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2009 Volkswagen Challenger | |
Champions | Travis Rettenmaier Ken Skupski |
Runners-up | Sergei Bubka Alexander Kudryavtsev |
Final score | 6–3, 6–4 |
Carsten Ball and Izak van der Merwe were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.
Travis Rettenmaier and Ken Skupski won the title after defeating Sergei Bubka and Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–3, 6–4 in the final.
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | S Bubka A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 2 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | F Mayer Marc Meigel | 3 | 6 | [8] | 1 | S Bubka A Kudryavtsev | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
A Bogdanovic D Olejniczak | 6 | 1 | [4] | D Brown F Colangelo | 61 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Brown Fabio Colangelo | 4 | 6 | [10] | 1 | S Bubka A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | M Fischer M Torres | 77 | 4 | [7] | T Bednarek L Rosol | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T Bednarek L Rosol | 61 | 6 | [10] | T Bednarek L Rosol | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Cruciat A Juška | w/o | A Cruciat A Juška | 64 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | J-F Brunken Marko Lenz | 1 | S Bubka A Kudryavtsev | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J Delgado J Marray | 6 | 6 | 4 | T Rettenmaier K Skupski | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
R Gajjar P Raja | 3 | 2 | J Delgado J Marray | 62 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Galvani D Matsukevich | 4 | 0 | 4 | T Rettenmaier K Skupski | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | T Rettenmaier K Skupski | 6 | 6 | 4 | T Rettenmaier K Skupski | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | Jasper Hartwig Kilian Symalla | w/o | I Bozoljac S Jenkins | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Slanar S Stadler | WC | J Hartwig K Symalla | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
I Bozoljac S Jenkins | 6 | 6 | I Bozoljac S Jenkins | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | B Battistone H Mankad | 4 | 4 |
The 2009 Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Wolfsburg, Germany between 23 and 29 February 2009.
Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski were the defending champions; however, they lost to Eric Butorac and Travis Rettenmaier in the grand finale.
Eric Butorac and Travis Rettenmaier were the defending champions, but they chose to not participate this year.
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Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski were the defenders of title; however, they chose to compete in Nice instead.
Alexander Peya and Martin Slanar won in the final 7–5, 7–5 against Rik de Voest and Izak van der Merwe.
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Carsten Ball and Travis Rettenmaier were the defending champions, however only Ball tried to defend his title.
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