The 2009 Carisap Tennis Cup

Carisap Tennis Cup

The Carisap Tennis Cup 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 at the Circolo Tennis Maggioni in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, since...

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

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

. This was the fifth 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 San Benedetto

San Benedetto

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, Italy

Italy

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 between 6 and 12 July 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Italy	Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini is a professional tennis player.He is the current Italian No. 1. He achieved his career high rank of No. 32 in the world on 20 June 2011 as a result of his success at the 2011French Open...	66	1
Spain	Óscar Hernández	75	2
Argentina	Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina...	85	3
Spain	Alberto Martín Alberto Martín ----Alberto Martín Magret is a retired tennis player from Spain. He turned professional in 1995.Martin's best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2006. En route to this performance, Martín's first round win was his first victory over former World number 1 Andy...	95	4
Chile	Nicolás Massú Nicolás Massú Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...	100	5
Serbia	Ilija Bozoljac Ilija Bozoljac Ilija Bozoljac or Ilia Bozoljac is a professional male tennis player from Serbia....	114	6
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....	131	7
Italy	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...	151	8

• Rankings are as of June 29, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini is a professional tennis player.He is the current Italian No. 1. He achieved his career high rank of No. 32 in the world on 20 June 2011 as a result of his success at the 2011French Open...

 Giacomo Miccini Guillermo Olaso

Guillermo Olaso

Guillermo Olaso De la Rica is a Spanish professional tennis player.-Singles: 1 :-Doubles: 4 :-Futures:-External links:...

 Stefano Travaglia

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Sergio Gutiérrez-Ferrol Martin Kližan

Martin Kližan

Martin Kližan is a Slovak tennis player. In 2005 he won European Junior Championship in the Under 16 category, in both, singles and doubles...

 Pedro Sousa

Pedro Sousa

Pedro Sousa is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In November 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no...

 Cristian Villagrán

Cristian Villagrán

Cristian Villagrán is an Argentine professional tennis player.-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:*...

Singles

  Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini

Fabio Fognini is a professional tennis player.He is the current Italian No. 1. He achieved his career high rank of No. 32 in the world on 20 June 2011 as a result of his success at the 2011French Open...

def.   Cristian Villagrán

Cristian Villagrán

Cristian Villagrán is an Argentine professional tennis player.-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:*...

, 6–7(5), 7–6(2), 6–0

Doubles

  Stefano Ianni

Stefano Ianni

Stefano Ianni is a Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 300 on 11 June 2007, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 198, on 26 September 2011.-Doubles...

/   Cristian Villagrán

Cristian Villagrán

Cristian Villagrán is an Argentine professional tennis player.-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:*...

def.   Niels Desein

Niels Desein

Niels Desein is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Ghent, Belgium, and currently resides in Wondelgem, Belgium.-Professional tour:...

 /   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....

, 7–6(3), 1–6, [10–6]