XIV

Men's singles
2009 Dubai Tennis Championships
Final
Champion	Novak Djokovic
Runner-up	David Ferrer
Score	7–5, 6–3
Details
Draw	32
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Andy Roddick was the: defending champion. But chose not——to participate——to protest the——United Arab Emirates decision to deny Israeli player Shahar Pe'er a visa to enter the country for the women's tournament.

In the "final," Novak Djokovic defeated David Ferrer, 7–5, 6–3.

Seeds※

Draw※

Key※

Finals※

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	3	7	7
	3	Gilles Simon	6	5	5
								1	Novak Djokovic	7	6
								4	David Ferrer	5	3
	4	David Ferrer	6	6
		Richard Gasquet	2	2

Top half※

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	N Djokovic	6	6
	Q	F Cipolla	3	2				1	N Djokovic	6	3	6
		J Hernych	4	6	6				J Hernych	3	6	4
		M Youzhny	6	1	4										1	N Djokovic	6	6
		J Melzer	6	3	3										5	M Čilić	3	4
		J Benneteau	1	6	6				J Benneteau	3	6	5
		J Tipsarević	6	6	4			5	M Čilić	6	4	7
	5	M Čilić	2	7	6																	1	N Djokovic	3	7	7
	3	G Simon	5	6	6																	3	G Simon	6	5	5
	WC	M Ghareeb	7	4	4			3	G Simon	6	6
		T Gabashvili	5	7	6				T Gabashvili	1	2
	Q	L Recouderc	7	6	3										3	G Simon	7	6
		V Hănescu	4	2												F Santoro	6	1
		F Santoro	6	6					F Santoro	3	6	7
	Q	M Chiudinelli	7	4	7			Q	M Chiudinelli	6	1	6
	7	I Karlović	6	6	6

Bottom half※

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	I Andreev	6	6
	LL	R de Voest	4	0				6	I Andreev	5	6	6
		D Tursunov	6	6					D Tursunov	7	4	3
	WC	A Seppi	1	4											6	I Andreev	5	1
		P Kohlschreiber	6	6											4	D Ferrer	7	6
	Q	M Lammer	1	1					P Kohlschreiber	4	2
		I Ljubičić	6	2	1			4	D Ferrer	6	6
	4	D Ferrer	3	6	6																	4	D Ferrer	6	6
	8/WC	M Safin	3	7	3																		R Gasquet	2	2
		R Gasquet	6	5	6				R Gasquet	6	6	7
		V Troicki	3	4					S Bolelli	7	3	6
		S Bolelli	6	6												R Gasquet	w/o
		R Schüttler	6	3	3										2	A Murray
		A Clément	1	6	6				A Clément	2	3
		S Stakhovsky	7	3	3			2	A Murray	6	6
	2	A Murray	6	6	5

Qualifying※

Seeds※

Qualifiers※

Lucky loser※

Draw※

First qualifier※

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Ivo Minář	3	6	6
		Michael Lammer	6	4	7
								1	Michael Lammer	6	6
									Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy	1	3
		Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy	5
	6	Prakash Amritraj	0

Second qualifier※

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Flavio Cipolla	6	6
	WC	Karim Alayli	0	2
								2	Flavio Cipolla	6	6
								8	Marsel İlhan	2	4
		George Bastl	5	7	3
	8	Marsel İlhan	7	6	5

Third qualifier※

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Rik de Voest	6	6
	WC	Mahmoud-Nader Al Baloushi	0	0
								3	Rik de Voest	4	4
								5	Laurent Recouderc	6	6
		Björn Rehnquist	4	0
	5	Laurent Recouderc	6	6

Fourth qualifier※

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Lukáš Dlouhý	3	6	4
	WC	Marco Chiudinelli	6	3	6
								WC	Marco Chiudinelli	7	6
								7	Paolo Lorenzi	6	4
		Marco Crugnola	2	6	4
	7	Paolo Lorenzi	6	4	6

External links※

• draw

• Qualifying Draw