| 2009 Australian Open | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | 19 January – 1 February 2009 |
| Edition | 97th |
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Surface | Hardcourt (Plexicushion) |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Venue | Melbourne Park |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Rafael Nadal | |
| Women's singles | |
 Serena Williams | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan | |
| Women's doubles | |
| Serena Williams / Venus Williams | |
| Mixed doubles | |
 Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi | |
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
 Shingo Kunieda | |
| Wheelchair women's singles | |
 Esther Vergeer | |
| Wheelchair quad singles | |
 Peter Norfolk | |
| Wheelchair men's doubles | |
| Robin Ammerlaan / Shingo Kunieda | |
| Wheelchair women's doubles | |
| Korie Homan / Esther Vergeer | |
| Wheelchair quad doubles | |
| Nick Taylor / David Wagner | |
| Boys' singles | |
| Yuki Bhambri | |
| Girls' singles | |
 Ksenia Pervak | |
| Boys' doubles | |
 Francis Casey Alcantara /  Hsieh Cheng-peng | |
| Girls' doubles | |
Christina McHale /  Ajla Tomljanović | |
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The tournament is remembered for containing many notable matches of the 2009 year,[1] including the Nadal v Verdasco semi final and the Nadal v Federer final.[2] It was the first hard court Grand Slam in which Nadal made the final or won.[3]
Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova were the defending champions. Djokovic was forced to retire in his quarter-final match against Andy Roddick due to heat stress, ending his title defence, whilst Sharapova chose not to defend her title due to long lasting shoulder surgery;[4] the withdrawal subsequently dropped her out of the WTA's Top 10 for the first time since July 2004.
Second seeded Serena Williams regained the women's singles title and recorded her fourth Australian Open title and tenth Grand Slam title overall after defeating third seed Dinara Safina in straight sets. Serena, partnering with her sister Venus, also won the women's doubles tournament.
First seeded Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in five sets to win the men's singles title. This was Nadal's first hard court grand slam title, having previously only won on clay at Roland Garros four times and grass at Wimbledon once. He also became the first Spaniard to ever win the Australian Open. This tournament featured 23 five-set men's singles matches, the most since 1988. In men's doubles, another sibling pair took the title as Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles.
This tournament was notable for being the warmest tournament weather-wise; the average daily maximum temperature throughout the tournament was 34.7 degrees Celsius, nine degrees above normal. The coolest Australian Open was in 1986, when the maximum temperature averaged just 22.5 degrees Celsius, 3.5 degrees below normal.[5][6]
- ^ 10 most memorable matches of 2009, www.tennis.com
- ^ McGrogan, Ed (4 January 2010). "Tignor: 10 Most Memorable Matches of 2009". Tennis.com. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ Nadal calls for fewer hard court events, sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis, 2 February 2009.
- ^ Sharapova out after shoulder fails to recover - The Age
- ^ Melbourne set to sizzle for Australian Open 2014 Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Open official website, 1 December 2013
- ^ "Melbourne set to sizzle for Australian Open 2014". Melbourne, Australia: Tennis Australia. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2015.