The 2009 Lima Challenger

Lima Challenger

The Lima Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Lima, Peru, since 2000.-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 red clay courts. It was the sixth 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 Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

, Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

 between 16 and 22 November 2009.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
Argentina	Eduardo Schwank Eduardo Schwank Eduardo Jonatan Schwank is a professional tennis player from Argentina on the ATP Tour. He is currently coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian....	146	1
Brazil	Júlio Silva Júlio Silva Júlio Silva is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1999.He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on November 16, 2009, when he became the number 144 of the world.- Singles :...	147	2
Brazil	João Souza João Souza João Olavo Soares de Souza is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Souza competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 90 August 7, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171, on September 21, 2009...	165	3
Argentina	Gastón Gaudio Gastón Gaudio Gastón Norberto Gaudio is a former tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP ranking was World No. 5 in 2005...	171	4
Argentina	Brian Dabul Brian Dabul Brian Dabul is a professional tennis player.-Juniors career:Dabul was an outstanding player in juniors tennis, reaching #1 in the world in January, 2002.-2003 to 2007:...	183	5
Argentina	Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina...	192	6
Argentina	Juan-Martín Aranguren Juan-Martín Aranguren Juan Martín Aranguren is an Argentine professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Runner Up :-External links:...	195	7
Chile	Jorge Aguilar Jorge Aguilar Jorge Roberto Aguilar Mondaca is a Chilean professional tennis player. In 2001 won the U16 world championship with best friend Guillermo Hormazábal and Carlos Rios....	244	8

• Rankings are as of November 9, 2009.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Duilio Beretta

Duilio Beretta

Duilio Beretta Avalos is a Peruvian professional tennis player.He recently won the finals stage of Boys' Doubles events on the French Open and US Open with Ecuadorian tennis player Roberto Quiroz...

 Francisco Carbajal Sergio Galdos

Sergio Galdós

Sergio Galdós is a Peruvian tennis player. He is a regular member of the Peruvian Davis Cup team, usually plays as doubles tennis player...

 Iván Miranda

Ivan Miranda

Iván Miranda Chang , is a professional tennis player from Peru. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 104 in 2003....

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Diego Cristín Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Guillermo Rivera-Aranguiz

Guillermo Rivera-Aránguiz

Guillermo Andres Rivera Aránguiz born February 2, 1989, in San Felipe, Chile) is an Chilean professional tennis player. Rivera will be eligible to play in Davis Cup competitions for Chile in March 2011 against the United States...

 Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán

Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán

Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan is a Chilean professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:**...

Singles

  Eduardo Schwank

Eduardo Schwank

Eduardo Jonatan Schwank is a professional tennis player from Argentina on the ATP Tour. He is currently coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian....

def.   Jorge Aguilar

Jorge Aguilar

Jorge Roberto Aguilar Mondaca is a Chilean professional tennis player. In 2001 won the U16 world championship with best friend Guillermo Hormazábal and Carlos Rios....

, 7–5, 6–4

Doubles

  Martín Alund

Martín Alund

Martín Alund is an Argentine professional tennis player. Alund has won one ATP Challenger event, in doubles.-ATP Tournaments Finals:-Runner-Up :-External links:*...

 /   Juan-Martín Aranguren

Juan-Martín Aranguren

Juan Martín Aranguren is an Argentine professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Runner Up :-External links:...

def.   Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán

Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán

Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan is a Chilean professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:**...

 /   Guillermo Rivera-Aranguiz

Guillermo Rivera-Aránguiz

Guillermo Andres Rivera Aránguiz born February 2, 1989, in San Felipe, Chile) is an Chilean professional tennis player. Rivera will be eligible to play in Davis Cup competitions for Chile in March 2011 against the United States...

, 6–4, 6–4

External links

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