2009 AEGON Trophy
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The 2009 AEGON Trophy
was a professional tennis
tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Nottingham
, Great Britain
between 1 and 7 June, 2009.
Chris Eaton
Daniel Evans
Colin Fleming
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Rohan Bopanna
Grigor Dimitrov
(as a Lucky Loser) Joshua Goodall
Samuel Groth
Tatsuma Ito
Brendan Evans
def.
Ilija Bozoljac
, 6–7(4), 6–4, 7–6(4)
Eric Butorac
/ Scott Lipsky
def.
Colin Fleming
/ Ken Skupski
, 6–4, 6–4
AEGON Trophy
The AEGON Trophy is an yearly tennis tournament played in Nottingham, England. The tournament is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation Women's Circuit as a 50k event. The tournament's key sponor is Dutch insurance...
was a professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour
2009 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2009 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprises 20 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and 142 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to...
. It took place in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
between 1 and 7 June, 2009.
Seeds
| Nationality | Player | Ranking* | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
 Luxembourg |
Gilles Müller Gilles Müller Gilles Müller is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He was a US Open junior champion and is the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country... |
79 | 1 |
| United States |
Robert Kendrick Robert Kendrick Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport... |
86 | 2 |
 Canada |
Frank Dancevic Frank Dancevic Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No... |
108 | 3 |
 France |
Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino is a professional tennis player from France. Mannarino competes predominantly on the ATP Challenger Series and Futures circuit. His career high rank is #53, achieved on 16 May 2011.... |
126 | 4 |
| Serbia |
Ilija Bozoljac Ilija Bozoljac Ilija Bozoljac or Ilia Bozoljac is a professional male tennis player from Serbia.... |
131 | 5 |
 India |
Somdev Devvarman Somdev Devvarman Somdev Devvarman , is a professional Indian tennis player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner, Kevin Anderson, and Jesse Levine have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning... |
135 | 6 |
 Australia |
Chris Guccione Chris Guccione Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian.... |
137 | 7 |
| United States |
Jesse Levine Jesse Levine Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008.... |
140 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of May 25, 2009.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Daniel CoxDaniel Cox
Daniel Cox , is a British tennis player.Daniel, whilst playing tennis for Lancashire, first came into international prominence when he reached the finals of Le Petit As, Tarbes...
Chris Eaton
Chris Eaton (tennis)
Christopher Philip Eaton is an English tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #319 in June, 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of #365 in February, 2009 and is the current British #9...
Daniel Evans
Daniel Evans (tennis)
Daniel Evans is an English professional tennis player. He is ranked 6th in the UK, and plays right-handed. Evans was until recently one of the highest ranked teenagers on the ATP rankings list. He made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in September 2009...
Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming is a British professional tennis player who lives in Linlithgow.He was selected for 2009 Great Britain Davis Cup team....
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna
Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002...
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov
Grigor Dimitrov is a tennis player from Bulgaria. He achieved a career high ranking of World No. 52 on August 22, 2011. Dimitrov also enjoyed a very successful junior career, in which he held the World No...
(as a Lucky Loser) Joshua Goodall
Joshua Goodall
Joshua Jake Goodall is a British tennis player and the current British No.12 in Doubles, His ATP Doubles world ranking is 293...
Samuel Groth
Samuel Groth
Samuel Groth is a professional Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 220, which he reached on 16 November 2009...
Tatsuma Ito
Tatsuma Ito
is a Japanese professional tennis player.-Singles: 4 :-Doubles: 1 :-External links:*...
Singles
Brendan EvansBrendan Evans
Brendan Evans is an American professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Evans reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 2 in 2004, when he won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open doubles titles alongside Scott Oudesma. Evans competes today on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP...
def.
Ilija BozoljacIlija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac or Ilia Bozoljac is a professional male tennis player from Serbia....
, 6–7(4), 6–4, 7–6(4)
Doubles
Eric ButoracEric Butorac
Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray...
/
Scott LipskyScott Lipsky
Scott Lipsky is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is primarily a doubles specialist....
def.
Colin FlemingColin Fleming
Colin Fleming is a British professional tennis player who lives in Linlithgow.He was selected for 2009 Great Britain Davis Cup team....
/
Ken SkupskiKen Skupski
Ken Skupski is a professional tennis player who lives in Liverpool, England. He is best known as a doubles player, most successfully partnering Colin Fleming. Having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, he turned professional in 2007...
, 6–4, 6–4