2009 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi
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The 2009 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi
was a professional tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Cremona
, Italy
between May 18 and May 24 2009.
Laurynas Grigelis
Guiseppe Menga
The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw: Leonardo Tavares
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Grigor Dimitrov
Stefano Galvani
Peter Gojowczyk
Noam Okun
Benjamin Becker
def.
Izak van der Merwe
, 7–6(3), 6–1
Colin Fleming
/ Ken Skupski
def.
Daniele Bracciali
/ Alessandro Motti
, 6–2, 6–1
Trofeo Paolo Corazzi
The Trofeo Paolo Corazzi is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour...
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 hard 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 Cremona
Cremona
Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
between May 18 and May 24 2009.
Seeds
| Nationality | Player | Ranking* | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes.... |
103 | 1 |
| Italy |
Andrea Stoppini Andrea Stoppini Andrea Stoppini is an Italian professional tennis player.Stoppini's highest singles ranking has been World Number 161 on July 13, 2009. In the first round of the 2009 Australian Open, Stoppini lost to defending champion Novak Đoković, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5. Stoppini is a righty who turned professional in... |
224 | 2 |
 Denmark |
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... |
228 | 3 |
 Switzerland |
Marco Chiudinelli Marco Chiudinelli Marco Chiudinelli is a tennis player from Switzerland.-Biography:Marco is the only child of father Lorenzo Chiudinelli and mother Reni, . Marco grew up in Münchenstein in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. He visited schools in Münchenstein and Basel... |
239 | 4 |
 Slovenia |
Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface... |
243 | 5 |
| Italy |
Stefano Galvani Stefano Galvani Stefano Galvani is a professional male tennis player from Italy.- 2008 :In June, Galvani qualified in singles for the 2008 Wimbledon, beating #222 Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, #148 Andrey Golubev, and #197 Ilija Bozoljac.... |
246 | 6 |
| Denmark |
Frederik Nielsen Frederik Nielsen Frederik Løchte Nielsen is a professional male tennis player. Nielsen competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, in both singles and doubles.... |
261 | 7 |
 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.... |
273 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of May 11, 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Mauro Bosio Daniele BraccialiDaniele 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...
Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis is a Lithuanian professional tennis player.Grigelis reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on November 14, 2011, when he became World number 196...
Guiseppe Menga
The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw: Leonardo Tavares
Leonardo Tavares
Leonardo Tavares is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Tour. On August 2010, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking of no. 186....
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov is a tennis player from Bulgaria. He achieved a career high ranking of World No. 52 on August 22, 2011. Dimitrov also enjoyed a very successful junior career, in which he held the World No...
Stefano Galvani
Stefano Galvani
Stefano Galvani is a professional male tennis player from Italy.- 2008 :In June, Galvani qualified in singles for the 2008 Wimbledon, beating #222 Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, #148 Andrey Golubev, and #197 Ilija Bozoljac....
Peter Gojowczyk
Peter Gojowczyk
Peter Gojowczyk is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 21, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 241 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 539 achieved on October 22, 2007.-External links:...
Noam Okun
Noam Okun
Noam Okun is a professional tennis player.In 2002, Okun reached a career-high singles ranking of # 95 in the world...
Singles
Benjamin BeckerBenjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker is a German professional tennis player. Becker's primary weapon is a very big serve that he can hit at up to 220km/h, along with powerful groundstrokes....
def.
Izak van der MerweIzak van der Merwe
- Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer...
, 7–6(3), 6–1
Doubles
Colin FlemingColin Fleming
Colin Fleming is a British professional tennis player who lives in Linlithgow.He was selected for 2009 Great Britain Davis Cup team....
/
Ken SkupskiKen Skupski
Ken Skupski is a professional tennis player who lives in Liverpool, England. He is best known as a doubles player, most successfully partnering Colin Fleming. Having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, he turned professional in 2007...
def.
Daniele BraccialiDaniele 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...
/
Alessandro MottiAlessandro 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 :...
, 6–2, 6–1