The 2009 Brasil Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 9th edition of the

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, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the

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. It took place in

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resort,

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, Brazil, from 9 February through 14 February 2009. The singles line up was led by world no. 17 and defending champion Nicolás Almagro, Tommy Robredo and

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. Other top seeds are 2009 Viña del Mar finalist

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, Eduardo Schwank,

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and Potito Starace.

Entrants

Seeds

*Rankings as of February 9, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

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* Thiago Alves * Fred Gil (as a special exempt) * Pablo Cuevas (as a special exempt) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Łukasz Kubot *

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* Daniel Silva *

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Champions

Singles

Tommy Robredo def. Thomaz Bellucci, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 *It was Robredo's first title of the year and 8th of his career.

Doubles

/ Tommy Robredo def. Lucas Arnold Ker / Juan Mónaco 6–4, 7–5

External links

Official websiteSingles DrawDoubles DrawQualifying Singles Draw

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