The 2009 Samarkand Challenger

Samarkand Challenger

The Samarkand Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan since 1996. The event is part of the ATP challenger series and is played on outdoor clay 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 outdoor red clay courts. It 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 Samarkand

Samarkand

Although a Persian-speaking region, it was not united politically with Iran most of the times between the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire and the Arab conquest . In the 6th century it was within the domain of the Turkic kingdom of the Göktürks.At the start of the 8th century Samarkand came...

, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

 between 10 and 16 August 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Russia	Michail Elgin Michail Elgin Michail Elgin, is a Russian professional tennis player.Elgin became famous when he advanced to the quarter–finals in singles at the 2008 St. Petersburg Open, where he lost to Victor Hănescu from Romania 1–6, 4–6.-Doubles: 1 :-External links:...	150	1
Slovakia	Kamil Čapkovič Kamil Capkovic Kamil Čapkovič is a professional Slovak tennis player. He was born in Michalovce, Slovak Republic.-Career:Čapkovič has spent most of his time on the Futures and Challenger circuits, where he has won several Futures titles....	222	2
Argentina	Diego Álvarez	225	3
Spain	Carles Poch-Gradin	262	4
France	Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy is a French professional tennis player. Dasnières de Veigy competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 203, on April 19, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...	274	5
Ukraine	Ivan Sergeyev Ivan Sergeyev Ivan Sergeyev is a professional tennis player.-Singles: 4 :-External links:...	280	6
Latvia	Deniss Pavlovs Deniss Pavlovs Deniss Pavlovs is a Latvian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On July 20, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 263, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 155 was reached on September 23, 2009....	290	7
Japan	Junn Mitsuhashi	303	8

• Rankings are as of August 3, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Jakhongir Jalalov*   Farrukh Dustov

Farrukh Dustov

Farrukh Dustov is an Uzbek tennis player playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. On April 30, 2007, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 173. He is coached by Manuel Gasbarri.-Singles: 6 :...

 Vaja Uzakov Sergey Shipilov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kaden Hensel Jun Woong-sun Mikhail Ledovskikh

Mikhail Ledovskikh

Mikhail Ledovskikh, born August 8, 1986. in Almaty, Kazakhstan, is a professional tennis player.Ledovskikh began playing tennis at age 7, one year after moving to Sochi with his family. He now lives in Sochi, Russia....

 Patrick Taubert

Singles

  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...

def.   Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy

Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy

Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy is a French professional tennis player. Dasnières de Veigy competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 203, on April 19, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

, 7–6(3), 6–3

Doubles

  Kaden Hensel /   Adam Hubble def.   Valery Rudnev /   Ivan Sergeyev

Ivan Sergeyev

Ivan Sergeyev is a professional tennis player.-Singles: 4 :-External links:...

, 7–5, 7–5