Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Tennis Grand Slams 2009

Switzerland's Roger Federer and Serena Williams (USA) were named 2009 ITF world champions on December 22, 2009. It is the fifth time that Switzerland's world number one has won the ITF award based on the performances at grand slam events, tour events, Davis Cup and Federation Cup. Serena Williams won the award for the second time. Following table summarizes the grand slam championships in 2009:

Title

Winners/ Runner up

Australian Open January 2009

French Open May-June 2009

Wimbledon June-July 2009

US Open September 2009

Men's Singles

Winner

Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina)

Runner up

Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Robin Soderling (Sweden)

Andy Roddick (USA)

Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Women's Singles

Winner

Serena Williams (USA)

Svetlana Kuznetzova (Russia)

Serena Williams (USA)

Kim Clijisters (Belgium)

Runner up

Dinara Safina (Russia)

Dinara Safina (Russia)

Venus Williams (USA)

Carolina Wozniacki (Denmark)

Men's Doubles

Winner

Mike Bryan & Bob Bryan (both USA)

Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Rep) Leander Paes (India)

Daniel Nester (Canada) Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia)

Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Rep) Leander Paes (India)

Runner up

Mark Knowles (Bahamas) Mahesh Bhupati (India)

Wesley Moodle (S. Africa) Dick Norman (Belgium)

Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (USA)

Mark Knowles (Bahamas) Mahesh Bhupati (India)

Women's Doubles

Winner

Serena Williams & Venus Williams (USA)

Anabel Medina Garrigues & Ruano Pascual (Spain)

Serena Williams & Venus Williams (USA)

Serena Williams & Venus Williams (USA)

Runner up

Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) Ai Sugiyama (Japan)

Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) Elena Vasnina (Russia)

Samantha Stosur & Rennae Stubbs (Australia)

Cara Black (Zimbabwe) Liezel Huber (USA)

Mixed Doubles

Winner

Mahesh Bhupati & Sania Mirza (India)

Liezel Huber & Bob Bryan (USA)

Mark Knowles (Bahamas) Anna Lena Groenfeld (Germany)

Carly Cullickson& Travis Parrot (USA)

Runner up

Andy Ram (Israel) Nathalie Dechy (France)

Vania King (USA) Mercelo Melo (Brazil)

Leander Paes (India) Cara Black (Zimbabwe)

Leander Paes (India) Cara Black (Zimbabwe)


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