saville began to compete in big junior events at the start of 2009, when he was given wildcards into g1 tournaments in australia. he only managed to reach the round of 16 in the both tournaments, being taken out by james duckworth and nikala scholtz. saville had no titles at the start of the australian open 2009. he beat greivis valadziemer, but lost to dino marcan in three sets. later in 2009, saville was a part of the victorious australian junior davis cup team with teammates jason kubler and joey swaysland.