2009 French Open Singles Results

by Elizabeth Fairview  |  June 8th, 2009
Roger Federer
Finally, the lone major championship that had eluded Roger Federer was his. (Wikimedia Images)

Federer tied Pete Sampras' record of 14 major singles titles and became the sixth man to complete a career Grand Slam.

Federer, listed at -500 on Sunday, was at his best, completely outplaying No. 23-seeded Robin Soderling (+350) of Sweden en route to a 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4 victory in a French Open final that lacked suspense but not significance.

Federer is now pegged as a +100 favorite to win Wimbledon this year.

On Saturday in the women's final Svetlana Kuznetsova took advantage of No. 1-ranked Dinara Safina's assorted errors and won the French Open final 6-4, 6-2. The 74-minute match ended, fittingly, with Safina's seventh double-fault.

Safina was the one who was supposed to finally make her breakthrough after losing in the women's final at last year's French Open and this year's Australian Open.

 

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