2009 Lambertz Open by STAWAG
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The 2009 Lambertz Open by STAWAG
Lambertz Open by STAWAG
The Lambertz Open by STAWAG is a tennis tournament held in Aachen, Germany since 1991. The event is part of the ATP challenger series and is played on indoor carpet courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**...

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 indoor carpet courts. It was the nineteenth 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 Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 between 9 and 15 November 2009.

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 United States Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...

97 1
 Austria Stefan Koubek
Stefan Koubek
Stefan Koubek is a tennis player from Austria. Koubek plays left-handed with a double-handed backhand. His idol when growing up was Thomas Muster. Koubek has won three titles, two of which have come on hardcourts; despite this, he says his favorite surface is clay.His nickname is Cooley or Stef...

115 2
 Germany Daniel Brands
Daniel Brands
Daniel Brands is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 66, achieved on July 5, 2010.- 2008 :...

123 3
 Slovenia Blaž Kavčič
Blaž Kavčič
Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface...

125 4
 Belgium Steve Darcis
Steve Darcis
Steve Darcis is a male professional tennis player. He achieved his career high ranking of #44 on 12 May 2008.-2007:...

130 5
 Germany Denis Gremelmayr
Denis Gremelmayr
Denis Gremelmayr is a German male tennis player. Gremelmayr turned pro in 2000 and reached #97 in August, 2006. He spent 2007 in the top 200 and finished the year at #119...

176 6
 Germany Julian Reister
Julian Reister
Julian Reister is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 92, achieved on May 2, 2011.-2006:...

179 7
 Germany Dieter Kindlmann
Dieter Kindlmann
Dieter Kindlmann is a professional German tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 26, 2004, when he became World number 130...

190 8

  • Rankings are as of November 2, 2009.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Dominik Schulz Nils Langer Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...

 Sebastian Rieschick
Sebastian Rieschick
Sebastian Rieschick is a German tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 199 . His coach is Peter Pfannkoch.-Singles Titles :-Doubles Titles :-External links:*...



The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002...

 Peter Gojowczyk
Peter Gojowczyk
Peter Gojowczyk is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 21, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 241 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 539 achieved on October 22, 2007.-External links:...

 Nikola Mektić
Nikola Mektić
Nikola Mektić is a Croatian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 16, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 242.-External links:...

 Michał Przysiężny Louk Sorensen
Louk Sorensen
Louk Sorensen is a professional tennis player from Ireland.Sorensen is the first player representing Ireland to win a Grand Slam event main draw match in the Open Era. His father, Sean, was the first Irishman to play a Grand Slam main draw match in the Open Era, going out in the first round of...

 (LL
Lucky Loser
Lucky Loser is a 2006 Thai sports-comedy about a small, fictional Southeast Asian country's bid to play in the World Cup...

)

Singles

  Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...

def.   Dustin Brown
Dustin Brown (tennis)
Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

, 7–6(2), 6–7(5), 7–6(2)

Doubles

  Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002...

/   Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top 10 doubles player, his highest Singles Race ranking is 103rd and is the former Asian No. 3...

def.   Philipp Marx
Philipp Marx
Philipp Marx is a German professional tennis player. Marx competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 300, on April 3, 2006, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

 /   Igor Zelenay
Igor Zelenay
Igor Zelenay is a professional tennis player. He mainly plays doubles, and his career high rank is 74, achieved on 2 February 2009. His career high in singles is 279, achieved on August 1, 2005.-Doubles:...

, 6–4, 7–6(6)

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