querrey, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)

• It was Verdasco's first title of the year and third of his career.

Women's singles

See main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's singles. Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–4

• It was Wozniacki's third title of the year, and the sixth of her career. It was her second win at the event, also winning in 2008.

Men's doubles

See main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's doubles. Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer defeated Bruno Soares / Kevin Ullyett, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)

Women's doubles

See main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's doubles. Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Iveta Benešová / Lucie Hradecká, 6–2, 7–5.

External links

• Official website