Wilson Tennis::2009 Final Review

Roger Federer completed a career defining year as he won his first Roland Garros title and 5^th Wimbledon title to take a record breaking 15^th Grand Slam title. Federer reached all 4 Grand Slam finals, building on his all time record of most consecutive appearances in major finals and finished the year as world #1 on the ATP World Tour rankings

Serena Williams finished the year as the #1 player on the WTA Tour as she won her 3^rd Australian Open , 4^th Wimbledon singles title and 4^th year end Tour Championship title

Using their [K]Blade Team rackets, Serena and Venus Williams won 3 out of 4 Grand Slam doubles titles this year: Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open

Juan Martin Del Potro defeated Roger Federer in an epic five set match to take his first Grand Slam title at the US Open

Daniel Nestor finished the year #2 on the ATP World Tour with partner Zimonjic. Nestor and partner Zimonjic served and volleyed their way to win 9 ATP World Tour titles this year and their second consecutive Wimbledon Men’s Doubles title after defeating the Bryan Brothers in the final

Flavia Pennetta used her [K]Blade 98 racket to become the 1^st Italian to ever reach the top 10 on the WTA Tour when she went on a 15 match win streak, which included title wins in Palermo and Los Angeles and then a semifinal appearance in Cincinnati

Sorana Cirstea used her [K]Blade 98 to reach her 1^st Grand Slam quarterfinal at Roland Garros

17 year old rising star Melanie Oudin had a breakout year as she won two challenger titles, reached her 1^st Wimbledon Round of 16 and had an amazing run at the US Open to reach her 1^st Grand Slam quarterfinal to reach a career high #42 on the WTA Tour

Using her [K]Blade 98, Kateryna Bondarenko became the first Ukranian women to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal at this years US Open and reached a career high #29 in singles on the WTA Tour