The 2009 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour

2009 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Rabat

Rabat

Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...

, Morocco

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 between 9 and 15 March 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Brazil	Marcos Daniel Marcos Daniel Marcos Diniz Daniel is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 14, 2009, when he became World No. 56...	86	1
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,...	91	2
Czech Republic	Jiří Vaněk Jirí Vanek (tennis) Jiří Vaněk is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He was born in Domažlice and lives in Prague. He turned professional in 1995. As of 11 February 2009 he was ranked 119 in the world.-External links:* *...	116	3
Romania	Victor Crivoi Victor Crivoi Victor Crivoi is a Romanian tennis player who lives in Bucharest. In 2005, he played in the International Tennis Federation's Professional Circuit and won seven titles. As a result, he was named the ITF's "Player Of The Year" for 2005. At the end of 2005, he was ranked #269 by the ATP, up from...	123	4
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...	124	5
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 :...	128	6
Peru	Luis Horna Luis Horna Luis Horna Biscari is a former tour professional tennis player from Peru, who turned professional in 1998. Horna plays right-handed, he has a strong serve for a relatively short player and the forehand is his best stroke. He uses a single-handed backhand and his favourite surface is clay...	133	7
France	Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino is a professional tennis player from France. Mannarino competes predominantly on the ATP Challenger Series and Futures circuit. His career high rank is #53, achieved on 16 May 2011....	138	8

• Rankings are as of March 2, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Reda El Amrani

Reda El Amrani

Reda El Amrani is a professional tennis player from Morocco.He has a career high-ranking of 160 .-2010:250 Series: Quarter-finalist Grand Prix Hassan II ....

 Anas Fattar Yassine Idmbarek Mehdi Ziadi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alberto Brizzi

Alberto Brizzi

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 Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun

Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun

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 Carles Poch-Gradin Jan Hájek

Jan Hájek (tennis)

Jan Hájek is a male professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is right-handed with a double handed backhand. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on November 6, 2006, when he reached world number 71....

Men's singles

  Laurent Recouderc

Laurent Recouderc

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def.   Mariano Zabaleta

Mariano Zabaleta

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, 6–0, 6–2

Men's doubles

  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...

/   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 :...

def.   Michael Kohlmann

Michael Kohlmann

Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No...

 /   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...

, 6–4, 7–6(5)