The 2009 Malaysian Open (also known as the 2009 Proton Malaysian Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Malaysian Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was played at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The inaugural edition was scheduled to take place from 26 September to 4 October 2009.
Entrants
Seeds
Seeds are based on the rankings of 21 September 2009
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw
Joachim Johansson
Taylor Dent
Marcos Baghdatis
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Brendan Evans Mikhail Kukushkin Michael Yani Rohan Bopanna

Finals
Singles
Nikolay Davydenko defeated Fernando Verdasco, 6–4, 7–5. It was Davydenko's third title of the year and 17th of his career.

Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski defeated Igor Kunitsyn / Jaroslav Levinský, 6–2, 6–1.






