2009 Volkswagen Challenger – Doubles

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Doubles
2009 Volkswagen Challenger
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Travis Rettenmaier
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski
Runners-up Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergei Bubka
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev
Final score6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
  2008  · Volkswagen Challenger ·  2011  

Carsten Ball and Izak van der Merwe were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.

Contents

Travis Rettenmaier and Ken Skupski won the title after defeating Sergei Bubka and Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–3, 6–4 in the final.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergei Bubka / Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev (final)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Brian Battistone / Flag of India.svg Harsh Mankad (first round)
  3. Flag of Austria.svg Martin Fischer / Flag of Brazil.svg Márcio Torres (first round)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Travis Rettenmaier / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski (champions)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg S Bubka
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtsev
62 [10]
WC Flag of Germany.svg F Mayer
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Meigel
3 6[8] 1 Flag of Ukraine.svg S Bubka
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtsev
776
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A Bogdanovic
Flag of Poland.svg D Olejniczak
61 [4] Flag of Jamaica.svg D Brown
Flag of Italy.svg F Colangelo
614
Flag of Jamaica.svg D Brown
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Colangelo
4 6[10]1 Flag of Ukraine.svg S Bubka
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtsev
66
3 Flag of Austria.svg M Fischer
Flag of Brazil.svg M Torres
774 [7] Flag of Poland.svg T Bednarek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Rosol
4 4
Flag of Poland.svg T Bednarek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Rosol
616[10] Flag of Poland.svg T Bednarek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Rosol
776
Flag of Romania.svg A Cruciat
Flag of Latvia.svg A Juška
w/o Flag of Romania.svg A Cruciat
Flag of Latvia.svg A Juška
644
WC Flag of Germany.svg J-F Brunken
Flag of Germany.svg Marko Lenz
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg S Bubka
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtsev
3 4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Delgado
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Marray
664 Flag of the United States.svg T Rettenmaier
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg K Skupski
66
Flag of India.svg R Gajjar
Flag of India.svg P Raja
3 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Delgado
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Marray
624
Flag of Italy.svg S Galvani
Flag of Russia.svg D Matsukevich
4 0 4 Flag of the United States.svg T Rettenmaier
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg K Skupski
776
4 Flag of the United States.svg T Rettenmaier
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg K Skupski
664 Flag of the United States.svg T Rettenmaier
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg K Skupski
66
WC Flag of Germany.svg Jasper Hartwig
Flag of Germany.svg Kilian Symalla
w/o Flag of Serbia.svg I Bozoljac
Flag of the United States.svg S Jenkins
1 2
Flag of Austria.svg M Slanar
Flag of Germany.svg S Stadler
WC Flag of Germany.svg J Hartwig
Flag of Germany.svg K Symalla
0 0
Flag of Serbia.svg I Bozoljac
Flag of the United States.svg S Jenkins
66 Flag of Serbia.svg I Bozoljac
Flag of the United States.svg S Jenkins
66
2 Flag of the United States.svg B Battistone
Flag of India.svg H Mankad
4 4

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