The 2009 Pekao Szczecin Open 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 red clay courts

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the Tretorn SERIE+ 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 Szczecin

Szczecin

Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 between 14 and 20 September 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Spain	Albert Montañés Álbert Montañés Albert Montañés Roca is a professional tennis player from Spain.He first entered the top-100 in 2001 and has been in the top-100 for all but 20 weeks since then...	58	1
France	Florent Serra Florent Serra Florent Lucien Serra is a French male tennis player. A right-hander, he has won two ATP titles during his career and is coached by Pierre Cherret.-Early life and junior career:...	61	2
Australia	Peter Luczak Peter Luczak Peter Luczak is a professional tennis player for Australia. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 64 on 12 October 2009.At the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, Luczak won the gold in the doubles....	78	3
Russia	Evgeny Korolev Evgeny Korolev Evgeny Korolev is a Kazakhstani tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events...	80	4
Spain	Óscar Hernández	83	5
Spain	Alberto Martín Alberto Martín ----Alberto Martín Magret is a retired tennis player from Spain. He turned professional in 1995.Martin's best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2006. En route to this performance, Martín's first round win was his first victory over former World number 1 Andy...	93	6
Portugal	Frederico Gil Frederico Gil Frederico Gil is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In April 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 62, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held until September when Rui Machado placed 61st in the rankings...	106	7
United States	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...	112	8

• Rankings are as of August 31, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marcin Gawron

Marcin Gawron

Marcin Gawron is a Polish tennis player. He is 72 kg and is 5.8 ft tall. He made the final of the 2006 Wimbledon Junior Championship, but lost to Thiemo de Bakker 2-6, 6-7.-External links:...

 Rafał Gozdur Albert Montañés

Álbert Montañés

Albert Montañés Roca is a professional tennis player from Spain.He first entered the top-100 in 2001 and has been in the top-100 for all but 20 weeks since then...

 Grzegorz Panfil

Grzegorz Panfil

-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:*...

The following players received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw: Albert Ramos-Viñolas

Albert Ramos-Viñolas

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ladislav Chramosta Mateusz Kowalczyk

Mateusz Kowalczyk

-Career:He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 82 on July 19, 2010. His current partner is Tomasz Bednarek, but he played with Błażej Koniusz and Marcin Gawron in the long term too.-ATP World Tour Doubles finals :...

 Axel Michon Dmitri Sitak

Dmitri Sitak

Dmitri Yurievich Sitak is a Russian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 17, 2003, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 356, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 138 was reached on March 22, 2010...

Singles

  Evgeny Korolev

Evgeny Korolev

Evgeny Korolev is a Kazakhstani tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events...

def.   Florent Serra

Florent Serra

Florent Lucien Serra is a French male tennis player. A right-hander, he has won two ATP titles during his career and is coached by Pierre Cherret.-Early life and junior career:...

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Doubles

  Tomasz Bednarek

Tomasz Bednarek

Tomasz Bednarek born November 12, 1981 in Pabianice, Poland) is a professional tennis player from Poland.-Career:He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of 81 on April 19, 2010...

/   Mateusz Kowalczyk

Mateusz Kowalczyk

-Career:He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 82 on July 19, 2010. His current partner is Tomasz Bednarek, but he played with Błażej Koniusz and Marcin Gawron in the long term too.-ATP World Tour Doubles finals :...

def.   Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. /   Artem Smirnov

Artem Smirnov (tennis)

Artem Smirnov is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On September 14, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 321, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 159 was reached on August 23, 2010. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.-Challenger...

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