2009 Soweto Open
Tennis tournament
2009 Soweto Open | ||||
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Date | 13–18 April | |||
Edition | 1st | |||
Location | Johannesburg, South Africa | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
Fabrice Santoro | ||||
Doubles | ||||
Chris Guccione / George Bastl | ||||
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The 2009 Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Johannesburg, South Africa between 13 and 18 April 2009.
Singles entrants
Seeds
Nationality | Player | Ranking* | Seeding |
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FRA | Fabrice Santoro | 52 | 1 |
LUX | Gilles Müller | 67 | 2 |
GER | |||
BRA | Thiago Alves | 121 | 4 |
RUS | Mikhail Elgin | 135 | 5 |
FRA | Nicolas Mahut | 139 | 6 |
AUS | Chris Guccione | 149 | 7 |
SVK | Karol Beck | 159 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 6 April 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- Andrew Anderson
- Raven Klaasen
- Fritz Wolmarans
The following players entry from the qualifying draw:
- Chris Eaton
- Jun Woong-Sun
- Denys Molchanov
- Noam Okun
The following players entry from Lucky loser draw:
- Benjamin Janse van Rensburg
Champions
Men's singles
Fabrice Santoro def. Rik de Voest, 7–5, 6–4
Men's doubles
Chris Guccione / George Bastl def. Mikhail Elgin / Alexander Kudryavtsev, 6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
References
- 2009 Draws
- Official website[permanent dead link]
- South Africa Tennis Association official website
- ITF search Archived 12 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine