- Singles  Tournament (Seed) Surface Round Opponent W/L Score  Qatar Exxon Mobil Open (2)
 Jan 3-Jan 9 Hard First Round Simone Bolelli W 6-3, 6-3   Second Round Potito Starace W 6-2, 6-2   Quarterfinals Steve Darcis W 6-1, 2-0 ret   Semifinals Viktor Troicki (5) W 6-1, 6-3   Final Nikolay Davydenko (3) L 6-0, 6-7 (8-10), 4-6  Australian Open (2)
 Jan 17-Jan 31 Hard First Round Peter Luczak W 7-6 (7-0), 6-1, 6-4   Second Round Lukas Lacko W 6-2, 6-2, 6-2   Third Round Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) W 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5   Fourth Round Ivo Karlovic W 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4   Quarterfinals Andy Murray (5) L 3-6, 6-7 (2-7), 0-3 ret