2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000
Country Player Rank Seed
ESP Rafael Nadal 2 1
SRB Novak Djokovic 4 2
ARG Juan Martín del Potro 5 3
USA Andy Roddick 6 4
FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 5
RUS Nikolay Davydenko 8 6
ESP Fernando Verdasco 9 7
FRA Gilles Simon 10 8
SWE Robin Söderling 11 9
CHI Fernando González 12 10
FRA Gaël Monfils 13 11
CRO Marin Čilić 15 12
CZE Radek Štěpánek 16 13
ESP Tommy Robredo 17 14
GER Tommy Haas 18 15
ESP David Ferrer 19 16
ATP entrants -- Seeds
The 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 (also known as the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000-presented by Rolex) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was played at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The tournament replaced Madrid as the second and last ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament where it was now moved into a spring calendar, the inaugural edition was held from October 11 to October 18, 2009. The singles field was led by Rafael Nadal. Other top seeds were 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, reigning US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro and Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick. World No. 1 Roger Federer had been due to play but withdrew, citing fatigue. World No. 3 Andy Murray was also scheduled to play, but withdrew due to a wrist injury.