2009
For the second year in a row, the 1st seed won the
tournament. After Fernando Verdasco in 2008th, this year
Nikolay Davydenko succeeded in that. Considering the number of the
games this was the shortest finals in the tournament's history
(excluding Djokovic's submission match to Wawrinka in the finals
2006.) - Davydenko beat Spanish player Juan Carlos Ferrero with
6-3, 6-0.
Davydenko didn't lost even one set through the whole tournament,
and how dominant he was semi-finals won describes - he won against
Melzer with a convincing 6-1, 6-1. From our players in the main
tournament played Ivan Ljubicic (in the quarterfinals he was beaten
by Melzer) and Ivan Dodig (got an invitation), but in first round
he lost easily against Uruguayan Cuevas.