The 2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships

Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships

The Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's tour. It is held annually at the Hilary J...

was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on Hard court. It was a sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour

2009 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky

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, United States

United States

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 between 20 and 26 July 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
United States	Brendan Evans Brendan 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...	134	1
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	2
South Africa	Kevin Anderson Kevin Anderson (tennis) Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...	160	3
United States	Ryan Sweeting Ryan Sweeting Ryan Sweeting is a Bahamian-born American professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas, and has lived and trained in Ft. Lauderdale since the age of 12...	162	4
Israel	Harel Levy Harel Levy Har'el Levy is an Israeli professional male tennis player. Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 in 2007....	183	5
Australia	Carsten Ball Carsten Ball Carsten Thomas Ball is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.-Tennis career:...	187	6
Australia	Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic is a professional Croatian-Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 144, which he reached on October 25, 2010. His career high ranking in doubles was No. 541, set on September 28, 2009.-Tennis career and background:Matosevic was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia...	208	7
South Korea	Im Kyu-tae	209	8

• Rankings are as of July 13, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Bruno Agostinelli Jordan Cox Ryan Harrison Denis Kudla

Denis Kudla

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Austin Krajicek

Austin Krajicek

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 Alex Kuznetsov

Alex Kuznetsov

----Alex Kuznetsov is an American tennis player, accomplished in junior tennis. He moved from Ukraine to the US when he was 3 years old...

 Tennys Sandgren Tim Smyczek

Tim Smyczek

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Singles

  Harel Levy

Harel Levy

Har'el Levy is an Israeli professional male tennis player. Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 in 2007....

def.   Alex Kuznetsov

Alex Kuznetsov

----Alex Kuznetsov is an American tennis player, accomplished in junior tennis. He moved from Ukraine to the US when he was 3 years old...

, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles

  Kevin Anderson

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Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...

/   Ryler DeHeart

Ryler DeHeart

Ryler DeHeart is an American professional tennis player. He reached his singles career high ranking of 174 on May 3, 2010. He is coached by Brad Dancer.-Professional career:...

def.   Amir Hadad

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Amir Hadad is a professional tennis player.His highest singles ATP ranking was # 180, in 2003. His highest doubles ranking was # 87, also in 2003.-Tennis career:He turned pro in 1995....

 /   Harel Levy

Harel Levy

Har'el Levy is an Israeli professional male tennis player. Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 in 2007....

, 6–4, 4–6, [10–6]