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2009 US Open – Boys' doubles facts for kids

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2009 US Open
Champions   Hungary Márton Fucsovics
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Runners-up   France Julien Obry
France Adrien Puget
Final score   7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–1]
Events
Singles   men   women       boys   girls
Doubles   men   women   mixed   boys   girls
Other events
Legends    men    women    mixed
WC Singles    men    women    quad
WC Doubles    men    women    quad

This page is about the Boys' Doubles tennis tournament at the 2009 US Open. This big tennis event happened in New York City. It was a competition for young male tennis players.

The winners of the tournament were Márton Fucsovics from Hungary and Hsieh Cheng-peng from Chinese Taipei. They played against Julien Obry and Adrien Puget from France in the final match. Márton and Hsieh won the exciting final with scores of 7–6, 5–7, and a special tie-break score of [10–1].

The champions from the year before, Niki Moser and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, did not play in the Juniors tournament this time.

Top Ranked Teams (Seeds)

In tennis, "seeds" are the top-ranked players or teams in a tournament. They are placed in the draw so they don't play each other too early. This helps make sure the best teams meet in the later rounds. Here are the teams that were seeded in this tournament:

  • # India Yuki Bhambri / Chinese Taipei Huang Liang-chi (They lost in the first round)
  • # Argentina Facundo Arguello / Argentina Agustín Velotti (They made it to the semifinals)
  • # Philippines Francis Casey Alcantara / Sweden Daniel Berta (They lost in the first round)
  • # South Korea Jeong Suk-young / South Korea Lim Yong-kyu (They lost in the first round)
  • # Argentina Andrea Collarini / South Africa Nikala Scholtz (They lost in the first round)
  • # France Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Germany Kevin Krawietz (They reached the quarterfinals)
  • # Japan Hiroyasu Ehara / Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi (They lost in the first round)
  • # Belgium Arthur De Greef / France Gianni Mina (They lost in the first round)

Tournament Path

The tournament had several rounds, with teams playing against each other until only one pair was left.

Semifinals

In the semifinals, four teams competed to reach the final match.

  • Julien Obry and Adrien Puget played against Matthew Kandath and Jack Sock. Obry and Puget won this match.
  • Márton Fucsovics and Hsieh Cheng-peng played against the second-seeded team, Facundo Arguello and Agustín Velotti. Fucsovics and Hsieh won, moving on to the final.

Final Match

The final match was between Márton Fucsovics and Hsieh Cheng-peng (the eventual champions) and Julien Obry and Adrien Puget.

The scores were:

  • First set: Fucsovics and Hsieh won 7–6, after a tie-break where they won 7–5.
  • Second set: Obry and Puget won 7–5.
  • Final set (super tie-break): Fucsovics and Hsieh won [10–1].

This means Márton Fucsovics and Hsieh Cheng-peng became the 2009 US Open Boys' Doubles champions!

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Abierto de Estados Unidos 2009 (dobles junior masculino) para niños

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