2009 Wimbledon Championships
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 123rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 22 June to 5 July 2009. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.
Rafael Nadal did not defend his title as he withdrew from the tournament due to knee tendonitis. Roger Federer won his 6th Wimbledon title defeating rival Andy Roddick in the final in five sets. Federer's victory marked his fifteenth Grand Slam title, establishing the men's all-time record. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in the title's defence, having been defeated in the final match by her sister Serena, who won her first Wimbledon since 2002.
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.Senior points
Prize distribution
The total prize money for 2009 championships was £12,550,000. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £850,000.| Event | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | |||||||
| Singles | £850,000 | £425,000 | £212,500 | £106,250 | £53,250 | £29,250 | £17,750 | £10,750 | £6,700 | £3,350 | £1,675 |
| Doubles* | £230,000 | £115,000 | £57,500 | £30,000 | £16,000 | £9,000 | £5,250 | ||||
| Mixed Doubles * | £92,000 | £46,000 | £23,000 | £10,500 | £5,200 | £2,600 | £1,300 | ||||
| * | £6,750 | £3,750 | |||||||||
| Invitation Doubles | £17,000 | £14,000 |
* per team
Champions
Seniors
Men's Singles
Roger Federer def. Andy Roddick, 5–7, 7–6, 7–6, 3–6, 16–14- It was Federer's 3rd title of the year, and his 60th overall. Federer's victory gave him his 15th career Grand Slam title, to make him the most successful male player in Grand Slam history. Watching the Swiss break the record was Pete Sampras, who won 14 Grand Slam titles and was making his first return to Wimbledon since 2002; Björn Borg, who won five consecutive Wimbledon titles ; and Rod Laver, who won Wimbledon four times.
- The match set a record for most games in a men's final ; the most games won by the losing player ; and, most games won by the winning player.
Women's Singles
- It was Serena's 2nd title of the year, and her 34th overall. It was her 11th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd Wimbledon title.
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs, 7–6, 6–4Mixed Doubles
Mark Knowles / Anna-Lena Grönefeld def. Leander Paes / Cara Black, 7–5, 6–3Juniors
Boys' Singles
Andrey Kuznetsov def. Jordan Cox, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2Girls' Singles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn def. Kristina Mladenovic, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1Boys' Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Kevin Krawietz def. Julien Obry / Adrien Puget, 6–7, 6–2, 12–10Girls' Doubles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sally Peers def. Kristina Mladenovic / Silvia Njirić, 6–1, 6–1Invitation
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis def. Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer, 7–6, 6–4Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Martina Navratilova / Helena Suková def. Ilana Kloss / Rosalyn Nideffer, 6–3, 6–2Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd def. Mansour Bahrami / Henri Leconte, 6–4, 7–6Wheelchair events
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Michaël Jeremiasz def. Robin Ammerlaan / Shingo Kunieda, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer def. Daniela Di Toro / Lucy Shuker, 6–1, 6–3Highlights
Records
Swiss Roger Federer established a number of records at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. By defeating Ivo Karlović in the quarter-finals, Federer reached his 21st consecutive Grand Slam semi-final, having started the streak at Wimbledon in 2004. He then defeated Tommy Haas in the semi-final to reach his seventh consecutive Wimbledon final and his twentieth Grand Slam final, both of these all-time records. Finally, by defeating Andy Roddick in the final, Federer won his fifteenth Grand Slam title, breaking the record of fourteen titles previously set by Pete Sampras. Federer also became the fourth man to complete the rare French Open / Wimbledon double in the Open Era, joining Rod Laver, Björn Borg, and Rafael Nadal.Among other records set, the men's final between Federer and Roddick had the highest number of viewers in the UK of any Wimbledon final since 2001, peaking at 11.1 million viewers during the last stretch of the match. The 30-game fifth set in the men's final was the longest set in Wimbledon finals history.
Centre Court roof
The 2009 Championships took place during an extended period of hot, dry weather in southeast England, meaning that it was not until day seven of the tournament that the newly-constructed Centre Court roof was closed for the first time due to rain, delaying a fourth round match between Amélie Mauresmo and Dinara Safina. The following match between Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka was the first full match to be played under the new roof; owing to the new floodlights, the match continued until 22:38, the latest ever finish in Wimbledon history. These were the only two matches in which the Centre Court roof was used during the entire 2009 tournament.Tennis Integrity Unit
The Tennis Integrity Unit planned to observe matches played by up to 12 players throughout the tournament. The TIU has existed since January 2008.The ATP claimed to have identified Russian and Italian Mafia-related groups behind suspicious betting at other tournaments, although the organisers of the Wimbledon Championships declared that there are no current proceedings against any players.
Singles players
;Men's Singles;Women's Singles
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 15 June 2009. Rankings and points before are as of 22 June 2009.Men's Singles">2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles">Men's Singles
The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:- ESP points as at a week of 22 June 2009
- Add 100% points earned for all grass court tournaments in the past 12 months
- add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
 Rafael Nadal | 12,735 | 2,000 | 0 | 10,735 | Withdrew due to a knee injury | ||
| 2 | 2 |  Roger Federer | 10,620 | 1,400 | 2,000 | 11,220 | Champion, defeated  Andy Roddick |
| 3 | 3 |  Andy Murray | 9,230 | 500 | 720 | 9,450 | Semifinals lost to Andy Roddick |
| 4 | 4 |  Novak Djokovic | 7,860 | 70 | 360 | 8,150 | Quarterfinals lost to  Tommy Haas |
| 5 | 5 |  Juan Martín del Potro | 5,730 | 70 | 45 | 5,705 | Second round lost to  Lleyton Hewitt |
| 6 | 6 | Andy Roddick | 4,310 | 70 | 1,200 | 5,440 | Runner-up, lost to Roger Federer |
| 7 | 8 | Fernando Verdasco | 3,620 | 300 | 180 | 3,500 | Fourth round lost to  Ivo Karlović |
| 8 | 7 |  Gilles Simon | 3,970 | 150 | 180 | 4,000 | Fourth round lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero |
| 9 | 9 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 3,510 | 0 | 90 | 3,600 | Third round lost to Ivo Karlović |
| 10 | 10 |  Fernando González | 3,165 | 70 | 90 | 3,185 | Third round lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero |
| 11 | 13 | Marin Čilić | 2,710 | 300 | 90 | 2,500 | Third round lost to Tommy Haas |
| 12 | 11 |  Nikolay Davydenko | 2,855 | 10 | 90 | 2,935 | Third round lost to  Tomáš Berdych |
| 13 | 12 |  Robin Söderling | 2,825 | 70 | 180 | 2,935 | Fourth round lost to Roger Federer |
| 14 | 24 | Marat Safin | 1,820 | 900 | 10 | 930 | First round lost to Jesse Levine |
| 15 | 15 | Tommy Robredo | 2,580 | 70 | 90 | 2,600 | Third round lost to  Dudi Sela |
| 16 | 21 | David Ferrer | 1,900 | 150 | 90 | 1,840 | Third round lost to Radek Štěpánek |
| 17 | 17 | James Blake | 2,340 | 70 | 10 | 2,280 | First round lost to  Andreas Seppi |
| 18 | 29 | Rainer Schüttler | 1,645 | 900 | 45 | 790 | Second round lost to Dudi Sela |
| 19 | 18 | Stan Wawrinka | 2,195 | 300 | 180 | 2,075 | Fourth round lost to Andy Murray |
| 20 | 20 | Tomáš Berdych | 1,910 | 150 | 180 | 1,940 | Fourth round lost to Andy Roddick |
| 21 | 27 | Feliciano López | 1,665 | 500 | 10 | 1,165 | First round lost to  Karol Beck |
| 22 | 36 | Ivo Karlović | 1,295 | 10 | 360 | 1,645 | Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer |
| 23 | 23 | Radek Štěpánek | 1,890 | 150 | 180 | 3,500 | Fourth round lost to Lleyton Hewitt |
| 24 | 34 | Tommy Haas | 1,405 | 150 | 720 | 2,020 | Semifinals lost to Roger Federer |
| 25 | 22 | Dmitry Tursunov | 1,900 | 150 | 10 | 1,760 | First round lost to Mischa Zverev |
| 26 | 30 |  Jürgen Melzer | 1,640 | 150 | 90 | 3,500 | Third round lost to Andy Roddick |
| 27 | 32 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 1,540 | 10 | 90 | 1,620 | Third round lost to Roger Federer |
| 28 | 25 | Mardy Fish | 1,735 | 10 | 90 | 1,815 | Third round lost to Novak Djokovic |
| 29 | 26 | Igor Andreev | 1,700 | 70 | 180 | 1,810 | Fourth round lost to Tommy Haas |
| 30 | 31 | Viktor Troicki | 1,547 | 70 | 90 | 1,567 | Third round lost to Andy Murray |
| 31 | 28 |  Victor Hănescu | 1,651 | 70 | 90 | 1,671 | Third round lost to Gilles Simon |
| 32 | 33 | Albert Montañés | 1,424 | 70 | 90 | 1,444 | Third round lost to Fernando Verdasco |
| 33 | 35 | Nicolas Kiefer | 1,315 | 150 | 10 | 1,175 | First round lost to Fabrice Santoro |
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Withdrawal reason |
| 14 | Gaël Monfils | 2,610 | 0 | 2,610 | Wrist injury |
| 16 | David Nalbandian | 2,385 | 10 | 2,375 | Hip injury |
| 19 | Richard Gasquet | 1,925 | 300 | 1,625 | Provisional suspension |
Women's Singles">2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles">Women's Singles
The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 15 June 2009, with an exception for Maria Sharapova. Rank and points before are as of 22 June 2009.| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Dinara Safina | 9,801 | 180 | 900 | 10,521 | Semifinals lost to Venus Williams |
| 2 | 2 | Serena Williams | 8,158 | 1,400 | 2,000 | 8,758 | Champion, defeated Venus Williams |
| 3 | 3 | Venus Williams | 7,217 | 2,000 | 1,400 | 6,617 | Runner-up, lost to Serena Williams |
| 4 | 4 | Elena Dementieva | 6,591 | 900 | 900 | 6,591 | Semifinals lost to Serena Williams |
| 5 | 5 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6,191 | 280 | 160 | 6,071 | Third round lost to Sabine Lisicki |
| 6 | 6 | Jelena Janković | 6,100 | 280 | 160 | 5,980 | Third round lost to Melanie Oudin |
| 7 | 7 | Vera Zvonareva | 5,360 | 120 | 160 | 5,400 | Third round withdrew due to ankle injury |
| 8 | 8 |  Victoria Azarenka | 4,946 | 180 | 500 | 5,066 | Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams |
| 9 | 9 |  Caroline Wozniacki | 4,680 | 180 | 280 | 4,780 | Fourth round lost to Sabine Lisicki |
| 10 | 10 | Nadia Petrova | 3,520 | 500 | 280 | 3,300 | Fourth round lost to Victoria Azarenka |
| 11 | 14 |  Agnieszka Radwańska | 2,981 | 500 | 500 | 2,981 | Quarterfinals lost to Venus Williams |
| 12 | 11 | Marion Bartoli | 3,235 | 180 | 160 | 3,215 | Third round lost to Francesca Schiavone |
| 13 | 12 | Ana Ivanovic | 3,172 | 180 | 280 | 3,272 | Fourth round retired against Venus Williams |
| 14 | 13 | Dominika Cibulková | 3,065 | 4 | 160 | 3,221 | Third round lost to Elena Vesnina |
| 15 | 15 | Flavia Pennetta | 2,860 | 120 | 160 | 2,900 | Third round lost to Amélie Mauresmo |
| 16 | 16 |  Zheng Jie | 2,661 | 900 | 100 | 1,861 | Second round lost to Daniela Hantuchová |
| 17 | 17 | Amélie Mauresmo | 2,539 | 180 | 280 | 2,639 | Fourth round lost to Dinara Safina |
| 18 | 19 | Samantha Stosur | 2,212 | 120 | 160 | 2,252 | Third round lost to Ana Ivanovic |
| 19 | 18 | Li Na | 2,302 | 120 | 160 | 6,591 | Semifinals lost to Agnieszka Radwańska |
| 20 | 20 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 2,200 | 180 | 160 | 2,180 | Third round lost to Caroline Wozniacki |
| 21 | 22 | Patty Schnyder | 2,112 | 4 | 10 | 2,118 | First round lost to  Ai Sugiyama |
| 22 | 24 | Alizé Cornet | 1,960 | 4 | 10 | 1,966 | First round lost to Vera Dushevina |
| 23 | 21 |  Aleksandra Wozniak | 2,114 | 120 | 10 | 2,004 | First round lost to Francesca Schiavone |
| 24† | 60 | Maria Sharapova | 990 | 120 | 100 | 970 | Second round lost to Gisela Dulko |
| 25 | 25 |  Kaia Kanepi | 1,860 | 4 | 10 | 1,866 | First round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro |
| 26 | 23 | Virginie Razzano | 2,089 | 4 | 280 | 2,365 | Fourth round lost to Francesca Schiavone |
| 27 | 31 | Alisa Kleybanova | 1,665 | 280 | 100 | 1,485 | Second round lost to Regina Kulikova |
| 28 | 27 | Sorana Cîrstea | 1,756 | 120 | 160 | 1,796 | Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka |
| 29 | 26 | Sybille Bammer | 1,775 | 120 | 10 | 1,665 | First round lost to Melanie Oudin |
| 30 | 28 |  Ágnes Szávay | 1,749 | 280 | 10 | 1,479 | First round lost to  Kirsten Flipkens |
| 31 | 29 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 1,708 | 242 | 120 | 1,566 | Second round lost to Roberta Vinci |
| 32 | 30 | Anna Chakvetadze | 1,681 | 280 | 10 | 1,411 | First round lost to Sabine Lisicki |
† Maria Sharapova was ranked 59th on the day seeds were announced, because she had missed the most of 12-month period due to injury. Nevertheless, she was deemed a special case and was seeded 24th by organizers.
Wild card entries
Main draw wild card entries
The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.Men's Singles
- Alex Bogdanovic
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Dan Evans
- Juan Carlos Ferrero
- Josh Goodall
- Nicolas Mahut
- James Ward
- Elena Baltacha
- Kimiko Date-Krumm
- Alexa Glatch
- Michelle Larcher de Brito
- Katie O'Brien
- Laura Robson
- Melanie South
- Georgie Stoop
- James Auckland / Josh Goodall
- Alex Bogdanovic / James Ward
- Jamie Delgado / Jonathan Marray
- Colin Fleming / Ken Skupski
-
Michaël Llodra/Nicolas Mahut
- Elena Baltacha / Amanda Elliott
- Jade Curtis / Anna Smith
- Laura Robson / Georgie Stoop
- Jocelyn Rae / Melanie South
- Naomi Cavaday / Katie O'Brien
- James Auckland / Elena Baltacha
- Alex Bogdanovic / Melanie South
- Colin Fleming / Sarah Borwell
- Josh Goodall / Naomi Cavaday
- Ken Skupski / Katie O'Brien
Main draw qualifier entries
Men's Singles
Men's Singles Qualifiers- Rajeev Ram
- Simon Greul
- Xavier Malisse
- Roko Karanušić
- Lukáš Lacko
- Alexander Peya
- Alejandro Falla
- Édouard Roger-Vasselin
- Grega Žemlja
- Santiago González
- Taylor Dent
- Riccardo Ghedin
- Adrian Mannarino
- Luka Gregorc
- Michael Yani
- Jesse Levine
- Karol Beck
- Thiago Alves
- Danai Udomchoke
- Pablo Cuevas
Women's Singles
- Viktoriya Kutuzova
- Klára Zakopalová
- Tatjana Malek
- Aiko Nakamura
- Arantxa Parra Santonja
- Sesil Karatantcheva
- Regina Kulikova
- Melanie Oudin
- Alberta Brianti
- Neuza Silva
- Vesna Manasieva
- Anastasija Sevastova
- Kristína Kučová
Men's Doubles
- Chris Eaton / Alexander Slabinsky
- Santiago González / Travis Rettenmaier
- Kevin Anderson / Somdev Devvarman
- Prakash Amritraj / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
- Rameez Junaid / Philipp Marx
- David Martin / Jean-Claude Scherrer
- Alessandro Motti / Joseph Sirianni
- Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana
- Karol Beck / Jaroslav Levinský
- Chris Guccione / Frank Moser
Women's Doubles
- Tatjana Malek / Andrea Petkovic
- Rika Fujiwara / Aiko Nakamura
- Edina Gallovits / Katalin Marosi
- Yuliana Fedak / Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Protected ranking
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles
- Akiko Morigami
- Tatiana Perebiynis
Withdrawals
- Mario Ančić → replaced by Frank Dancevic
- Marcos Baghdatis → replaced by Karol Beck
- Richard Gasquet → replaced by Benjamin Becker
- Ivan Ljubičić → replaced by Danai Udomchoke
- Gaël Monfils → replaced by Pablo Cuevas
- Carlos Moyá → replaced by Vince Spadea
- Rafael Nadal → replaced by Thiago Alves
- David Nalbandian → replaced by Brian Dabul
- Jarkko Nieminen → replaced by Nicolás Lapentti
- Marina Erakovic → replaced by Stéphanie Dubois
- Laura Granville → replaced by Maša Zec Peškirič
- Meghann Shaughnessy → replaced by Raluca Olaru
- Katarina Srebotnik → replaced by Kristína Kučová