The 2009 BSI Challenger Lugano 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 part of the Tretorn SERIE+ 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 Lugano

Lugano

Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 between 8 and 14 June 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Switzerland	Stanislas Wawrinka Stanislas Wawrinka Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...	18	1
Romania	Victor Crivoi Victor Crivoi Victor Crivoi is a Romanian tennis player who lives in Bucharest. In 2005, he played in the International Tennis Federation's Professional Circuit and won seven titles. As a result, he was named the ITF's "Player Of The Year" for 2005. At the end of 2005, he was ranked #269 by the ATP, up from...	99	2
Argentina	Sergio Roitman Sergio Roitman Sergio Andres Roitman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nicknamed Escopeta is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina....	100	3
Italy	Potito Starace Potito Starace Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...	104	4
Germany	Simon Greul Simon Greul Simon Greul is a German male tennis player born April 13, 1981. He is 6'1" tall and weighs 176 lbs . His career high rank was #55, achieved on March 22, 2010.-Career:...	111	5
Brazil	Thiago Alves Thiago Alves (tennis) Thiago Alves is a professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ITF Tour. His career high rank was #88, achieved on July 13, 2009.- In Grand Slams :He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the...	117	6
Argentina	Agustín Calleri Agustín Calleri Agustín Calleri Shaal is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay....	118	7
Brazil	Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci , a professional tennis player, is the top ranked Brazilian tennis player. He achieved a career high ranking of #21 on July 26, 2010....	119	8

• Rankings are as of May 25, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Stéphane Bohli

Stéphane Bohli

Stéphane Bohli is a professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Doubles: 1 :-Challengers Wins:-External links:* Official Website of Stéphane Bohli...

 Michael Lammer

Michael Lammer

Michael Lammer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He plays right-handed. At the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open in Gstaad, won the doubles tournament with compatriot Marco Chiudinelli...

 Bernard Tomic

Bernard Tomic

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 Stanislas Wawrinka

Stanislas Wawrinka

Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...

The following players received entry a special Exempt into the singles main draw: Peter Luczak

Peter Luczak

Peter Luczak is a professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 64 on 12 October 2009.At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the gold in the doubles....

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Andrea Arnaboldi Alberto Brizzi

Alberto Brizzi

Alberto Brizzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-External links:*...

 Alessio di Mauro

Alessio di Mauro

Alessio di Mauro is an Italian tennis player. In Buenos Aires, he reached his first final of his career, where Argentine Juan Mónaco defeated di Mauro to win his first career title, 6–1, 6–2; on February 26, 2007. Propelled by this run, the left-hander reached his career high ranking of No...

 Cristian Villagrán

Cristian Villagrán

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Singles

  Stanislas Wawrinka

Stanislas Wawrinka

Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...

def.   Potito Starace

Potito Starace

Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...

, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

  Johan Brunström

Johan Brunström

Johan Brunström is a professional Swedish tennis player. His highest ATP doubles ranking is 31st, which he reached on March 22, 2010. His career high in singles is 377th, which he reached on September 24, 2007.-Doubles: 10 :...

/   Jean-Julien Rojer

Jean-Julien Rojer

Jean-Julien Rojer is a professional Curaçao tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 218th, which he reached on August 15, 2005. A doubles specialist, his career high in doubles is 18th, which he reached on July 4, 2011. His current doubles partner is Eric Butorac.-Doubles: 13...

def.   Pablo Cuevas

Pablo Cuevas

Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open Men's Doubles title with Luis Horna....

 /   Sergio Roitman

Sergio Roitman

Sergio Andres Roitman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nicknamed Escopeta is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina....

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