2009 Australian Open – Men's singles final true in the sense that Federer won four majors since this final, but indeed had not beaten Nadal in three subsequent Grand Slam meetings. Federer lost to Nadal once more at the French Open finals in 2011 and Federer lost to Nadal twice more at the Australian Open semifinals in 2012 and 2014. It would not be until the 2017 Australian Open that two would meet again in a Grand Slam final, that time ending in the 35 year-old Federer's five-set victory that claimed his 18th singles major and subsequently set new tennis records from it. Until his 2017 Australian
2009 SA Tennis Open came through 7–6, 6–4 to take the title. Five South African players (Kevin Anderson, Andrew Anderson, Izak van der Merwe, Raven Klaasen and Rik de Voest) were present in the draw and the latter three reached the second round. de Voest knocked out sixth seed Iván Navarro while Klaasen defeated another Spaniard, Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and van der Merwe overcame Benjamin Becker. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Jérémy Chardy 6–4, 7–6 James Cerretani / Dick Norman defeated Rik de Voest / Ashley Fisher 6–7, 6–2, [14–12] 2009 SA Tennis Open The 2009 SA Tennis Open was a men's tennis tournament played on