The 2009 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships

Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships

The is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Kyoto, Japan, since 1997.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:**...

was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on indoor carpet 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 Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 between 9 and 15 March 2009.

Go Soeda

Go Soeda

Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...

 (in singles) and Dieter Kindlmann

Dieter Kindlmann

Dieter Kindlmann is a professional German tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 26, 2004, when he became World number 130...

 / Martin Slanar

Martin Slanar

-2007:Slanar's career finally got going in 2007. His career-best singles ranking is World No. 198.- External links :* *...

 (in doubles) were the defending champions. Soeda lost to Baptiste Dupuy in the first round of singles' rivalisation. Kindlmann chose to not participate this year and Slanar partnered up with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top 10 doubles player, his highest Singles Race ranking is 103rd and is the former Asian No. 3...

 and they won in the final.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Japan	Go Soeda Go Soeda Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...	106	1
South Korea	Lee Hyung-taik Lee Hyung-taik Hyung-Taik Lee is a retired professional tennis player from South Korea. Lee's career-high ranking in singles is World No. 36, which he achieved in August 2007.-Personal life:...	113	2
Australia	Chris Guccione Chris Guccione Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....	127	3
India	Prakash Amritraj Prakash Amritraj Prakash Amritraj is a now inactive tour professional tennis player.-Background:Amritaj is the son of Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years. He is also the cousin of fellow tour pro Stephen Amritraj, whose father Anand was also a...	193	4
Germany	Dieter Kindlmann Dieter Kindlmann Dieter Kindlmann is a professional German tennis player. He reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 26, 2004, when he became World number 130...	210	5
Germany	Matthias Bachinger Matthias Bachinger Matthias Bachinger is a professional tennis player from Germany who turned professional in 2005. His career high rank was No. 85, achieved on August 15, 2011.-Professional career:...	220	6
Australia	Colin Ebelthite Colin Ebelthite Colin Ebelthite is a professional Australian tennis player.Ebelthite's highest ATP singles ranking is World 209, which he reached on 23 June 2008. His career high in doubles was at 463 set at 28 January 2008. The South Australian won three Futures titles including Sorrento , Perth and Wellington...	229	7
Austria	Martin Slanar Martin Slanar -2007:Slanar's career finally got going in 2007. His career-best singles ranking is World No. 198.- External links :* *...	245	8

• Rankings are as of March 2, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Ričardas Berankis

Ricardas Berankis

Ričardas Berankis is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time.- Early career :Berankis began playing tennis at the age of two...

 Hiroki Moriya Gouichi Motomura

Gouichi Motomura

is a retired Challenger tour and Japan Davis Cup team tennis player. Over a 16-year period, Motomura captured four Challenger titles, all in doubles, and is tied for the most Davis Cup ties played by a Japanese player, with 23. His career high singles ranking is World No. 134 and doubles ranking is...

 Takao Suzuki

Takao Suzuki

----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Baptiste Dupuy Eric Nunez

Eric Nunez

Eric Nunez is an American professional tennis player. During his career he has won 4 doubles challenger titles.-External links:...

 Tim Smyczek

Tim Smyczek

Tim Smyczek is an American professional tennis player. Tim Smyczek Qualified into his first ATP main draw tournament in SAP Open – San Jose by winning eight qualifying matches before losing to Mardy Fish in the first round...Stayed in Fish's house for a year...Plays the violin...Wants to be a...

 Toshihide Matsui

Toshihide Matsui

Toshihide Matsui is a Japanese tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On June 12, 2006, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 261 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 231 achieved on June 7, 2004....

Men's singles

  Sergei Bubka

Sergei Bubka (tennis)

Sergei Bubka is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. He is a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team and is coached by Tibor Toth, who is also the coach of Sergiy Stakhovsky...

def.   Takao Suzuki

Takao Suzuki

----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....

, 7–6(6), 6–4

Men's doubles

  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top 10 doubles player, his highest Singles Race ranking is 103rd and is the former Asian No. 3...

/   Martin Slanar

Martin Slanar

-2007:Slanar's career finally got going in 2007. His career-best singles ranking is World No. 198.- External links :* *...

def.   Michael Kohlmann

Michael Kohlmann

Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No...

 /   Philipp Marx

Philipp Marx

Philipp Marx is a German professional tennis player. Marx competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 300, on April 3, 2006, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), [10–6]