2009 BNP Paribas Masters

The 2009 Paris Masters (also known as the BNP Paribas Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2009 ATP Tour. It was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 8 November through 15 November 2009.

For the tournament held at Indian Wells earlier in the year, see 2009 BNP Paribas Open.
2009 BNP Paribas Masters
Date8 – 15 November
Edition38th
CategoryATP World Tour Masters 1000
Draw64S / 32D
Prize money€ 2,227,500
SurfaceHard / Indoor
LocationParis, France
VenuePalais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Champions
Singles
Novak Djokovic
Doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić

In singles, the event was notable for hosting the last ATP Tour appearance of the former Number One player Marat Safin. He lost his second round match against Juan Martín del Potro, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, in what would be his last professional match.

ATP players

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
  SUI Roger Federer 1 1
 ESP Rafael Nadal 2 2
 SRB Novak Djokovic 3 3
 GBR Andy Murray 4 4
 ARG Juan Martín del Potro 5 5
 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 7 6
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 8 7
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 9 8
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SWE Robin Söderling 10 9
 CHI Fernando González 11 10
 FRA Gilles Simon 12 11
 CRO Marin Čilić 13 12
 CZE Radek Štěpánek 14 13
 ESP Tommy Robredo 15 14
 FRA Gaël Monfils 16 15
 GER Tommy Haas 17 16
  • Seeds are based on the rankings of November 2, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempt:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2009 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles

Novak Djokovic def. Gaël Monfils 6–2, 5–7, 7–6(3)

  • It was Djokovic's 5th title of the year and 16th of his career. It was his first win in five Masters Series finals this year, and fifth total Masters 1000 win.

Doubles
Main article: 2009 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles

Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Marcel Granollers / Tommy Robredo, 6–3, 6–4

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