2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín
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The 2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín
was a professional tennis
tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Medellín
, Colombia
between 2 and 8 November 2009.
Filip Krajinović
Eduardo Struvay
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Andre Begemann
Marius Copil
Guillermo Hormazábal
Lars Pörschke
Juan Ignacio Chela
def.
João Souza
, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Sebastián Decoud
/ Eduardo Schwank
def. Diego Junqueira
/
David Marrero
, 6–0, 6–2
Seguros Bolivar Open Medellin
The Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín is a tennis tournament held in Medellín, Colombia since 2004. The event began as a Futures tournament from 2004–05 and is now part of the challenger series. It is played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:...
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 the sixth edition of the tournament which 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 Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
between 2 and 8 November 2009.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
Juan Ignacio Chela Juan Ignacio Chela Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface... |
92 | 1 |
 Chile |
Paul Capdeville Paul Capdeville Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro is a Chilean tennis player.Capdeville was born in Santiago, Chile. On May 18, 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 76.... |
99 | 2 |
 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:... |
109 | 3 |
 Portugal |
Rui Machado Rui Machado Rui Machado is a Portuguese professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In October 2011, he achieved he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 59, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held.- Early life :At the age of six, Machado was first introduced to... |
122 | 4 |
| 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... |
127 | 5 |
| Spain |
Pere Riba Pere Riba Pere Riba Madrid is a Spanish professional tennis player. Riba competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 65, on May 16, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 81, on June 7, 2010... |
136 | 6 |
| Brazil |
Thiago Alves Thiago Alves (tennis) Thiago Alves is a professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ITF Tour. His career high rank was #88, achieved on July 13, 2009.- In Grand Slams :He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the... |
146 | 7 |
| Argentina |
Sergio Roitman Sergio Roitman Sergio Andres Roitman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nicknamed Escopeta is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina.... |
147 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of October 26, 2009.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Ricardo Corrente Alejandro GonzálezAlejandro González (tennis)
Alejandro González is a Colombian professional tennis player. His coach is Ricardo Acioly.-Doubles Titles :-External links:**...
Filip Krajinović
Filip Krajinovic
Filip Krajinović is a Serbian professional tennis player, who is, as of 21 June 2010, ranked World No. 170. As a former World No. 6 junior player, he reached semifinals of Wimbledon Championships and US Open in 2008...
Eduardo Struvay
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Andre Begemann
Andre Begemann
Andre Begemann is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 166 .-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 11 :-External links:* *...
Marius Copil
Marius Copil
Marius Copil is a Romanian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. On February 7, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking to date, World No. 205 whilst in doubles his highest ranking was No...
Guillermo Hormazábal
Guillermo Hormazabal
Guillermo Hormazábal is a Chilean professional tennis player. In 2001, he became an under 16's world champion.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:*...
Lars Pörschke
Singles
Juan Ignacio ChelaJuan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...
def.
João SouzaJoão Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Souza competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 90 August 7, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171, on September 21, 2009...
, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles
Sebastián DecoudSebastian 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....
/
Eduardo SchwankEduardo Schwank
Eduardo Jonatan Schwank is a professional tennis player from Argentina on the ATP Tour. He is currently coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian....
def.
Diego JunqueiraDiego Junqueira
Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina...
/
David MarreroDavid Marrero
David Marrero Santana is a professional tennis player from Spain.He is the older brother of retired WTA player Marta Marrero.- 2000 to 2007 :...
, 6–0, 6–2