The 2009 Prosperita Open

Prosperita Open

The Prosperita Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Ostrava, Czech Republic, since 2004. In 2004, the tournament was still called Ispat...

was a professional tennis

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 tournament played on Hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour

2009 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Ostrava

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, Czech Republic

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 between April 27 and March 3, 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Cyprus	Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1...	95	1
Czech Republic	Ivo Minář Ivo Minár Ivo Minář is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. On July 20, 2009, Minář reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 62...	96	2
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:...	97	3
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:...	119	4
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:* *...	129	5
Czech Republic	Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Rosol is a Czech professional tennis player. Rosol competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. Rosol was coached by former Czech player, 1999 US Open quarterfinalist Ctislav Doseděl.-Singles: 19 :-Doubles: 34 :-External links:...	139	6
Switzerland	Stéphane Bohli Stéphane Bohli Stéphane Bohli is a professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Doubles: 1 :-Challengers Wins:-External links:* Official Website of Stéphane Bohli...	143	7
Argentina	Sebastián Decoud Sebastian Decoud Sebastián Decoud is a professional Argentine tennis player. He is a late-blooming pro who is on the verge of cracking into the top-200 in singles in 2008, and did crack the top-200 in doubles in March, 2008....	159	8

• Rankings are as of April 20, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marc Denis

Marc Denis

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 Matúš Horecný Martin Kližan

Martin Kližan

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 Adam Vejmělka

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Guillermo Alcaide

Guillermo Alcaide

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 Pavol Červenák

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 Ivan Dodig

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 Jan Hájek

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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....

The following players received entry from lucky loser draw: Ivo Klec

Ivo Klec

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 Marek Semjan

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Men's singles

  Jan Hájek

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def.   Ivan Dodig

Ivan Dodig

Ivan Dodig is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking is No. 32 and his best doubles rank is No. 129.-2010:...

, 7–5, 6–1.

Men's doubles

  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....

/   Robin Vik

Robin Vik

Robin Vik is a Czech professional tennis player.Vik turned professional in 1995 and he reached a career high ranking of 57 in January 2006.Now he is on 667 place...

def.   Matúš Horecný /   Tomáš Janci, 6–2, 6–4.