2009 US Open (tennis) - Player of The Day

Player of The Day

• Day 1: Kim Clijsters, for winning her first match at the US Open in 4 years.
• Day 2: Jesse Witten, for defeating 29th-seeded Igor Andreev 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 his first career win at a Grand Slam at the age of 26 and ranked 276.
• Day 3: Flavia Pennetta, for defeating Sania Mirza 6–0, 6–0, which was her third consecutive 6–0 set.
• Day 4: Melanie Oudin, ranked 70th, for eliminating world #4 Elena Dementieva, after losing the first set and overcoming a thigh injury to win the final set.
• Day 5: Francesca Schiavone, for defeating #8 seed Victoria Azarenka despite losing the first set.
• Day 6: Melanie Oudin, for defeating former world #1 and the 29th seed Maria Sharapova, losing the first set and winning 7–5 in the third.
• Day 7: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, For reaching the round of 16 for the first time, and for not dropping a set to this point.
• Day 8: Kateryna Bondarenko, for beating Gisela Dulko in only 47 minutes 6–0, 6–0, advancing to her first grand slam quarterfinal.
• Day 9: Marin Čilić, for defeating ATP No. 2 Andy Murray in three sets.
• Day 10: Yanina Wickmayer, for defeating Kateryna Bondarenko in straight sets and becoming the second Belgian player in the semifinals.
• Day 11: Juan Martín del Potro, for defeating Marin Čilić in four sets to advance to the semifinals of the US Open for the first time.
• Day 12: No matches played due to rain.
• Day 13: Caroline Wozniacki, for beating Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 6–3 in the semifinals, thus becoming the first Dane, man or woman, to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era.
• Day 14: Roger Federer, for beating Novak Djoković in the semifinals 7–6(3), 7–5, 7–5, thus reaching his 21st Grand Slam and 6th consecutive US Open final.
• Day 15: Juan Martín del Potro, for winning his first Grand Slam title, ending Roger Federer's streak of consecutive US Open championships at five.