2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Tomáš Berdych was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarterfinals to Mikhail Youzhny.

Singles
2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Runner-up	Mikhail Youzhny
Final score	6–3, 6–3
Draw	32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds	8

Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Mikhail Youzhny.

Seeds

1. Juan Martín del Potro (First Round)
2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Champion)
3. Gilles Simon (Second Round)
4. Gaël Monfils (Semifinals)
5. Tomáš Berdych (Quarterfinals)
6. Radek Štěpánek (First Round)
7. Stanislas Wawrinka (Quarterfinals)
8. Lleyton Hewitt (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	8	Lleyton Hewitt	2	7	5
		Mikhail Youzhny	6	5	7
									Mikhail Youzhny	3	3
								2	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	6
	4	Gaël Monfils	3	3
	2	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	6

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	JM del Potro	4	4
	Q	É Roger-Vasselin	6	6				Q	É Roger-Vasselin	4	6	6
		J Melzer	7^7	6					J Melzer	6	2	3
		L Mayer	6^4	3											Q	É Roger-Vasselin	4	0
		A Golubev	7^7	6^2	2										8	L Hewitt	6	6
		F Santoro	6^5	7^7	6				F Santoro	6	3	1
	WC	T Ito	1	5				8	L Hewitt	3	6	6
	8	L Hewitt	6	7																		8	L Hewitt	2	7	5
	3	G Simon	6	6																			M Youzhny	6	5	7
	WC	T Suzuki	3	4				3	G Simon	6^5	7^7	4
		T Bellucci	2	3					M Youzhny	7^7	6^5	6
		M Youzhny	6	6												M Youzhny	6	7^10
		A Beck	6	4	7^7										5	T Berdych	2	6^8
		R Schüttler	3	6	6^3				A Beck	4	1
	WC	G Soeda	2	4				5	T Berdych	6	6
	5	T Berdych	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	S Wawrinka	6	6
		J Isner	4	4				7	S Wawrinka	6	6
		S Greul	4	6	6				S Greul	3	2
		M Vassallo Argüello	6	4	2										7	S Wawrinka	6	3	4
	Q	M Chiudinelli	4	6	6										4	G Monfils	2	6	6
		D Sela	6	1	4			Q	M Chiudinelli	6^5	3
	Q	M İlhan	2	4				4	G Monfils	7^7	6
	4	G Monfils	6	6																		4	G Monfils	3	3
	6	R Štěpánek	4	4																		2	J-W Tsonga	6	6
	Q	E Gulbis	6	6				Q	E Gulbis	6	4
		J Mónaco	5						J Mónaco	3	1^r
		G García-López	0^r												Q	E Gulbis	6	4	3
		R Gasquet	6	6											2	J-W Tsonga	4	6	6
		P Petzschner	3	2					R Gasquet	6	2	2
		M Zverev	4	3				2	J-W Tsonga	4	6	6
	2	J-W Tsonga	6	6

External links

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw