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Revision as of 18:06, 23 June 2009
2009 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Date | 22 June – 5 July |
Edition | 123rd |
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
Location | London, United Kingdom |
2008 Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Rafael Nadal | |
Women's singles | |
Venus Williams | |
Men's doubles | |
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic | |
Women's doubles | |
Serena Williams / Venus Williams | |
Mixed doubles | |
Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur | |
Wheelchair men's doubles | |
Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink | |
Wheelchair women's doubles | |
new event | |
Boys' singles | |
Grigor Dimitrov | |
Girls' singles | |
Laura Robson | |
Boys' doubles | |
Cheng-peng Hsieh / Tsung-hua Yang | |
Girls' doubles | |
Polona Hercog / Jessica Moore | |
Gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer | |
Ladies' invitation doubles | |
Jana Novotna / Kathy Rinaldi | |
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles | |
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso |
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships is a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It is the 123rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam event of the year. It will take place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009.
Notable stories
Suspicious bettings issue
According to The Independent on this year's tournament starting on Monday 22 June the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) is trying to prevent match-fixing by observing the matches of 6 but more likely 12 players (some of inside the ATP top 50), because the investigation of the forementioned newspaper came up with the result that several players are under suspicion of bribery and the manipulation of the outcome of their matches. Among them are of various nationalities like Russians, Argentines, Spaniards and Italians. Those who came into the scope of the TIU are in the first place players whose games had recently been betted with conspicuously big amount of credit.
According to ATP they have already identified those Russian and Italian mafia-related groups, which are behind the mostly online bettings, and the players who are inclined "to sell" their matches. The organizers of Wimbledon Championship declared that there are no proceedings against any players but TIU chairman Jeff Rees said they had already arrested several bettor but no other detail will be revealed about the investigation, which covers 45 tennis matches.[1]
The dubious matches involve those of Daniel Koellerer and Óscar Hernández in the 2009 Ordina Open first round where a Russian spectator placed an unusually big bet using a notebook on the latter winner. The same situation went on the first round bout of wildcard entry Monégasque Jean-René Lisnard and the Belgian Christophe Rochus on the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters. Also might be on the list the previously Nikolay Davydenko because of his 2007 scandal where the number-four seed suddenly retired by injury against Martin Vassallo Arguello in Sopot, Poland while online gambling site Betfair received enormous sums from Russia to the favor of the latter who was ranked 87th at the time. The recently rehabilitated Filippo Volandri could also be the subject of monitoring.[2]
Italian mafiaboss Michael Franzese revealed in exchange of a plea bargain the process of getting someone ensnared in match-fixing. They usually check tennis players regarding their gambling habits or if they had a divorce in the near past, which cost them most of their earnings. When the sportsmen outran their financial limits they offer a loan to help them and when this dept becomes unpayable the player can easily be forced to fix a match of theirs.[3]
Day-by-day summaries
Day 1 (22 June)
- Seeds out:
- Gentlemen's Singles: James Blake, Feliciano López
- Ladies' Singles: Aleksandra Wozniak, Patty Schnyder
- Gentlemen's Doubles: Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski
- Schedule of Play
Matches on Centre Court | |||
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Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round | Roger Federer (2) | Yen-hsun Lu | 7–5, 6–3, 6–2 |
Ladies' Singles 1st Round | Serena Williams (2) | Neuza Silva | 6–1, 7–5 |
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round | Novak Djoković (4) | Julien Benneteau | 6–7(8), 7–6(1), 6–2, 6–4 |
Matches on No. 1 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Ladies' Singles 1st Round | Maria Sharapova (24) | Viktoriya Kutuzova | 7–5, 6–4 |
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round | Robin Söderling (13) | Gilles Müller | 6–7(4), 7–5, 6–1, 6–2 |
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round | Fernando Verdasco (7) | James Ward | 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 |
Ladies' Singles 1st Round | Mathilde Johansson | Melanie South | 7–5, 7-6(5) |
Day 2 (23 June)
- Seeds out:
- Gentlemen's Singles: Nicolas Kiefer
- Gentleman's Doubles: Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
- Ladies' Singles: Alize Cornet, Sybille Bammer, Anna Chakvetadze
- Schedule of Play
Matches on Centre Court | |||
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Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Ladies' Singles 1st Round | Venus Williams (3) | Stefanie Voegele | 6–3, 6–2 |
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round | Andy Roddick (6) | Jeremy Chardy | 6-3, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3 |
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round | Andy Murray leads Robert Kendrick | 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 | |
Matches on No. 1 Court | |||
Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round | Juan Martin del Potro (5) | Arnaud Clement | 6–3, 6–1, 6–2 |
Ladies' Singles 1st Round | Dinara Safina (1) | Lourdes Dominguez Lino | 7-5, 6-3 |
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Mikhail Youzhny | 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 |
Seniors
Men's Singles
TBD vs. TBD
Women's Singles
TBD vs. TBD
Men's Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Women's Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Mixed Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Juniors
Boys' Singles
TBD vs. TBD
Girls' Singles
TBD vs. TBD
Boys' Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Girls' Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Other events
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Ladies' Invitation Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD
Seeds
Withdrawals: David Nalbandian,[4] Richard Gasquet,[5] Gaël Monfils,[6] Rafael Nadal.[7]
Wildcard entries
Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws and in the qualifying draws.[8]
Men's singles wildcard entries |
Women's singles wildcard entries
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Men's doubles wildcard entries |
Women's doubles wildcard entries
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Qualifying men's singles wildcard entries |
Qualifying women's singles wildcard entries
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Qualifiers entries
Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.[9][10][11][12]
Men's singles qualifiers entries |
Women's singles qualifiers entries
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Men's doubles qualifiers entries |
Women's doubles qualifiers entries
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References
- ^ Nick Harris (18 June 2009). "Exclusive: Wimbledon on high alert over suspected match-fixing rings". Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ Neil Harman (17 June 2009). "Wimbledon on alert after new betting controversy". Times Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^ Martin Boulton (2 January 2009). "Match-fixing still an issue: ex-mafia boss". Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "David Nalbandian to miss final three Grand Slams after hip surgery". telegraph.co.uk. 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ "Banned Gasquet out of French Open". espn.com. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ "Injured Monfils out of Wimbledon". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ "Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Wimbledon wild cards". wimbledon.org. 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ "Wimbledon Gentlemen Qualifying Singles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Wimbledon Ladies Qualifying Singles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Wimbledon Gentlemen Qualifying Doubles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Wimbledon Ladies Qualifying Doubles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
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