title: 2009 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
text: # 2009 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
  
  Andy Murray was the defending champion, but he chose not to compete this year.
  
  Sergiy Stakhovsky won in the final over Horacio Zeballos 2–6, $7–6^{(10–8)},$ $7–6^{(9–7)}.$
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Mikhail Youzhny (second round, retired because of a lower back injury)
  * Victor Hănescu (quarterfinals)
  * Viktor Troicki (first round)
  * Jérémy Chardy (second round)
  * Igor Andreev (second round, retired because of a left knee injury)
  * Evgeny Korolev (first round)
  * Pablo Cuevas (first round)
  * Horacio Zeballos (final)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Marat Safin | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
  | Q | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Q | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 4 | 6 | Q | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 2 | $7^{10}$ | $7^9$ |
  | | | | | | 8 | Horacio Zeballos | 6 | $6^8$ | $6^7$ |
  | 8 | Horacio Zeballos | $7^9$ | 6 | | 8 | Horacio Zeballos | 6 | $6^8$ | $6^7$ |
  | | Igor Kunitsyn | $6^7$ | 3 | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Golubev | 3 | 2 | | 1 | M Youzhny | 2 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Istomin | 6 | 6 | | | D Istomin | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Schüttler | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | D Istomin | 0 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
  | | M Safin | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | M Safin | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
  | | R Gasquet | $6^5$ | 4 | | | M Safin | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Starace | 4 | 2 | | 5 | I Andreev | 3 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | I Andreev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Safin | 4 | 6 | 4 |
  | 3 | V Troicki | $6^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Q | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 4 | 6 |
  | | K Beck | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | K Beck | 4 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Vovk | 3 | 2 | | | B Phau | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Phau | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Phau | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
  | | M Granollers | $7^7$ | $6^6$ | 4 | | | | | Q | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | WC | A Kuznetsov | $6^4$ | $7^8$ | 6 | WC | A Kuznetsov | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | E Korolev | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | H Zeballos | $7^{11}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Y Schukin | $6^9$ | 3 | 8 | H Zeballos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | O Dolgopolov Jr. | 6 | 1 | Q | O Dolgopolov Jr. | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Ginepri | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | | 8 | H Zeballos | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | E Gulbis | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | E Gulbis | $6^8$ | 4 | | | | | |
  | | F Mayer | 3 | $6^3$ | | E Gulbis | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | P-A Luncanu | 2 | 2 | 4 | J Chardy | $6^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | J Chardy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | H Zeballos | $7^9$ | 6 |
  | 7 | P Cuevas | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | I Kunitsyn | $6^7$ | 3 |
  | | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 | | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Elgin | 6 | 6 | WC | M Elgin | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | SE | M Kukushkin | 3 | 3 | | | | | | I Kunitsyn | 6 | 3 | $7^8$ | | | | |
  | | F Fognini | 4 | 1 | | | | | 2 | V Hănescu | 3 | 6 | $6^6$ | | | | |
  | SE | I Marchenko | 6 | 6 | SE | I Marchenko | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Gabashvili | 1 | 2 | 2 | V Hănescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | V Hănescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  