The 2009 Maccabi Men's Challenger was a professional

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. It took place in

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, Australia between 23 February and 1 March 2009.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of 16 February 2009.

Other entrants

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

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* Matt Reid *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Joel Lindner * Xu Junchao

Champions

Men's singles

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, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles

Sanchai Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana (, ), nicknamed Tong (, ; born 23 January 1982), is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004. In 2007, Sanchai and his twin brother Sonchat Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana (, ), nicknamed Ton ...

Sonchat Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana (, ), nicknamed Ton (, ; born January 23, 1982, in Bangkok) is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his twin brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home c ...

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Chen Ti Chen Ti (; born 3 October 1983) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He is part of the Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. In singles, all of Chen's ...

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, 7–6(5), 5–7, 0–7

External links

Tennis Australia official website
Maccabi Men's Challenger

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