Virtua Tennis 2009 includes a World Tour Mode and a fully integrated online ranking system.

Mini-games are back in this iteration, with 12 court games, including new entries: Pot Shot, Pirate Wars, Block Buster, Count Mania, Zoo Feeder, and Shopping Dash.

[14] Eurogamer pointed out that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions' online multiplayer had been improved, but otherwise complained about a "general lack of ambition".

[12] There were concerns that the competition was too easy, taking as much as 10 hours of gameplay before facing a competent opponent.

Even the online action often suffered from lag and jitteriness and players "teleporting" to instantly jump across the screen.