2009 LA Tennis Open
Date	July 27 – August 2
Edition	83rd
Category	World Tour 250 series
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$550,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Los Angeles, United States
Venue	Los Angeles Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Sam Querrey[1]
Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan[2]
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The 2009 LA Tennis Open (also known as the LA Tennis Open presented by Farmers Insurance Group for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 83rd edition of the event known that year as the LA Tennis Open and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, United States, from July 27 through August 2, 2009. The LA Tennis Open was the second ATP stop of the 2009 US Open Series.^[3][4]

In addition to the singles and doubles events, a Legends Invitational Singles competition was held, featuring Michael Chang, Stefan Edberg and Jim Courier, winner of the competition at the 2008 Countrywide Classic. The LA Tennis Open kicked off with the "Millennium Challenge" featuring Pete Sampras returning to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to play Marat Safin in a rematch of their 2000 US Open final, won by the Russian 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.^[5] Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Sampras, who held the World No. 1 ranking for a record 286 weeks, was recognized as the 2009 LA Tennis Open Tournament Honoree.^[6]

Player	Nation	Ranking*	Seeding
Tommy Haas	GER	20	1
Mardy Fish	USA	22	2
Dmitry Tursunov	RUS	27	3
Dudi Sela	ISR	29	4
Igor Kunitsyn	RUS	36	5
Sam Querrey	USA	37	6
Benjamin Becker	GER	45	7
Marat Safin	RUS	54	8

*Seedings based on the July 20, 2009 rankings.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Taylor Dent
• Jesse Levine
• Chris Guccione

The following players received special exemptions into the singles main draw

• Robby Ginepri
• Frank Dancevic

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Josselin Ouanna
• Carsten Ball
• Ryan Sweeting
• Somdev Devvarman

Sam Querrey defeated Carsten Ball, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

• It was Querrey's first title of the year and second of his career.^[7]

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Benjamin Becker / Frank Moser, 6–4, 7–6^(7–2)

• ITF tournament edition details