The 2009 Trani Cup

Trani Cup

The Trani Cup is a tennis tournament held in Trani, Italy since 2002. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor red clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :*...

was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor red clay courts

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour

2009 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Trani

Trani

Trani is a seaport of Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, in the new Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani , and 40 km by railway West-Northwest of Bari.- History :...

, Italy

Italy

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 between 17 and 23 August 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Belgium	Christophe Rochus Christophe Rochus Christophe Rochus is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus, also a tennis player who has been slightly more successful than Christophe. He reached the singles finals of two ATP tournaments: Valencia and Rotterdam but lost them both...	63	1
Germany	Simon Greul Simon Greul Simon Greul is a German male tennis player born April 13, 1981. He is 6'1" tall and weighs 176 lbs . His career high rank was #55, achieved on March 22, 2010.-Career:...	70	2
Austria	Daniel Köllerer Daniel Köllerer Daniel Köllerer is a former professional tennis player from Austria who turned professional in 2002. Nicknamed "Crazy Dani" for his controversial behaviour while on court, he achieved his career-high ranking of #55 on October 19, 2009. He is serving a lifetime ban from the sport for match-fixing...	73	3
Italy	Flavio Cipolla Flavio Cipolla Flavio Cipolla is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Italy. He reached the second round at the French Open of 2007, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He reached the 3rd round of the 2008 US Open...	116	4
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....	136	5
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:...	141	6
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...	153	7
Italy	Tomas Tenconi Tomas Tenconi Tomas Tenconi is an Italian professional tennis player.-ATP Tournaments Finals:-Titles :-External links:*...	157	8

• Rankings are as of August 10, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Carlos Berlocq

Carlos Berlocq

Carlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed Charly. Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi.-Career:...

 Daniele Bracciali

Daniele Bracciali

Daniele Bracciali is an Italian tennis player. His career-high ranking in singles is World No. 49, achieved on May 8, 2006.-Career:Bracciali won his only ATP singles title so far in April 2006, at Casablanca, on clay...

 Flavio Cipolla

Flavio Cipolla

Flavio Cipolla is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Italy. He reached the second round at the French Open of 2007, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He reached the 3rd round of the 2008 US Open...

 Filippo Volandri

Filippo Volandri

Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Francesco Aldi

Francesco Aldi

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 Marco Crugnola

Marco Crugnola

Marco Crugnola is an Italian professional tennis player.-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 12 :-External links:...

 Stefano Ianni

Stefano Ianni

Stefano Ianni is a Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 300 on 11 June 2007, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 198, on 26 September 2011.-Doubles...

 Sebastian Rieschick

Sebastian Rieschick

Sebastian Rieschick is a German tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 199 . His coach is Peter Pfannkoch.-Singles Titles :-Doubles Titles :-External links:*...

 (as a Lucky Loser) Matteo Trevisan

Matteo Trevisan

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Singles

  Daniel Köllerer

Daniel Köllerer

Daniel Köllerer is a former professional tennis player from Austria who turned professional in 2002. Nicknamed "Crazy Dani" for his controversial behaviour while on court, he achieved his career-high ranking of #55 on October 19, 2009. He is serving a lifetime ban from the sport for match-fixing...

def.   Filippo Volandri

Filippo Volandri

Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...

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Doubles

  Jamie Delgado

Jamie Delgado

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/   Jamie Murray

Jamie Murray

Jamie Robert Murray is a British tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles and is Britain's number 1 doubles player. He is the older brother of Andy Murray. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Janković. Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac,...

def.   Simon Greul

Simon Greul

Simon Greul is a German male tennis player born April 13, 1981. He is 6'1" tall and weighs 176 lbs . His career high rank was #55, achieved on March 22, 2010.-Career:...

 /   Alessandro Motti

Alessandro Motti

Alessandro Motti is an Italian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career doubles high-ranking of 91 . His coach is Ugo Bellentani.-Challengers and futures titles :...

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