2009 Copa Telmex

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2009 Copa Telmex
Date16–22 February
Edition12th
Category International Series
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$531,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
Venue Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers / Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Martín
  2008  · ATP Buenos Aires ·  2010  

The 2009 Copa Telmex was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 12th edition of the Copa Telmex, and was part of the International Series of the 2009 ATP Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 16 through February 22, 2009. [1]

Contents

The singles line up is led by world no. 10 and defending champion David Nalbandian, Nicolás Almagro and 2009 Costa do Sauípe champion Tommy Robredo. Other top seeds are Carlos Moyá, 2009 Viña del Mar finalist José Acasuso, Albert Montañés, Marcel Granollers and Eduardo Schwank.

Entrants

Seeds

AthleteNationalityRanking*Seeding
David Nalbandian Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 101
Nicolás Almagro Flag of Spain.svg Spain182
Tommy Robredo Flag of Spain.svg Spain193
Carlos Moyá Flag of Spain.svg Spain404
José Acasuso Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 415
Albert Montañés Flag of Spain.svg Spain426
Marcel Granollers Flag of Spain.svg Spain477
Eduardo Schwank Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 528

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo defeated Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Mónaco, 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles

Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers / Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Martín defeated Flag of Spain.svg Nicolás Almagro / Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Ventura, 6–3, 5–7, [10–8]

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