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 the United Kingdom. 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 a new men's all-time record at the time. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, losing in the final match to her sister Serena, who won her first Wimbledon title since 2003.
Work to install a retractable roof on Centre Court had been completed, with the roof closed due to rain for the first time at the Championships in a fourth-round match between Dinara Safina and Amélie Mauresmo.
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.
Senior points Event Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Men's singles 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 8 0Men's doubles 0 0 0 1400 900 500 280 160 100 5 60 50 40 2 5 48 0 0
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£5,250Mixed 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(8–6), 7–6(7–5), 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 (the only other man doing this being Roger Federer himself); and Rod Laver, who won Wimbledon four times.Epic win gives Federer record 15th Slam The match set a record for most games in a men's final (77); the most games won by the losing player (39); and, most games won by the winning player (38).
Women's singles
Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 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
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Women's doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams def. Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Mixed doubles
Mark Knowles / Anna-Lena Grönefeld def. Leander Paes / Cara Black, 7–5, 6–3
Juniors
Boys' singles
Andrey Kuznetsov def. Jordan Cox, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Girls' singles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn def. Kristina Mladenovic, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Boys' doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Kevin Krawietz def. Julien Obry / Adrien Puget, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 12–10
Girls' doubles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sally Peers def. Kristina Mladenovic / Silvia Njirić, 6–1, 6–1
Invitation
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis def. Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Ladies' invitation doubles
Martina Navratilova / Helena Suková def. Ilana Kloss / Rosalyn Nideffer, 6–3, 6–2
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Jeremy Bates / Anders Järryd def. Mansour Bahrami / Henri Leconte, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Michaël Jérémiasz def. Robin Ammerlaan / Shingo Kunieda, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Wheelchair women's doubles
Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer def. Daniela Di Toro / Lucy Shuker, 6–1, 6–3
Highlights
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 (who had completed the feat the previous year and would do so again in 2010).
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 (29 June) 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 roof had been partially closed in the first week, as a sunshade for the Royal Box. 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 (this record was broken in 2012 in a third round match between Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis, which ended at 23:02). 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 (TIU) planned to observe matches played by up to 12 players (some of whom were inside the ATP top 50) 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 ChampionRunner-up Roger Federer Andy Roddick Semifinals out Tommy Haas Andy Murray Quarterfinals out Lleyton Hewitt Juan Carlos Ferrero (WC) Novak Djokovic Ivo Karlović 4th round out Radek Štěpánek Tomáš Berdych Stan Wawrinka Gilles Simon Igor Andreev Dudi Sela Fernando Verdasco Robin Söderling 3rd round out Philipp Petzschner David Ferrer Nikolay Davydenko Jürgen Melzer Viktor Troicki Jesse Levine (Q) Fernando González Victor Hănescu Andreas Seppi Marin Čilić Tommy Robredo Mardy Fish Albert Montañés Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Nicolás Almagro Philipp Kohlschreiber 2nd round out Juan Martín del Potro Mischa Zverev Potito Starace Fabio Fognini Victor Crivoi Paul-Henri Mathieu Benjamin Becker Igor Kunitsyn Ernests Gulbis Daniel Gimeno Traver Martín Vassallo Argüello Pablo Cuevas (LL) Leonardo Mayer Fabrice Santoro Nicolas Devilder Thiago Alves (LL) Marc Gicquel Vince Spadea Michaël Llodra Sam Querrey Stefan Koubek (PR) Rainer Schüttler Janko Tipsarević Simon Greul (Q) Kristof Vliegen Guillermo Cañas Steve Darcis Simone Bolelli Marcel Granollers Karol Beck Ivo Minář Guillermo García López1st round out Arnaud Clément Robby Ginepri Rajeev Ram (Q) Dmitry Tursunov Alejandro Falla (Q) José Acasuso Denis Istomin Kevin Kim Dan Evans (WC) Björn Phau Frederico Gil Alex Bogdanovic (WC) Wayne Odesnik Roko Karanušić (Q) Grigor Dimitrov (WC) Jérémy Chardy Robert Kendrick Riccardo Ghedin (Q) Taylor Dent (Q) Brian Dabul Eduardo Schwank Pablo Andújar Christophe Rochus Marat Safin Teymuraz Gabashvili Óscar Hernández Mikhail Youzhny Nicolas Kiefer Iván Navarro Nicolás Lapentti Andrei Pavel (PR) Bobby Reynolds James Blake Adrian Mannarino (Q) Paul Capdeville Evgeny Korolev Alexander Peya (Q) Josh Goodall (WC) Danai Udomchoke (LL) Alberto Martín Luka Gregorc (Q) Édouard Roger-Vasselin (Q) Santiago González (Q) Xavier Malisse (Q) Sergio Roitman Jan Hernych Michael Yani (Q) Julien Benneteau James Ward (WC) Nicolas Mahut (WC) Diego Junqueira Grega Žemlja (Q) Lukáš Lacko (Q) Frank Dancevic Daniel Köllerer Andrey Golubev Gilles Müller Andreas Beck (LL) Juan Mónaco Feliciano López Florent Serra Máximo González Agustín Calleri Lu Yen-hsun
Women's singles Champion Runner-up Serena Williams Venus Williams Semifinals out Elena Dementieva Dinara Safina Quarterfinals out Sabine Lisicki Agnieszka Radwańska Francesca Schiavone Victoria Azarenka 4th round out Amélie Mauresmo Caroline Wozniacki Ana Ivanovic Melanie Oudin (Q) Virginie Razzano Elena Vesnina Nadia Petrova Daniela Hantuchová3rd round out Kirsten Flipkens Flavia Pennetta Anabel Medina Garrigues Svetlana Kuznetsova Carla Suárez Navarro Samantha Stosur Li Na Jelena Janković Vera Zvonareva Marion Bartoli Dominika Cibulková Regina Kulikova (Q) Sorana Cîrstea Gisela Dulko Ai Sugiyama Roberta Vinci2nd round out Rossana de los Ríos Elena Baltacha (WC) Kristína Kučová (LL) Vania King Maria Kirilenko Tathiana Garbin Patricia Mayr Pauline Parmentier Kateryna Bondarenko Ekaterina Makarova Tatjana Malek (Q) Sara Errani Peng Shuai Olga Govortsova Yaroslava Shvedova Iveta Benešová Mathilde Johansson Jill Craybas Michelle Larcher de Brito (WC) Timea Bacsinszky Urszula Radwańska Vera Dushevina Alisa Kleybanova Aravane Rezaï Raluca Olaru Sania Mirza Maria Sharapova Shahar Pe'er Zheng Jie Arantxa Parra Santonja (Q) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Jarmila Groth1st round out Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nicole Vaidišová Alona Bondarenko Ágnes Szávay Melinda Czink Aiko Nakamura (Q) Mariya Koryttseva Nuria Llagostera Vives Kimiko Date-Krumm (WC) Petra Kvitová Alberta Brianti (Q) Marta Domachowska Anna Chakvetadze Anne Keothavong Akgul Amanmuradova Akiko Morigami (PR) Stefanie Vögele Anastasija Sevastova (Q) Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Kaia Kanepi Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jelena Dokic Stéphanie Dubois Lucie Hradecká María José Martínez Sánchez Alexa Glatch (WC) Tatiana Perebiynis (PR) Galina Voskoboeva Sybille Bammer Monica Niculescu Katie O'Brien (WC) Julia Görges Georgie Stoop (WC) Melanie South (WC) Tsvetana Pironkova Tamira Paszek Aleksandra Wozniak Klára Zakopalová (Q) Vesna Manasieva (Q) Chan Yung-jan Julie Coin Maša Zec Peškirič Yanina Wickmayer Alizé Cornet Sesil Karatantcheva (Q) Karolina Šprem Ayumi Morita Alla Kudryavtseva Séverine Brémond Beltrame Nathalie Dechy Anna-Lena Grönefeld Edina Gallovits Viktoriya Kutuzova (Q) Stéphanie Foretz Maria Elena Camerin Anastasiya Yakimova Kristina Barrois Laura Robson (WC) Tamarine Tanasugarn Patty Schnyder Petra Cetkovská Magdaléna Rybáriková Lucie Šafářová Neuza Silva (Q)
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 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 (23 June 2008 – 21 June 2009) add 75% points earned for best grass court tournament in the 12 months before that (25 June 2007 – 22 June 2008).