The 2009 Copa Sevilla

Copa Sevilla

The Copa Sevilla is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Real Club de Tenis Betis in Seville, Spain since 1998....

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 yellow clay courts

Clay court

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. It was the seventh 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 Sevilla, Spain

Spain

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 between 7 and 13 September 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Spain	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	101	1
Spain	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #50 , and his current ranking is #84 . He turned pro in 1998...	115	2
Spain	Santiago Ventura Santiago Ventura Bertomeu Santiago Ventura is a retired tennis player from Spain. He was born in Castellón, Spain and lives in Burriana, Spain. He is a clay court specialist and is known for the considerable use of drop-shots during his matches.-Singles :...	118	3
Spain	Iván Navarro Iván Navarro (tennis) Iván Navarro Pastor is a professional tennis player from Spain. He is sponsored by Head and Li-Ning for his racquets and attire. He employs the serve-and-volley strategy, very much like his compatriot Feliciano López. He has a habit of changing racquets each game, using one racquet for serving and...	119	4
Spain	Pere Riba Pere Riba Pere Riba Madrid is a Spanish professional tennis player. Riba competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 65, on May 16, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 81, on June 7, 2010...	157	5
Spain	Pablo Andújar Pablo Andújar Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...	172	6
Brazil	Júlio Silva Júlio Silva Júlio Silva is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1999.He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on November 16, 2009, when he became the number 144 of the world.- Singles :...	197	7
United Kingdom	James Ward James Ward (tennis) James Ward is a British tennis player, and British no. 2 behind Andy Murray. As of 22 August 2011 he is ranked 139 in the ATP singles rankings and 234 in doubles...	203	8

• Rankings are as of August 31, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Agustín Boje-Ordóñez Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Steven Diez

Steven Diez

Steven Diez is a Canadian and former Spanish professional tennis player. Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, he has since gone on to represent the country of his birth, Canada, in the Davis Cup.-2007:...

 Alberto Rodríguez-Cervantes

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Enrico Burzi Guillermo Olaso

Guillermo Olaso

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

 Albert Ramos-Viñolas

Albert Ramos-Viñolas

Albert Ramos Viñolas is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 87 ....

 Gabriel Trujillo-Soler

Gabriel Trujillo-Soler

Gabriel Trujillo Soler is a Spanish professional tennis player.-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:*...

Singles

  Pere Riba

Pere Riba

Pere Riba Madrid is a Spanish professional tennis player. Riba competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 65, on May 16, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 81, on June 7, 2010...

def.   Albert Ramos-Viñolas

Albert Ramos-Viñolas

Albert Ramos Viñolas is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 87 ....

, 7–6(2), 6–2

Doubles

  Treat Conrad Huey

Treat Conrad Huey

Treat Conrad Huey is an American tennis player of Filipino descent who represents the Philippines internationally. He specialises in doubles....

/   Harsh Mankad

Harsh Mankad

----Harsh Mankad is a professional tennis player from India. He is the grandson of cricketer Vinoo Mankad, and the son of cricketer Ashok Mankad, and tennis player Nirupama Vasant....

def.   Alberto Brizzi

Alberto Brizzi

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

 /   Simone Vagnozzi

Simone Vagnozzi

Simone Vagnozzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:...

, 6–1, 7–5

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