<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Roger Federer </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2009 Australian Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2009 Australian Open . It was contested between the world's top two players for much of the previous four years, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, then ranked first and second in the world respectively . It was their seventh (out of nine) meeting in a Grand Slam final, but their first outside of either the French Open or Wimbledon, followed by their most recent meeting at the final of the 2017 Australian Open . This was Rafael Nadal's first Grand Slam hard court final while it was Roger Federer's ninth and at the time he was yet to lose in a Grand Slam hard court final . </P> <P> Nadal defeated Federer in five sets in four hours and twenty - three minutes, with the match finishing after midnight, to become the first Spaniard, male or female, to win the Australian Open . The match was lauded as one of the greatest ever at the Australian Open and it was yet another high quality match between two of the greatest players of all time, almost seven months since their epic 2008 Wimbledon final . </P> <P> Pascal Maria was the chair umpire for the match . Rafael Nadal won the coin toss and elected to begin the match receiving . </P>

Who won the men's 2009 australian open