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Melbourne, Australia
January 19 - February 1, 2009
Grand Slam
Prize Money: TBA
Draw: 128M/96Q/64D
Surface: Hardcourt/Outdoors
Tournament Director: Craig Tiley

Official Web Site:
www.australianopen.com

1 (1) JANKOVIC, JELENA SRB
2 (2) WILLIAMS, SERENA USA
3 (3) SAFINA, DINARA RUS
4 (4) DEMENTIEVA, ELENA RUS
5 (5) IVANOVIC, ANA SRB
6 (6) WILLIAMS, VENUS USA
7 (7) ZVONAREVA, VERA RUS
8 (8) KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA RUS
9 (9) SHARAPOVA, MARIA RUS
10 (10) RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA POL
11 (11) PETROVA, NADIA RUS
12 (12) WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN
13 (13) PENNETTA, FLAVIA ITA
14 (14) SCHNYDER, PATTY SUI
15 (15) AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR
16 (16) CORNET, ALIZE FRA
17 (17) BARTOLI, MARION FRA
18 (18) CHAKVETADZE, ANNA RUS
19 (19) CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA SVK
20 (20) SREBOTNIK, KATARINA SLO
21 (21) HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA SVK
22 (22) MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL ESP
23 (23) LI, NA CHN
24 (24) MAURESMO, AMELIE FRA
25 (25) ZHENG, JIE CHN
26 (26) BAMMER, SYBILLE AUT
27 (27) KANEPI, KAIA EST
28 (28) SZAVAY, AGNES HUN
29 (29) KIRILENKO, MARIA RUS
30 (30) SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA ITA
31 (31) SUGIYAMA, AI JPN
32 (32) KLEYBANOVA, ALISA RUS
33 (33) BONDARENKO, ALONA UKR
34 (34) WOZNIAK, ALEKSANDRA CAN
35 (35) TANASUGARN, TAMARINE THA
36 (36) DAVENPORT, LINDSAY USA
37 (37) CIRSTEA, SORANA ROU
38 (38) PEER, SHAHAR ISR
39 (39) MATTEK, BETHANIE USA
40 (40) PENG, SHUAI CHN
41 (41) VAIDISOVA, NICOLE CZE
42 (42) ERRANI, SARA ITA
43 (43) BENESOVA, IVETA CZE
44 (44) KVITOVA, PETRA CZE
45 (46) PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA BUL
46 (45) PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RUS
47 (47) NICULESCU, MONICA ROU
48 (48) MAKAROVA, EKATERINA RUS
49 (49) GOVORTSOVA, OLGA BLR
50 (50) SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA ESP
51 (51) DULKO, GISELA ARG
52 (52) STOSUR, SAMANTHA AUS
53 (53) DELLACQUA, CASEY AUS
54 (54) BACSINSZKY, TIMEA SUI
55 (56) GARBIN, TATHIANA ITA
56 (64) ARVIDSSON, SOFIA SWE
57 (57) RYBARIKOVA, MAGDALENA SVK
58 (58) LISICKI, SABINE GER
59 (59) RAZZANO, VIRGINIE FRA
60 (60) ERAKOVIC, MARINA NZL
61 (61) KEOTHAVONG, ANNE GBR
62 (62) PARMENTIER, PAULINE FRA
63 (63) BONDARENKO, KATERYNA UKR
64 (65) SAFAROVA, LUCIE CZE
65 (66) CRAYBAS, JILL USA
66 (55) DOMACHOWSKA, MARTA POL
67 (67) CHAN, YUNG-JAN TPE
68 (68) KORYTTSEVA, MARIYA UKR
69 (69) LLAGOSTERA VIVES, NURIA ESP
70 (71) DECHY, NATHALIE FRA
71 (70) KUDRYAVTSEVA, ALLA RUS
72 (72) PASZEK, TAMIRA AUT
73 (73) ZAKOPALOVA, KLARA CZE
74 (74) WICKMAYER, YANINA BEL
75 (75) ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, BARBORA CZE
76 (76) GROENEFELD, ANNA-LENA GER
77 (77) REZAI, ARAVANE FRA
78 (78) GALLOVITS, EDINA ROU
79 (79) VESNINA, ELENA RUS
80 (80) HSIEH, SU-WEI TPE
81 (81) KNAPP, KARIN ITA
82 (82) AMANMURADOVA, AKGUL UZB
83 (83) CETKOVSKA, PETRA CZE
84 (84) VINCI, ROBERTA ITA
85 (85) JOHANSSON, MATHILDE FRA
86 (86) PIN, CAMILLE FRA
87 (118) MORITA, AYUMI JPN
88 (87) BARROIS, KRISTINA GER
89 (88) DUSHEVINA, VERA RUS
90 (89) PEREBIYNIS, TATIANA UKR
91 (90) DOMINGUEZ LINO, LOURDES ESP
92 (91) SHVEDOVA, YAROSLAVA KAZ
93 (92) MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, MARIA JOSE ESP
94 (94) VOSKOBOEVA, GALINA KAZ
95 (95) DE LOS RIOS, ROSSANA PAR
96 (93) BREMOND, SEVERINE FRA
97 (96) COIN, JULIE FRA
98 (97) RODIONOVA, ANASTASIA RUS
99 (98) GAJDOSOVA, JARMILA SVK
100 (107) KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER
101 (99) MIRZA, SANIA IND
102 (100) MEUSBURGER, YVONNE AUT
104 (106) CAMERIN, MARIA ELENA ITA

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Tournament Name: AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Location: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Dates: 19 JANUARY-1 FEBRUARY 2009
Prize Money: AUS$22,000,000
128 DRAW

SITE: MELBOURNE PARK
BATMAN AVENUE, MELBOURNE
VICTORIA 3000 AUSTRALIA
SURFACE: PLEXICUSHION
BALL: WILSON WILSON AUSTRALIAN OPEN BALL
PRIZE MONEY: AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS
WEB SITE: www.AustralianOpen.com

Qualifying draw: Tuesday, January 13, TBA
Main draw: Friday, January 16, TBA
Men's doubles draw: TBA (Entry deadline: Monday, January 12, 4:00 p.m.)
Mixed doubles draw: Wednesday, January 21, 4:00 p.m.

ATP Ranking Points
W: 2000
F: 1200
SF: 720
QF: 360
R16: 180
R32: 90
R64: 45
R128: 10 (WC: 0)
Q: +25
Q32: 14
Q64: 8
Q128: 0

Entry deadline: December 8, 2008
Seeding: January 12, 2009

1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1
2 Federer, Roger SUI 2
3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3
4 Murray, Andy GBR 4
OUT Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5
6 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 6
7 Simon, Gilles FRA 7
8 Roddick, Andy USA 8
9 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 9
10 Blake, James USA 10
11 Nalbandian, David ARG 11
12 Ferrer, David ESP 12
13 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 13
14 Monfils, Gael FRA 14
15 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 15
16 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 16
17 Soderling, Robin SWE 17
18 Almagro, Nicolas ESP 18
19 Andreev, Igor RUS 19
20 Berdych, Tomas CZE 20
21 Robredo, Tommy ESP 21
22 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22
23 Cilic, Marin CRO 23
24 Fish, Mardy USA 24
25 Gasquet, Richard FRA 25
26 Karlovic, Ivo CRO 26
27 Stepanek, Radek CZE 27
28 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 28
29 Safin, Marat RUS 29
30 Lopez, Feliciano ESP 30
31 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 31
32 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 32
33 Schuettler, Rainer GER 33
34 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 34
35 Seppi, Andreas ITA 35
36 Ancic, Mario CRO 36
37 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 37
38 Kiefer, Nicolas GER 38
39 Querrey, Sam USA 39
40 Llodra, Michael FRA 40
41 Bolelli, Simone ITA 41
42 Moya, Carlos ESP 42
43 Benneteau, Julien FRA 43
44 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 44
45 Montanes, Albert ESP 45
46 Monaco, Juan ARG 46
47 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS 47
OUT Acasuso, Jose ARG 48
49 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB 49
50 Hanescu, Victor ROU 50
51 Ginepri, Robby USA 51
52 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52
53 Gulbis, Ernests LAT 53
54 Gicquel, Marc FRA 54
OUT Chela, Juan Ignacio ARG @54
56 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP 55
57 Granollers, Marcel ESP 56
58 Dent, Taylor USA @56
59 Troicki, Viktor SRB 57
60 Schwank, Eduardo ARG 58
61 Serra, Florent FRA 59
62 Calleri, Agustin ARG 60
63 Darcis, Steve BEL 61
64 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP 62
65 Nishikori, Kei JPN 63
66 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE 64
67 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS 65
68 Koubek, Stefan AUT @65
69 Petzschner, Philipp GER 66
70 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 67
71 Hernandez, Oscar ESP 68
72 Rochus, Christophe BEL 69
73 Reynolds, Bobby USA 70
74 Vassallo Arguello, Martin ARG 71
75 Starace, Potito ITA 72
76 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 73
77 Navarro, Ivan ESP 74
78 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 75
79 Spadea, Vincent USA 76
80 Massu, Nicolas CHI 77
81 Junqueira, Diego ARG 78
82 Canas, Guillermo ARG 79
83 Zverev, Mischa GER 80
84 Hernych, Jan CZE 81
85 Haas, Tommy GER 82
86 Gremelmayr, Denis GER 83
87 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 84
88 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA 85
89 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU 86
90 Daniel, Marcos BRA 87
91 Fognini, Fabio ITA 88
92 Golubev, Andrey KAZ 89
93 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 90
94 Karanusic, Roko CRO 91
95 Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 92
96 Clement, Arnaud FRA 93
OUT Mahut, Nicolas FRA 94
98 Muller, Gilles LUX 95
99 Guccione, Chris AUS 96
100 Kendrick, Robert USA 97
101 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 98
102 Minar, Ivo CZE 99
103 Martin, Alberto ESP 100
104 Pavel, Andrei ROU @100
105 (Q)
106 (Q)
107 (Q)
108 (Q)
109 (Q)
110 (Q)
111 (Q)
112 (Q)
113 (Q)
114 (Q)
115 (Q)
116 (Q)
117 (Q)
118 (Q)
119 (Q)
120 (Q)
121 (WC) Ball, Carsten AUS
122 (WC) Klein, Brydan AUS
123 (WC) Groth, Samuel AUS
124 (WC) Tomic, Bernard AUS
125 (WC) Ebelthite, Colin AUS (TA Play-off Champion)
126 (WC) Istomin, Denis UZB (ATF)
127 (WC) Mannarino, Adrian FRA (FFT)
128 (WC) Isner, John USA (USTA)

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Australian Open 2009 Men's Qualifying Singles

[1] CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI v MIDDELKOOP, Matwe NED
SLABINSKY, Alexander GBR v KUDRYAVTSEV, Alexandre RUS
NILAND, Conor IRL v PRODON, Eric FRA
OLEJNICZAK, Dawid POL v [18] CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA

[2] BECK, Andreas GER v (W) MCKENZIE, Brendan AUS
FISCHER, Martin AUT v IM, Kyu Tae KOR
ROGER-VASSELIN, Edouard FRA v
KUBOT, Lukasz POL
AMRITRAJ, Prakash IND v [28] DEVVARMAN, Somdev IND

[3] SELA, Dudi ISR v POSPISIL, Jaroslav CZE
MATOSEVIC, Marinko AUS v LAPENTTI, Giovanni ECU (W)
MILLMAN, John AUS v MARCHENKO, Ilia UKR
ZEMLJA, Grega SLO v [29] EVANS, Brendan USA

[4] PHAU, Bjorn GER v SMEETS, Robert AUS
CRUGNOLA, Marco ITA v IONITA, Victor ROU
SATSCHKO, Alex GER W) v REID, Matt AUS
BACHINGER, Matthias GER v [30] RIBA, Pere ESP

[5] SOEDA, Go JPN v SIRIANNI, Joseph AUS
NASO, Gianluca ITA v WARD, James GBR
KINDLMANN, Dieter GER v LINDAHL, Nick AUS
RECOUDERC, Laurent FRA v [26] BRANDS, Daniel GER

[6] KIM, Kevin USA v OUANNA, Josselin FRA
SCHUKIN, Yuri KAZ v SWEETING, Ryan USA
GUEZ, David FRA v OUAHAB, Lamine ALG
LOPEZ JAEN, Miguel Angel ESP v [22] MONTCOURT, Mathieu FRA

[7] LEE, Hyung-Taik KOR v LOPEZ, Marc ESP
DESEIN, Niels BEL v VEMIC, Dusan SRB
REHNQUIST, Bjorn SWE v LORENZI, Paolo ITA
BASTL, George SUI v [32] DE VOEST, Rik RSA

[8] ODESNIK, Wayne USA v GONZALEZ, Santiago MEX
ALVAREZ, Diego ARG v LISNARD, Jean-Rene MON
ASCIONE, Thierry FRA v (W) JONES, Greg AUS
(W) COELHO, Andrew AUS v [31] LUCZAK, Peter AUS


[9] VENTURA, Santiago ESP v HUTA GALUNG, Jesse NED
DOLGOPOLOV JR., Oleksandr UKR v ILHAN, Marsel TUR
DE CHAUNAC, Sebastien FRA v LUGASSY, Gary FRA
BOGDANOVIC, Alex GBR v [24] KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ

[10] KOROLEV, Evgeny RUS v NIELSEN, Frederik DEN
SIDORENKO, Alexandre FRA(W) v THOMAS, Andrew AUS
CERVENAK, Pavol SVK v GOODALL, Joshua GBR
PASHANSKI, Boris SRB v [27] UDOMCHOKE, Danai THA

[11] GREUL, Simon GER v GHEDIN, Riccardo ITA
HRBATY, Dominik SVK v YANI, Michael USA
CHIUDINELLI, Marco SUI v JENKINS, Scoville USA
GREGORC, Luka SLO v [19] BECK, Karol SVK

[12] DELIC, Amer USA v MARRAI, Matteo ITA
DLOUHY, Lukas CZE v FLEISHMAN, Zack USA
BUBKA, Sergei UKR v MAYER, Florian GER
KAVCIC, Blaz SLO v [17] BOZOLJAC, Ilia SRB

[13] CRIVOI, Victor ROU v SORENSEN, Louk IRL
EITZINGER, Rainer AUT v POLANSKY, Peter CAN
ITO, Tatsuma JPN v POCH-GRADIN, Carlos ESP
PRZYSIEZNY, Michal POL v [20] PATIENCE, Olivier FRA

[14] DANCEVIC, Frank CAN v KONING, Michel NED
(W) PROPOGGIA, Dane AUS v VAGNOZZI, Simone ITA
MALISSE, Xavier BEL v RAM, Rajeev USA
LAMMER, Michael SUI v [21] PEYA, Alexander AUT

[15] BERRER, Michael GER v KAMKE, Tobias GER
(W) EBDEN, Matthew AUS v PETRAZZUOLO, Giancarlo ITA
DORSCH, Benedikt GER v FLOCK, Alexander GER
JUN, Woong-Sun KOR v [25] ELGIN, Michail RUS

[16] BOHLI, Stephane SUI v STOPPINI, Andrea ITA
(W) VERRYTH, Mark AUS v VEIC, Antonio CRO
BEMELMANS, Ruben BEL v SNOBEL, Pavel CZE
FAUREL, Jean-Christophe FRA v [23] STADLER, Simon GER

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HRBATY, Dominik SVK v YANI, Michael USA

No wonder he lost easily to PEHK

[inmeirulez]

Nice draw for Odesnik!

When does women's come out?

[Tapupah]

I'm giddy in anticipation!

[seooptiman]

The women's final is going to be hell this year. I always caught the men's on replay, but because it was earlier I could watch the women live. Why-oh-why did they have to go primetime?

I hate night finals anyway.

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WTA Qualifying WC's

Monique Adamczak (Sydney, NSW)
Sophie Ferguson (Sydney NSW)
Emelyn Starr (Tamworth, NSW)
Marija Mirkovic (Hillside, Vic)
Shannon Golds (Gold Coast, Qld)
Sally Peers (Melbourne, Vic)
Anna Wishink (Hobart, Tas)
Brittany Sheed (Kalgoorlie, WA).

[Lvnufcdc]

So, Wejnert gets main draw WC?

[bonyrek]

Nice draw for Odesnik!

When does women's come out?

Odesnik won his first round match, as did Ryan Sweeting. The only other notable names I saw so far as winners are Sirianni and Phau.

[inmeirulez]

Odesnik won his first round match, as did Ryan Sweeting. The only other notable names I saw so far as winners are Sirianni and Phau.

Allez!

[MaickiP]

Sirianni d Soeda(5) 3-6 6-3 8-6. The home crowd will be excited about that one.

[sherrferris]

My guess is the women's Qualie draw will come out early AM US east coast time.

[MaickiP]

Brands d Recouderc 4-6 6-4 12-10!

[Lvnufcdc]

So, Wejnert gets main draw WC?

To answer my own question, Wejnert and Rogowska got the main draw WCs for the womens side. (http://news.theage.com.au/sport/tomi...0112-7f39.html)

[rostpribru]

AO men's qualies are kind of boring this year. Hardly any promising youngsters - just veterans trying to recapture their best form and challenger level players trying to jump above their head at least once...

[MaickiP]

These qualies are 2 out of 3 sets instead of 3 out of 5. How many slams do that?

[MaickiP]

I'm checking old draws. The US Open does 2 out of 3 sets for qualifying as well.

[MaickiP]

Wimbledon does 3 out of 5

[MaickiP]

French Open does 2 out of 3. It looks like the only slam that plays 3 out of 5 in qualies is Wimbledon.