2009 Tashkent Challenger

The 2009 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 12 and 18 October 2009.

2009 Tashkent Challenger
Date	12–18 October
Edition	2nd
Surface	Hard
Location	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Champions
Singles
Marcos Baghdatis
Doubles
Murad Inoyatov / Denis Istomin

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Lu Yen-hsun	76	1
UZB	Denis Istomin	89	2
CYP	Marcos Baghdatis	90	3
BEL	Christophe Rochus	93	4
RUS	Teymuraz Gabashvili	102	5
USA	Rajeev Ram	103	6
IND	Somdev Devvarman	129	7
UKR	Sergiy Stakhovsky	133	8

• Rankings are as of October 5, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Rifat Biktyakov
• Rohan Bopanna
• Murad Inoyatov
• Vaja Uzakov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Arsen Asanov (as a Lucky loser)
• Andrei Gorban
• Sarvar Ikramov
• Konstantin Kravchuk
• Jiří Krkoška

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2009 Tashkent Challenger – Singles

Marcos Baghdatis def. Denis Istomin, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3

Doubles

Main article: 2009 Tashkent Challenger – Doubles

Murad Inoyatov / Denis Istomin def. Jiří Krkoška / Lukáš Lacko, 7–6(4), 6–4

External links

• Uzbekistan Tennis Federation website
• ITF Search Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
• 2009 Draws