# 2009 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship – Singles

Rajeev Ram was the defending champion; however, he lost to Kuznetsov in the second round. Alex Kuznetsov won in the final 6–4, 7–6(1), against Tim Smyczek

## Seeds

* John Isner (first round)
* Vince Spadea (first round)
* Brendan Evans (first round)
* Donald Young (quarterfinals)
* Rajeev Ram (second round)
* Simon Stadler (first round)
* Ryan Sweeting (first round)
* Andrea Stoppini (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

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Ryler DeHeart | 6 | 2 | 6$^1$ | | | | |
| Q | Tim Smyczek | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | Tim Smyczek | 1 | 6 | 7 | Q | Tim Smyczek | 4 | 6$^1$ |
| | | | | | Q | Alex Kuznetsov | 6 | 7 |
| | Kristian Pless | 4 | 6$^6$ | | Q | Alex Kuznetsov | 6 | 7 |
| Q | Alex Kuznetsov | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J Isner | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R DeHeart | 6 | 7 | | | R DeHeart | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Mello | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | C Ball | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ball | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | R DeHeart | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Cook | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | S Jenkins | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | N Okun | 6 | 6 | | | N Okun | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Jenkins | 7 | 3 | 7 | | S Jenkins | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Stoppini | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | R DeHeart | 6 | 2 | 6$^1$ |
| 4 | D Young | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | T Smyczek | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| WC | P Simmonds | 3 | 3 | | 4 | D Young | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Groth | 4 | 5 | | Q | G.D. Jones | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G.D. Jones | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | D Young | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| | I van der Merwe | 7 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | Q | T Smyczek | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J de Armas | 6$^3$ | 7 | 6 | | J de Armas | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Smyczek | 1 | 6 | 6 | Q | T Smyczek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Stadler | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | R Sweeting | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Warburg | 6 | 6 | | | S Warburg | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J-M Elizondo | 1 | 2 | | | K Pless | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Pless | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Pless | | | | | | |
| | M Yani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Gregorc | w/o | | | | | |
| | E Nunez | 2 | 3 | | | M Yani | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Gregorc | 7 | 6 | | | L Gregorc | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Evans | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | K Pless | 4 | 6$^6$ |
| 5 | R Ram | 6$^6$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 7 |
| WC | A Bogomolov Jr. | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | R Ram | 4 | 7 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Nevolo | 1 | 2 | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Widom | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Widom | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | N Lindahl | 5 | 1 | | | T Widom | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Wolmarans | 7 | 6 | | | F Wolmarans | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | V Spadea | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |