2009 Medibank International Sydney – Men's singles
# 2009 Medibank International Sydney – Men's singles

Dmitry Tursunov was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Richard Gasquet.

David Nalbandian won in the final 6–3, $6–7^{(9–11)},$ 6–2, against Jarkko Nieminen.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye to the second round.

* Novak Djokovic (semifinals)
* Gilles Simon (second round)
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a back injury)
* David Nalbandian (champion)
* Igor Andreev (second round)
* Tomáš Berdych (first round)
* Tommy Robredo (second round)
* Mardy Fish (first round)

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1/WC | Novak Djokovic | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | |
| | Jarkko Nieminen | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Jarkko Nieminen | 6 | 7 | | Jarkko Nieminen | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| | | | | 4 | David Nalbandian | 6 | $6^9$ | 6 |
| 4 | David Nalbandian | 6 | 6 | 4 | David Nalbandian | 6 | $6^9$ | 6 |
| | Richard Gasquet | 4 | 3 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1/WC | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Seppi | 2 | 6 | 3 | | P-H Mathieu | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | P-H Mathieu | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | 1/WC | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Ančić | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | M Ančić | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | X Malisse | 6 | $6^5$ | 3 | | M Ančić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Melzer | 3 | 4 | | 7 | T Robredo | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | T Robredo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1/WC | N Djokovic | 4 | $6^3$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Nieminen | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 3 | J-W Tsonga | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bolelli | 7 | 6 | | | S Bolelli | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | P Starace | $6^1$ | 4 | | | | | | 3 | J-W Tsonga | | | | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | J Nieminen | w/o | | | | | |
| | F López | 2 | $6^9$ | | | J Nieminen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Guccione | 6 | 6 | | WC | C Guccione | $6^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | T Berdych | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | M Fish | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tipsarević | 6 | 3 | 6 | | J Tipsarević | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Benneteau | 7 | 2 | 4 | WC | L Hewitt | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Hewitt | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | L Hewitt | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | |
| Q | D Gremelmayr | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | D Nalbandian | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Llodra | 6 | 6 | | | M Llodra | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | D Nalbandian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Nalbandian | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | I Andreev | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 4 | 3 |
| Q | F Dancevic | $6^2$ | 3 | | 5 | I Andreev | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Chardy | 6 | 3 | | Q | J Chardy | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Štěpánek | 4 | 0 | r | | | | | | Q | J Chardy | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | |
| | D Tursunov | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | R Gasquet | 7 | 6 | | | R Gasquet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | G Simon | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying draw

### Seeds

* Julien Benneteau (moved Into main draw)
* Teymuraz Gabashvili (first round)
* Potito Starace (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Nicolas Devilder (first round)
* Jérémy Chardy (qualified)
* Jan Hernych (second round)
* Denis Gremelmayr (qualified)
* Nicolás Lapentti (first round)
* Andrey Golubev (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Frank Dancevic
* Xavier Malisse
* Denis Gremelmayr
* Jérémy Chardy

### Lucky loser

* Potito Starace

### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Andrey Golubev | $6^6$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | Evgeny Korolev | $7^8$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Evgeny Korolev | $7^8$ | 3 | 6 | | Evgeny Korolev | 3 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Frank Dancevic | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Frank Dancevic | 6 | 6 | | | Frank Dancevic | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Grega Žemlja | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Grega Žemlja | 0 | 2 | | | | | | Frank Dancevic | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Alberto Martín | 4 | 3 |
| | Alberto Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Alberto Martín | 4 | 3 |
| WC | Brendan Mckenzie | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Brendan Mckenzie | 2 | 1 | | | Alberto Martín | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | Alt | Sadik Kadir | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Alt | Sadik Kadir | 6 | 6 | | Alt | Sadik Kadir | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 8 | Nicolás Lapentti | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |

### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Adrian Mannarino | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | Adrian Mannarino | 6 | 6 | | | Adrian Mannarino | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | Robert Kendrick | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Robert Kendrick | 2 | 4 | | | | | | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Peter Luczak | 2 | 4 |
| | Arnaud Clément | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Peter Luczak | 2 | 4 |
| | Peter Luczak | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Peter Luczak | 6 | 6 | | | Peter Luczak | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Jan Hernych | 1 | 3 | | | |
| | Robert Smeets | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Jan Hernych | 1 | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Jan Hernych | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |

### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Potito Starace | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brydan Klein | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brydan Klein | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | Potito Starace | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Denis Istomin | $6^6$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | Denis Istomin | 6 | 6 | | | Denis Istomin | $6^6$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | Mikhail Elgin | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mikhail Elgin | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | Potito Starace | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Denis Gremelmayr | 6 | 6 |
| | Kevin Anderson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Denis Gremelmayr | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Steven Goh | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Steven Goh | 5 | 1 | | | Kevin Anderson | $7^7$ | $6^6$ | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Denis Gremelmayr | $6^4$ | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Amer Delić | 4 | $6^4$ | | 7 | Denis Gremelmayr | $6^4$ | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Denis Gremelmayr | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Nicolas Devilder | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ivo Minář | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ivo Minář | 6 | 7 | | | Ivo Minář | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Pere Riba | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Dušan Vemić | 2 | 4 | | | Pere Riba | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Pere Riba | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Pere Riba | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Ivo Minář | 3 | 6 | $6^2$ |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Jérémy Chardy | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ |
| WC | Dane Propoggia | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Jérémy Chardy | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ |
| WC | Greg Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Greg Jones | 6 | 6 | | WC | Greg Jones | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Jérémy Chardy | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | Jun Woong-sun | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | Jérémy Chardy | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| 5 | Jérémy Chardy | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
