ATP Challenger Tour 2009
The following table shows the tournaments of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour professional men's tennis season . It consisted of 20 tournaments of the Tretorn SERIES + and 142 regular tournaments with prize money between 30,000 and 127,500 euros. It was the 33rd edition of the Challenger tournament cycle and the first to be called the ATP Challenger Tour .
Tournament schedule
January
| Date 1 | place | competition | Prize money 2 | Topping 3 | Winner singles |
Winner double |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. 1. |
 São Paulo
|
Aberto de Sao Paulo | $ 100,000 + H | Hard court |
Ricardo Mello
|
 Leonardo Mayer Carlos Berlocq
|
 Nouméa
|
Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie | $ 75,000 + H | Hard court |
 Brendan Evans
|
canceled due to bad weather | |
| 12.1 . |
 Salinas
|
Abierto Internacional de Salinas | $ 35,000 + H | Hard court |
 Santiago Giraldo
|
 Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
|
| 19 January |
 Iquique
|
Challenger ATP de Iquique | $ 35,000 + H | sand |
Máximo González
|
.svg){kind=small} Jean-Julien Rojer Johan Brunström
|
| 26 1st |
 Heilbronn
|
Heilbronn Open | € 85,000 + h | Carpet (i) |
Benjamin Becker
|
 Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinsky
|
|
Carson
|
Home Depot Center USTA Challenger | $ 50,000 | Hard court |
Wayne Odesnik
|
David Martin Scott Lipsky
|
|
|
Bucaramanga
|
Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga | $ 35,000 + H | sand |
Horacio Zeballos
|
Diego Álvarez Carlos Poch-Gradin
|
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
no tournaments this month
- 1 start of the tournament (without qualification)
- 2 The abbreviation + H (= hospitality) means that the tournament in question accommodates the players
- 3 The abbreviation "(i)" (= indoor) means that the tournament in question will be held in a hall.
Distribution of world ranking points
An overview of the point distribution in the respective Challenger categories in 2009.
| Tournament category | Total prize money |
S. | F. | HF | VF | AF | Additional qualification points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger | € 127,500 + H. | 125 | 75 | 45 | 25th | 10 | 5 |
| Challenger | $ 125,000 + H € 106,500 + H |
110 | 65 | 40 | 20th | 9 | 5 |
| Challenger | $ 125,000 $ 100,000 + H € 106,500 € 85,000 + H |
100 | 60 | 35 | 18th | 8th | 5 |
| Challenger | $ 100,000 $ 75,000 + H € 85,000 € 64,000 + H |
90 | 55 | 33 | 17th | 8th | 5 |
| Challenger | $ 75,000 $ 50,000 + H € 64,000 € 42,500 + H |
80 | 48 | 29 | 15th | 8th | 3 |
| Challenger | $ 50,000 $ 35,000 + H € 42,500 € 30,000 + H |
75 | 45 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 3 |
- Explanation of the header: S = winner; F = (losing) finalist; HF = reached semi-finals (and then eliminated); VF = quarter finals; AF = round of 16
- + H = tournaments that provide accommodation for the players in addition to the prize money are moved to the next higher prize money category.
- Couples in doubles receive no points before the quarter-finals.
Title overview
| Tretorn SERIES + tournaments |
| normal tournaments |
| All in all |
Player rating
Nations ranking
| total | nation | E. | D. | E. | D. | E. | D. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 |
United States
|
1 | 15th | 20th | 15th | 21st | |
| 34 |
Argentina
|
1 | 4th | 12 | 17th | 13 | 21st |
| 29 |
Germany
|
4th | 2 | 9 | 14th | 13 | 16 |
| 27 |
Spain
|
1 | 8th | 18th | 9 | 18th | |
| 23 |
 Australia
|
2 | 1 | 4th | 16 | 6th | 17th |
| 17th |
 Italy
|
2 | 1 | 6th | 8th | 8th | 9 |
| 16 |
Czech Republic
|
1 | 4th | 6th | 5 | 7th | 9 |
| 15th |
Brazil
|
9 | 6th | 9 | 6th | ||
| 15th |
 United Kingdom
|
3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 14th |
France
|
2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 5 | |
| 12 |
Slovakia
|
2 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 3 | 9 |
| 11 |
 Russia
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 7th | 2 | 9 |
| 10 |
 Austria
|
3 | 7th | 3 | 7th | ||
| 9 |
Colombia
|
8th | 1 | 8th | 1 | ||
| 8th |
Sweden
|
1 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 7th | |
| 8th |
 India
|
8th | 0 | 8th | |||
| 7th |
 Belgium
|
1 | 6th | 7th | 0 | ||
| 7th |
 Ukraine
|
6th | 1 | 6th | 1 | ||
| 6th |
 Switzerland
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6th |
 South Africa
|
1 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 5 | |
| 6th |
Thailand
|
1 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 5 | |
| 6th |
 Netherlands
|
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 6th |
 Portugal
|
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 |
 Chinese Taipei
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 |
 Poland
|
1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4th | |
| 5 |
 Kazakhstan
|
2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4th |
Netherlands Antilles
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 4th | ||
| 4th |
 Uruguay
|
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4th |
 Mexico
|
4th | 0 | 4th | |||
| 4th |
 Pakistan
|
4th | 0 | 4th | |||
| 3 |
 Cyprus
|
3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 3 |
Chile
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 3 |
 Croatia
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 |
 Denmark
|
3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Serbia
|
2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2 |
 Latvia
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 |
 Uzbekistan
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 |
 Japan
|
2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Paraguay
|
2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2 |
 Slovenia
|
2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2 |
Ecuador
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 |
 Israel
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 |
 Jamaica
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 |
 Dominican Republic
|
2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2 |
 Philippines
|
2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Belarus
|
1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 |
 Finland
|
1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 |
 Romania
|
1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 |
 Algeria
|
1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1 |
 Bulgaria
|
1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1 |
 Canada
|
1 | 0 | 1 |
See also
Web links
- ATP Challenger Tour (English)
- 2009 ATP Challenger Tour Results Archive (English)