The 2009 Chennai Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Chennai Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, from 5 through 10 January 2009.
The singles line up was led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 5, Tennis Masters Cup runner-up, Miami Masters, Pörtschach and Warsaw champion Nikolay Davydenko, Rome Masters finalist and Beijing Olympics doubles gold medalist Stanislas Wawrinka, and Costa do SauÃÂpe and Bucharest runner-up, 2004 and 2005 Chennai champion Carlos Moyá.
Marin ÃÂiliàdefeated Somdev Devvarman, 6âÂÂ4, 7âÂÂ6<sup>(7âÂÂ3)</sup>
Eric Butorac / Rajeev Ram defeated Jean-Claude Scherrer / Stanislas Wawrinka, 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4
Marin ÃÂiliÃÂ, Simon Greul and Björn Phau were the early winners in the singles event. The no. 3 seed ÃÂiliàovercame Alberto MartÃÂn from Spain 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ4. The German player Greul had a comfortable 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4 victory over Daniel Gimeno Traver while compatriot Phau beat Santiago Ventura 6âÂÂ2, 7âÂÂ5. Greul will now play another German, the no. 5 seed Rainer Schüttler, who took three sets to emerge victorious against home-favourite Prakash Amritraj 6âÂÂ2, 4âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ1. In the other completed matches, seeded player Marcel Granollers (8) reached the second round without too much difficulty, beating Hyung Taik-Lee of South Korea 6âÂÂ4, 7âÂÂ5. The only non-Indian wildcard LukÃ¡à ¡ Dlouhý recorded a 3âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ2, 6âÂÂ4 win against Go Soeda from Japan and Israel's top player Dudi Sela overcame Spaniard Rubén RamÃÂrez Hidalgo 4âÂÂ6, 7âÂÂ6(3), 6âÂÂ1.
The men's doubles also started on the first day. The only seeds in action, American Scott Lipsky and David Martin of Sweden progressed to the second round with a 7âÂÂ6(9), 6âÂÂ3 victory over home player Rohan Bopanna and Italian Flavio Cipolla. American duo Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram advanced 6âÂÂ1, 6âÂÂ2 against home wildcards Yuki Bhambri and Harsh Mankad. Oliver Marach of Austria and Serbian Janko Tipsareviàbeat Spaniards Carlos Moyá and Pablo Andújar 3âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ3, [10-4] (champions tiebreak) to set up a match with Lipsky and Martin in round two.
In the remaining first round matches, world #5 and top seed, Russian Nikolay Davydenko, eased to a 6âÂÂ2, 6âÂÂ3 victory over Austrian Daniel Köllerer in his first match. He was joined by #4 seed Ivo Karloviàof Croatia (defeated American Rajeev Ram 6âÂÂ0, 6âÂÂ3), #6 Carlos Moyá of Spain (triumphed against Danai Udomchoke 6âÂÂ3, 7âÂÂ6(4)), and #7 Janko Tipsareviàof Serbia, comfortably advancing with a 6âÂÂ2, 6âÂÂ3 victory over Spaniard Pablo Andújar.#2 seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland wasn't as fortunate, falling to Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ1. The winners were also joined by Uzbek Denis Istomin who will play ÃÂiliàfollowing a 6âÂÂ4, 7âÂÂ6 triumph against home player Rohan Bopanna; German Andreas Beck who will play Marcel Granollers after thrashing Roko Karanuà ¡ià6âÂÂ0, 6âÂÂ1 and Czech Ivo Mináà Â, who beat Wayne Odesnik of America 6âÂÂ0, 6âÂÂ3 and proceeded to face Karloviàin round two.
On the doubles side, #3 seeds Rogier Wassen & Lovro Zovko won their first match, beating Alberto MartÃÂn & Dudi Sela 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ1. They will next face Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram in the quarter-finals. In an all-Spanish match between Daniel Gimeno Traver / Rubén RamÃÂrez Hidalgo and Marcel Granollers / Santiago Ventura, the latter pair comfortably won 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ2.
Because of rain, no matches were played. However, LukÃ¡à ¡ Dlouhý advanced when top seed Nikolay Davydenko was forced to withdraw because of a heel inflammation, which will also keep him out of the Australian Open.
Marin ÃÂiliÃÂ won his 2nd career title by defeating Devvarman in straight sets.