The 2009 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso 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 hard courts. It 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 Salinas, Ecuador

Salinas, Ecuador

Salinas is a coastal city located in the Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador. It is the seat of the canton that bears its name. The westernmost city on mainland Ecuador, Salinas is an important tourist center. Recently, Salinas was the center of controversy during the contentious "more fun, less sun,"...

 between January 12 and January 18, 2009.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
Argentina	Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Martin Mayer is an Argentine professional tennis player.Mayer achieved a singles career high of world no. 51 on June 7, 2010. His career high in doubles was world no. 94 on March 1, 2010.http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=100049039 He is coached by Emiliano Redondi...	113	1
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...	126	2
Germany	Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....	135	3
Uruguay	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....	141	4
Denmark	Kristian Pless Kristian Pless Kristian Peter Pless is a professional male tennis player from Denmark.In 1999, he won the Australian Open for juniors , and reached the junior finals at Wimbledon , and the US Open . He finished 1999 as the no...	156	5
Colombia	Santiago Giraldo Santiago Giraldo Santiago Giraldo Salazar is a Colombian male tennis player from Pereira in Colombia. He plays on the ATP tour and represents Colombia in the Davis Cup competition.-ATP Tour:...	160	6
Brazil	Ricardo Hocevar Ricardo Hocevar Ricardo Hocevar is a Brazilian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:*...	166	7
Argentina	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Brzezicki is a professional tennis player from Buenos Aires, Argentina.In 2007, Brzezicki was the Argentine surprise at the French Open, one of the four tennis Grand Slams, by reaching the third round before losing to his idol Carlos Moyà of Spain...	175	8

• Rankings are as of January 5, 2009.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Alejo Apud Carlos Avellán Júlio César Campozano

Júlio César Campozano

Júlio César Campozano is a Ecuadorian tennis player.He sweeped seven singles and five doubles Futures titles, but these aren't his biggest achievements. He won doubles title in 2009 Guayaquil Challenger, competing with his compatriot Emilio Gómez...

 Eric Nunez

Eric Nunez

Eric Nunez is an American professional tennis player. During his career he has won 4 doubles challenger titles.-External links:...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Máximo González

Máximo González

Máximo González Mereira is a professional tennis player from Argentina. His career high ranking is #58, achieved on July 6, 2009.- Early career through 2006 :...

 Carlos Salamanca

Carlos Salamanca

Carlos Salamanca Caicedo is a Colombian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-External links:*...

 Daniel Silva Izak van der Merwe

Izak van der Merwe

- Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer...

Men's Singles

  Santiago Giraldo

Santiago Giraldo

Santiago Giraldo Salazar is a Colombian male tennis player from Pereira in Colombia. He plays on the ATP tour and represents Colombia in the Davis Cup competition.-ATP Tour:...

def.   Michael Russell

Michael Russell (tennis)

Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...

, 6–3, 6–2

Men's Doubles

  Sanchai Ratiwatana

Sanchai Ratiwatana

Sanchai Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004....

/   Sonchat Ratiwatana

Sonchat Ratiwatana

Sonchat Ratiwatana is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his twin brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home country...

def.   Juan Pablo Brzezicki

Juan Pablo Brzezicki

Juan Pablo Brzezicki is a professional tennis player from Buenos Aires, Argentina.In 2007, Brzezicki was the Argentine surprise at the French Open, one of the four tennis Grand Slams, by reaching the third round before losing to his idol Carlos Moyà of Spain...

 /   Iván Miranda

Ivan Miranda

Iván Miranda Chang , is a professional tennis player from Peru. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 104 in 2003....

, 6–3, 7–6(4)