The 2009 Banja Luka Challenger

Banja Luka Challenger

The Banja Luka Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2002. The event is part of the ATP challenger series and is played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**...

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 red clay courts

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

. It was the eighth 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 Banja Luka

Banja Luka

-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...

, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 between 14 and 20 September 2009.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Spain	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	101	1
Spain	Iván Navarro Iván Navarro (tennis) Iván Navarro Pastor is a professional tennis player from Spain. He is sponsored by Head and Li-Ning for his racquets and attire. He employs the serve-and-volley strategy, very much like his compatriot Feliciano López. He has a habit of changing racquets each game, using one racquet for serving and...	119	2
France	Laurent Recouderc Laurent Recouderc Laurent Recouderc born July 10, 1984 in Toulouse, France, is a French professional tennis player.-Career:Recouderc spent the first years of his career on the Junior Circuit, beating players like Tomáš Berdych, Robin Söderling, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga...	150	3
Spain	Pere Riba Pere Riba Pere Riba Madrid is a Spanish professional tennis player. Riba competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 65, on May 16, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 81, on June 7, 2010...	157	4
France	Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert is a professional French professional tennis player.He reached his first ATP-level final at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, falling to Feliciano López 5–7, 1–6....	166	5
France	Julian Reister Julian Reister Julian Reister is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 92, achieved on May 2, 2011.-2006:...	167	6
Monaco	Jean-René Lisnard Jean-René Lisnard Jean-René Lisnard is a professional tennis player who represents Monaco, and formerly France. He has been a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team since 2007...	204	7
Slovakia	Kamil Čapkovič Kamil Capkovic Kamil Čapkovič is a professional Slovak tennis player. He was born in Michalovce, Slovak Republic.-Career:Čapkovič has spent most of his time on the Futures and Challenger circuits, where he has won several Futures titles....	213	8

• Rankings are as of August 31, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Sven Lalić Aleksandar Marić Marko Stanić Arsenije Zlatanović

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Attila Balázs

Attila Balázs

Attila Balázs is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He's a three time Hungarian National Tennis Champion.-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:...

 Cătălin Gârd

Cătălin Gârd

Cătălin-Ionuţ Gârd is a Romanian tennis player. On February 18, 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 224 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 528 achieved on April 20, 2009.-External links:...

 Marek Semjan

Marek Semjan

Marek Semjan is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 30, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 218.-Challenger finals:-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 2 :-External links:...

 Goran Tošić

Goran Tošić

Goran Tošić is a Montenegrin professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles Titles :-External links:*...

Singles

  Daniel Gimeno-Traver def.   Julian Reister

Julian Reister

Julian Reister is a German professional tennis player. His career high rank was No. 92, achieved on May 2, 2011.-2006:...

, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

  Dustin Brown

Dustin Brown (tennis)

Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

/   Rainer Eitzinger def.   Ismar Gorčić

Ismar Gorcic

Ismar Gorcic is a tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team in 2011.-Sources:...

 /   Simone Vagnozzi

Simone Vagnozzi

Simone Vagnozzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:...

, 6–4, 6–3

External links

• Official site
• ITF Search
• 2009 Draws