2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá

2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá
Date	July 13 – July 19
Edition	5th
Location	Bogotá, Colombia
Champions
Singles
	Marcos Daniel
Doubles
	Sebastián Prieto / Horacio Zeballos

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2009 Seguros Bolívar Open Bogotá was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. This was the fifth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bogotá, Colombia between 13 and 19 July 2009.

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.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2009 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 20 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and 142 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.

Singles entrants

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
CHI	Nicolás Massú	94	1
ARG	Brian Dabul	97	2
BRA	Marcos Daniel	101	3
COL	Santiago Giraldo	131	4
ARG	Horacio Zeballos	134	5
ARG	Sebastián Decoud	158	6
BRA	Ricardo Hocevar	160	7
ARG	Agustín Calleri	166	8

Rankings are as of July 6, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés is a Colombian professional tennis player. His highest doubles ranking is World No. 5 and World No. 184 in singles. The latter he attained in February 2011 after reaching the final at the challenger of Medellin and Manizales and Futures semifinals in Cali and Bogotá challenger. In 2017 he won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles partnering Abigail Spears of the USA.

Alejandro González is a Colombian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 70 achieved on the 9 June 2014.

Carlos Salamanca Caicedo is a Colombian professional tennis player.

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Marcel Felder is a Uruguayan professional tennis player.

André Luís Volpe Miele, is a tennis player from Brazil. He was elected the best junior in Brazil in 2003. He and his partner Ricardo Hocevar won the 2009 Manta Open doubles championship.

Kristian Peter Pless is a former professional male tennis player from Denmark.

Champions

Singles

Marcos Daniel def. Horacio Zeballos, 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–4

Marcos Diniz Daniel is a retired professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in September 2009. He is coached by his brother, Márcio.

Horacio Zeballos Jr. is an Argentine professional tennis player on the men's circuit. His career-high singles ranking is world no. 39. His highest doubles ranking to date has been world no. 22, in February 2019. He has played most of his tennis in Challenger events. He qualified for the US Open and defeated Michael Berrer in the first round for his first win at Grand Slam level, before losing to Tomáš Berdych in four sets in the second round.

Doubles

Sebastián Prieto / Horacio Zeballos def. Marcos Daniel / Ricardo Mello, 6–4, 7–5

Sebastián Prieto is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian retired tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005. He has won a singles tournament and reached the semifinals 3 times at the Brasil Open. Plays most of his tennis in Challenger tournaments, where he has won fifteen singles titles and three doubles titles.

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References

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