2009 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
# 2009 St. Petersburg Open – Singles

Andy Murray was the defending champion, but he chose not to compete this year.

Sergiy Stakhovsky won in the final over Horacio Zeballos 2–6, $7–6^{(10–8)},$ $7–6^{(9–7)}.$

## Seeds

* Mikhail Youzhny (second round, retired because of a lower back injury)
* Victor Hănescu (quarterfinals)
* Viktor Troicki (first round)
* Jérémy Chardy (second round)
* Igor Andreev (second round, retired because of a left knee injury)
* Evgeny Korolev (first round)
* Pablo Cuevas (first round)
* Horacio Zeballos (final)

## 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Marat Safin | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 4 | 6 | Q | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 2 | $7^{10}$ | $7^9$ |
| | | | | | 8 | Horacio Zeballos | 6 | $6^8$ | $6^7$ |
| 8 | Horacio Zeballos | $7^9$ | 6 | | 8 | Horacio Zeballos | 6 | $6^8$ | $6^7$ |
| | Igor Kunitsyn | $6^7$ | 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 | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Golubev | 3 | 2 | | 1 | M Youzhny | 2 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Istomin | 6 | 6 | | | D Istomin | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | D Istomin | 0 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
| | M Safin | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | M Safin | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet | $6^5$ | 4 | | | M Safin | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Starace | 4 | 2 | | 5 | I Andreev | 3 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | I Andreev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Safin | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | V Troicki | $6^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Q | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | K Beck | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | K Beck | 4 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Vovk | 3 | 2 | | | B Phau | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Phau | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Phau | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | M Granollers | $7^7$ | $6^6$ | 4 | | | | | Q | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | A Kuznetsov | $6^4$ | $7^8$ | 6 | WC | A Kuznetsov | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Korolev | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | H Zeballos | $7^{11}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Schukin | $6^9$ | 3 | 8 | H Zeballos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Dolgopolov Jr. | 6 | 1 | Q | O Dolgopolov Jr. | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ginepri | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | | 8 | H Zeballos | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Gulbis | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | E Gulbis | $6^8$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | F Mayer | 3 | $6^3$ | | E Gulbis | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P-A Luncanu | 2 | 2 | 4 | J Chardy | $6^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Chardy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | H Zeballos | $7^9$ | 6 |
| 7 | P Cuevas | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | I Kunitsyn | $6^7$ | 3 |
| | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 | | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Elgin | 6 | 6 | WC | M Elgin | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | M Kukushkin | 3 | 3 | | | | | | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 3 | $7^8$ | | | | |
| | F Fognini | 4 | 1 | | | | | 2 | V Hănescu | 3 | 6 | $6^6$ | | | | |
| SE | I Marchenko | 6 | 6 | SE | I Marchenko | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Gabashvili | 1 | 2 | 2 | V Hănescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | V Hănescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
