2009 Mordovia Cup

2009 Mordovia Cup
Date	July 27 – August 2
Edition	7th
Location	Saransk, Russia
Champions
Singles
	Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun
Doubles
	Michail Elgin / Evgeny Kirillov

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2009 Mordovia Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Saransk, Russia between 27 July and 2 August 2009.

The Mordovia Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Saransk, Russia, since 2003.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone, brick, or other unbound mineral aggregates. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness.

Singles entrants

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
RUS	Michail Elgin	132	1
KAZ	Mikhail Kukushkin	169	2
UKR	Illya Marchenko	236	3
LAT	~~Deniss Pavlovs~~	~~263~~	4
IRL	Conor Niland	277	5
FRA	Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy	290	6
ESP	Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun	296	7
UKR	Ivan Sergeyev	301	8

Rankings are as of July 20, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

Nikoloz Basilashvili is a Georgian professional tennis player. In July 2018, he made it into the main draw of the German Open in Hamburg as a qualifier and went on to win the tournament, defeating Leonardo Mayer in the final and becoming the first Georgian player ever to win an ATP tournament. In October 2018, Basilashvili won his second ATP title at the China Open by defeating world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro in the final. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 19 on 25 February 2019.

Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy is a Russian tennis player playing on the regular ATP tour. He was born and currently resides in Moscow, Russia. Donskoy was mentored by former player and two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin. In December 2014, Donskoy decided to join the team of Boris Sobkin, coach of Mikhail Youzhny.

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Mikhail Ledovskikh
Denis Matsukevich
Denys Molchanov
Vitali Reshetnikov
Artem Sitak (as a Lucky Loser)

Mikhail Ledovskikh, born August 8, 1986 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, is a professional tennis player. He began playing tennis when he was seven. Currently residing in Sochi, Russia, he is coached by Alec Baranov.

Denis Sergeyevich Matsukevich is a professional tennis player from Russia.

Denys Petrovych Molchanov is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On January 5, 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 169, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 69 was reached on October 15, 2018. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.

Champions

Singles

Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun def. Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy, 7–5, 6–4

Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy is a former French professional tennis player. Dasnières de Veigy competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 146, on February 25, 2013, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 337, on August 12, 2012.

Doubles

Michail Elgin / Evgeny Kirillov def. Alexey Kedryuk / Denis Matsukevich, 6–1, 6–2

Evgeny Kirillov is a Russian professional tennis player. On July 26, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 206.

Alexey Kedryuk is a professional Kazakhstani tennis player.

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