2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic

The 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic (also known as the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic presented by GEICO for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 41st edition of the event known that year as Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from August 1 through August 9, 2009. The Legg Mason Tennis Classic was the third ATP stop of the 2009 US Open Series. Unlike previous years, the men's event was field 48 players instead of 32. Second-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the singles title.^[3]

2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Date	August 1–9
Edition	41st
Category	ATP World Tour 500
Draw	48S / 16D
Prize money	$1,165,500
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Venue	William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Juan Martín del Potro[1]
Doubles
Martin Damm / Robert Lindstedt[2]

ATP World Tour No. 6 Juan Martín del Potro was the singles defending champion in Washington

2007 champion and 2008 quarterfinalist Andy Roddick headlined the field in the singles event

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles

Juan Martín del Potro defeated Andy Roddick, 3–6, 7–5, 7–6^(8–6).

• It was del Potro's second title of the year and sixth of his career.
• It was his second consecutive title at the event.

Doubles

Main article: 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles

Martin Damm / Robert Lindstedt defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3).

ATP entrants

List of Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles entrants, as of July 27, 2009.^[4]

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank[a]	Seed[b]
USA	Andy Roddick	5	1
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	6	2
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7	3
CHI	Fernando González	11	4
SWE	Robin Söderling	12	5
CRO	Marin Čilić	15	6
ESP	Tommy Robredo	16	7
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	19	8
USA	Mardy Fish	21	9
GER	Tommy Haas	22	10
CRO	Ivo Karlović	25	11
SRB	Viktor Troicki	26	12
RUS	Igor Andreev	27	13
RUS	Dmitry Tursunov	29	14
ISR	Dudi Sela	30	15
USA	Sam Querrey	32	16

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Jerzy Janowicz
• Donald Young
• Michael Russell

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Somdev Devvarman
• Alejandro Falla
• Santiago Giraldo
• Yūichi Sugita
• Jesse Witten
• Sébastien de Chaunac

The following player received the lucky loser spot:

• Nicolás Lapentti

Notes

• ^a ATP rankings, as of Monday, July 27, 2009.^[5]
• ^b Seedings based on the Monday, July 27, 2009 ATP rankings.^[5]