2009 Pilot Pen Tennis

The 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 29, 2009. It was the last event on the 2009 US Open Series before the 2009 US Open.

2009 Pilot Pen Tennis
DateAugust 21–29
Edition41st
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationNew Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
VenueCullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
Fernando Verdasco
Women's Singles
Caroline Wozniacki
Men's Doubles
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer
Women's Doubles
Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez

ATP entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 8 1
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 10 2
 ESP Tommy Robredo 16 3
 ESP David Ferrer 19 4
 USA Mardy Fish 22 5
 USA Sam Querrey 26 6
 RUS Igor Andreev 27 7
 ROU Victor Hănescu 28 8
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 33 9
 FRA Jérémy Chardy 35 10
 AUT Jürgen Melzer 37 11
 GER Philipp Petzschner 39 12
 GER Andreas Beck 40 13
 RUS Igor Kunitsyn 43 14
 FRA Fabrice Santoro 44 15
 ITA Andreas Seppi 45 16
  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of August 17, 2009

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

WTA entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 1
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 8 2
 ITA Flavia Pennetta 10 3
 RUS Nadia Petrova 12 4
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 13 5
 FRA Marion Bartoli 14 6
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 15 7
 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 16 8
 AUS Samantha Stosur 17 9
  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of August 17, 2009
  • Dominika Cibulková was forced withdrew due to right rib injury, so Samantha Stosur became the no. 9 seed.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received the lucky loser spots:

Finals

Men's singles
Main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's Singles

Fernando Verdasco defeated Sam Querrey, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)

  • It was Verdasco's first title of the year and third of his career.

Women's singles
Main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's Singles

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Wozniacki's third title of the year, and the sixth of her career. It was her second win at the event, also winning in 2008.

Men's doubles
Main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's Doubles

Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer defeated Bruno Soares / Kevin Ullyett, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Women's doubles
Main article: 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Women's Doubles

Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Iveta Benešová / Lucie Hradecká, 6–2, 7–5.

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Preceded by
Cincinnati		 2009 US Open Series
Men's Events		 Succeeded by
New York - US Open
Preceded by
Toronto		 2009 US Open Series
Women's Events		 Succeeded by
New York - US Open


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