2009 Soweto Open
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use South African English|date=July 2012}}
{{TennisEventInfo|2009|Soweto Open|
| date=13–18 April
| edition=1st
| location=Johannesburg, South Africa
| champs={{flagicon|FRA}} Fabrice Santoro
| champd={{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Guccione / {{flagicon|SUI}} George Bastl
}}
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.
Singles entrants
=Seeds=
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Nationality
! Player ! Ranking* ! Seeding |
|---|
| {{flag|FRA}}
| 52 | 1 |
| {{flag|LUX}}
| 67 | 2 |
| {{flag|GER}}
| | |
| {{flag|BRA}}
| 121 | 4 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
| 135 | 5 |
| {{flag|FRA}}
| 139 | 6 |
| {{flag|AUS}}
| 149 | 7 |
| {{flag|SVK}}
| 159 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 6 April 2009.
=Other entrants=
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Andrew Anderson
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Raven Klaasen
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Fritz Wolmarans
The following players entry from the qualifying draw:
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Eaton
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Jun Woong-Sun
- {{flagicon|UKR}} Denys Molchanov
- {{flagicon|ISR}} Noam Okun
The following players entry from Lucky loser draw:
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Benjamin Janse van Rensburg
Champions
=Men's singles=
{{main|2009 Soweto Open – Singles}}
{{flagicon|FRA}} Fabrice Santoro def. {{flagicon|RSA}} Rik de Voest, 7–5, 6–4
=Men's doubles=
{{main|2009 Soweto Open – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Guccione / {{flagicon|SUI}} George Bastl def. {{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Elgin / {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Kudryavtsev, 6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
References
- [http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2009/5055/x.pdf 2009 Draws]
- [http://www.satennis.co.za/Newsroom/default.aspx?ID=a1611f4b-bf24-45fd-8622-7b80e6cd1c48 Official website]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100105064100/http://www.satennis.co.za/ South Africa Tennis Association official website]
- [http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/tournamentSearch.asp ITF search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212204958/http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/tournamentSearch.asp |date=12 February 2010 }}