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2009 Wimbledon Championships
Date	22 June – 5 July
Edition	123rd
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Location	London, United Kingdom
2008 Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Venus Williams
Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic
Women's doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur
Wheelchair men's doubles
Robin Ammerlaan / Ronald Vink
Wheelchair women's doubles
new event
Boys' singles
Grigor Dimitrov
Girls' singles
Laura Robson
Boys' doubles
Cheng-peng Hsieh / Tsung-hua Yang
Girls' doubles
Polona Hercog / Jessica Moore
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer
Ladies' invitation doubles
Jana Novotna / Kathy Rinaldi
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
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The 2009 Wimbledon Championships is a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It is the 123rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam event of the year. It will take place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009.

Notable stories

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Suspicious bettings issue

According to The Independent on this year's tournament starting on Monday 22 June the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) is trying to prevent match-fixing by observing the matches of 6 but more likely 12 players (some of inside the ATP top 50), because the investigation of the forementioned newspaper came up with the result that several players are under suspicion of bribery and the manipulation of the outcome of their matches. Among them are of various nationalities like Russians, Argentines, Spaniards and Italians. Those who came into the scope of the TIU are in the first place players whose games had recently been betted with conspicuously big amount of credit.

According to ATP they have already identified those Russian and Italian mafia-related groups, which are behind the mostly online bettings, and the players who are inclined "to sell" their matches. The organizers of Wimbledon Championship declared that there are no proceedings against any players but TIU chairman Jeff Rees said they had already arrested several bettors, but no other detail will be revealed about the investigation, which covers 45 tennis matches.

The dubious matches involve those of Daniel Koellerer and Óscar Hernández in the 2009 Ordina Open first round where a Russian spectator placed an unusually big bet using a notebook on the latter winner. The same situation went on the first round bout of wildcard entry Monégasque Jean-René Lisnard and the Belgian Christophe Rochus on the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters. Nikolay Davydenko might also be on the list because of his 2007 scandal where the number-four seed suddenly retired by injury against Martin Vassallo Arguello in Sopot, Poland while online gambling site Betfair received enormous sums from Russia to the favor of the latter who was ranked 87th at the time. The recently rehabilitated Filippo Volandri could also be the subject of monitoring.

Italian mafiaboss Michael Franzese revealed in exchange of a plea bargain the process of getting someone ensnared in match-fixing. They usually check tennis players regarding their gambling habits or if they had a divorce in the near past, which cost them most of their earnings. When the sportsmen outran their financial limits they offer a loan to help them and when this dept becomes unpayable the player can easily be forced to fix a match of theirs.

Day-by-day summaries

Day 1 (22 June)

• Seeds out:
  • Gentlemen's Singles: James Blake, Feliciano López
  • Ladies' Singles: Aleksandra Wozniak, Patty Schnyder
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Centre Court
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round	Roger Federer (2)	Yen-hsun Lu	7–5, 6–3, 6–2
Ladies' Singles 1st Round	Serena Williams (2)	Neuza Silva	6–1, 7–5
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round	Novak Djoković (4)	Julien Benneteau	6–7(8), 7–6(1), 6–2, 6–4
Matches on No. 1 Court
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Ladies' Singles 1st Round	Maria Sharapova (24)	Viktoriya Kutuzova	7–5, 6–4
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round	Robin Söderling (13)	Gilles Müller	6–7(4), 7–5, 6–1, 6–2
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round	Fernando Verdasco (7)	James Ward	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
Ladies' Singles 1st Round	Mathilde Johansson	Melanie South	7–5, 7-6(5)

Day 2 (23 June)

• Seeds out:
  • Gentlemen's Singles: Nicolas Kiefer, Dmitry Tursunov, Marat Safin
  • Ladies' Singles: Alize Cornet, Sybille Bammer, Anna Chakvetadze, Kaia Kanepi, Agnes Szavay
  • Gentlemen's Doubles: Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Centre Court
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Ladies' Singles 1st Round	Venus Williams (3)	Stefanie Voegele	6–3, 6–2
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round	Andy Roddick (6)	Jeremy Chardy	6–3, 7–6(3), 4–6, 6–3
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round	Andy Murray (3)	Robert Kendrick	7–5, 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–4
Matches on No. 1 Court
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round	Juan Martin del Potro (5)	Arnaud Clement	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
Ladies' Singles 1st Round	Dinara Safina (1)	Lourdes Dominguez Lino	7–5, 6–3
Gentlemen's Singles 1st Round	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Mikhail Youzhny	6–3, 7–6(3), 6–3

Day 3 (24 June)

• Seeds out:
  • Gentlemen's Singles: Rainer Schuettler
  • Ladies' Singles: Jie Zheng, Maria Sharapova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Alisa Kleybanova
  • Ladies' Doubles: Nathalie Dechy & Mara Santangelo, Maria Kirilenko & Flavia Pennetta
• Schedule of Play

Matches on Centre Court
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Ladies' Singles 2nd Round	Gisela Dulko	Maria Sharapova (24)	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Gentlemen's Singles 2nd Round	Roger Federer (2)	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
Gentlemen's Singles 2nd Round	Marin Cilic (11)	Sam Querrey	4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4
Matches on No. 1 Court
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Gentlemen's Singles 2nd Round	Novak Djokovic (4)	Simon Greul	7–5, 6–1, 6–4
Ladies' Singles 2nd Round	Serena Williams (2)	Jarmila Groth	6–2, 6–1
Gentlemen's Singles 2nd Round	Tommy Haas (24)	Michael Llodra	4–3 - retired

Day 4 (25 June)

• Seeds out:

• Schedule of Play

Matches on Centre Court
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Gentlemen's Singles 2nd Round	Juan Martin Del Potro (5) vs Lleyton Hewitt
Ladies' Singles 2nd Round	Caroline Wozniacki (9) vs Maria Kirilenko
Gentlemen's Singles 2nd Round	Andy Murray (3) vs Ernests Gulbis
Matches on No. 1 Court
Event	Winner	Loser	Score
Ladies' Singles 2nd Round	Venus Williams (3) vs Kateryna Bondarenko
Gentlemen's Singles 2nd Round	Igor Kunitsyn vs Andy Roddick (6)
Gentlemen's Singles 2nd Round	Fernando Gonzalez (10) vs Leonardo Mayer

Seniors

Men's Singles

TBD vs. TBD

Women's Singles

TBD vs. TBD

Men's Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Women's Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Mixed Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Juniors

Boys' Singles

TBD vs. TBD

Girls' Singles

TBD vs. TBD

Boys' Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Girls' Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Other events

Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Ladies' Invitation Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Seeds

Withdrawals: David Nalbandian, Richard Gasquet, Gaël Monfils, Rafael Nadal.

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws and in the qualifying draws.

Qualifiers entries

Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.

References

1. Nick Harris (18 June 2009). "Exclusive: Wimbledon on high alert over suspected match-fixing rings". Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
2. Neil Harman (17 June 2009). "Wimbledon on alert after new betting controversy". Times Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
3. Martin Boulton (2 January 2009). "Match-fixing still an issue: ex-mafia boss". Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
4. "David Nalbandian to miss final three Grand Slams after hip surgery". telegraph.co.uk. 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
5. "Banned Gasquet out of French Open". espn.com. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
6. "Injured Monfils out of Wimbledon". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
7. "Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
8. "Wimbledon wild cards". wimbledon.org. 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
9. "Wimbledon Gentlemen Qualifying Singles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
10. "Wimbledon Ladies Qualifying Singles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
11. "Wimbledon Gentlemen Qualifying Doubles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
12. "Wimbledon Ladies Qualifying Doubles". wimbledon.org. Retrieved 2009-06-18.

External links

• Official website

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