2009 Soweto Open

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2009 Soweto Open
Date13–18 April
Edition1st
Location Johannesburg, South Africa
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro
Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione / Flag of Switzerland.svg George Bastl
Soweto Open ·  2010  

The 2009 Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Johannesburg, South Africa between 13 and 18 April 2009.

Contents

Singles entrants

Seeds

NationalityPlayerRanking*Seeding
Flag of France.svg  FRA Fabrice Santoro 521
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Gilles Müller 672
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Berrer 1093
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Thiago Alves 1214
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Mikhail Elgin 1355
Flag of France.svg  FRA Nicolas Mahut 1396
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Chris Guccione 1497
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Karol Beck 1598

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players entry from Lucky loser draw:

Champions

Men's singles

Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro def. Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest, 7–5, 6–4

Men's doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione / Flag of Switzerland.svg George Bastl def. Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Elgin / Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev, 6–2, 4–6, [11–9]

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