The 2009 Türk Telecom İzmir Cup was a professional

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was part of the

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. It took place in

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, Turkey between May 11 and May 17, 2009.

Singles entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of May 4, 2009.

Other entrants

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

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* Sami Beceren *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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(as a Lucky loser) *

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* Ivan Sergeyev *

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Champions

Singles

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Marsel İlhan Marsel İlhan (; born 11 June 1987) is a Turkish professional tennis player, who was ranked No. 1 in Turkey and with a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in March 2015. He is the first ever Turkish player to reach the second ro ...

, 7–6(5), 6–2

Doubles

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, 6–3, 6–3

External links

2009 DrawsOfficial websiteITF search
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