2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
The 10 highest-ranked players who have captured at least one International tournament during the year and who are not participating in singles at the year-end Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha will qualify for the event, along with two wildcards.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Marion BartoliCompleting her fourth straight season as a member of the world's Top 20, France's Bartoli won her fourth and fifth Tour singles titles in 2009 – at the inaugural Monterrey Open defeating Li Na 6–4, 6–3 and at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, where she defeated World No. 3 Venus Williams in the final 6–2, 5–7, 6–4. Bartoli also reached the final at the Brisbane International losing to Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1. Her best Grand Slam performance came at the Australian Open, where she advanced to the last eight losing to Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–0, and achieved her second win over a reigning World No. 1, when she defeated Jelena Janković in the fourth round.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Samantha Stosur2009 was a career year for the Australian, she had her breakthrough at the Sony Ericsson Open, where she reached the Quarterfinals defeating then world no. 2 Dinara Safina en route. She then advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal at Roland Garros losing to eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–3 defeating Elena Dementieva 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 en route. She then advanced to her first final of the year LA Women's Tennis Championships falling to Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–3.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
She then won her maiden Tour singles title at the HP Open defeating Caroline Wozniacki 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 in the Semifinals and Francesca Schiavone 7–5, 6–1 in the Final. She also broke into the Top 15, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 13. Stosur also had a strong year in doubles with partner Rennae Stubbs, reaching finals at Wimbledon, the Rogers Cup and the Aegon International (Eastbourne), earning the pair a spot at the Sony Ericsson Championships—Doha 2009 as one of the four best doubles teams in the world.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Yanina WickmayerA rising star from Belgium, Wickmayer had a bad start of the WTA season achieving a 1–5 record before claiming her first two titles at the Estoril Open defeating Ekaterina Makarova 7–5, 6–2 in the final and at the Generali Ladies Linz upsetting no. 1 Flavia Pennetta 7–6(5), 6–3 in the semifinal and defeating Petra Kvitová 6–3, 6–4 both International events on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendar. She was also able to reach the finals of the Ordina Open losing to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final 6–3, 7–5.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
She also reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open (losing to Caroline Wozniacki), the Belgian's best effort at a Grand Slam to date. As a result, Wickmayer made her Top 20 debut the week of October 19, 2009, and the second youngest player ranked in the Top 20 (after Wozniacki).


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Sabine LisickiGermany's Lisicki had a breakthrough season winning her maiden Tour title at the Family Circle Cup defeating three Top 10 players en route to the trophy (Venus Williams, Marion Bartoli and Caroline Wozniacki). After Charleston, Lisicki's ranking surged from No. 63 to No. 43, then a career high. She also reached another final at the BGL Luxembourg Open losing to Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 7–5.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
In addition, Lisicki enjoyed two wins during Germany's triumph over China in Fed Cup and had her best performance at a Grand Slam by reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Caroline Wozniacki but falling to top seed Dinara Safina 6–7(5), 6–4, 6–1. Lisicki made her career Top 30 debut on July 6, 2009.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Anabel Medina GarriguesFor the sixth successive year, Medina Garrigues captured a Tour title, winning the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem dominating Ekaterina Makarova 6–0, 6–1. Following the win in Fes, the 27–year-old Spaniard reached a career-best ranking of No. 16 and is set for her third Top 30 finish in the last four years. Additionally, Medina Garrigues was a finalist at the Hansol Korea Open losing to comeback player Kimiko Date-Krumm 6–3 6–3, and matched her best Grand Slam performance by reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open. She also won her second career Grand Slam doubles title (and 13th Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles title overall), successfully defending her Roland Garros trophy with partner Virginia Ruano Pascual.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
María José Martínez SánchezSince turning professional in 1996, Spain's Martínez Sánchez is having the most successful season of her career, winning two International events this season – the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas defeating Gisela Dulko 6–3, 6–2 in the final and the Swedish Open upsetting Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
In 2009 she enjoyed three wins against Top 10 ranked opponents, defeating then No. 10 Nadia Petrova (Rome), in addition to two victories over Caroline Wozniacki (ranked No. 9 at Båstad and No. 5 at Beijing), and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 31 on October 26, 2009. She was also involved in a controversial match against Serena Williams at the third round of the Roland Garros losing 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, when she was accused of cheating. Together with countrywoman Nuria Llagostera Vives, Martínez Sánchez won six doubles titles in 2009, more than any other team on tour, and the pair also won the Sony Ericsson Championships.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Shahar Pe'erIn September, Pe'er won back-to-back International events – the Guangzhou International Women's Open defeating Alberta Brianti 6–3, 6–4 and the Tashkent Open defeating Akgul Amanmuradova 6–3, 6–4 – her 4th and 5th Tour singles titles. As her first three career titles came in 2006, the win in Guangzhou broke a three-year title drought. Pe'er was also a three-time semifinalist this year – at Pattaya Women's Open, and Estoril Open and BGL Luxembourg Open.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Representing Israel in Fed Cup in an away tie against the Ukraine, Pe'er won both her singles matches against Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko, each in three sets, although Israel lost the tie 3–2. Pe'er also teamed with Gisela Dulko to reach the doubles final at the BNP Paribas Open in March. She was also involved in a controversy in Dubai when she was denied a visa, which led to a penalty to the tournament and the withdrawal of then-defending Men's champion Andy Roddick.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Melinda CzinkHungary's Czink won the first Tour singles title of her career at the Bell Challenge defeating Lucie Šafářová 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final in September, dropping only one set all week. As the result, she made her Top 40 ranking debut, rising from No. 52 to No. 37, having started the year ranked outside the Top 100. She also reached the last four at the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, but was forced to retire against eventual champion Medina Garrigues, and was a four-time quarterfinalist this season. Czink achieved her career-first Top 10 win this season, defeating world No. 10 Nadia Petrova at the Family Circle Cup.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Ágnes SzávaySzávay had a bad run at the beginning of the year losing her first four matches. She however produced her best results of 2009 on clay and collected her third career title at the GDF Suez Grand Prix defeating Patty Schnyder 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final in her native Hungary in July, becoming the first Hungarian to win the title. her luck turned things around after she decided to play qualifying at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
She won two qualifying matches, then as a lucky loser advanced to the quarterfinals losing to eventual champion Venus Williams 6–2, 5–7, 6–1. After that, Szávay went on to reach the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open and the round of 16 at Roland Garros. She scored three wins against Top 10 players this year – Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Ana Ivanovic – bringing her career total to seven.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Aravane RezaïTwenty-two-year-old Rezaï began the year with a Semifinal appearance at the ASB Classic losing to eventual champion Elena Dementieva 6–2, 6–2. She then broke through for her first Tour singles title at the Internationaux de Strasbourg defeating Lucie Hradecká 7–6(2), 6–1 in the final in May, and carried her strong form into the following week at Roland Garros, advancing to the fourth round losing to Dinara Safina 6–1, 6–0 and equaling her best result at a Grand Slam. The French player achieved her career-best win at the Rogers Cup in August when she eclipsed the world No. 1 Dinara Safina in three sets. During the 2009 season, Rezaï's singles ranking rose to a career-high world No. 36.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Magdaléna RybárikováSlovakian Rybáriková collected her first career Tour title in 2009, winning on grass at the Aegon Classic defeating Li Na 6–0, 7–6(2), and reached two semifinals earlier in the season – at the Moorilla Hobart International and the Pattaya Women's Open. Additionally, she was a quarterfinalist at the Gastein Ladies and the Pilot Pen Tennis, and equaled her career-best Grand Slam showing at the US Open by reaching the third round losing to Venus Williams 6–2, 7–5. She broke into the Top 40 for the first time during the week of June 22, 2009. Prior to 2009, she reached the quarterfinals of a tournament only once, at the 2008 Tashkent Open. Rybáriková also recorded six wins over Top 20 ranked players this season.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Kimiko Date-KrummSince turning pro in 1989, Date-Krumm won eight Tour singles titles and one doubles title. After playing in her second Olympics, Date-Krumm announced her retirement on September 24, 1996, yet came back to the Tour nearly 12 years later, announcing an unexpected comeback in April 2008.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
After the return, Date-Krumm has won several ITF titles prior to capturing a trophy at the Hansol Korea Open upsetting top-seed Daniela Hantuchová 7–6(3), 4–6, 6–4 in the Quarterfinals before defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3 in the finals, thus becoming the second-oldest player in the Open Era, after Billie Jean King, to win a singles title on the WTA Tour.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Qualifiers
Vera Dushevina Dushevina will also come to Bali to serve as an alternate. Dushevina won her maiden title at the İstanbul Cup dominating Lucie Hradecká 6–1, 6–0. She was also able to reach 5 quarterfinals in the entire year, in Pattaya Women's Open, Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Aegon International, Hansol Korea Open, Kremlin Cup. She claimed one top 10 win this year over Nadia Petrova at the Aegon International.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Groupings
The draw was made for the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, with round-robin matches taking place from Wednesday 4th until Friday 6 November. The 12 players are split into four groups of three, with one each of the top four seeds placed into Group A, B, C and D in order of ranking. The next four players based on ranking were then drawn and placed in each group, followed by the final four.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Groupings
Group A featured 2007 Wimbledon Finalist Marion Bartoli, Israeli Shahar Pe'er and rising star Magdaléna Rybáriková. As their head-to-heads are broken down Pe'er has the bets overall record she is 6–1 against her group, with all win and loss coming against Bartoli, with their last meeting coming at this year at the second round of Indian Wells with Pe'er coming on top 1–6, 6–4, 7–5, Bartoli's only win was in the 3rd round of 2007 Wimbledon where she won 6–3 6–2 and eventually reach the finals.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Groupings
The next match-up was Bartoli and Rybáriková, where Bartoli led 2–1, with all meeting came in 2009; their last meeting was 2009's first round China Open with Bartoli winning 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, Rybáriková's win came at the year's second round New Haven winning 1–6, 7–6(5), 2–0 ret. This tournament featured the first meeting between Rybáriková and Pe'er.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Groupings
Group B featured Hungarian Ágnes Szávay and top doubles players Samantha Stosur and María José Martínez Sánchez. Between the three of them there has been only one encounter, dating back to 2007 at the first round of New Haven between Szávay and Stosur where Szávay won 6–2, 6–4. This will be Martínez Sánchez' first meeting against her group.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Groupings
Group C feature a mix of players as a hot rising star in Yanina Wickmayer, top doubles player Anabel Medina Garrigues and Returning Japanese Players Kimiko Date-Krumm. Wickmayer and Medina Garrigues, met only once in this year's Internationaux de Strasbourg with Medina Garrigues winning 1–6, 6–3, 6–3. On the other hand, Date-Krumm and Medina Garrigues has met twice both this year With their first meeting coming to Medina Garrigues at the first round of Guangzhou International Women's Open 6–1, 4–6, 6–4. Their last meeting was in the final of Hansol Korea Open with Date-Krumm winning 6–3, 6–3. This will feature the first meeting between Date-Krumm and Wickmayer.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Groupings
The last group, Group D features French Aravane Rezaï, Hungarian Melinda Czink and Wildcard recipient Sabine Lisicki. Czink and Lisicki has met twice both in 2008 and has split it 1–1 at the qualifying round of the Australian Open with Lisicki prevailing 6–7(4), 6–0, 6–2 and at the 1st round of the Bell Challenge with Czink prevailing 6–2, 5–7, 6–3. The meetings between Rezaï and Czink also came in 2008 and both in qualifying rounds. The first at the Toray Pan Pacific Open with Rezaï winning 6–4, 6–2 and at the China Open with Czink prevailing 6–2, 1–0 ret. Lisicki and Rezaï has only met once at this year US Open first round with Lisicki winning 7–6(4), 6–7(4), 6–1.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Prize money and points
The total prize money for the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions is 600,000 United States dollars.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Prize money and points
1 A player get 70 points for competing and 90 for each RR win


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 1
The first day of the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, started with Group D, with German Sabine Lisicki taking on Aravane Rezaï. The first set was a complete domination by the German, breaking in the second and sixth games to win the first set. The German also only lost 3 points on serve and did not face a single break point. In the second set Rezaï called for her coach and after that came back with more confidence, and started playing more aggressively in the second set.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 1
Her forehand winners and unforced errors from Lisicki helped Rezaï jump out to a 3–0 lead and hold on serve to level the match. A moment of controversy turned the third set. The players traded breaks in the first four games before Rezaï broke again and held to lead 4–3. Lisicki looked distressed late in the set when she insisted a Rezaï shot down the line was out. Hawk-Eye showed otherwise, and Rezaï took a 5–3 lead and won the match 6–4 in the third. Rezaï saved 7 of 8 break points on the deciding set. The German did not hide her unhappiness after the match. Rezaï commented after the match that she found it strange that there was no doubles line.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 1
The next match on court was between Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm and a player 2 decades younger than her, Yanina Wickmayer. In the first set saw Date-Krumm breaking the serve of Belgian player, just give the break right back twice, that pushed it to a tie-break, which the Belgian won 7–5. The second set saw the veteran player run of to a 3–0 lead and in the fourth game had 4 break points just to have them all saved by Wickmayer. After the fourth game Wickmayer, Date-Krumm's unforced errors started filling up as Wickmayer rallied to 5 game streak to win the match 7–6(5), 6–3.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 1
The 3rd match saw top seed Marion Bartoli and Magdaléna Rybáriková aiming to gain an early lead in their group. The match was well contested by the two ladies. The first set saw Bartoli break early and never looked back, even though being herself Bartoli broke right back to take the set 6–4. the second saw the same feature some good tennis, in the first game of the second set saw Bartoli take a 0–40 just to have Rybáriková save all three and hold the game. The important break came to the Frenchwoman at the ninth game when she broke the Rybáriková serve and served the match out 6–4, 6–4 in 98 minutes.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 1
The last match of the day saw a fast-rising Australian second seed Samantha Stosur and Ágnes Szávay. The second seed make a good start, while Szávay obviously had a nervous beginning as Stosur won the first set 6–2 and did not face a single break point on her serve. The second set was more of a contest as Stosur struggled on her serve and saw Szávay taking full advantage and take the set 6–3.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 1
In the deciding set however, Stosur improved her serve as she served 6 of her 10 aces and did not face a single break point, and breaking Szávay twice, with a little help from the Hungarian as she serve half of her 12 double faults in the set Stosur took the set 6–1 and the match. The last three matches all took 98 minutes on court.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 2
The first match of the day began with the group A as Magdaléna Rybáriková looking on winning her first match in the tournament and Shahar Pe'er playin her first match. Pe'er comfortably won the first 6–1 by serving 74% of first serve and converting her 2 break points in the set.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 2
The second looked the same as the first in the beginning, leading Rybáriková 4–1 with two breaks of serve, however Rybáriková change her style of play as she became more aggressive to win the next 4 games to lead 5–4, but it was too late as Pe'er stopped her run to hold for 5–5, and then edged the tiebreak 7–4. Shahar Pe'er match with Marion Bartoli will declare the group's representative in the Semifinals.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 2
The match was followed by Frenchwoman Aravane Rezaï and Melinda Czink of group D. Czink made a good start and led the first set 2–0, however Rezaï returned the favor by taking the next two games, they then both held serve at 3–3. However at the 7th game, in Czink' serve she scored a double faults on break point that eventually led to Rezaï claiming a 4–3 lead, and that was proven enough as she hold serve and broke again to win the set 6–3.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 2
The second set looked like it was going to a decider as Rezaï piled up the double faults and Czink improves her serve to take a 5–1 and a set point, however her error on the forehand saw that set point lost. from then on as fast as she took the 5–1 lead in vanished even faster as Rezaï won the next 6 games and the set 7–5 and the match. Rezaï will now be the first to advance to the semifinals with two wins.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 2
The match between María José Martínez Sánchez and Ágnes Szávay followed. Szávay took the first set comfortably 6–4. However, in the second as the same as her match with Stosur, she cost herself the match as she committed 7 double faults to give the set to Martínez Sánchez 6–4. The deciding set was a one way affair as Martínez Sánchez blasted Szávay of the court winning the last set 6–0. This win meant that Martínez Sánchez match with Samantha Stosur will declare the group's representative in the Semifinals.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 2
The last match saw Kimiko Date-Krumm taking on Anabel Medina Garrigues. In the first set Krumm broke Garrigues serve early but failed to keep the advantage; however in the 9th game Date-Krumm broke the Medina Garrigues serve and eventually won the set 6–4. The second set then saw the two players trade breaks in the first four games, and then hold their respective serves for a 3–3. As Date-Krumm became more aggressive she broke the Medina Garrigues serve to lead 4–3 then broke again to win the set and match 6–3.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 3
The first match was between two doubles players Samantha Stosur and María José Martínez Sánchez who was competing for a semifinal berth. Martínez Sánchez had quite a battle as she struggled to beat Samantha Stosur 7–6, (7–4), 7–5 to win Group B. The first set went with serve, although Stosur had to save two break points at 2–2 and another at 3–3. In the second set, Stosur broke for 1–0 but dropped her own serve in the next game. Martínez Sánchez then broke again to lead 4–2, held for 5–2, and then held two match points.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 3
But Stosur wasn’t going down without a fight. She hit a couple of forehand winners to escape that crisis, and then pulled the set back to 5–5 to leave her opponent worried about going to a third set. That didn’t happen though, as Martínez Sánchez broke again for the match with a smash. Stosur served a 208 km/h, which is the fastest serve on the women's game, but is still to be reviewed. The second set also saw Stosur serve 5 double faults in 2nd set, which was costly for the Australian.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 3
The second match featured Sabine Lisicki and Melinda Czink who was fighting only for points as Rezaï has already advance in their Group. The first set looked good for the 4th seed German as she won the set 6–2 serving 3 aces, However, in the second set even though serving 4 aces, she also served 4 doubles and only serve 44% of 1st serve, she eventually lost the set at a tie-break 7–1. The third set saw Lisicki came back and dominate as she serve an impressive 8 aces in the set alone and convert 2 of 7 break opportunities to win the set 6–4 and then the match.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 3
The third match saw Marion Bartoli trying to advance with a second victory over Shahar Pe'er in 8 meeting. The first set Marion Bartoli cruising through the first set breaking the Pe'er serve twice in the first set and did not face a single break point. The second set saw the same feature as Bartoli raced through a 3–0 lead breaking Pe'er in the second game, from then on the two players held there serve for four consecutive games up until the last game, where Bartoli broke for the match at 0–40. This win is only Bartoli's second win against the Israeli player.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 3
The last match, which featured Wickmayer's replacement Vera Dushevina and Anabel Medina Garrigues, also didn't have an effect in the semifinals as Date-Krumm advanced to the semifinals by virtue of Wickmayer's withdrawal and her win over Medina Garrigues. At first it looked like Medina Garrigues was going to run away with the match as she broke the Dushevina serve in the first game and then held off two break points to secure a 2–0 lead. Then in the 5th game Medina Garrigues broke at her second chance to lead 4–1.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Round robin, Day 3
Medina Garrigues then served out the set after cancelling another 3 break points to win the set 6–2. However the second set was a total reversal as Dushevina broke the Medina Garrigues serve twice at the 4th and 6th game, and improved her 1st serve percentage in virtue did not face a single break point to win the set 6–1. The deciding set was a lot more competitive than the other two as they both held serve at the first 6 games up until the 7th game, when Dushevina broke to lead 4–3. When it was 5–4, Dushevina was serving for the match but got broken by Medina Garrigues. But it didn't rattle Dushevina as she won the next two games to win the match at her 2nd match point.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Finals, Day 4
The first Semifinal match saw Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli and veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm. The first set was a total domination by the Frenchwoman as she broke all of the Japanese service game with her own serve getting broken once as she rallied to win the first set 6–1. The second set was the same as Bartoli raced off to a 5–0 lead, however Krumm became more aggressive winning the next three games, to push it to 5–3; however she lost to Bartoli 6–3 in the second set. Krumm committed 41 unforced errors to Bartoli's 17.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Finals, Day 4
The second match saw another French player in Aravane Rezaï taking on María José Martínez Sánchez. The first set saw Rezaï dominating the Spanish player as she broke Martínez Sánchez twice in the first and fifth game, and lost only four points on serve and did not face a single break point. The second set was no different as Rezaï threatened the Martínez Sánchez serve early to lead 0–40 but Martínez Sánchez held her serve. Rezaï then won the next three games even, holding at love at the second game.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Finals, Day 4
The two then exchanged service holds up until the last game at 5–3. As Rezaï took a –40 lead and 3 match points, which she eventually converted to win the match 6–3. The match saw Rezaï unbothered by the left-handed serve as she fired out return winners one after another. Rezaï also significantly made more winners 24 to 8 and less unforced errors 14 to 21. Rezaï lost only seven points on serve in the entire match.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Finals, Day 5
The finals saw an all-French final since February 2006, when Amélie Mauresmo won over Mary Pierce. This was between top seed Marion Bartoli who claimed victories over Shahar Pe'er and Magdaléna Rybáriková in her Round Robin matches and Kimiko Date-Krumm in semifinals, and hasn't drop a set yet in the tournament. She is facing a hot rising player in Aravane Rezaï who had wins over Sabine Lisicki and Melinda Czink in the Round Robin and María José Martínez Sánchez in Semifinals, Rezaï on the other hand hasn't lost a set since the first set lost against Lisicki.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Finals, Day 5
With a win in the match Bartoli will enter the top 10. Bartoli is leading their head-to-head 2–0 with their last meeting coming from the years Toray Pan Pacific Open 6–4, 6–2. The first 3 games saw both players holding their serve comfortably. However, after that Rezaï struggled with her serve as she needed as 1st serve every time as Bartoli was hitting return winners from the Rezaï second serve. Thee next Three game went to Bartoli to lead 4–2 in the set. Then Rezaï and Bartoli both held comfortably to push it 5–3.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Finals, Day 5
At the 5–3 in the Rezaï serve she faced a set point after pushing a backhand down the line out but eventually led for a 5–4 set.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Finals, Day 5
The next two game saw Rezaï resurging to claim the next two games and push it to 15–40 in the Bartoli serve, from their Bartoli had a left leg issue which was checked by the medic as she Bartoli received a Medical timeout, however Bartoli wasn't able to continue as she doubled faulted due to her left leg injury in 15–40 to give the set to Rezaï, she was then seen limping and retiring from the match. This is Rezaï's second title of the year and her career.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions – Singles
Aravane Rezaï won in the final, after Marion Bartoli retired due to a leg injury when trailing 7–5


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions – Singles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions – Singles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions – Singles, Draw, Group C
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions – Singles, Draw, Group D
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 21st Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, between 27 and 29 November 2009, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Patrick Manning.


2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The host country of the 2011 meeting was also discussed. It had been slated to be hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the renewal of the Sri Lankan civil war, and related allegations of human rights abuses, caused some governments, including those of United Kingdom and Canada, to call for a reassessment. This led to the CHOGM being given to Perth, Australia, instead. Sri Lanka was reassigned the CHOGM for CHOGM 2013, and Mauritius was pencilled in as the host of the 2015 CHOGM.


2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) was reconstituted and strengthened. The Heads of Government agreed to expand the offences that it would be able to investigate to all breaches of the Harare Declaration, rather than just the overthrow of democratic governments.


2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Global warming
The summit was dominated by the issue of global warming, as it was held just before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The countries agreed a £6bn-a-year climate change fund to promote low-carbon emission development and adaptation in developing countries, to be funded by developed Commonwealth members and France.


2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Global warming
The 2009 summit was attended by the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, who was attempting to rally support in the build-up to the Copenhagen summit. It was seen as an indication of reconciliation between France and the Commonwealth, particularly over the issue of Rwanda's prospective membership of the Commonwealth. The meeting was also attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.


2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Rwanda
The 2009 CHOGM was the first opportunity for countries to accede to the Commonwealth after the 2007 CHOGM accepted the report by the Committee on Commonwealth Membership, which established the current membership criteria. After the 2007 CHOGM, the Commonwealth sent a team to Rwanda to examine its eligibility, and recommended it be discussed at the 2009 meeting.


2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Rwanda
Rwanda was admitted despite the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) finding that "the state of governance and human rights in Rwanda does not satisfy Commonwealth standards”, and that it “does not therefore qualify for admission". CHRI also commented that: "It does not make sense to admit a state that already does not satisfy Commonwealth standards. This would tarnish the reputation of the Commonwealth and confirm the opinion of many people and civic organisations that the leaders of its governments do not really care for democracy and human rights, and that its periodic, solemn declarations are merely hot air."


2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Rwanda
In Port of Spain, the Heads of Government agreed to accept Rwanda as a member, making it the 54th member, and the second without a direct constitutional tie to an existing member. Several other countries were expected to submit official applications to join, including Algeria, Madagascar, Sudan, and Yemen, but they were not considered.


2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Rwanda
CHRI, Human Rights Watch, and Freedom House have all found that the protection of democracy and human rights in Rwanda have declined since the country joined the Commonwealth.


2009 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
The 2009 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the seventeenth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Sheriff Tiraspol for the second time.


2009 Comorian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in the Comoros on 17 May 2009. The constitutional amendments were approved with 93.9% in favour, with a turnout of 51.8%.


2009 Comorian constitutional referendum, Background
President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi proposed extending his term for two years in order to hold all elections simultaneously in 2011, as well as to reform the constitutional structure of the Comoros to save money. However, opposition parties and those from other islands were opposed to this, seeing it as a ploy to extend his term of office at the expense of the other two islands. Other constitutional amendments would make Islam the state religion and downgrade the status of the presidents of the constituent islands to governors, as well as allowing the president to dissolve the Assembly of the Union.


2009 Comorian constitutional referendum, Background
The referendum was originally scheduled for 22 March 2009, but was postponed due to disagreements over the content.


2009 Comorian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Comoros on 6 December 2009, with a second round on 20 December. The elections were originally scheduled for July 2009, but were postponed until after a constitutional referendum was held in May 2009. They were then scheduled to take place on 29 November, but were delayed again. The result was a victory for the Baobab Movement, a coalition supporting President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi.


2009 Comorian legislative election, Electoral system
The elections were held using the two-round system with 24 single-member constituencies. The remaining nine seats in the Assembly of the Union were filled by appointees from the assemblies of the autonomous islands of the Comoros, Grande Comore, Mohéli and Anjouan, with each island selecting three members.


2009 Comorian legislative election, Campaign
Most candidates supporting President Sambi campaigned as the Baobab coalition, named after their identifying symbol, the Baobab tree.


2009 Concertación presidential primary
The presidential primaries of the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia of 2009 were the method of election of the presidential candidate of such a Chilean coalition for the 2009 presidential election. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, former President of Chile (1994-2000), a member of the Christian Democrat Party (PDC) and candidate for his party, the Socialist Party of Chile (PS) and the Party for Democracy (PPD), and José Antonio Gómez, a militant and candidate of the Radical Social Democratic Party.


2009 Concertación presidential primary
After having established different regional dates, on the condition that the candidate was immediately proclaimed winner of the contestant by twenty percentage points or more, only the first date, on April 5, 2009, was made in the Region of O'Higgins and in the Maule Region.


2009 Concertación presidential primary
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, who was proclaimed candidate of the Concertación that same night, was elected by 64.9% of the votes, becoming in this way the only militant of the conglomerate that has won two primaries, and therefore, the only one who has been a presidential candidate in two elections, having defeated Ricardo Lagos with a similar percentage in the 1993 primary.


2009 Concertación presidential primary
Frei would obtain 29.6% in the presidential election, happening to the balotaje of the 17 of January 2010 together with Sebastián Piñera, candidate of the Coalition for the Change. However, Piñera was elected in the second round with 51.61% of the preferences, compared to 48.39% obtained by the Concertación candidate.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Background
Already since the beginning of the government of Michelle Bachelet, the first candidates of the ruling party for the 2009 elections were outlined, including the senator and former presidential candidate in 2005, Soledad Alvear, OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and former President Ricardo Lagos. Despite leaving with advantage, over time Alvear lost ground in polls, leaving Lagos as the best positioned to face Sebastián Piñera, candidate of the Alliance for Chile, which would later be called Coalition for Change. However, some leaders raised the idea that if the last two presidents had been the so-called "Progressive wing" of the Concertación (PS-PPD), the coalition candidate in the 2009 election should be a Christian Democrat.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Background
After the municipal elections, where the Alliance won the Concertación for the first time in an election since the return of democracy, Soledad Alvear resigned as President of the Christian Democrats and his pre-presidential candidacy. This situation catapulted the pre-candidate of the senator and former president Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle as the candidate of the PDC.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Background
Ricardo Lagos during the month of October announced that he would not run for the presidency, leaving Jose Miguel Insulza as the main letter of the "progressive wing", but his lack of decision as to whether he would accept the nomination and resign his position in Washington DC, It implied to lose the support of the PPD and even of part of its party, the PS. The polls showed a clear advantage of Frei over Insulza and he would finally give up the possibility of participating in a presidential election.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Background
The Radical Social Democratic Party (PRSD), meanwhile, announced that for the first time it would participate with a pre-candidate in the Concertación primaries process, raising the nomination of its president and senator for the Antofagasta Region, José Antonio Gómez. 2008 had given a glimpse of a possible candidate, only with the fall of Insulza became a real alternative against Frei, which had the support of the three major parties of the Concertación.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Format
Unlike the previous processes, the Concertación parties agreed to carry out "staggered" primary elections, that is, divided into different dates for each group of regions, in a manner similar to the system used by United States parties. This would have as main advantages, that the candidates could cross the regions in a more detailed way, and the savings to carry out campaign at national level.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Format
It was established that in the event that on one of the dates any of the candidates exceeded the other by 20% or more, the following dates would not be made and at that moment would be proclaimed candidate of the Concertación who had complied with the requirement. The dates originally scheduled were:


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Format
The "census" or electoral census used for the primaries was that of the Electoral Service, from which all the people militants in political parties outside the Concertación were excepted. Those who were not registered in a party were also entitled to vote. The list established for the first scheduled date included a total of 924,465 people, distributed between the O'Higgins Region (421,662) and the Maule Region (502,803)


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Campaign
Following the registration of the candidates on January 26, 2009, the first step in the primaries was the election of April 5 in the regions of O'Higgins and Maule. In them, Frei had to secure a difference of more than 20% with his adversary, or else he would confront Gomez in the Great North, who could have greater support in that area because he was a senator from the Antofagasta Region (elected In the parliamentary elections of 2005, in which it defeated the sister of Frei, Carmen).


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Campaign
Despite this, the general panorama gave Frei a wide advantage, since in both regions, of the total communes (63, 33 in O'Higgins and 30 in Maule), 20 were led by mayors of the PDC-PPD-PS block, While only 2 mayors were from the PRSD.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Campaign
In the legislative sphere, there were 3 senators of the Concertación, all socialist militants (Juan Pablo Letelier, Jaime Gazmuri and Jaime Naranjo), and of the 7 deputies of the Concertación, three were Christian Democrats (Juan Carlos Latorre, Roberto León and Pablo Lorenzini ), two of the PPD (Jorge Tarud and Guillermo Ceroni) and one of the PS (Sergio Aguiló), compared to the only one belonging to the radicals (Alejandro Sule).


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Campaign
The campaign began at different times, as Gómez began touring the communes of O'Higgins and Maule in February 2009, when Frei toured Spain, where he met with King Juan Carlos I, the minister Pedro Solbes, and the Popular Party president, Mariano Rajoy. Frei formally began his campaign on March in Talca, accompanied by the presidents of the parties that backed him, Juan Carlos Latorre (PDC), Pepe Auth (PPD) and Camilo Escalona (PS). Frei's campaign closing ceremony, held in Rancagua on April 3.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Campaign
On 30 March, both candidates participated in a debate held at the Extension Center of the Universidad Católica del Maule in Talca. The transmission of the event, which was conducted by the public broadcaster Televisión Nacional de Chile, was restricted to the regions corresponding to the First primary (O'Higgins and Maule). He was led by Montserrat Álvarez, and the questions were addressed to journalists Rodrigo Siderakis (for TVN Red O'Higgins) and Esteban Sáez (for TVN Red Maule).


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Campaign
Some of the issues addressed were the economic crisis, collusion of pharmacies, and political corruption, and although in general there was not much confrontation between the candidates, but the criticisms were concentrated in the Alliance for Chile, there were points of discordance, as in the decriminalization of induced abortion, and in the use of energy sources, whose emblematic case was the Hidroaysén project. A post-debate survey, conducted by El Mercurio, gave Frei a winner with 49% of preferences, compared to 23.9% Gómez.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Campaign
The first days of April were closed the campaigns. José Antonio Gómez finished his tour for the first date of the primaries in the medialuna of the city of Santa Cruz, Region of O'Higgins, accompanied by the musical group Los Hermanos Campos. Eduardo Frei, meanwhile, held an event in Talca on April 2 with the participation of Inti-Illimani, while the next day he closed his campaign in a gymnasium in Rancagua, together with the presidents of the PS and the PDC.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Reactions
Since José Antonio Gómez announced his candidacy for the presidency of Chile, he had to overcome the pressures of some leaders of the three major parties of the Concertación (DC, PPD, PS) that sought to withdraw before the primary, as he did voluntarily Soledad Alvear in the same process of 2005. One of them was the helmsman of the Socialist Party, Camilo Escalona,  who during Frei's proclamation on April 5, 2009 in Rancagua, rebuked and insulted Gómez, accusing him of wanting to divide the Officialdom with his candidacy. The altercation was spread by all media, and generated criticism to Escalona, who must have apologized for what happened.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Reactions
The process was widely criticized by parties that do not belong to the Concertación, even being described as a "failure." Most of the criticisms pointed to the fact that after the election was closed after the first date, the rest of the regions were prevented to give their opinion, contrary to what happened in the two previous primaries (1993 and 1999), in which voting was simultaneous throughout the country.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Reactions
This is in addition to the low participation that was in contrast to the previous primaries; 39 in the 2009 primary election voted (in the Maule and O'Higgins regions) 36.34% of those who participated in the same process of 1999 (where Ricardo Lagos and Andrés Zaldívar clashed), reflecting a deterioration Of the Concertación, and in general, of the entire political spectrum.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Candidacy of Enríquez-Ominami
Socialist deputy Marco Enríquez-Ominami initiated a presidential candidacy in January 2009, which was not supported by his party, since he had already committed his support to Eduardo Frei. After having closed the inscriptions to the Concertación primaries Enríquez-Ominami confirmed on January 26, without being included as a candidate, by means of a video on the YouTube website that would nominate the Presidency of Chile as independent.


2009 Concertación presidential primary, Candidacy of Enríquez-Ominami
In the following months, the candidacy of Enríquez-Ominami grew considerably in the surveys, and it added support of diverse sectors. In this context, the deputy proposed the idea of a new primary - which he called "refoundational" - to face him with Frei, but this was discarded by the Christian Democrat. According to a survey by the Universidad del Desarrollo and La Segunda newspaper, published on May 15, 48% of Concertación voters supported the idea of a new primary, and if it had been done, Enríquez-Ominami would have won. After his proposal for new elections was denied Marco Enríquez-Ominami resigned from the Socialist Party on June 11.


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – San Sebastián
The 2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – San Sebastián was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in San Sebastián, Spain between 17 and 23 August 2009.


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – San Sebastián, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – San Sebastián, Champions, Doubles
Jonathan Eysseric /  Romain Jouan def. Pedro Clar-Rosselló /  Albert Ramos-Viñolas, 7–5, 6–3


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – San Sebastián – Doubles
Marc López and Gabriel Trujillo-Soler were the defending champions, but López chose to not participate this year. Trujillo-Soler competed with Guillermo Olaso, but they were eliminated already in the first round. Jonathan Eysseric and Romain Jouan won in the final 7–5, 6–3, against Pedro Clar-Rosselló and Albert Ramos-Viñolas.


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – San Sebastián – Singles
Pablo Andújar tried to defend his 2008 title; however, he was eliminated by Pedro Clar-Rosselló in the quarterfinal. Thiemo de Bakker defeated Filip Krajinović 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – Vigo
The 2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – Vigo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Vigo, Spain between 10 and 16 August 2009.


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – Vigo, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – Vigo, Champions, Doubles
Thiemo de Bakker /  Raemon Sluiter def. Pedro Clar-Rosselló /  Albert Ramos-Viñolas, 7–5, 6–2


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – Vigo – Doubles
Alessandro Motti and Marco Crugnola were the defending champions, but they did not start in this tournament. Thiemo de Bakker and Raemon Sluiter defeated Pedro Clar-Rosselló and Albert Ramos-Viñolas in the final 7–5, 6–2.


2009 Concurso Internacional de Tenis – Vigo – Singles
Pablo Andújar tried to defend his 2008 title, but he was eliminated by Thiemo de Bakker in the semifinal. de Bakker won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, against Thierry Ascione.


2009 Conference Premier play-off Final
The 2009 Conference Premier play-off Final, known as the 2009 Blue Square Premier play-off Final for sponsorship purposes, was a football match between Cambridge United and Torquay United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the seventh Conference Premier play-off Final and the third to be played at Wembley Stadium.


2009 Conference Premier play-off Final
Torquay won the match 2–0 to secure promotion to League Two, thus returning to The Football League after a two-year absence. Following their victory, Torquay United announced an open-top bus parade which took place on Thursday 21 May.


2009 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2009 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2009 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from May 20–May 24, 2009. Rice won their third C-USA tournament, and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.


2009 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Finish order
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. # - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2009 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The 2009 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on December 5, 2009 between the East Carolina Pirates, the champion of Conference USA's East Division, and the West Division champion Houston Cougars at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina. The game kicked off at 12:00 pm EST and was televised by ESPN. The Pirates were looking to be the first team in C-USA history to win back to back conference championships, while the Cougars led by Case Keenum looked to win their 2nd.


2009 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Game summary
Under conference rules, the game is held at the home field of the team with the best record in conference play; since East Carolina finished C-USA play at 7–1, better than Houston's 6–2, the game was held at the Pirates' home field, Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.


2009 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 11–14, 2009 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.


2009 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2009 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the fifteenth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of Tulsa and the games were played at the Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium.


2009 Conference USA football season
The 2009 Conference USA football season was the 15th season of the conference's existence.


2009 Connacht Senior Football Championship
The 2009 Connacht Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Connacht GAA. It was won by Mayo who defeated Galway in the final. The final was considered a weak affair by commentators. The winning Mayo team received the J. J. Nestor Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 2009 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. The team finished with a record of 8–5, 3–4 in Big East play and won the PapaJohns.com Bowl 20–7 against South Carolina.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Preseason, Coaching changes
Connecticut lost its offensive coordinator of the previous three years when Rob Ambrose left the school to become the head coach at Towson. He will be replaced by Joe Moorhead, who was hired from Akron, where he held the same position.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Preseason, Key losses
Four players on the 2008 Connecticut Huskies football team were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25, 2009. Donald Brown was selected at No. 27 by the Indianapolis Colts, Darius Butler was selected by the New England Patriots at No. 41, Will Beatty and Cody Brown were selected late in the 2nd round at No. 60 (Will Beatty, New York Giants) and No. 63 (Cody Brown, Arizona Cardinals).


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Preseason, Key losses
After the Draft, four other Huskies signed free agent contracts with NFL Teams. Those Huskies include: Julius Williams (Jacksonville Jaguars), Dahna Deleston (Chicago Bears), Tyler Lorenzen (Jacksonville Jaguars), and Keith Gray (Carolina Panthers)


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Preseason, Key losses
On May 2, 2009, Senior Martin Bédard was taken in the second round of the CFL Canadian Football League Draft by the Montreal Alouettes.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Preseason, Recruiting
On February 4, 2009, Randy Edsall announced that 21 student-athletes had signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Connecticut. Three; Keensen Chambers, Jesse Joseph and Trevardo Williams; entered school in January to participate in spring practice.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Preseason, Spring practice
Connecticut kicked off spring practice with the first of fifteen practices on March 17, 2009. Among the priorities set by the coaching staff are to have the team learn the newly installed up-tempo offensive game plan, determine how the running backs would replace Donald Brown, and take steps in determining who would replace Tyler Lorenzen as the starting quarterback.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Preseason, Spring practice
The annual Blue-White Spring Game, which concludes spring practice, was held on April 18, 2009 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT. The game featured a modified scoring system, which would pit the offense directly against the defense. The offense prevailed, 83–57.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Preseason, Awards watchlists
The players listed below have been named to the following preseason award watch lists.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Roster
Classes Key:Fr – Freshman; first year player. So – Sophomore; second year player. Jr – Junior; third year player. Sr – Senior; fourth year player. Bold – Team captain. RS – Previously used a redshirt. – Redshirt during 2009 season. – Injured for entire or majority of season and is eligible for a medical redshirt.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ohio
The Huskies were led by 157 yards rushing from Jordan Todman, as they defeated the Ohio Bobcats 23–16 in front of a record crowd at Peden Stadium. They were able to overcome four turnovers and a missed field goal with a solid running game and stout defense.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ohio
UConn opened the scoring with a four-yard touchdown pass from Zach Frazer to fullback Anthony Davis in the first quarter. The score culminated a 91-yard drive which began following an Ohio turnover. The Bobcats found the scoreboard for the first time in the second quarter when quarterback Boo Jackson found Taylor Price for a 43-yard touchdown. The Huskies, however, answered with a 35-yard touchdown pass from Frazer to Brad Kanuch on the subsequent drive. Lindsey Witten sacked new Ohio quarterback, Theo Scott in the endzone for a safety to provide the only scoring in the third quarter.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ohio
A four-yard touchdown run from Todman increased the Huskies lead to 23–7. The Bobcats attempted to make a fourth quarter comeback with a touchdown pass from Scott to Riley Dunlop, and a 50-yard field goal from Matt Weller. However, the comeback was thwarted when the Huskies recovered an onside kick with under three minutes in the game.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ohio
Andre Dixon joined Todman by also rushing for 100 yards. It was the first time that two Huskies rushed for 100 yards in the same game since November 11, 2006, in a double overtime win against Pittsburgh.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ohio
After the victory, game balls were awarded to Dixon (offense), Witten (defense) and Robbie Frey (special teams).


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ohio
For his performance, Lindsey Witten was awarded the Big East Defensive Player of the Week. Jordan Todman was named to the weekly honor roll.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Ohio
The game was the second and final in a two-game series between the two schools. The first game of the series was played on September 21, 2002 at Memorial Stadium in Storrs, Connecticut. Connecticut is 2–0 all time against Ohio.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
Aided by a late holding penalty which resulted in a safety, the North Carolina Tar Heels escaped their first visit to Rentschler Field with a narrow 12–10 victory. Both teams were powered by stout defenses and provided rough going for both offenses.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
The Huskies reached the scoreboard first when David Teggart kicked a 47-yard field goal at the end of the first half. Following Twyon Martin's first career interception, the Huskies scored the game's first touchdown on a four-yard run by Jordan Todman. However, North Carolina quickly responded in the fourth quarter with a 22-yard field goal, and, after a Huskies punt, followed with a two-yard touchdown pass from T. J. Yates to Zack Pianalto, which tied the game at 10.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
Facing a third and long from their own eight-yard line, the Huskies' Dan Ryan was called for a holding penalty in the end zone, resulting in a safety, and a two-point Tar Heel lead. UConn's Alex Molina recovered the ensuing on-side kick, but the Huskies were unable to score.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
The Huskies' Lindsey Witten recorded four sacks, bringing his season total to seven through two games and placing him first in the FBS in that category. He was named to the Big East weekly honor roll for his performance.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
Injuries played a large role in the game for the Huskies. They played without starting linebacker, Scott Lutrus, who was out with a shoulder injury. During the game, starting quarterback, Zach Frazer, and starting tight end, Ryan Griffin were both lost to injuries.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
The game was the second and final in a two-game series between the two schools. The first game of the series was played on October 4, 2008 at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Connecticut is 0–3 all time against North Carolina.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Baylor
The Huskies overcame multiple injuries to defeat the Baylor Bears 30–22. They were led by a strong rushing game, led by the tandem of Andre Dixon and Jordan Todman, and a stout defense. Dixon scored his first touchdown since 2007, and had his first multi touchdown game as he rushed for 149 yards and 3 touchdowns. The UConn defense was able to force three Bear turnovers, and held vaunted Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin in check for most of the game.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Baylor
For the second time in three games in 2009, the Huskies had two rushers eclipse the 100-yard mark, as Todman gained 103 yards.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Baylor
UConn played the game without starting quarterback Zach Frazer, tight end Ryan Griffin and linebacker, Scott Lutrus missed his second consecutive game with a shoulder injury.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Baylor
After the victory, game balls were awarded to Dixon, Lawrence Wilson, Desi Cullen and Jasper Howard. Dixon was also named to the Big East's weekly honor roll.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Baylor
The game was the second and final in a two-game series between the two schools. The first game of the series was played on September 19, 2008 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. Connecticut is 2–0 all time against Baylor.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rhode Island
The Huskies overcame seven fumbles to beat Rhode Island 52–10 before a crowd of 38,620 at Rentschler Field. The game was the 1000th played in Connecticut football history, which dates back to 1896.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rhode Island
Three Huskies set career highs in the game – Redshirt sophomore quarterback Cody Endres (Washington, Pa.) set career-highs in completions and passing yards and threw the first two touchdowns of his career. Sophomore wide receiver Michael Smith (Houston, Texas), who set career standards with eight catches and 82 receiving yards. Sophomore running back Jordan Todman, who rushed for 70 yards on 15 carries and registered a career-best three rushing touchdowns.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rhode Island
For his performance, Lawrence Wilson was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. The Huskies improved to 3–1 on the season, while the Rams dropped to 1–2 with the loss.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
UConn took a 21–6 lead with 3:56 to go in the third quarter after Andre Dixon scored on a two-yard run that capped an eight-play, 61-yard drive. The Panthers then came right back to make it 21–13 as they had an eight-play 74-yard TD drive in the final moments of third quarter. Stull completed a 26-yard TD pass to Jonathan Baldwin for the score. Pittsburgh tied the game at 21–21 with 7:35 to go on a 27-yard TD pass by Stull to Dorin Dickerson. In the final seconds of the game, University of Pittsburgh kicker Dan Hutchins knocked in an 18-yard field goal to give the Panthers the 24–21 comeback lead and the victory in front of 44,893 at Heinz Field.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
Despite the loss, and largely due to his two interceptions and one touchdown, Robert Vaughn was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Week. Connecticut dropped to 3–3 all time against Pittsburgh.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Louisville
In the homecoming game the Huskies scored in every quarter to win the game 38–25. Senior running back Andre Dixon ran for 153 yards and three touchdowns and Connecticut beat Louisville for the Huskies first Big East win of the season. Another Husky who had a great game was junior cornerback Jasper Howard, who had 11 tackles and recovered a fumble.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Louisville
It would prove to be Howard's last game. He was stabbed to death at an official function in UConn's Student Union just after 12:30 am the next morning.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Louisville
With a season high 16 tackles, Lawrence Wilson was named Big East Defensive Player of the Week, the second consecutive recognition for a Husky. Andre Dixon was named to the weekly honor roll. Connecticut improved to 3–3 all-time against Louisville and 3–2 in Big East Conference contests against the Cardinals.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
The game had an emotional start as there was a moment of silence for Connecticut junior cornerback Jasper Howard. Following the moment of silence both teams had a pregame handshake at midfield. The Huskies had a sticker of Jasper's initials put on each of their helmets to honor him. West Virginia got off to a quick 7–0 lead as Tavon Austin returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown in the fastest score against the Huskies in the FBS era.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
UConn then scored the next 10 points of the game as Jordan Todman scored his seventh TD of the season on a five-yard run that wrapped up a nine-play, 67-yard drive with 5:46 left in the first quarter. UConn took a 17–14 lead into halftime. A 56-yard touchdown run by Noel Devine with 2:10 remaining in the game gave West Virginia a 28–24 lead and the victory over the University of Connecticut football team before a crowd of 58,106 at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Just like in the previous game against West Virginia, UConn had the lead in the fourth quarter but with 22 seconds left in the game Tim Brown scored on an 81-yard pass from Tom Savage to give Rutgers a 28–24 victory. The loss drops the Huskies to 4–4 on the season, 1–3 in conference play. The Scarlet Knights improve to 6–2, 1–2 in league action.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Robbie Frey was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll after the game.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
Both teams used their backup quarterbacks due to injuries to the starting quarterbacks. Zach Frazer for the Huskies and Zach Collaros for the Bearcats. The two teams traded touchdowns on their opening possessions as the Bearcats drove down the field 80 yards on eight plays to score on a one-yard run by Isaiah Pead less than three minutes into the game. The Huskies came right back and moved the ball 79 yards in 11 plays as Todman had his first score of the night on a six-yard run to tie the game at 7–7.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
Cincinnati scored the next 10 points on a 41-yard field goal by Jacob Roberts with 4:57 to go in the first quarter and a four-yard TD run by Collaros to complete a 10-play, 87-yard drive 48 second into the second quarter. Cincy took a 30–10 score into the half. UConn scored two touchdowns coming out of the half to cut the Cincinnati lead down to eight. On a fourth and one with a little more than five minutes remaining in the game, Todman recorded his career best fourth touchdown run of the game to pull the Huskies within two points.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
Frazer dropped back to pass on the two-point conversion but was knocked down by Curtis Young as Cincy kept their lead heading into the final minutes of the fourth quarter. It looked like the Huskies had stopped Cincinnati on their final drive of the game when junior Lawrence Wilson (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) put pressure on the running game to force a fourth down. But the Bearcats went for it and Isaiah Pead broke free from the UConn defense to run in a 14-yard score putting Cincy back up by nine with just 1:52 remaining in the game.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
Easley brought the Huskies within three points with 13 seconds remaining in the game scoring his first touchdown of the night on a nine-yard pass from Frazer. Teggart tacked on the extra point to bring the Huskies within two. UConn's on side kick attempt was fielded by Charley Howard to seal the Cincinnati victory. UConn fell to 4–5 on the season and 1–4 in the BIG EAST while the fifth-ranked Bearcats improved to 9–0 and 5–0 in the BIG EAST.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Cincinnati
With 162 rushing yards and four touchdowns, Jordan Todman was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. The Huskies dropped to 1–5 against the Bearcats.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Clausen got the Irish on the board first with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Tate with 10:59 to play in the opening quarter. The score would remain 7–0 until the 14:32 mark of the second quarter, when Clausen capped an 11-play, 80-yard scoring drive with a one-yard scoring plunge to put Notre Dame on top, 14–0. The Huskies cut the deficit to 14–7 on their next possession, when Todman broke free for a 43-yard touchdown run. UConn made it a 14–10 game late in the second quarter on a 39-yard field goal by Dave Teggart.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
The Irish pushed their lead back to seven after David Ruffer kicked a 20-yard field goal at the 9:29 mark of the third quarter. But Todman returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown to make it a 17–17 game. After the teams traded field goals in the fourth quarter, the UConn defense recovered a fumble at the Notre Dame 41 with 49 seconds to play. Teggart had a chance to give UConn the victory at the end of regulation, but his 37-yard field goal sailed wide left as time expired.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Each team scored a touchdown in the first overtime and at the end of the OT the teams were tied and went to a second OT. The Irish were not able to move the chains to open the second overtime, and they had to settle for a Ruffer field goal. Andre Dixon scored on a four-yard touchdown run in the second overtime, as the Connecticut Huskies finally pulled out a close game and beat Notre Dame, 33–30 at Notre Dame Stadium.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Jordan Todman was named the Big East Conference Special Teams Player of the Week. Andre Dixon and Lawrence Wilson were also named to the Weekly Honor Roll. Connecticut is 1–0 against Notre Dame.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
After the victory, Randy Edsall sent the game ball to the family of Jasper Howard.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
The Huskies became bowl eligible for the third consecutive season with a 56–31 win over Big East foe Syracuse. The Huskies scored on their first possession after holding Syracuse to a three-and-out on the game's opening possession and Orange punter Rob Long's punt got caught up in the brisk wind that plagued the contest and went just 13 yards. Eight plays later, Dixon scored from the four to put the Huskies in front and give them a lead they would never relinquish.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
After a Syracuse field goal, Mike Lang returned the ensuing kickoff 80 yards for the Huskies' third kickoff return for a touchdown of the season. Syracuse then scored a touchdown to make the score 14–10. Later in the second quarter, Twyon Martin recovered a Delone Carter fumble setting up the Huskies at the Syracuse 43. One play later, sophomore running back Jordan Todman rambled in from the 37 to put the Huskies ahead, 21–10. The run gave Todman exactly 1,000 rushing yards this season and the score was Todman's 15th touchdown on the season.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
The Huskies took a 28–17 lead into the locker room. The Huskies continued their offensive domination in the second half when they marched 80 yards in 15 plays that saw Frazer hit Easley with an 8-yard touchdown pass. Paulus hit Lavar Lobdell with a 12-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the fourth quarter, but Connecticut answered right back when Dixon scurried in from the 45 to give the Huskies a 42–24 lead.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
Carter capped an 84-yard drive with a 10-yard scoring run, but late in the game, with Huskies facing a fourth-and-11 from the Syracuse 28, Frazer connected again with Easley on a touchdown pass to put the Huskies back safely ahead, 49–31. Syracuse wide receiver Antwon Bailey caught a pass from Paulus and tried to lateral to Lemon, but the ball was fumbled and Connecticut's Dwayne Gratz scooped up the errant ball and took it to the end zone with the recovery.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
With 17 tackles, Lawrence Wilson was named to the Big East's Weekly Honor Roll. Connecticut improved to 4–2 against the Orange.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Florida
South Florida came from warm and sunny Tampa, Florida to cold and snowy East Hartford, Connecticut, but that did not stop the Bulls as they marched down the snowy field and were up 27–26 with 40 seconds left to go in the game. After the Bulls failed to make the 2-point conversion the Huskies were still in the game. Quarterback Zach Frazer made completions to Ryan Griffin, Andre Dixon and Kashif Moore put the Huskies at the USF 26, and Dixon ran the ball to the middle of the field to set up kicker Dave Teggart's winning attempt.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Florida
By then the snow slowed down and Teggart who missed a 46-yard field goal earlier in the game made a 42-yard field goal as time expired to give Connecticut a 29–27 football victory over South Florida before a crowd of 35,624 at Rentschler Field. The game was Senior Night for 16 Huskies who played their final game for Connecticut.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Florida
After the victory, game balls were awarded to Zach Frazer (offense), Scott Lutrus (defense) and Dave Teggart (special teams). The three were also named to the Big East's weekly honor roll. Connecticut is 3–4 all time against South Florida.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
Andre Dixon rushed for 126 yards and one touchdown as the Huskies defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks in the fourth annual PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama. It was the Huskies third bowl victory in four attempts, and their first ever win over an opponent from the Southeastern Conference. The UConn defense came up strong by forcing two Gamecock turnovers, and holding the South Carolina offence to 205 yards.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
Dixon, who was awarded the Fred Sington Most Valuable Player trophy, eclipsed 1000 rushing yards for the year during the game, joining Jordan Todman. The Huskies joined Georgia Tech and Nevada as the only Football Bowl Subdivision teams with two runners with at least 1000 rushing yards. It was also the first time that UConn accomplished the feat.


2009 Connecticut Huskies football team, October stabbing
On October 18, the morning after the Louisville game starting cornerback Jasper Howard was killed after being stabbed during a fight on the university's campus.


2009 Connecticut Sun season
The 2009 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their seventh in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, but did not qualify for the postseason.


2009 Connecticut Sun season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft
Based on the Sun's 2008 record, they would pick 10th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Sun waived their pick.


2009 Connecticut Sun season, Offseason, WNBA Draft
The following are the Sun's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.


2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse men's basketball game
The 2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse men's basketball game was a quarterfinal game of the 2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament between the No. 18 Syracuse Orange (No. 6 seed in Big East Tournament) and No. 3 Connecticut (UConn) Huskies. The 2009 UConn–Syracuse basketball game took place on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, more specifically in Manhattan.


2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse men's basketball game
This quarterfinal game of the 2009 Big East Tournament went to six overtimes, resulting in a 127–117 Syracuse victory. The Orange won the game without leading at any time during the first five overtimes. The game began at 9:36 p.m. and ended at 1:22 a.m. on March 13, 2009, spanning 3 hours and 46 minutes. During the game, 244 total points were scored (102 scored during overtime), 211 field goals were attempted (103 attempted in overtime), 93 free throws were attempted, 66 fouls were committed, and eight total players fouled out (four from each team).


2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse men's basketball game
This game was the second-longest in college basketball history and the longest in Big East history. The longest game in college basketball history was the 1981 Cincinnati vs. Bradley game in which Cincinnati beat Bradley 75–73 on December 21, 1981. That game took place before the implementation of the shot clock. Two other men's basketball games that involved teams now in NCAA Division I reached six overtime periods, both occurring in the era before the NCAA officially split into competitive divisions. Niagara defeated Siena 88–81 in 1953, and Minnesota defeated Purdue 59–56 in 1955.


2009 Continental Indoor Football League season
The 2009 Continental Indoor Football League season was the league's fourth overall season. The regular season began on Friday, March 6. The league champion was the Chicago Slaughter.


2009 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season
The 2009 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season was the ninth running of the Grand Am Cup Series. It began on January 22 and ran for ten rounds.


2009 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 2009 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the thirty sixth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. Nikao Sokattack won the championship, their sixth recorded championship. Tupapa Maraerenga were runners-up, with Arorangi finishing in third place.


2009 Cook Islands Round Cup, League table
Nikao Sokattack won the league, which was played on a single round robin basis due to a late start in the season.


2009 Copa Aerosur & del Sur
La Copa Aerosur 2009 is the seventh edition of the summer soccer tournament sponsored by Aerosur. Involved six teams of core cities in Bolivia: Bolivar and The Strongest of La Paz, Cochabamba Aurora and Wilstermann, Blooming and Oriente Petrolero of Santa Cruz. The tournament began on January 18, 2009 and culminate on February 4 of that year.


2009 Copa Aerosur & del Sur
The 2009 version of the cup had three novelties: [1] defined by shootout in case of ties in all instances of the tournament, the implementation of a tournament U-18 parallel to the official tournament, and a recoil to be played between the champion Aerosur Cup, the champion of the Copa Aerosur del Sur and two foreign expos.


2009 Copa Aerosur & del Sur
Cup champion will have free passage on Aerosur to travel to play their games during the 2009 season of the Bolivian Professional Football League, while the runner will have a 75% discount. The other participants may access the 50% discount on tickets if they agree to bring the airline's logo on his uniform.


2009 Copa Aerosur & del Sur
In this Edition the teams (Copa Simon Bolivar 2008) with the best average qualified to the first round of this edition.


2009 Copa Aerosur & del Sur, Group A
In this group Nacional Potosi qualified anyway as the copa simon bolivar 2008 winners


2009 Copa América de Ciclismo
The 9th edition of the Copa América de Ciclismo was held on 2009-01-04 in São Paulo, Brazil. The Copa América opened the Brazilian season and took place at the Formula One-track, a circuit of 4.3 km (2.7 mi), in the city of São Paulo-Interlagos.


2009 Copa Cafam
Copa Internacional Cafam 2009 was a football pre-season international tournament. It was played in Estadio El Campín of Bogotá, Colombia between January 28 and February 1, 2009. In the tournament, there were three teams from Colombia and one from Argentina.


2009 Copa Chile
The 2009 Copa Chile was the 30th edition of the competition. The competition started on May 10, 2009 with the Preliminary Round and concluded on November 15, 2009 with the Final. The winner qualifies for the 2010 Copa Sudamericana.


2009 Copa Chile, Teams
A record 82 clubs were accepted for the competition; one club, Luis Matte Larrain, folded before the fixtures were released, leaving 81 clubs to appear in the draw. The teams for this edition are the teams from the Primera Division, Primera B, Tercera Division, regional amateur club champions, and selected amateur teams.


2009 Copa Chile, First round
This round comprised the 2009 Tercera B teams (except one), one Regional Amateur Champion, plus five of the winners of the Preliminary Round.


2009 Copa Chile, Second round
This round comprised the winners of the First Round (except one), the remaining 2009 Tercera B team, and one Regional Amateur Champion team.


2009 Copa Chile, Third round
This round comprised the winners of the Second Round (except two), the remaining winner of the First Round, the 2009 Tercera División teams, plus two Regional Amateur Champion teams.


2009 Copa Chile, Fourth round
The Fourth Round marks the beginning of the competition for professional teams. The draw for the Fourth Round was held on July 31, 2009 and was conducted by the "Manager of National Tournaments", René Rosas. This round comprised the winners of the Third Round, the 2009 Primera B teams, Primera División team Colo-Colo, and special invitee Selección Rapa Nui (the Easter Island Team).


2009 Copa Colombia
The 2009 Copa Colombia football tournament, officially the 2009 Copa Postobón for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh edition of the Copa Colombia, the national football cup competition for clubs of Colombia's DIMAYOR league. It began on March 4 and ended on November 18. Santa Fe won the tournament for their 2nd title.


2009 Copa Colombia, Format
The format for 2009 remains the same as last year's. The winner of will earn a berth in the 2010 Copa Sudamericana.


2009 Copa Colombia, Phase I, Group C
Group C comprises teams from Santander, Norte de Santander, and Boyacá.


2009 Copa Colombia, Phase I, Group F
Group F comprises teams from Cundinamarca and the western part of the country.


2009 Copa Colombia, Phase II
Phase II began on August 26 and ended on September 2. Team #2 played the second leg at home.


2009 Copa Colombia, Phase III
Phase III began on September 16 and ended on September 23. Team #2 played the second leg at home.


2009 Copa Colombia, Semifinals
The semifinals began on October 28 and ended on November 4. Team #2 played the second leg at home.


2009 Copa Colombia, Finals
The finals was played on November 11 and November 18. Team #2 played the second leg at home.


2009 Copa Constitució
Copa Constitució 2009 is the seventeenth season of Andorra's football knockout tournament. The competition started on 17 January 2009 with the first round games and will end on 24 May 2009 with the Final. The defending champions are UE Sant Julià.


2009 Copa Constitució
The winners will earn a place in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.


2009 Copa Constitució, Results
On 9 December 2008 Andorran Football Federation announced the First Round fixtures and dates for all remaining rounds.


2009 Copa Constitució, Results, First round
This round was entered by teams from 2008–09 Segona Divisió season placed second to seventh after 6 rounds played. The matches were played on 17, 18 and 19 January 2009.


2009 Copa Constitució, Results, Second round
The winners from the previous round competed in this round, as well as one remaining team from Segona Divisió, first placed FC Encamp. The teams from this year's Primera Divisió placed fifth to eighth after 7 rounds played – CE Principat, Inter Club d'Escaldes, FC Rànger's, and UE Engordany – also entered in this round. The matches were played from 20–23 January 2009.


2009 Copa Constitució, Results, Quarterfinals
The winners from the previous round competed in this round for turkey and together with the teams from Primera Divisió placed first to fourth after 7 rounds played – FC Santa Coloma, UE Sant Julià, UE Santa Coloma, and FC Lusitanos. The first legs were played on 1 February 2009 while the second legs took place on 8 February 2009.


2009 Copa Constitució, Results, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 10 May 2009 while the second legs took place on 17 May 2009.


2009 Copa Indonesia Final
The 2009 Copa Indonesia Final was a football match that took place on 28 June 2009 at Jakabaring Stadium in Palembang. It was the fourth final of Piala Indonesia and  contested by Sriwijaya FC and Persipura Jayapura. It was Sriwijaya's second consecutive final having won the title last year. For Persipura, this was their third successive final appearance having lost their previous two, including a penalty shootout defeat to Sriwijaya in their most recent final.


2009 Copa Indonesia Final
Persipura walked out of the match in the 60th minute to protest the officiating when Sriwijaya were leading 1–0. In the aftermath, Sriwijaya were awarded a 4–0 win and retained their title. As winners, they gained entry to the 2010 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.


2009 Copa Libertadores
The 2009 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2009 Copa Santander Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament.


2009 Copa Libertadores
The tournament was won by Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata, who achieved their fourth Copa Libertadores title and first in 39 years. Since the inception of a preliminary round in 2004, they are the first club to start in that round and win the Copa Libertadores. Estudiantes earned a berth to play in 2010 Recopa Sudamericana and in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup but lost both titles to LDU Quito and Barcelona respectively.


2009 Copa Libertadores, Round and draw dates
The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw. All events occurred in 2009 unless otherwise stated.


2009 Copa Libertadores, Tie-breaking criteria
At each stage of the tournament teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings in the group stage:


2009 Copa Libertadores, Tie-breaking criteria
For the first stage, round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, the fourth criteria is replaced by a penalty shootout if necessary. The finals have their own set of criteria; see the finals section for more details.


2009 Copa Libertadores, First stage
In the First Stage, twelve teams played a two-legged tie (one game at home and one game away) against another opponent. The winner of each tie advanced to the Second Stage. Team #1 played the second leg at home.


2009 Copa Libertadores, Second stage
A total of 26 teams qualified directly to this phase and were joined by six teams from the First Stage, bringing the total to 32 teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Third Stage.


2009 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages
The last four stages of the tournament (round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) form a single-elimination tournament, commonly known as a knockout stage. Sixteen teams advanced into the first of these stages: the third stage.


2009 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Seeding
The 16 qualified teams were seeded according to their results in the Second Stage. The top teams from each group were seeded 1-8, with the team with the most points as seed 1 and the team with the least as seed 8. The second-best teams from each group were seeded 9-16, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team with the least as seed 16.


2009 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Round of 16
The first match of the Round of 16 began on 5 May, with the last match played on 21 May. Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.


2009 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Quarterfinals
Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.


2009 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Semifinals
Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.


2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina
The 2009 Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino (officially Copa Santander Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino 2009) for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, CONMEBOL's premier annual international women's club tournament. The competition was played in Santos, São Paulo and Guarujá, Brazil, from October 3 to October 18, 2009.


2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Santos defeated Universidad Autónoma 9–0 to win their first Copa Libertadores Femenina title.


2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Format
The cup was played by ten teams: one from each CONMEBOL country. The ten teams were divided in two groups of five clubs each for the First Stage. The two best-placed teams of each group qualified to play the semifinal and the winners then played the final, while the losers played the third-place game.


2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Round and draw dates
The draw for the competition took place at Estádio Urbano Caldeira on September 6, 2009.


2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina, First stage
The top two teams from each group advance to the Semifinals.


2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina, First stage, Group 1
All Group 1 matches were played at Estádio Urbano Caldeira (better known as Vila Belmiro) in Santos.


2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina, First stage, Group 2
Group 2 matches were played at Estádio Municipal Antônio Fernandes (Guarujá), Estádio Ulrico Mursa (Santos) and Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Santos).


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 2009 Copa Libertadores Finals was the final two-legged tie to determine the 2009 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata and Brazilian club Cruzeiro. The first leg of the tie was played on 8 July at Estudiantes' home field, with the second leg played on 15 July at Cruzeiro's.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals
Cruzeiro and Estudiantes played in their 4th and 5th Copa Libertadores finals, respectively. Cruzeiro last appearance was in 1997, in which they beat Sporting Cristal for their second title. Estudiantes returned after a 39-year absence. Their last finals appearance was in 1971, in which they lost to Uruguayan club Nacional.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals
Estudiantes de La Plata won the tie 4 points to 1 to earn their fourth Copa Libertadores title.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Rules
The final will be played over two legs, each at a finalists home venue. The higher seeded team will play the second leg at home. The team that accumulates the most points —three for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs will be crowned the champion. Unlike the previous rounds, the away-goals rule will not be used. Should the two teams be tied on points after the second leg, the team with the best goal difference will win. If the two teams have equal goal difference, extra time will be used.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Rules
The extra time will consist of two 15-minute halves. If the tie is still not broken, a penalty shoot-out, consisting of a maximum of five penalties per team, will ensue according to the Laws of the Game (although it is possible to win the penalty shootout before the fifth penalty kick is taken). If there is no clear winner after the 10 penalty kicks, then a sudden-death penalty shootout will ensue.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals
Cruzeiro qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the 3rd place team in the 2008 Série A. This gave them the Brazil 3 spot and a direct qualification into the Second Stage. Estudiantes qualified into the Argentina 5 spot by having the 2nd best average of the 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, & 2008 Apertura tournaments. The spot qualified them into the First Stage.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Estudiantes in the First Stage
Estudiantes started this year's Copa Libertadores run in the First Stage in a two-legged tie against Peruvian club Sporting Cristal for a spot in Group 5. Sporting Cristial took the first leg, played in Lima, 2−1. Enzo Pérez scored the lone goal for Estudiantes. In the second leg, Estudiantes' Ramón Lentini scored the lone goal of the match, assuring that Estudiantes advanced to the Second Stage on the away goals tie-breaker.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Group 5 of the Second Stage
Cruzeiro was drawn into Group 5, with Estudiantes advancing into it. They were joined by the defending Ecuadorian champion, Deportivo Quito, and the Bolivian 2008 Apertura champion, Universitario de Sucre. Their first group match was against each other in Belo Horizonte. Cruzeiro won 3−0 with goals by Fernandinho and Kléber (two). The next group match between the both of them was their respective fifth group-play match. Playing in La Plata, Estudiantes won 4−0 with goals by Juan Sebastián Verón, Gastón Fernández, and Cristian Sánchez Prette (two).


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Group 5 of the Second Stage
Cruzeiro second group match was on the road against Deportivo Quito. Ramires scored for Cruzeiro before Giovanny Caicedo tied it for Deportivo Quito. They stayed on the road (to Sucre) to play Universitario. Thiago Ribeiro scored the lone goal of the match to get the win. The next two game Cruzeiro played were at home. Universitario visited first and lost the match thanks to two goals by Wellington Paulista. In Cruzeiro's last match of group play, they played host to Deportivo Quito, whom they beat 2−0 with goals by Léo Fortunato and Wagner.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Group 5 of the Second Stage
Estudiantes continued group play by hosting Universitario. Juan Manuel Salgueiro scored the only goal for Estudiantes, and subsequently the win. They then went to Quito to play Deportivo Quito. Estudiantes lost the match 1−0. Deportivo Quito then visited Estudiantes for their next match. Estudiantes soundly won the match 4−0 thanks to a goal by Enzo Pérez and a hat-trick by Mauro Boselli. Estudiantes' last match of group play ended in a scoreless tie against Universitario.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Group 5 of the Second Stage
Cruzeiro and Estudiantes finished 1 & 2, respectively, which advanced them to the Round of 16.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Cruzeiro in the knockout stages
Cruzeiro was seeded 5 for the last stages of the tournament. In the round of 16, they played against Chilean club Universidad de Chile (seeded 12). The first leg was played in Santiago. Cruzeiro won the match 1−2 with goals by Soares and Marquinhos Paraná. second leg, played at home, was won by a lone goal from Kléber. Cruzeiro advanced on points 6−0.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Cruzeiro in the knockout stages
Cruzeiro's quarterfinal match-up was against fellow Brazilian side São Paulo (seeded 4). The first leg, played at home, was won 2−1 with goals by Leonardo Silva and Zé Carlos. The second leg, played in São Paulo, was also won 0−2 with goals by Henrique and Kléber. Cruzeiro advanced on points 6−0.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Cruzeiro in the knockout stages
Cruzeiro's semifinal match-up was against another Brazilian side, top-seeded Grêmio. Cruzeiro won the first leg 3−1 thanks to goals by Wellington Paulista, Wágner, and Fabinho. The second leg, played in Porto Alegre, ended in a 2−2 tie. Wellington Paulista scored twice for Cruzeiro in as many minutes, but Grêmio came back and tied it in the second half. Cruzeiro advanced 4−1 on points.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Cruzeiro in the knockout stages
As of the finals, Cruzeiro is the most effective team in the tournament, with an efficacy rating of 80.56% (9 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss).


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Estudiantes in the knockout stages
Estudiantes was seeded 10 for the last stages of the tournament. Estudiantes' round of 16 match-up was against Paraguayan club Libertad. Seeded 7, Libertad was the first team to advance to the round of 16. Estudiantes won the first match 3−0 with goals by Gastón Fernández (with the fastest goal of the tournament) and Mauro Boselli (2). A 0−0 tie was enough in the second leg to advance Estudiantes 4−1 on points.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Estudiantes in the knockout stages
The quarterfinals match-up was against Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting (seeded 15). Estudiantes won both legs 1−0 with goals by Leandro Desábato (first leg) and Leandro Benítez (second leg). Estudiantes advanced 6−0 on points.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Estudiantes in the knockout stages
In the semifinals, Estudiantes met another Uruguayan club, 3 seeded Nacional. In the first leg, played at home, Estudiantes won with a lone goal by Diego Galván. In the second leg, Estudiantes won 1−2 with a pair of goals by Mauro Boselli. Estudiantes advanced 6−0 on points.


2009 Copa Libertadores Finals, Route to the Finals, Estudiantes in the knockout stages
As of the finals, Estudiantes has an efficacy rating of 69.05% (9 wins, 2 draws, 3 loss). Striker Mauro Boselli is currently tied as the top-scorer of the tournament, with 7 goals.