The 2009 Manchester Trophy was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor red clay courts

Clay court

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. It was the fifteenth 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 Manchester

Manchester

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, England

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, United Kingdom

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 between 11 and 19 July 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Ukraine	Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Stakhovsky is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008. His career high in singles of #31 and his high of #86 in doubles...	87	1
Belgium	Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.-Career:...	120	2
Slovakia	Karol Beck Karol Beck Karol Beck is a male tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. He has been ranked as high as 36th in the world .- Career :On October 25, 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St...	125	3
France	Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...	146	4
India	Prakash Amritraj Prakash Amritraj Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a...	159	5
Turkey	Marsel İlhan Marsel Ilhan Marsel İlhan is a Turkish tennis player, ranked No. 1 in Turkey and No. 109, as of October 10th, 2011, in the world...	184	6
Slovakia	Lukáš Lacko Lukáš Lacko Lukáš Lacko is a professional Slovak tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 60, which he reached on February 22, 2010. His career high doubles ranking was 213 on November 30, 2009.- Tennis career :...	185	7
Australia	Brydan Klein Brydan Klein Brydan Klein is an Australian professional tennis player. He prefers to play on a fast surface, such as grass or hard.Klein has yet to become an active competitor on the main ATP Tour. However, he did receive a wildcard from Tennis Australia for the 2008 Australian Open, but lost to Paul Capdeville...	186	8

• Rankings are as of July 6, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Daniel Cox

Daniel Cox

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 Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming is a British professional tennis player who lives in Linlithgow.He was selected for 2009 Great Britain Davis Cup team....

 Ashley Hewitt Daniel Smethurst

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Andrew Anderson

Andrew Anderson (tennis)

Andrew Anderson is a South African tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour.As of January, 2011, Anderson has played in one main draw match in an ATP Tour event. He qualified for the singles main draw of the 2009 SA Tennis Open - he lost this match 4-6, 2-6 to No. 8 seed Marcos Baghdatis...

 Olivier Charroin Jonathan Marray

Jonathan Marray

Jonny Marray is a British tennis player who represents Yorkshire. As of June 2009 he is the 9th highest ranked player in Britain....

 Igor Sijsling

Igor Sijsling

Igor Sijsling is a Dutch tennis player. He is coached by Dennis Schenk. He reached his career high ATP ranking of 126 on 13 December 2010.-External links:*...

Singles

  Olivier Rochus

Olivier Rochus

Olivier Rochus is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.-Career:...

def.   Igor Sijsling

Igor Sijsling

Igor Sijsling is a Dutch tennis player. He is coached by Dennis Schenk. He reached his career high ATP ranking of 126 on 13 December 2010.-External links:*...

, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles

  Joshua Goodall

Joshua Goodall

Joshua Jake Goodall is a British tennis player and the current British No.12 in Doubles, His ATP Doubles world ranking is 293...

/   Jonathan Marray

Jonathan Marray

Jonny Marray is a British tennis player who represents Yorkshire. As of June 2009 he is the 9th highest ranked player in Britain....

def.   Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming is a British professional tennis player who lives in Linlithgow.He was selected for 2009 Great Britain Davis Cup team....

 /   Ken Skupski

Ken Skupski

Ken Skupski is a professional tennis player who lives in Liverpool, England. He is best known as a doubles player, most successfully partnering Colin Fleming. Having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, he turned professional in 2007...

, 6–7(1), 6–3, [11–9]