2009 Novak Djokovic tennis season

2009 Novak Djokovic tennis season

Name	Novak Djokovic
Country	Serbia
Calendar prize money	$5,476,472
Singles
Season record	78–19 (80.41%)
Calendar titles	5
Current ranking	No. 3
Ranking change from previous year
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF
French Open	3R
Wimbledon	QF
US Open	SF
Doubles
Season record	6–5 (54.55%)
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	–
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	1R
Last updated on: 21:22, 9 January 2013 (UTC).

The 2009 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially commenced on January 5 with the start of the 2009 ATP World Tour.

Yearly summary

Grand Slam performances

Australian Open

Roland Garros

Wimbledon

US Open

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Djokovic in 2009, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	#	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP 250 Hard, outdoor January 5, 2009
	1	1R	Ernests Gulbis	53	Loss	4–6, 4–6
Medibank International Sydney Sydney, Australia ATP 250 Hard, outdoor January 12, 2009		1R	Bye
	2	2R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	29	Win	6–1, 6–2
	3	QF	Mario Ancic	35	Win	6–3, 6–4
	4	SF	Jarkko Nieminen	40	Loss	4–6, 6–7^(7–3)
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor January 19, 2009
	5	1R	Andrea Stoppini	220	Win	6–2, 6–3, 7–5
	6	2R	Jeremy Chardy	68	Win	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
	7	3R	Amer Delic	127	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
	8	4R	Marcos Baghdatis	97	Win	6–1, 7–6^(7–1), 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
	9	QF	Andy Roddick	9	Loss	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 2–6, 1–2 Ret.
Open 13 Marseille, France ATP 250 Hard, indoor February 16, 2009
	10	1R	Jeremy Chardy	55	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
	11	2R	Jan Hernych	68	Win	7–5, 6–4
	12	QF	Mischa Zverev	76	Win	6–3, 6–3
	13	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	12	Loss	4–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, UAE ATP 500 Hard, outdoor February 23, 2009
	14	1R	Flavio Cipolla	125	Win	6–3, 6–2
	15	2R	Jan Hernych	66	Win	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
	16	QF	Marin Cilic	19	Win	6–3, 6–4
	17	SF	Gilles Simon	8	Win	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
	18	W	David Ferrer	14	Win (1)	7–5, 6–3
Davis Cup World Group 1st Round: Spain vs Serbia Benidorm, Spain Davis Cup Clay, outdoor March 6, 2009	19	1R R1	David Ferrer	12	Loss	3–6, 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
	20	1R R4	Rafael Nadal	1	Loss	4–6, 4–6, 1–6
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 9, 2009		1R	Bye
	21	2R	Martín Vassallo Argüello	54	Win	7–5, 6–4
	22	3R	Tommy Haas	64	Win	6–2, 7–6^(7–1)
	23	4R	Stan Wawrinka	16	Win	7–6^(9–7), 7–6^(8–6)
	24	QF	Andy Roddick	7	Loss	3–6, 2–6
Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 23, 2009		1R	Bye
	25	2R	Frank Dancevic	117	Win	6–3, 6–2
	26	3R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	33	Win	6–4, 6–1
	27	4R	Tomas Berdych	22	Win	6–3, 6–2
	28	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	11	Win	6–3, 6–4
	29	SF	Roger Federer	2	Win	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
	30	F	Andy Murray	4	Loss (1)	2–6, 5–7
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor April 13, 2009		1R	Bye
	31	2R	Óscar Hernández	65	Win	6–1, 6–2
	32	3R	Albert Montañés	36	Win	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 6–0
	33	QF	Fernando Verdasco	8	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
	34	SF	Stan Wawrinka	16	Win	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
	35	F	Rafael Nadal	1	Loss (2)	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor April 27, 2009		1R	Bye
	36	2R	Albert Montañés	33	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–0
	37	3R	Tommy Robredo	17	Win	6–1, 6–1
	38	QF	Juan Martín del Potro	5	Win	6–3, 6–4
	39	SF	Roger Federer	2	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
	40	F	Rafael Nadal	1	Loss (3)	6–7^(7–2), 2–6
Serbia Open Belgrade, Serbia ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor May 3, 2009		1R	Bye
	41	2R	Janko Tipsarevic	63	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
	42	QF	Viktor Troicki	38	Win	6–3, 6–2
	43	SF	Andreas Seppi	36	Win	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
	44	W	Lukasz Kubot	179	Win (2)	6–3, 7–6^(7–0)
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor May 5, 2009		1R	Bye
	45	2R	Óscar Hernández	65	Win	6–3, 6–3
	46	3R	Andreas Seppi	36	Win	6–4, 6–4
	47	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	54	Win	6–3, 6–4
	48	SF	Rafael Nadal	1	Loss	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(9–11)
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor May 25, 2009
	49	1R	Nicolás Lapentti	102	Win	6–3, 3–1 Ret.
	50	2R	Sergiy Stakhovsky	110	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
	51	3R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	31	Loss	4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor June 8, 2009
	52	1R	Simone Bolelli	66	Win	7–5, 6–2
	53	2R	Florent Serra	56	Win	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
	54	QF	Jurgen Melzer	28	Win	6–1, 6–4
	55	SF	Olivier Rochus	136	Win	7–6^(9–7), 6–4
	56	F	Tommy Haas	41	Loss (4)	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 1–6
Wimbledon Championships London, England Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor June 22, 2009
	57	1R	Julien Benneteau	81	Win	6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(7–1), 6–2, 6
	58	2R	Simon Greul	106	Win	7–5, 6–1, 6–4
	59	3R	Mardy Fish	25	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
	60	4R	Dudi Sela	46	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–1
	61	QF	Tommy Haas	34	Loss	5–7, 6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 3–6
Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor August 10, 2009		1R	Bye
	62	2R	Peter Polansky	225	Win	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
	63	3R	Mikhail Youzhny	65	Win	6–3, 6–4
	64	QF	Andy Roddick	5	Loss	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters Cincinnati, USA ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor August 17, 2009		1R	Bye
	65	2R	Ivan Ljubicic	54	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
	66	3R	Jeremy Chardy	35	Win	7–5, 6–3
	67	QF	Gilles Simon	9	Win	6–4, 7–5
	68	SF	Rafael Nadal	3	Win	6–1, 6–4
	69	F	Roger Federer	1	Loss (5)	1–6, 5–7
US Open New-York, USA Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor August 31, 2009
	70	1R	Ivan Ljubicic	51	Win	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
	71	2R	Carsten Ball	155	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
	72	3R	Jesse Witten	276	Win	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4
	73	4R	Radek Stepanek	16	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–3
	74	QF	Fernando Verdasco	10	Win	7–6^(7–2), 1–6, 7–5, 6–2
	75	SF	Roger Federer	1	Loss	6–7^(3–7), 5–7, 5–7
China Open Beijing, China ATP 500 Hard, outdoor October 5, 2009
	76	1R	Victor Hanescu	27	Win	6–3, 7–5
	77	2R	Viktor Troicki	28	W/O	6–3, 6–0
	78	QF	Fernando Verdasco	9	Win	6–3, 1–6, 6–1
	79	SF	Robin Soderling	11	Win	6–3, 6–3
	80	W	Marin Cilic	15	Win (3)	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor October 12, 2009		1R	Bye
	81	2R	Fabio Fognini	66	Win	6–3, 6–1
	82	3R	Rainer Schuettler	99	Win	6–1, 6–1
	83	QF	Gilles Simon	10	Win	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
	84	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	8	Loss	6–4, 4–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP 500 Hard, indoor November 2, 2009
	85	1R	Andreas Beck	33	Win	6–3, 7–5
	86	2R	Jan Hernych	59	Win	6–0, 6–0
	87	QF	Stan Wawrinka	21	Win	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2
	88	SF	Radek Stepanek	14	Win	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, 6–2
	89	W	Roger Federer	1	Win (4)	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
BNP Paribas Masters Paris, France ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor November 9, 2009		1R	Bye
	90	2R	Juan Mónaco	30	Win	6–3, 7–5
	91	3R	Arnaud Clément	93	Win	6–2, 6–2
	92	QF	Robin Soderling	10	Win	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
	93	SF	Rafael Nadal	2	Win	6–2, 6–3
	94	W	Gaël Monfils	16	Win (5)	6–2, 5–7, 7–6^(7–3)
ATP World Tour Finals London, England Year-end Championships Hard, indoor November 23, 2009
	95	RR	Nikolay Davydenko	7	Win	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
	96	RR	Robin Soderling	9	Loss	6–7^(5–7), 1–6
	97	RR	Rafael Nadal	2	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–3

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Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (Seed or Key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 13 – 19 April 2009 Partner: Viktor Troicki
	1	1R	Marcelo Melo / Andre Sa	22 / 23	Win	6–1, 6–4
	2	2R	Jeff Coetzee / Jordan Kerr	14 / 29	Win	6–4, 6–4
	3	QF	Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles	10 / 9	Win	6–4, 4–6, [12–10]
	4	SF	Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic	3 / 4	Loss	6–3, 1–6, [5–10]
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 11 – 17 May 2009 Partner: Dusan Vemic
	5	1R	Jeff Coetzee / Jordan Kerr	22 / 26	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
	6	2R	Marcelo Melo / Andre Sa	20 / 21	Win	6–2, 7–6^(11–9)
	7	QF	Simon Aspelin / Wesley Moodie	37 / 30	Loss	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Gerry Weber Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 7 – 13 June 2009 Partner: Viktor Troicki
	8	1R	Julian Knowle / Jurgen Melzer	37 / 45	Win	7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
	9	2R	Nicolas Kiefer / Mischa Zverev	140 / 44	Loss	1–6, 1–6
ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag Umag, Croatia ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 27 July – 2 August 2009 Partner: Marko Djokovic
	10	1R	Fabio Fognini / Potito Starace	195 / 79	Loss	0–6, 5–7
Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 August 2010 Partner: Dusan Vemic
	11	1R	Rafael Nadal / Francisco Roig	122 / –	Loss	5–7, 4–6

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Yearly records

Timeline

Head-to-head matchups

Novak Djokovic had a 15–12 record (56%) against the top 10, a 44–18 record (71%) against the top 50 and a 34–1 record (97%) against players outside the top 50.

Finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Category Grand Slam (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–4) ATP World Tour 500 (3–0) ATP World Tour 250 (1–1)

Titles by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–1)

Titles by conditions Outdoors (3–5) Indoors (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	12.	February 28, 2009	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, UAE	Hard	David Ferrer	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	April 5, 2009	Miami Masters, Miami, United States	Hard	Andy Murray	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	April 19, 2009	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	May 3, 2009	Italian Open, Rome, Italy	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–7^(2–7), 2–6
Winner	13.	May 10, 2009	Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	6–3, 7–6^(7–0)
Runner-up	10.	June 14, 2009	Halle Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Tommy Haas	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 1–6
Runner-up	11.	August 23, 2009	Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati, United States (2)	Hard	Roger Federer	1–6, 5–7
Winner	14.	October 11, 2009	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Marin Čilić	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	15.	November 8, 2009	Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	16.	November 15, 2009	Paris Masters, Paris, France	Hard (i)	Gaël Monfils	6–2, 5–7, 7–6^(7–3)

See also

• 2009 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2009 Rafael Nadal tennis season
• 2009 ATP World Tour

References