The 2009 Medibank International Sydney was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 117th edition of the event known that year as the Medibank International Sydney, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the

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, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the

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. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in

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, Australia, from 11 through 17 January 2009. The men's singles line up was headlined by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 3, reigning

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and Indian Wells Masters champion, recent Tennis Masters Cup winner Novak Djokovic,

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runner-up, Bangkok and Paris Masters titlist, Sydney doubles defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and

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finalist,

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and Bucharest champion Gilles Simon. Other top seeds competing were Buenos Aires and

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champion David Nalbandian, Gstaad and Umag finalist

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, Richard Gasquet, Tomáš Berdych, Tommy Robredo and Dmitry Tursunov. The women's draw was led by Women's Tennis Association (WTA) No. 2, Wimbledon finalist and US Open champion, Bangalore, Miami and

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winner Serena Williams,

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runner-up, Beijing Olympics silver medalist, Berlin, Los Angeles, Montreal and Tokyo titlist Dinara Safina, and Beijing Olympics gold medalist, Dubai and Luxembourg winner Elena Dementieva. Other players present were WTA Tour Championships runner-up, Prague and Guangzhou titlist Vera Zvonareva, French Open semifinalist

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, Agnieszka Radwańska, Nadia Petrova and Caroline Wozniacki.

Finals

Men's singles

David Nalbandian defeated Jarkko Nieminen, 6–3, 6–7^(9–11), 6–2 *It was Nalbandian's 1st title of the year and 10th overall.

Women's singles

Elena Dementieva defeated Dinara Safina, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 *It was Dementieva's 2nd title of the year and 13th of her career.

Men's doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated

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/ Nenad Zimonjić, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)

Women's doubles

Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai defeated Nathalie Dechy /

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, 6–0, 6–1

External links

Official website
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