2009 Rai Open – Singles

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Singles
2009 Rai Open
Champion Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Decoud
Runner-up Flag of Germany.svg Simon Greul
Final score7–6(2), 6–1
Events
Singles Doubles
  2008  · Rai Open ·  2010  

Sebastián Decoud defeated 7–6(2), 6–1 Simon Greul in the first singles' final of this tournament.

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Roitman (first round)
  2. Flag of Germany.svg Simon Greul (final)
  3. Flag of Croatia.svg Roko Karanušić (first round)
  4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Vaněk (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Serbia.svg Ilija Bozoljac (second round)
  6. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol (second round)
  7. Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Volandri (second round)
  8. Flag of France.svg Alexandre Sidorenko (first round)

Draw

Key

Final four

Semifinals Final
          
  Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Decoud 66 
  Flag of Italy.svg Marco Crugnola 1 3  
  Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Decoud 76 
2 Flag of Germany.svg Simon Greul 621  
  Flag of France.svg Éric Prodon 3 3  
2 Flag of Germany.svg Simon Greul 66 

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Argentina.svg S Roitman 3 60
  Flag of Argentina.svg S Decoud 63 6  Flag of Argentina.svg S Decoud 75 6
  Flag of the United States.svg M Russell 4 3    Flag of Slovenia.svg L Gregorc 6574
  Flag of Slovenia.svg L Gregorc 66   Flag of Argentina.svg S Decoud 66 
  Flag of Italy.svg T Tenconi 66   Flag of Italy.svg T Tenconi 4 1  
Q Flag of Brazil.svg E Gomes 2 4    Flag of Italy.svg T Tenconi 3 66
  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg M Kukushkin 2 0  6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Rosol 62 3
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Rosol 66   Flag of Argentina.svg S Decoud 66 
3 Flag of Croatia.svg R Karanušić 4 3    Flag of Italy.svg M Crugnola 1 3  
Q Flag of France.svg T Ascione 66 Q Flag of France.svg T Ascione 4 3  
  Flag of Italy.svg M Crugnola 66   Flag of Italy.svg M Crugnola 66 
  Flag of Spain.svg D Muñoz-De La Nava 1 4    Flag of Italy.svg M Crugnola 62 6
Q Flag of Italy.svg A Arnaboldi 76 Q Flag of Italy.svg A Arnaboldi 0 64
SE Flag of Italy.svg A di Mauro 5 1  Q Flag of Italy.svg A Arnaboldi 6566
  Flag of South Africa.svg K Anderson 3 4  5 Flag of Serbia.svg I Bozoljac 73 1
5 Flag of Serbia.svg I Bozoljac 66 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7/WC Flag of Italy.svg F Volandri 66 
WC Flag of Italy.svg D Bracciali 2 4  7/WC Flag of Italy.svg F Volandri 2 660
WC Flag of Italy.svg G Naso 4 1    Flag of France.svg É Prodon 63 7
  Flag of France.svg É Prodon 66   Flag of France.svg É Prodon 66 
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg X Malisse 3 2  4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Vaněk 3 4  
  Flag of Brazil.svg R Hocevar 66   Flag of Brazil.svg R Hocevar 3 4  
LL Flag of Italy.svg S Galvani 4 2  4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Vaněk 66 
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Vaněk 66   Flag of France.svg É Prodon 3 3  
8 Flag of France.svg A Sidorenko 4 3  2 Flag of Germany.svg S Greul 66 
SE Flag of Croatia.svg A Veić 66 SE Flag of Croatia.svg A Veić 3 2  
  Flag of Slovenia.svg G Žemlja 5 74   Flag of the Netherlands.svg J Huta Galung 66 
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg J Huta Galung 75 6  Flag of the Netherlands.svg J Huta Galung 4 2  
WC Flag of Italy.svg T Fabbiano 76 2 Flag of Germany.svg S Greul 66 
Q Flag of Italy.svg G Petrazzuolo 5 4  WC Flag of Italy.svg T Fabbiano 0 2  
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg R Bemelmans 4 2  2 Flag of Germany.svg S Greul 66 
2 Flag of Germany.svg S Greul 66 

Related Research Articles

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Fernando González was the defending champion, but he lost to Thomaz Bellucci 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the semifinals.
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Marcel Granollers and Alberto Martín were the defending champions, but Martín chose to not participate.
Granollers decided to participate with Pablo Cuevas, but they lost in the quarterfinals against Simon Greul and Peter Luczak.
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Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defender of championship title; however, he chose to not participate this year.
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating David Ferrer 7–5, 6–2 in the final. It was his record-extending fifth title at the Italian Open.

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Robin Haase won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Tobias Kamke.

Robin Vik was the champion in 2009 but lost to Simon Greul in the second round.
Martin Fischer defeated Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in the final 6–3, 6–4.

Tomas Tenconi was the defending champion; however, he was eliminated by Andrea Arnabold in the second round.
Simon Greul won in the final 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(6), against Adrian Ungur.

Evgeny Donskoy won the title, defeating Alessio di Mauro 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final.

Robin Haase was the defending champion but decided not to participate.
João Sousa defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 6–2, 0–6, 6–2 in the final to claim his first Challenger title.

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo was the defending champion; however, he lost to Evgeny Donskoy in the second round.

Albert Montañés was the defending champion, but lost to compatriot Pablo Andújar in the second round.

Nikolay Davydenko was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Robert Farah.
Philipp Kohlschreiber won the title defeating Marin Čilić 7–6(10–8), 6–3 in the final.

Mikhail Youzhny was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to top-seeded Marin Čilić.
Čilić went on to win the title by defeating Jürgen Melzer 6–3, 6–1 in the final.

João Sousa was the defending champion but chose not to compete.
Jiří Veselý defeated Simon Greul 6–1, 6–1 in the final to win the title.

Philipp Kohlschreiber was the defending champion but lost in the final to Tommy Haas, 3–6, 6–7(3–7).

Blaž Kavčič was the defending champion but lost in the second round.
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