From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 French Open
2009 French Open
2009 French Open Kristina Mladenovic
Boys’ Doubles
Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan
Girls’ Doubles
Elena Bogdan / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Legends Under 45 Doubles
Cédric Pioline / Paul Haarhuis
Legends Over 45 Doubles
Anders Järryd / John McEnroe
Wheelchair Men’s Singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women’s Singles
Esther Vergeer
Date: 24 May – 7 June Wheelchair Men’s Doubles
Edition: 108th
Stephane Houdet / Michael Jeremiasz
Category: Grand Slam (ITF)
Wheelchair Women’s Doubles
Location: Paris (XVIe), France
Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer
Champions
French Open
Men’s Singles
Roger Federer
The 2009 French Open (also known as Roland Garros after
Women’s Singles
the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament
played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition
Svetlana Kuznetsova
of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of
Men’s Doubles the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris,
France, from May 24 through June 7, 2009.
Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes
Women’s Doubles
Notable stories
Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano
Pascual Nadal’s new record
Mixed Doubles
On May 27, 2009, four-time champion Rafael Nadal set a
new record at Roland Garros becoming the only man or
Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan woman to have won 30 consecutive matches at Roland
Garros after his victory against Russian Teymuraz
Boys’ Singles
Gabashvili. This feat eclipses the previous record held by
Daniel Berta Chris Evert, who won 29 consecutive matches. By beating
Lleyton Hewitt on May 29, Nadal extended the record to
Girls’ Singles
31 consecutive matches. Despite this, Nadal lost to Robin
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Söderling on May 31 in four sets (2–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7), final- Tour Champion and four-time defending champion, top
ly ending Nadal’s streak. seed Rafael Nadal defeating Brazilian qualifier Marcos
Daniel 7–5, 6–4, 6–3. Second seed Roger Federer followed
Federer’s Career Grand Slam with a comfortable victory over Alberto Martín 6–4, 6–3,
Roger Federer won the finals against Robin Söderling to 6–2. Third seed Venus Williams struggled against
finally win the Roland Garros tournament for the first Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but won 6–1, 4–6, 6–2. French
time in his career, after he was beaten in previous three wildcard Guillaume Rufin, who turned 19 on day 3, upset
finals by Nadal. With this win, he finished his quest to a Eduardo Schwank, who reached the second week last
career Grand Slam, titles on all four Grand Slam tourna- year, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 to the delight of French fans. However,
ments in his career. He became just the third male player fans were disappointed to see their Nicolas Devilder fall
in the Open era (after Rod Laver and Andre Agassi) and in five sets (despite holding a two sets to love lead) to sev-
sixth male player in tennis history overall to accomplish enteenth seed Stanislas Wawrinka, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.
that. He was only the second player in tennis history (af- More disappointment came when Romain Jouan, anoth-
ter Agassi) to do it on three different surfaces (hard, clay er wildcard, fell 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 to sixth seed Andy Roddick.
and grass). Just 10 years after Agassi accomplished it al- However, more good news for American fans followed
so at Roland Garros, he managed to present the trophy when Fed Cup heroine Alexa Glatch stunned Flavia Pen-
(Coupe des Mousquetaires) to Federer. netta 6–1, 6–1, to advance to the second round. Kateryna
Bondarenko upset Patty Schnyder, and 13th seed Marion
Bartoli recovered in an all-French affair to beat Pauline
Parmentier 3–6, 6–1, 6–3. Two more French wild cards
Day-by-day summaries fell as Uzbekistan’s Akgul Amanmuradova defeated Irena
Pavlovic and Australian Jarmila Groth beat Kinnie Laisné.
Day 1 (May 24) Seeds Nikolay Davydenko, Robin Söderling, and Zheng Jie
Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan became the first male also advanced. Another of the day’s upsets came at the
winner at this year’s French Open. French favourites Julie hands Colombia’s Mariana Duque Mariño, who beat for-
Coin and Mathieu Montcourt enjoyed safe passages mer Top 5 player and 26th seeded Russia’s Anna Chakve-
through to the second round, but compatriot Mathilde tadze, winning 3–6, 6–4, 6–4.
Johansson was unable to use the crowd’s advantage, • Seeds out:
falling to Vitalia Diatchenko 2–6, 6–2, 10–8. Lleyton He- • Men’s Singles: Tomáš Berdych
witt came from 2 tiebreak sets down, taking a third set • Women’s Singles: Alisa Kleybanova,
tiebreak and eventually the match over the 26th seeded
Croat Ivo Karlović, winning 6–7(1), 6–7(4), 7–6(4), 6–4, Flavia Pennetta, Patty Schnyder, Anna
6–3, to cause the first upset of a seed in the tournament. Chakvetadze
Karlovic set the new record for the greatest number of • Schedule of Play
aces in the match, serving 55, but couldn’t find a way
to win.[1] French wildcard Josselin Ouanna came from Day 3 (May 26)
two sets to one behind to defeat Marcel Granollers, 7–5, Serbs Jelena Janković and Novak Djoković had no prob-
2–6, 3–6, 7–6(2), 6–1. However, Amélie Mauresmo lost lems in their second round matches, beating Petra
to Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–4, 6–3, to add to her history Cetkovská and Nicolás Lapentti respectively. Serena Wil-
of early-round exits at Roland Garros. However, seventh liams came through a tough tie – in which she squan-
seed Gilles Simon recovered from a tight clash with dered eight match points – against Czech Klára
Wayne Odesnik, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3. Former French Zakopalová to win 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4. All French seeds came
Open champion Gastón Gaudio made a disappointing through unscathed with victories for Marion Bartoli, Jo-
start to his grand slam comeback, losing in straight sets Wilfried Tsonga, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Gaël Monfils.
to Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 6–4, 6–1. The United States’ hopes of having a French Open cham-
• Seeds out: pion took a big blow as James Blake and Mardy Fish both
• Men’s Singles: Ivo Karlović lost to Argentinian opponents. Fish lost to Máximo
• Women’s Singles: Amélie Mauresmo, González 6–3, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(4), and Blake, the highest seed
Kaia Kanepi to fall on Day 3, was beaten convincingly by Argentinian
• Schedule of Play qualifier Leonardo Mayer 7–6(6), 7–5, 6–2. Number 27
seed Rainer Schüttler was comprehensively beaten by
Day 2 (May 25) home favourite Marc Gicquel 6–0, 6–0, 6–4 and Chinese
number 31 seed Shuai Peng was the only women’s seed to
World number one and top seed Dinara Safina thrashed
go out, as she lost to Spain’s María José Martínez Sánchez
British Number one Anne Keothavong, 6–0, 6–0 in the
1–6, 6–2, 6–4. There were victories for 10th seeded Dane
first match on Philippe Chatrier, followed by ATP World
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Caroline Wozniacki, former finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova, On the men’s side, defending champions Pablo
Olympic gold medallist Elena Dementieva and World No. Cuevas & Luis Horna, Lukáš Dlouhý & Leander Paes,
5 Juan Martín del Potro. Bruno Soares & Kevin Ullyett and Mariusz Fyrstenberg
• Seeds out: & Marcin Matkowski all advanced to the second round.
• Men’s Singles: Rainer Schüttler, Mardy However, number 7 seeds Andy Ram & Max Mirnyi and
Fish, James Blake number 10 seeds Marcelo Melo & André Sá suffered shock
first round defeats.
• Women’s Singles: Shuai Peng
• Seeds out:
• Schedule of Play
• Men’s Doubles: Stephen Huss / Ross
Day 4 (May 27) Hutchins, Marcelo Melo / André Sá,
Day 4 saw the start of the second round matches in both Max Mirnyi / Andy Ram, Martin
the men’s and women’s draws. The first match up on Damm / Robert Lindstedt
Court Philippe Chatrier was world number 3 Andy Mur- • Women’s Doubles: Nuria Llagostera Vives /
ray, who he faced Italian world number 104 Potito
María José Martínez Sánchez, Nathalie
Starace. Murray was made to work hard, as Starace took
control of the tie and levelled the match at one set all. Dechy / Mara Santangelo
At 5–1 in the third set, Murray worked his way back to Schedule of play
reel of 6 games in a row, and went on the win 6–3, 2–6,
7–5, 6–4. World number 1 Dinara Safina was first up on Day 5 (May 28)
Court Suzanne Lenglen, and made light work of Vitalia Day 5 got off to a slow start from a French perspective, as
Diatchenko, winning 6–1, 6–1. Defending women’s cham- number 13 seed and home favourite Marion Bartoli suc-
pion Ana Ivanović also won comprehensively, beating cumbed to Tathiana Garbin of Italy in straight sets on
Tamarine Tanasugarn to enter the third round. French Court Philippe Chatrier. And the day got worse for France
tennis fans had reason to cheer as number 15 seed Alizé as number 21 seed Alizé Cornet could not find her way
Cornet resumed her match from day 3, and beat Maret past Romanian teenager Sorana Cîrstea. However, they
Ani 6–4, 7–5 to advance to the second round. Another did have some consolation, as Virginie Razzano navigat-
Frenchwoman, Aravane Rezaï beat Slovenian qualifier ed her way past Anabel Medina Garrigues, and booked a
Polona Hercog to book a tie with Portuguese qualifier place in the third round to play Bartoli conqueror Garbin.
Michelle Larcher de Brito in the third round, who beat On Court Suzanne Lenglen, Serb Jelena Janković had little
number 15 seed Jie Zheng earlier in the day. Unseeded problem in seeing off Slovakian opponent Magdaléna Ry-
Maria Sharapova faced number 11 seed Nadia Petrova báriková, 6–1, 6–2. Venus Williams was made to work
in her first match against a top 20 player since her very hard to make the third round, as she went the dis-
10-month absence from the tour due to injury. A gutsy tance with Lucie Šafářová, narrowly winning the final set
Sharapova came through with a 3 sets victory, 8–6 in the 7–5. There were also victories for Elena Dementieva, Ag-
third. Gilles Simon was the only seeded Frenchman play- nieszka Radwańska, former finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova
ing on day 4, and made swift work of American Robert and 2002 champion Serena Williams.
Kendrick 7–5, 6–0, 6–1. Defending champion Rafael Nadal Meanwhile in the men’s draw, Roger Federer was first
made history by becoming the first person to win 30 con- up on Court Philippe Chatrier as he faced clay court spe-
secutive matches at Roland Garros by beating Teymuraz cialist José Acasuso. Roger narrowly won the first set
Gabashvili. French wildcard Josselin Ouanna caused per- 7–6(8) in a first set tie-break, but Acasuso was not ready
haps the biggest upset of the day by beating number 20 to falter, and came back stronger in the second set and
seed Marat Safin in an epic five set match, in which he eventually winning 7–5. Acasuso continued to put up
won the final set 10–8. strong resistance and took Federer to a third set tie-
• Seeds out: break, however Federer was too strong and won, from
• Men’s Singles: Dmitry Tursunov, thereon Federer had little problem dispatching Acasuso
winning the match 7–6(8), 5–7, 7–6(2), 6–2. Federer’s vic-
Feliciano López, Marat Safin
tory set him up with a third round tie with Frenchman
• Women’s Singles: Jie Zheng, Nadia Paul-Henri Mathieu. After disappointed from the French
Petrova ladies, the men did not disappoint. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,
The first matches of the doubles competition were Gaël Monfils and Jérémy Chardy and Marc Gicquel all ad-
played, with World No. 1 team Liezel Huber & Cara Black, vanced to the third round. No seeds were knocked out,
Květa Peschke & Lisa Raymond, defending champions as there were victories from number 5 seed Juan Martín
Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual and del Potro, Andy Roddick, Novak Djoković and Tommy Ro-
Samantha Stosur & Rennae Stubbs were amongst the first bredo, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Igor Andreev and Jür-
to advance to the second round of the women’s doubles. gen Melzer.
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• Seeds out: • Women’s Singles: Iveta Benešová,
• Women’s Singles: Marion Bartoli, Venus Williams, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Sybille Bammer, Alizé Cornet, Anabel • Men’s Doubles: Travis Parrott / Filip
Medina Garrigues
Polášek, František Čermák / Michal
There was only one shocking exit from the men’s doubles
on the day, as Jeff Coetzee & Jordan Kerr were knocked Mertiňák, Mariusz Fyrstenberg /
out by the hands of Jaroslav Levinský & Igor Zelenay. Bob Marcin Matkowski, Łukasz Kubot /
& Mike Bryan, Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjić, Rik de Oliver Marach
Voest & Ashley Fisher and Łukasz Kubot & Oliver Marach • Women’s Doubles: Chuang Chia-jung /
all secured places in the second round of the doubles. Sania Mirza
There no upsets in the women’s doubles, as all seeds • Mixed Doubles: Stephen Huss / Virginia
made safe progress through to the second round includ- Ruano Pascual
ing Serena & Venus Williams and Květa Peschke & Lisa Schedule of play
Raymond.
On day 5, the mixed doubles got under way, which Day 7 (May 30)
saw just one upset. Nenad Zimonjić & Zi Yan fell to the
• Seeds out:
hands of Bruno Soares & Alisa Kleybanova. Cara Black &
Leander Paes, Lisa Raymond & Marcin Matkowski, Nadia • Men’s Singles: Jürgen Melzer, Novak
Petrova & Max Mirnyi and Elena Vesnina & Daniel Nestor Djoković, Paul-Henri Mathieu
all advanced to the second round. • Women’s Singles: Elena Dementieva,
• Seeds out:
Carla Suárez Navarro, Caroline Wozniacki
• Men’s Doubles: Jeff Coetzee / Jordan
• Men’s Doubles: Pablo Cuevas / Luis
Kerr
Horna
• Mixed Doubles: Nenad Zimonjić / Zi
• Women’s Doubles: Daniela Hantuchová /
Yan
Schedule of play Ai Sugiyama, Maria Kirilenko /
Flavia Pennetta, Vania King / Monica
Day 6 (May 29) Niculescu
There were mixed French fortunes on Day 6. Aravane • Mixed Doubles: Leander Paes / Cara
Rezaï beat Michelle Larcher de Brito to move into the Black
fourth round. The newest French star, Josselin Ouanna, Schedule of play
saw his run come to an end at the hands of 12th seeded
Chilean Fernando González, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5. Following that, Day 8 (May 31)
Gilles Simon, seeded 7th, suffered a collapse to 30th seed Day 8 saw Rafael Nadal lose his first ever match at French
Victor Hănescu 6–4, 6–4, 6–2. Rafael Nadal, the four-time Open to Swede Robin Söderling, which ended his streak
defending champion and World Number 1, looked in stel- of 31 wins in a row at Roland Garros. Also out was defend-
lar form as he continued his undefeated run against Lley- ing women’s champion Ana Ivanović. Former world num-
ton Hewitt, a former holder of the top ranking, 6–1, 6–3, ber 1 Maria Sharapova continued her miraculous run by
6–1. Stanislas Wawrinka was eliminated in four sets by defeating Li Na 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 to reach the quarterfinals,
tenth seeded Nikolay Davydenko, whilst Fernando Ver- after returning from nine months away from the game.
dasco beat countryman Nicolás Almagro and Robin Nikolay Davydenko beat Fernando Verdasco to advance
Söderling, the 23rd seed, set up a clash with Nadal by to the quarters with Söderling. Fernando González beat
beating David Ferrer in four sets. Ágnes Szávay stunned Victor Hănescu in straight sets to set up a quarterfinal
third seed Venus Williams 6–0, 6–4, and Novak Djokovic with number four Andy Murray, a winner over Marin Čil-
beat Sergiy Stakhovsky. Additionally, defending cham- ić in tight but straight sets. World Number 1 Dinara Safi-
pion Ana Ivanović, Đoković’s compatriot, advanced con- na continued her dominant run of losing just 5 games all
vincingly over Iveta Benešová, seeded 32nd, 6–0, 6–2. tournament against Aravane Rezaï, winning 6–1, 6–0.
Andy Murray led Janko Tipsarević two sets to love before • Seeds out:
the Serb retired.
• Men’s Singles: Victor Hănescu, Marin
• Seeds out:
Čilić, Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco
• Men’s Singles: Nicolás Almagro,
• Women’s Singles: Ágnes Szávay, Ana
Stanislas Wawrinka, Radek Štěpánek,
Ivanović, Li Na
Gilles Simon, David Ferrer
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• Men’s Doubles: Rik de Voest / Ashley • Men’s Doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike
Fisher, Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Bryan, Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić
Knowles Schedule of play
• Women’s Doubles: Samantha Stosur /
Rennae Stubbs, Květa Peschke / Lisa
Day 13 (June 5)
Raymond, Venus Williams / Serena • Seeds out:
Williams • Men’s Singles: Fernando González, Juan
• Mixed Doubles: Daniel Nestor / Elena Martín del Potro
Vesnina • Women’s Doubles: Victoria Azarenka /
Schedule of play Elena Vesnina
Schedule of play
Day 9 (June 1)
• Seeds out: Day 14 (June 6)
• Men’s Singles: Philipp Kohlschreiber, • Seeds out:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Andy Roddick • Women’s Singles: Dinara Safina
• Women’s Singles: Aleksandra Wozniak, Schedule of play
Agnieszka Radwańska, Jelena Janković
Day 15 (June 7)
• Men’s Doubles: Bruno Soares / Kevin
Ullyett The men’s singles final was briefly interrupted as Jimmy
Jump carrying a FC Barcelona banner ran onto the court
• Women’s Doubles: Zi Yan / Jie Zheng,
during the second set, running around Roger Federer and
Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Patty Schnyder even putting a cap on him, then jumping over the net be-
• Mixed Doubles: André Sá / Ai Sugiyama, fore being taken out by security. This is the first time this
has ever happened at the French Open, however the oc-
Marcin Matkowski / Lisa Raymond
currence did not seem to throw off Federer, as he won
Schedule of play
the set, and eventually the match. Federer also complet-
ed a career Grand Slam and tied Pete Sampras’s record of
Day 10 (June 2) 14 Grand Slam titles after winning the French Open.[16]
• Seeds out: • Seeds out:
• Men’s Singles: Nikolay Davydenko, • Men’s Singles: Robin Söderling
Andy Murray Schedule of play
• Women’s Singles: Victoria Azarenka
• Women’s Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands /
Nadia Petrova
Seniors
Schedule of play
Men’s singles
Day 11 (June 3) Main article: 2009 French Open - Men’s Singles
[18]
• Seeds out: Roger Federer def. Robin Söderling, 6–1,
• Men’s Singles: Gaël Monfils, Tommy 7–6(1), 6–4
Robredo • It was Federer’s 2nd title of the year, and his 59th
• Women’s Singles: Serena Williams overall. It was his 14th career Grand Slam title (tying
• Women’s Doubles: Cara Black / Liezel the all-time record set by Pete Sampras) and his 1st
French Open title.
Huber, Su-wei Hsieh / Shuai Peng
• Mixed Doubles: Nadia Petrova / Max Women’s singles
Mirnyi
Main article: 2009 French Open - Women’s Singles
Schedule of play
Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Dinara Safina, 6–4, 6–2
Day 12 (June 4) • It was Kuznetsova’s 2nd title of the year, and her
11th overall. It was her 2nd career Grand Slam title,
• Seeds out:
and her 1st French Open title.
• Women’s Singles: Dominika Cibulková,
Samantha Stosur
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Mixed doubles
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Liezel Huber / Robert Bryan def. Vania
King / Marcelo Melo, 5–7, 7–6(5), 10–7
Juniors
Boys’ singles
Main article: 2009 French Open – Boys’ Singles
Daniel Berta def. Gianni Mina, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Girls’ singles
Main article: 2009 French Open - Girls’ Singles
Kristina Mladenovic def. Daria Gavrilova, 6–3,
6–2
Boys’ doubles
Main article: 2009 French Open - Boys’ Doubles
Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan def. Guil-
herme Clézar / Huang Liang-chi, 6–3, 6–2
Girls’ doubles
Main article: 2009 French Open - Girls’ Doubles
Elena Bogdan / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn def.
Tímea Babos / Heather Watson, 3–6, 6–3, 10–8
Other events
Federer completed a career Grand Slam and won his 14th ca- Legends under 45 doubles
reer slam tournament tying Pete Sampras for all-time grand Main article: 2009 French Open - Legends Under 45 Dou-
Open.
slams by winning the 2009 French Open
bles
Paul Haarhuis / Cédric Pioline def. Pat Cash
Men’s doubles / Emilio Sánchez, 6–3, 6–4
Main article: 2009 French Open - Men’s Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes def. Wesley Legends over 45 doubles
Moodie / Dick Norman, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 Main article: 2009 French Open - Legends Over 45 Doubles
• It was Dlouhý’s 1st career Grand Slam title. Anders Järryd / John McEnroe def. Man-
• It was Paes’ 5th career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd
sour Bahrami / Henri Leconte, 7–6(2), 6–1
at the French Open.
Wheelchair men’s singles
Women’s doubles
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Main article: 2009 French Open - Women’s Doubles
gles
Anabel Medina / Virginia Ruano Pascual def.
Shingo Kunieda def. Stephane Houdet, 6–3, 3–6,
Victoria Azarenka / Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 6–1 6–3
• It was Medina’s 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her
2nd (consecutive) at the French Open. Wheelchair women’s singles
• It was Ruano Pascual’s 10th career Grand Slam title,
Main article: 2009 French Open - Wheelchair Women’s
and her 6th at the French Open.
Singles
Esther Vergeer def. Korie Homan, 6–2, 7–5
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Wheelchair men’s doubles 11. Gaël Monfils 11. Nadia Petrova
Main article: 2009 French Open - Wheelchair Men’s Dou- (Quarterfinals, lost to (Second Round, lost to
bles Roger Federer) Maria Sharapova)
Stephane Houdet / Michael Jeremiasz def. 12. Fernando 12. Agnieszka
González (Semifinals, Radwańska (Fourth
Robin Ammerlaan / Maikel Scheffers, 6–2, 7–5
lost to Robin Söderling) Round, lost to Svetlana
13. Marin Čilić (Fourth Kuznetsova)
Wheelchair women’s doubles
Round, lost to Andy 13. Marion Bartoli
Main article: 2009 French Open - Wheelchair Women’s Murray) (Second Round, lost to
Doubles
14. David Ferrer Tathiana Garbin)
Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer def. Annick (Third Round, lost to 14. Flavia Pennetta
Sevenans / Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–3 Robin Söderling) (First Round, lost to Alexa
15. James Blake (First Glatch)
Seeds Round, lost to Leonardo 15.
Mayer)
Zheng Jie (Second
Round, lost to Michelle
Withdrawals: David Nalbandian, Richard Gasquet, Katari-
16. Tommy Robredo Larcher de Brito)
na Srebotnik, Vera Zvonareva.
(Fourth Round, lost to 16. Amélie Mauresmo
Juan Martín del Potro)
Men’s singles Women’s singles (First Round, lost to
17. Stanislas Anna-Lena Grönefeld)
1. Rafael Nadal 1. Dinara Safina
Wawrinka (Third 17. Patty Schnyder
(Fourth Round, lost to (Final, lost to Svetlana
Round, lost to Nikolay (First Round, lost to
Robin Söderling) Kuznetsova)
Davydenko) Kateryna Bondarenko)
2. Serena Williams
2. Roger Federer 18. Radek Štěpánek
(Quarterfinals, lost to 18. Anabel Medina
(Champion) (Third Round, lost to
Svetlana Kuznetsova) Garrigues (Second
3. Andy Murray Marin Čilić)
3. Venus Williams Round, lost to Virginie
(Quarterfinals, lost to 19. Tomáš Berdych
(Third Round, lost to Razzano)
Fernando González) (First Round, lost to
Ágnes Szávay) 19. Kaia Kanepi (First
4. Novak Djoković Simone Bolelli)
4. Elena Dementieva Round, lost to Yaroslava
(Third Round, lost to 20. Marat Safin
(Third Round, lost to Shvedova)
Philipp Kohlschreiber) (Second Round, lost to
Samantha Stosur) 20. Dominika
5. Juan Martín del Josselin Ouanna) Cibulková (Semifinals,
Potro (Semifinals, lost to 5. Jelena Janković
(Fourth Round, lost to 21. Dmitry Tursunov lost to Dinara Safina)
Roger Federer)
Sorana Cîrstea) (First Round, lost to 21. Alizé Cornet
6. Andy Roddick Arnaud Clément)
(Fourth Round, lost to 6. Vera Zvonareva (Second Round, lost to
22. Mardy Fish (First Sorana Cîrstea)
Gaël Monfils) (withdrew due to ankle
Round, lost to Máximo
injury) 22. Carla Suárez
7. Gilles Simon González)
(Third Round, lost to 7. Svetlana Navarro (Third Round,
23. Robin Söderling lost to Victoria Azarenka)
Victor Hănescu) Kuznetsova
(Final, lost to Roger
(Champion) 23. Alisa Kleybanova
8. Fernando Federer)
Verdasco (Fourth 8. Ana Ivanović (First Round, lost to
24. Jürgen Melzer Polona Hercog)
Round, lost to Nikolay (Fourth Round, lost to
(Third Round, lost to Gaël 24. Aleksandra
Davydenko) Victoria Azarenka)
Monfils) Wozniak (Fourth Round,
9. Victoria Azarenka
9. Jo-Wilfried 25. Igor Andreev
(Quarterfinals, lost to lost to Serena Williams)
Tsonga (Fourth Round, (Third Round, lost to Juan 25.
Dinara Safina) Li Na (Fourth
lost to Juan Martín del Martín del Potro)
Potro) 10. Caroline Round, lost to Maria
26. Ivo Karlović (First Sharapova)
10. Nikolay Wozniacki (Third
Round, lost to Lleyton
Davydenko Round, lost to Sorana 26. Anna
Hewitt)
(Quarterfinals, lost to Cîrstea) Chakvetadze (First
27. Rainer Schüttler
Robin Söderling) Round, lost to Mariana
(First Round, lost to Marc
Duque Mariño)
Gicquel)
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28. Feliciano López 27. Anastasia 5. Josselin Ouanna / 5. Violette Huck /
(Second Round, lost to Pavlyuchenkova (Third Jo-Wilfried Laura Thorpe
Janko Tipsarević) Round, lost to Dinara Tsonga 6. Émilie Loit /
29. Philipp Safina)
6. Mathieu Kristina Mladenovic
Kohlschreiber (Fourth 28. Sybille Bammer
Montcourt / 7. Viktoriya
Round, lost to Tommy (Second Round, lost to
Édouard Roger- Kutuzova /
Robredo) Melinda Czink)
Vasselin Aravane Rezaï
30. Victor Hănescu 29. Ágnes Szávay
(Fourth Round, lost to 7. Michaël Llodra /
(Fourth Round, lost to
Fernando González) Dominika Cibulková) Fabrice Santoro
31. Nicolás Almagro 30. Samantha Stosur
(Third Round, lost to (Semifinals, lost to
Svetlana Kuznetsova)
Qualifiers entries
Fernando Verdasco)
32. Paul-Henri 31. Peng Shuai (First
Round, lost to María José Men’s Qualifiers Women’s Quali-
Mathieu (Third Round,
lost to Roger Federer) Martínez Sánchez) entries fiers entries
32. Iveta Benešová 1. Fabio Fognini 1. Yaroslava
(Third Round, lost to Ana Shvedova
2. Leonardo Mayer
Ivanović) 2. Zuzana
3. Marcos Daniel
Ondrášková
4. Victor Crivoi
Wildcard entries 5. Ilija Bozoljac
3. Anastasija
Sevastova
Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in 6. Daniel Brands 4. Polona Hercog
the main draws.[19]
7. Jean-René Lisnard 5. Chanelle
Scheepers
Men’s singles wild- Women’s singles 8. Santiago Giraldo
card entries wildcard entries 9. Sergiy Stakhovsky 6. Vitalia
Diatchenko
10. Simon Greul
1. Gastón Gaudio 1. Lauren Embree 7. Michelle Larcher
11. Peter Polansky
2. Romain Jouan 2. Olivia Rogowska de Brito
12. Franco Ferreiro
3. Bernard Tomic 3. Claire Feuerstein 8. Arantxa Rus
13. Łukasz Kubot
4. Adrian Mannarino 4. Kinnie Laisné 9. Corinna Dentoni
14. Santiago Ventura
5. Josselin Ouanna 5. Émilie Loit 10. Yvonne
15. Jiří Vaněk
6. Laurent 6. Kristina Meusburger
Mladenovic 16. Rui Machado 11. Petra Martić
Recouderc
7. Guillaume Rufin 7. Irena Pavlovic Lucky Losers 12. Carly Gullickson
8. Alexandre 8. Olivia Sanchez
1. Thiago Alves Lucky Losers
Sidorenko
2. Mathieu 1. Katie O’Brien
Montcourt 2. Mariana Duque
Men’s doubles Women’s doubles
Mariño
wildcard entries wildcard entries
1. Jérôme Haehnel / 1. Kinnie Laisné / Media coverage
Florent Serra Stéphanie
In the US, coverage was provided by The Tennis Channel.
2. Sébastien de Vongsouthi
In France, the French Open is broadcast live by France
Chaunac / Benoît 2. Sophie Lefèvre / Télévisions & Eurosport. In the UK & Republic of Ireland
Paire Aurélie Védy it is broadcast live by BBC & Eurosport, Irish viewers can
3. Julien Benneteau 3. Dominika also watch live on TG4. In Switzerland it is broadcast
/ Nicolas Mahut Cibulková / live by SF, Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana &
Virginie Razzano Télévision Suisse Romande. In Serbia it is broadcast live
4. Sébastien
by RTS & Eurosport. In Sweden it is broadcast live by
Grosjean / Nicolás 4. Stéphanie Foretz
Eurosport, and because of Robin Söderling’s final, SVT al-
Lapentti / Camille Pin so broadcast the men’s final live.
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