2009 Juan Martín del Potro tennis season

2009 Juan Martín del Potro tennis season
Full name	Juan Martín del Potro
Country	Argentina
Calendar prize money	$4,712,744
Singles
Season record	54–16 (77.1%)
Calendar titles	3
Year-end ranking	No. 5
Ranking change from previous year	1
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	QF
French Open	SF
Wimbledon	2R
US Open	W
Doubles
Season record	0–0
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	588
Ranking change from previous year	171

The 2009 Juan Martín del Potro tennis season officially began at the Auckland Open, where he had won his first title at Auckland.^[1]

All matches[edit]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches[edit]

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 12 – 17 January 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	1 / 127	2R	Ernests Gulbis	51	Win	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
	2 / 128	QF	Viktor Troicki	53	Win	6–3, 6–2
	3 / 129	SF	Robin Söderling (3)	17	Win	6–4, 6–3
	4 / 130	W	Sam Querrey (6)	36	Win (1)	6–4, 6–4

Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 19 January – 1 February 2009
	5 / 131	1R	Mischa Zverev	81	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
	6 / 132	2R	Florian Mayer (Q)	450	Win	6–1, 7–5, 6–2
	7 / 133	3R	Gilles Müller	87	Win	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
	8 / 134	4R	Marin Čilić (19)	20	Win	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
	9 / 135	QF	Roger Federer (2)	2	Loss	3–6, 0–6, 0–6

Pacific Coast Championships San Jose, United States ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 9 – 15 February 2009
	10 / 136	1R	Andrea Stoppini (Q)	209	Win	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
	11 / 137	2R	Kei Nishikori	56	Win	6–2, 6–2
	12 / 138	QF	Mardy Fish (5)	24	Loss	3–6, 4–6

Memphis Open Memphis, United States ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 15 – 22 February 2009
	13 / 139	1R	Guillermo Cañas	69	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
	14 / 140	2R	Ernests Gulbis	42	Win	6–3, 6–4
	15 / 141	QF	Radek Štěpánek (5)	19	Loss	6–7^(7–9), 4–6

Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 9 – 22 March 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	16 / 142	2R	Ryan Sweeting (WC)	170	Win	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 6–1
	17 / 143	3R	Jürgen Melzer (30)	31	Win	6–2, 2–6, 7–6^(7–2)
	18 / 144	4R	John Isner (WC)	147	Win	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–3)
	19 / 145	QF	Rafael Nadal (1)	1	Loss	2–6, 4–6

Miami Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 23 March – 5 April 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	20 / 146	2R	Martín Vassallo Argüello	52	Win	6–2, 6–2
	21 / 147	3R	Janko Tipsarević	46	Win	6–4, 6–1
	22 / 148	4R	David Ferrer (11)	12	Win	6–3, 6–2
	23 / 149	QF	Rafael Nadal (1)	1	Win	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
	24 / 150	SF	Andy Murray (4)	4	Loss	1–6, 7–5, 2–6

Monte-Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 13 – 19 April 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	25 / 151	2R	Ivan Ljubičić (WC)	66	Loss	6–4, 1–6, 4–6

Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 27 April – 3 May 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	26 / 152	2R	Viktor Troicki	40	Win	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
	27 / 153	3R	Stan Wawrinka (10)	12	Win	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
	28 / 154	QF	Novak Djokovic (3)	3	Loss	3–6, 4–6

Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 11 – 17 May 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	29 / 155	2R	Tomáš Berdych	22	Win	6–2, 4–1 Ret.
	30 / 156	3R	Stan Wawrinka (11)	18	Win	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
	31 / 157	QF	Andy Murray (4)	3	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
	32 / 158	SF	Roger Federer (2)	2	Loss	3–6, 4–6

World Team Cup Düsseldorf, Germany ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 17 – 23 May 2009
	33 / 159	RR	Andreas Seppi	54	Win	6–3, 6–4
	34 / 160	RR	Igor Andreev	27	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 25 May – 7 June 2009
	35 / 161	1R	Michaël Llodra	78	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
	36 / 162	2R	Viktor Troicki	32	Win	6–3, 7–5, 6–0
	37 / 163	3R	Igor Andreev (25)	27	Win	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
	38 / 164	4R	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9)	9	Win	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–4
	39 / 165	QF	Tommy Robredo (16)	17	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
	40 / 166	SF	Roger Federer (2)	2	Loss	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 1–6, 4–6

Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 22 June – 5 July 2009
	41 / 167	1R	Arnaud Clément	53	Win	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
	42 / 168	2R	Lleyton Hewitt	56	Loss	3–6, 5–7, 5–7

Davis Cup, World Group Quarter Finals Ostrava, Czech Republic Davis Cup Clay, outdoor 6 – 8 March 2009
	43 / 169	QF R2	Ivo Minář	64	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–3
	44 / 170	QF R4	Tomáš Berdych	20	Win	6–4, 6–4, 6–4

Washington Open Washington, D.C., United States ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 1 – 9 August 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	45 / 171	2R	Sergiy Stakhovsky	62	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
	46 / 172	3R	Lleyton Hewitt (Q)	42	Win	4–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
	-	QF	Robin Söderling (5)	12	Win	W/O
	47 / 173	SF	Fernando González (4)	11	Win	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
	48 / 174	W	Andy Roddick (1)	5	Win (2)	3–6, 7–5, 7–6^(8–6)

Canadian Open Montreal, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 August 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	49 / 175	2R	Jan Hernych (Q)	86	Win	6–2, 7–5
	50 / 176	3R	Victor Hănescu	32	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	51 / 177	QF	Rafael Nadal (2)	2	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
	52 / 178	SF	Andy Roddick (5)	5	Win	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
	53 / 179	F	Andy Murray (3)	3	Loss (1)	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(3–7), 1–6

US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 31 August – 13 September 2009
	54 / 180	1R	Juan Mónaco	41	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
	55 / 181	2R	Jürgen Melzer	38	Win	7–6^(8–6), 6–3, 6–3
	56 / 182	3R	Daniel Köllerer	62	Win	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
	57 / 183	4R	Juan Carlos Ferrero (24)	25	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
	58 / 184	QF	Marin Čilić (16)	17	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
	59 / 185	SF	Rafael Nadal (3)	3	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
	60 / 186	W	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win (3)	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2

Japan Open Tokyo, Japan ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 5 – 11 October 2009
	61 / 187	1R	Édouard Roger-Vasselin (Q)	189	Loss	4–6, 4–6

Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 12 – 18 October 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	62 / 187	2R	Jürgen Melzer (6)	43	Loss	5–7, 1–2, Ret.

Paris Open Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 9 – 15 November 2009
	–	1R	Bye
	63 / 188	2R	Marat Safin (WC)	65	Win	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
	64 / 189	3R	Fernando González (10)	11	Win	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(8–6), Ret.
	65 / 190	QF	Radek Štěpánek (13)	14	Loss	0–4, Ret.

ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP Finals Hard, indoor 23 – 29 November 2009
	66 / 193	RR	Andy Murray (4)	4	Loss	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
	67 / 194	RR	Fernando Verdasco (7)	8	Win	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–1)
	68 / 195	RR	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
	69 / 196	SF	Robin Söderling (8)	9	Win	6–7^(1–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
	70 / 197	F	Nikolay Davydenko (6)	7	Loss (2)	3–6, 4–6

Yearly records[edit]

Head-to-head matchups[edit]

Juan Martín del Potro had a 54–16 (77.1% of wins) match win–loss record in the 2009 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 11–9 (55.0% of wins). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

References[edit]

^ "Auckland | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2019-03-30.

External links[edit]

ATP tour profile

[1] "Auckland | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2019-03-30.

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v t e 2009 ATP World Tour « 2008 2010 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Rome (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Paris (S, D)
ATP World Tour 500 series	Rotterdam (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Washington (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Valencia (S, D) Basel (S, D)
ATP World Tour 250 series	Brisbane (S, D) Chennai (S, D) Doha (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Johannesburg (S, D) Zagreb (S, D) Viña del Mar (S, D) San Jose (S, D) Costa do Sauípe (S, D) Buenos Aires (S, D) Marseille (S, D) Delray Beach (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Houston (S, D) Munich (S, D) Belgrade (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Düsseldorf London (S, D) Halle (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Newport (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Umag (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Metz (S, D) Bangkok (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Stockholm (S, D) Moscow (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Vienna (S, D) Lyon (S, D)
Team events	Davis Cup World Group + play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa World Team Cup
ATP World Tour Finals, London (S, D)

v t e 2009 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals, London ATP Challenger Tour ITF Futures Tour
Women	Sony Ericsson WTA Tour WTA Tournament of Champions, Bali Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships, Doha ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup
Other events	Bolivarian Games East Asian Games Maccabiah Games Mediterranean Games National Games of the PR of China Southeast Asian Games Summer Universiade