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Singles
2009 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
Champion	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Runner-up	Mikhail Youzhny
Score	6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw	32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Tomáš Berdych was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarterfinals to Mikhail Youzhny.

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
• SR = Special ranking

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	6					J Melzer	6	2	3
		L Mayer	6	3											Q	É Roger-Vasselin	4	0
		A Golubev	7	6	2										8	L Hewitt	6	6
		F Santoro	6	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	7	4
		T Bellucci	2	3					M Youzhny	7	6	6
		M Youzhny	6	6												M Youzhny	6	7
		A Beck	6	4	7										5	T Berdych	2	6
		R Schüttler	3	6	6				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	3
	Q	M İlhan	2	4				4	G Monfils	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
		G García-López	0												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

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Ernests Gulbis (qualified)
2. Marco Chiudinelli (qualified)
3. Somdev Devvarman (first round)
4. Édouard Roger-Vasselin (qualified)
5. Im Kyu-tae (qualifying competition)
6. Marsel İlhan (qualified)
7. Dominik Meffert (qualifying competition)
8. Rik de Voest (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Ernests Gulbis
2. Marco Chiudinelli
3. Marsel İlhan
4. Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Ernests Gulbis	6	6
		Junn Mitsuhashi	2	3
								1	Ernests Gulbis	6	6	6
								7	Dominik Meffert	7	3	4
	WC	Yuichi Ito	3	2
	7	Dominik Meffert	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Marco Chiudinelli	6	6
		Luka Gregorc	3	4
								2	Marco Chiudinelli	6	6	6
								5	Im Kyu-tae	7	4	2
	WC	Hiroyasu Ehara	6	2	3
	5	Im Kyu-tae	0	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Somdev Devvarman	6	5	4
		Yūichi Sugita	3	7	6
									Yūichi Sugita	6	1
								6	Marsel İlhan	7	6
		Hiroki Kondo	3	4
	6	Marsel İlhan	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6	6
		Alexander Peya	2	4
								4	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3	6	6
								8	Rik de Voest	6	3	4
	WC	Hiroki Moriya	4	6
	8	Rik de Voest	6	7

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw

• 2009 Japan Open Tennis Championships