2009 ATP World Tour

2009 ATP World Tour
Roger Federer finished the year as world No. 1 for the fifth time in his career. He won four tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open (completing the career Grand Slam) and the Wimbledon Championships. He also won two Masters events and finished runner-up at the other two majors, the Australian Open and the US Open.
Details
DurationJanuary 3, 2009 – November 30, 2009
Tournaments68
CategoriesGrand Slam (4)
World Tour Masters 1000 (9)
World Tour 500 (11)
World Tour 250 (40)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesUnited Kingdom Andy Murray (6)
Most tournament finalsSerbia Novak Djokovic (10)
Prize money leaderSwitzerland Roger Federer ($8,761,805)
Points leaderSwitzerland Roger Federer (10,550)
Awards
Player of the yearSwitzerland Roger Federer
Doubles team of the yearUnited States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Most improved
player of the year
United States John Isner
Newcomer of the yearArgentina Horacio Zeballos
Comeback
player of the year
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
2008
2010

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2009 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organised by the ITF.[1][2]

  1. ^ "ATP World Tour Season". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  2. ^ "Posing 10 ATP questions for 2009". ESPN. 2008-11-06. Archived from the original on 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2009-01-08.