The 2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá

Seguros Bolivar Open Bogotá

The Open Seguros Bolívar 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 Bogotá, Colombia, since 2005.-Singles:-Doubles:...

was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor red clay courts

Clay court

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. This was the fifth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour

2009 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Bogotá

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

, Colombia

Colombia

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 between 13 and 19 July 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Chile	Nicolás Massú Nicolás Massú Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...	94	1
Argentina	Brian Dabul Brian Dabul Brian Dabul is a professional tennis player.-Juniors career:Dabul was an outstanding player in juniors tennis, reaching #1 in the world in January, 2002.-2003 to 2007:...	97	2
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...	101	3
Colombia	Santiago Giraldo Santiago Giraldo Santiago Giraldo Salazar is a Colombian male tennis player from Pereira in Colombia. He plays on the ATP tour and represents Colombia in the Davis Cup competition.-ATP Tour:...	131	4
Argentina	Horacio Zeballos	134	5
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....	158	6
Brazil	Ricardo Hocevar Ricardo Hocevar Ricardo Hocevar is a Brazilian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:*...	160	7
Argentina	Agustín Calleri Agustín Calleri Agustín Calleri Shaal is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay....	166	8

• Rankings are as of July 6, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Juan Sebastián Cabal

Juan Sebastián Cabal

Juan Sebastián Cabal is a Colombian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Doubles: 1 :-External links:*...

 Ricardo Corrente Alejandro González

Alejandro González (tennis)

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 Carlos Salamanca

Carlos Salamanca

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Marcel Felder

Marcel Felder

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 André Miele

Andre Miele

Andre Miele is a tennis player from Brazil.He and his partner Ricardo Hocevar won the 2009 Manta Open doubles championship.-Sources:...

 Kristian Pless

Kristian Pless

Kristian Peter Pless is a professional male tennis player from Denmark.In 1999, he won the Australian Open for juniors , and reached the junior finals at Wimbledon , and the US Open . He finished 1999 as the no...

 Eduardo Struvay

Singles

  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...

def.   Horacio Zeballos, 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–4

Doubles

  Sebastián Prieto

Sebastián Prieto

Sebastián Prieto is a professional tennis player from Argentina.Primarily a doubles specialist, Prieto has won 9 doubles titles in his career. He began playing for the Argentina Davis Cup team in 1999....

/   Horacio Zeballos def.   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...

 /   Ricardo Mello

Ricardo Mello

Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005...

, 6–4, 7–5