2009 International German Open
Introduction ATP World Tour No. 2 Rafael Nadal did not defend his 2008 Hamburg titleATP World Tour No. 7 Gilles Simon headlined the singles field in HamburgThe '''2009 International German Open''' was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 103rd edition of the event known that year as the International German Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany, from 20 July through 26 July 2009.
ATP entrants ===Seeds=== Player Nation Ranking* Seeding Gilles Simon  7 1 Nikolay Davydenko  11 2 Robin Söderling  12 3 Tommy Robredo  16 4 Stanislas Wawrinka  19 5 David Ferrer  23 6 Igor Andreev  25 7 Philipp Kohlschreiber  26 8 Jürgen Melzer  28 9 Viktor Troicki  29 10 Victor Hănescu  33 11 José Acasuso  37 12 Paul-Henri Mathieu  39 13 Nicolás Almagro  41 14 Jérémy Chardy  43 15 Mischa Zverev  45 16*Seedings based on 13 July 2009 rankings.===Other entrants===The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw*  Daniel Brands*  Florian Mayer*  Simon Greul*  Kevin KrawietzThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:*  Potito Starace*  Victor Crivoi*  Pablo Cuevas*  Evgeny Korolev*  Pere Riba*  Marcel Granollers-Pujol
Finals ===Singles=== Nikolay Davydenko defeated  Paul-Henri Mathieu, 6–4, 6–2* It was Davydenko's first title of the year, and his 15th overall.===Doubles=== Simon Aspelin /  Paul Hanley defeated  Marcelo Melo /  Filip Polášek, 6–3, 6–3
References
External links *  *   *  Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile