The 2009 Almaty Cup

Almaty Cup

The Almaty Cup is a tennis tournament held in Almaty, Kazakhstan since 2007. The event is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :*...

was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour

2009 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Almaty

Almaty

Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...

, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 between 24 and 30 August 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Russia	Michail Elgin Michail Elgin Michail Elgin, is a Russian professional tennis player.Elgin became famous when he advanced to the quarter–finals in singles at the 2008 St. Petersburg Open, where he lost to Victor Hănescu from Romania 1–6, 4–6.-Doubles: 1 :-External links:...	194	1
Slovakia	Kamil Čapkovič Kamil Capkovic Kamil Čapkovič is a professional Slovak tennis player. He was born in Michalovce, Slovak Republic.-Career:Čapkovič has spent most of his time on the Futures and Challenger circuits, where he has won several Futures titles....	213	2
Ukraine	Ivan Sergeyev Ivan Sergeyev Ivan Sergeyev is a professional tennis player.-Singles: 4 :-External links:...	271	3
Jamaica	Dustin Brown Dustin Brown (tennis) Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...	274	4
Latvia	Andis Juška Andis Juška Andis Juška is a tennis player from Latvia. His highest single's ranking to date was 226 reached on October 26, 2009. Already for several years he is the second highest rated Latvian tennis player in the ATP ranking behind Ernests Gulbis. He has won nine events at the ITF Futures level. In August...	278	5
Japan	Junn Mitsuhashi	297	6
Australia	Greg Jones Greg Jones (tennis) Greg Jones is an Australian professional tennis player.-Early life:Born in Sydney, Jones is an only child. He is the son of Russell Jones, a quantity surveyor, and Donna Jones, a teacher...	305	7
Latvia	Deniss Pavlovs Deniss Pavlovs Deniss Pavlovs is a Latvian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On July 20, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 263, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 155 was reached on September 23, 2009....	311	8

• Rankings are as of August 17, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Syrym Abdulkhalikov Danjil Braun Aidynbek Rakhishev Serizhan Yessenbekov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Sadik Kadir Mikhail Ledovskikh

Mikhail Ledovskikh

Mikhail Ledovskikh, born August 8, 1986. in Almaty, Kazakhstan, is a professional tennis player.Ledovskikh began playing tennis at age 7, one year after moving to Sochi with his family. He now lives in Sochi, Russia....

 James McGee

James McGee (tennis)

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 Denys Molchanov

Denys Molchanov

Denys Molchanov is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 29, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 287, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 156 was reached on September 19, 2011. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.-Challenger...

Singles

  Ivan Sergeyev

Ivan Sergeyev

Ivan Sergeyev is a professional tennis player.-Singles: 4 :-External links:...

def.   Dustin Brown

Dustin Brown (tennis)

Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

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Doubles

  Denys Molchanov

Denys Molchanov

Denys Molchanov is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 29, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 287, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 156 was reached on September 19, 2011. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.-Challenger...

/   Yang Tsung-hua

Yang Tsung-hua

Yang Tsung-hua is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Yang reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 1 in 2008, when he won the French Open singles title against polish player Jerzy Janowicz in two sets, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles titles alongside...

def.   Pierre-Ludovic Duclos

Pierre-Ludovic Duclos

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 /   Alexey Kedryuk

Alexey Kedryuk

Alexey Kedryuk is a professional Kazakhstani tennis player.Kedryuk reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on August 28, 2006, when he became World number 261....

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