# 2009 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's singles

Go Soeda, the 2008 champion, tried to defend his title, but retired due to fatigue in the first round match against Yuichi Ito. Uladzimir Ignatik won the tournament after beating Tatsuma Ito 7–6(7), 7–6(3) in the final match.

## Seeds

* Go Soeda (first round, retired due to fatigue)
* Im Kyu-tae (first round)
* Dieter Kindlmann (first round)
* Alexander Kudryavtsev (second round)
* Tatsuma Ito (final)
* Philipp Oswald (quarterfinals)
* Pavol Červenák (first round)
* Nick Lindahl (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Tatsuma Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Simon Stadler | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Simon Stadler | 4 | 4 | | 5 | Tatsuma Ito | 6$^7$ | 6$^3$ |
| | | | | | | Uladzimir Ignatik | 7 | 7 |
| | Martin Fischer | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | Uladzimir Ignatik | 7 | 7 |
| | Uladzimir Ignatik | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | G Soeda | 4 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Ito | 6 | | | Q | Y Ito | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kedryuk | 0 | 0 | | | J Mitsuhashi | 6 | 6$^0$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Junn Mitsuhashi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Mitsuhashi | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | N Mektić | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | T Iwami | 6 | 6 | | Q | T Iwami | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Hiroki Moriya | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | T Ito | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Ito | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Ito | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | D Kindlmann | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Stadler | 4 | 4 |
| | S Stadler | 6 | 3 | 6 | | S Stadler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Kento Takeuchi | 6 | 6$^4$ | 7 | WC | K Takeuchi | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Chen | 4 | 7 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | S Stadler | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Statham | 6$^4$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 6 | P Oswald | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Tošić | 7 | 1 | 7 | | G Tošić | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Arata Onozawa | 2 | 6$^5$ | | 6 | P Oswald | 6$^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | P Oswald | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | P Červenák | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Jones | 7 | 7 | | | G Jones | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Juška | 6 | 5 | 7 | | A Juška | 6 | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sadecky | 2 | 7 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | G Jones | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | W-s Jun | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | M Fischer | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Fischer | 6 | 6 | | | M Fischer | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Kadir | 4 | 3 | | 4 | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Fischer | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 |
| 8 | N Lindahl | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | U Ignatik | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| | T Suzuki | 6 | 7 | | | T Suzuki | 2 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Sugita | 6 | 6 | | | Y Sugita | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Yoo | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | Y Sugita | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | J Huta Galung | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | U Ignatik | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | H Kondo | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | J Huta Galung | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | U Ignatik | 7 | 6 | | | U Ignatik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K-t Im | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |