The 2009 USTA Challenger of Oklahoma

USTA Challenger of Oklahoma

The USTA Challenger of Oklahoma is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Tulsa, USA since 1999.-Singles:-Doubles:...

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 hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which 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 Tulsa, United States

United States

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 between 14 and 20 September 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
United States	Wayne Odesnik Wayne Odesnik Wayne Odesnik is a professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.His career-high in singles was # 77, as of April 13, 2009...	86	1
United States	Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...	114	2
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...	121	3
United States	Vince Spadea Vince Spadea Vincent Spadea [SPAY-dee-ya] is an ATP Tour professional tennis player from the United States. He is one of only four players in history to defeat Roger Federer 6–0 in set, at a major event....	130	4
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....	135	5
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...	141	6
United States	Taylor Dent Taylor Dent Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...	195	7
United States	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...	212	8

• Rankings are as of August 31, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Taylor Dent

Taylor Dent

Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...

 Austin Krajicek

Austin Krajicek

Austin Krajicek is a American professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 604 on 1 August 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 431, on 14 November 2011.-Doubles...

 David Martin

David Martin (tennis)

David Martin is a professional American tennis player.He teamed with Scott Lipsky to win his first ATP doubles title in February 2008 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan.-Tennis career:Before attending Stanford, David was a US...

 Blake Strode

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Arnau Brugués-Davi

Arnau Brugués-Davi

Arnau Brugués-Davi is a professional tennis player from Spain.He won seventeen ITF Futures tournaments on hard courts in his career, however his the best achievement are singles and doubles titles in 2011 Penza Cup...

 Andrei Dăescu Daniel Garza

Daniel Garza

Daniel Garza Garza is a Mexican tennis playerHe participated in the Davis Cup representing Mexico eight times, his most important victory was during the 2008 Davis Cup tie against Uruguay which he win 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 to Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas on Carpet.-Titles :-Singles:-External links:**...

 Oleksandr Nedovyesov

Singles

  Taylor Dent

Taylor Dent

Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...

def.   Wayne Odesnik

Wayne Odesnik

Wayne Odesnik is a professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.His career-high in singles was # 77, as of April 13, 2009...

, 7–6(9), 7–6(4)

Doubles

  David Martin

David Martin (tennis)

David Martin is a professional American tennis player.He teamed with Scott Lipsky to win his first ATP doubles title in February 2008 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan.-Tennis career:Before attending Stanford, David was a US...

/   Rajeev Ram

Rajeev Ram

Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...

def.   Phillip Stephens /   Ashley Watling, 6–2, 6–2

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