Rakuten Japan Open Championships 2009
Tokyo, Japan
October 5-11, 2009
32 draw - $1,226,500
Surface - Hard

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Thomaz Bellucci - 68)
1. Juan Martin del Potro
2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
3. Gilles Simon
4. Gael Monfils
5. Tomas Berdych
6. Radek Stepanek
7. Stanislas Wawrinka
8. Lleyton Hewitt

First Round
(q)Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. (1)Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) 6-4 6-4
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 7-6(4) 6-3
Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d. Andrei Goloubev (KAZ) 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 6-2
(8)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. (WC)Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 6-1 7-5
(3)Gilles Simon (FRA) d. (WC)Takao Suzuki (JPN) 6-3 6-4
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 6-2 6-3
Andreas Beck (GER) d. Rainer Schuettler (GER) 6-3 4-6 7-6(3)
(5)Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. (WC)Go Soeda (JPN) 6-2 6-4
(7)Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. John Isner (USA) 6-4 6-4
Simon Greul (GER) d. Martin Vassallo-Arguello (ARG) 4-6 6-4 6-2
(q)Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 4-6 6-1 6-4
(4)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. (q)Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 6-2 6-4
(q)Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. (6)Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-4 6-4
Juan Monaco (ARG) d. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 5-0 ret.
Richard Gasquet (FRA) d. Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6-3 6-2
(2)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Michael Zverev (GER) 6-4 6-3

Second Round
(q)Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 4-6 6-2 6-3
(8)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 3-6 6-3 6-1
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. (3)Gilles Simon (FRA) 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-4
(5)Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Andreas Beck (GER) 6-4 6-1
(7)Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. Simon Greul (GER) 6-3 6-2
(4)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. (q)Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) 7-6(5) 6-3
(q)Ernests Gulbis (LAT) d. Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-3 4-1 ret.
(2)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 4-6 6-2 6-2

Quarterfinals
(8)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. (q)Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-4 6-0
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. (5)Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6-2 7-6(6)
(4)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. (7)Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2-6 6-3 6-4
(2)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. (q)Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 4-6 6-4 6-3

Semifinals
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. (8)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 6-2 5-7 7-5
(2)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. (4)Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-3 6-3

Finals
(2)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-3 6-3


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Advanced 85/On-site 81)
1. Frantisek Cermak/Michal Mertinak
2. Martin Damm/Robert Lindstedt
3. Simon Aspelin/Paul Hanley
4. Travis Parrott/Filip Polasek

First Round
(1)Frantisek Cermak/Michal Mertinak (CZE/SVK) d. Andreas Beck/Philipp Petzschner (GER) 6-2 6-3
Christopher Kas/Jaroslav Levinsky (GER/CZE) d. (ALT)Marco Chiudinelli/Dominik Meffert (SUI/GER) 6-3 6-2   [Chiudinelli/Meffert replace Marcelo Melo/Andre Sa]
(WC)Hiroki Kondo/Go Soeda (JPN) d. (4)Travis Parrott/Filip Polasek (USA/SVK) 6-2 5-7 (10-7)
Ross Hutchins/Jordan Kerr (GBR/AUS) d. Juan Monaco/Radek Stepanek (ARG/CZE) 7-5 4-6 (10-7)
Johan Brunstrom/Jean-Julien Rojer (SWE/AHO) d. Stephen Huss/Scott Lipsky (AUS/USA) 6-3 3-6 (11-9)
Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. (3)Simon Aspelin/Paul Hanley (SWE/AUS) 4-6 7-6(5) (14-12)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga/Stanislas Wawrinka (FRA/SUI) d. Jeff Coetzee/Rik de Voest (RSA) 6-2 6-4
(WC)Satoshi Iwabuchi/Takao Suzuki (JPN) d. (2)Martin Damm/Robert Lindstedt (CZE/SWE) 6-1 3-6 (10-5)

Quarterfinals
Christopher Kas/Jaroslav Levinsky (GER/CZE) d. (1)Frantisek Cermak/Michal Mertinak (CZE/SVK) 6-7(0) 6-4 (12-10)
Ross Hutchins/Jordan Kerr (GBR/AUS) d. (WC)Hiroki Kondo/Go Soeda (JPN) 6-2 6-3
Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Johan Brunstrom/Jean-Julien Rojer (SWE/AHO) 3-6 6-4 (11-9)
(WC)Satoshi Iwabuchi/Takao Suzuki (JPN) d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga/Stanislas Wawrinka (FRA/SUI) 6-3 4-6 (10-8)

Semifinals
Ross Hutchins/Jordan Kerr (GBR/AUS) d. Christopher Kas/Jaroslav Levinsky (GER/CZE) 6-3 3-6 (10-7)
Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. (WC)Satoshi Iwabuchi/Takao Suzuki (JPN) 6-2 4-6 (10-4)

Finals
Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Ross Hutchins/Jordan Kerr (GBR/AUS) 6-2 5-7 (10-8)