The 2009

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. It took place in

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between 8 and 14 June 2009.

Singles entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of May 25, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Jerzy Janowicz Jerzy Filip Janowicz Jr. (; born 13 November 1990) is a Polish inactive professional tennis player and padel player. Janowicz is best known for becoming the first Polish man to reach a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major semifinal, at the 2013 ...

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* Nicolas Reissig The following players received entry a special Exempt into the singles main draw: * Jan Hájek The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Diego Álvarez * Kamil Čapkovič * Ádám Kellner *

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(as a Lucky loser) * Ivan Sergeyev

Champions

Singles

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def. Jiří Vaněk, 7–6(5), 7–6(5)

Doubles

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/ Santiago Ventura def.

Dominik Hrbatý Dominik Hrbatý (; born 4 January 1978) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Hrbatý reached the semifinals of the 1999 French Open, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in October 2005. Hrbatý is one of only th ...

, 6–2, 7–6(5)

References

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