Men's singles at the 2009 BWF World Championships
Venue	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium
Location	Hyderabad, India
Dates	August 10, 2009 (2009-08-10) – August 16, 2009 (2009-08-16)
Medalists
Lin Dan    China   Chen Jin    China   Taufik Hidayat    Indonesia   Sony Dwi Kuncoro    Indonesia

Events at the 2009 BWF World Championships
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women	mixed

The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the World Badminton Championships. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, from 10 to 16 August, 2009. Following the results of the men's singles.

Seeds

Main stage

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	Lee CW	21	21
		D Domke	14	10				1	Lee CW	21	21
		O Fagbemi							O Fagbemi	11	14
		R Ouseph	wo												1	Lee CW	21	21
	14	Nguyen TM													14	Nguyen TM	13	17
		P Koukal	wo					14	Nguyen TM	21	21
		B Leverdez	21	21					B Leverdez	14	16
		H Toth	12	19																		1	Lee CW	16	21	12
	6	SD Kuncoro	21	21																		6	SD Kuncoro	21	14	21
		M Lahnsteiner	13	9				6	SD Kuncoro	21	21
		P Wacha	21	21					P Wacha	12	13
		Hsueh H-y	10	13											6	SD Kuncoro	21	21
	15	C Anand	21	21											15	C Anand	16	16
		Hong J-h	8	16				15	C Anand	21	21
		S Makarski	18	21	21				S Makarski	9	17
		A Casey	21	18	13

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	P Gade	21	21
		V Atrashchenkov	11	16				3	P Gade	21	21
		S Wojcikiewicz	wo						S Sasaki	11	12
		S Sasaki													3	P Gade	21	21
	10	Chan YK	21	21											10	Chan YK	11	12
		K Mehrabi	15	11				10	Chan YK	21	19	21
		S Evans	21	22					S Evans	16	21	12
		V Malkov	9	20																		3	P Gade	20	16
	5	Lin D	21	21																		5	Lin D	22	21
		M Zilberman	9	11				5	Lin D	21	21
		Lee TS	7	13					T Saensomboonsuk	16	12
		T Saensomboonsuk	21	21											5	Lin D	21	21
	11	Bao CL	18	14												D Palyama	11	11
		D Palyama	21	21					D Palyama	21	21
		M Matejka	10	16					H Hurskainen	15	14
		H Hurskainen	21	21

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		J Wu
		B Milroy	wo						J Wu	16	6
		K Navickas	14	21	17			16	B Ponsana	21	21
	16	B Ponsana	21	14	21										16	B Ponsana	21	14	14
		JØ Jørgensen														JØ Jørgensen	18	21	21
		A Smith	wo						JØ Jørgensen	21	17	21
		S Klausen	21	13	18			8	Park S-h	16	21	15
	8	Park S-h	19	21	21																		JØ Jørgensen	19	19
		Ng W	21	21																		4	T Hidayat	21	21
		J Vondra	19	18					Ng W	22	22	18
		A Bhat	14	21	22			9	Hsieh Y-h	24	20	21
	9	Hsieh Y-h	21	19	24										9	Hsieh Y-h	15	19
		D Zavadsky	19	18											4	T Hidayat	21	21
		M Lo Ying Ping	21	21					M Lo Ying Ping	17	15
		C Bösiger	14	14				4	T Hidayat	21	21
	4	T Hidayat	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		D Wong	23	21	21
		G Ulldahl	25	13	7				D Wong	13	21	16
		Y Tan	20	11				13	S Santoso	21	19	21
	13	S Santoso	22	21											13	S Santoso	21	21
		M Zwiebler	21	21												K Tago	10	12
		K Cordón	15	11					M Zwiebler	15	10
		K Tago	16	21	21				K Tago	21	21
	7	J Persson	21	14	13																	13	S Santoso	10	13
		R Must	21	18	21																	2	Chen J	21	21
		I Sozonov	16	21	12				R Must	12	21	16
		V Lång	7	10				12	Wong CH	21	7	21
	12	Wong CH	21	21											12	Wong CH	12	7
		K Parupalli	21	21											2	Chen J	21	21
		A Shahhosseini	9	13					K Parupalli	21	10	7
		E Pang	14	19				2	Chen J	14	21	21
	2	Chen J	21	21

Final stage

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Lee Chong Wei	16	21	12
	6	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21	14	21
								6	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	14	21	15
								5	Lin Dan	21	13	21
	3	Peter Gade	20	16
	5	Lin Dan	22	21
															5	Lin Dan	21	21
															2	Chen Jin	18	16
		Jan Ø. Jørgensen	19	19
	4	Taufik Hidayat	21	21
								4	Taufik Hidayat	16	6
								2	Chen Jin	21	21
	13	Simon Santoso	10	13
	2	Chen Jin	21	21

External links

• Results