2009 BMW Ljubljana Open
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The 2009 BMW Ljubljana Open
was a professional tennis
tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Ljubljana
, Slovenia
between 21 and 27 September 2009.
Janez Semrajc Mark Zakovšek
The following player received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw: Dušan Lojda
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Jonathan Eysseric
Kornél Bardóczky
Ádám Kellner
Goran Tošić
Paolo Lorenzi
def.
Grega Žemlja
, 1–6, 7–6(4), 6–2
Jamie Delgado
/ Jamie Murray
def.
Stéphane Robert
/ Simone Vagnozzi
, 6–3, 6–3
BMW Ljubljana Open
The BMW Ljubljana Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Ljubljana, Slovenia , since 1990....
was a professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour
2009 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2009 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprises 20 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and 142 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to...
. It took place in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
between 21 and 27 September 2009.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi is an Italian professional tennis player. Lorenzi competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 83, on November 9, 2009, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 241, on January 12, 2009... |
123 | 1 |
 Croatia |
Roko Karanušić Roko Karanušic Roko Karanušić is a Croatian professional tennis player. He turned pro in 2000, and his career high was on February 2, 2009, when he reached No. 88 in the ATP rankings.-Singles Titles:... |
131 | 2 |
| France |
Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert is a professional French professional tennis player.He reached his first ATP-level final at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, falling to Feliciano López 5–7, 1–6.... |
135 | 3 |
| Slovenia |
Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface... |
149 | 4 |
 Serbia |
Ilija Bozoljac Ilija Bozoljac Ilija Bozoljac or Ilia Bozoljac is a professional male tennis player from Serbia.... |
163 | 5 |
| Croatia |
Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking is No. 32 and his best doubles rank is No. 129.-2010:... |
168 | 6 |
| Italy |
Tomas Tenconi Tomas Tenconi Tomas Tenconi is an Italian professional tennis player.-ATP Tournaments Finals:-Titles :-External links:*... |
183 | 7 |
| Slovenia |
Grega Žemlja Grega Žemlja Grega Žemlja is a tennis player from Slovenia.Žemlja reached his highest world ranking #111 in singles and #252 in doubles. He lives in Kranj, Slovenia... |
185 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 14 September, 2009.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Rok Bonin Aljaž BedeneAljaž Bedene
Aljaž Bedene is a Slovenian tennis player.He won five Futures and one Challenger singles titles . In doubles he won one Challenger title and two Futures titles. Aljaž plays with right hand and two-handed backhand. He is a member of the Slovenia Davis Cup team. His highest ranking is No...
Janez Semrajc Mark Zakovšek
The following player received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw: Dušan Lojda
Dušan Lojda
Dušan Lojda was the 2006 juniors US Open champion for tennis.However, he has not made his breakthrough on the adult tour yet. He broke into the top 300 in May 2007 but fell out after a week....
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Jonathan Eysseric
Jonathan Eysseric
Jonathan Eysseric is a world tour tennis player from France.In 2007, he was the junior finalist at the 2007 Australian Open. At the 2007 French Open, he competed in the main and juniors draws. In men's doubles he competed with Jérémy Chardy, losing in tiebreak sets to seeded Martin Damm and...
Kornél Bardóczky
Kornél Bardóczky
Kornél Bardóczky is a professional male tennis player from Hungary.Bardóczky reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 5, 2004, when he became World number 254...
Ádám Kellner
Ádám Kellner
Ádám Kellner is a professional Hungarian tennis player.Kellner reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on August 29, 2011, when he became World number 218...
Goran Tošić
Goran Tošić
Goran Tošić is a Montenegrin professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles Titles :-External links:*...
Singles
Paolo LorenziPaolo Lorenzi
Paolo Lorenzi is an Italian professional tennis player. Lorenzi competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 83, on November 9, 2009, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 241, on January 12, 2009...
def.
Grega ŽemljaGrega Žemlja
Grega Žemlja is a tennis player from Slovenia.Žemlja reached his highest world ranking #111 in singles and #252 in doubles. He lives in Kranj, Slovenia...
, 1–6, 7–6(4), 6–2
Doubles
Jamie DelgadoJamie Delgado
Jamie Delgado is a professional male tennis player from Great Britain. Delgado has represented the UK in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006. His best performance at Wimbledon was reaching the second round on three occasions, most notably in 2001 where he played against former champion Andre...
/
Jamie MurrayJamie Murray
Jamie Robert Murray is a British tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles and is Britain's number 1 doubles player. He is the older brother of Andy Murray. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Janković. Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac,...
def.
Stéphane RobertStéphane Robert
Stéphane Robert is a professional French professional tennis player.He reached his first ATP-level final at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, falling to Feliciano López 5–7, 1–6....
/
Simone VagnozziSimone Vagnozzi
Simone Vagnozzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:...
, 6–3, 6–3