# 2009 Abierto Internacional de Salinas – Singles

Iván Miranda was the defending champion; however, he lost in the second round to Benjamin Becker. Santiago Giraldo won in the final over Michael Russell, 6–3, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Leonardo Mayer (semifinals)
* Thiago Alves (second round)
* Benjamin Becker (quarterfinals)
* Pablo Cuevas (first round)
* Kristian Pless (second round)
* Santiago Giraldo (champion)
* Ricardo Hocevar (first round)
* Juan Pablo Brzezicki (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Leonardo Mayer | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | Michael Russell | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Michael Russell | 7 | 6 | | Michael Russell | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | 6 | Santiago Giraldo | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Santiago Giraldo | 6 | 6 | 6 | Santiago Giraldo | 6 | 6 |
| | Carlos Berlocq | 2 | 2 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | L Mayer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | JC Campozano | 2 | 2 | | 1 | L Mayer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Echagaray | 6 | 7 | | 5 | B Echagaray | 1 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Levy | 2 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | L Mayer | | | | | | | |
| | C Zampieri | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | R Delgado | w/o | | | | | | |
| | R Delgado | 6 | 6 | | | R Delgado | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Salamanca | 4 | 2 | | 5 | K Pless | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Pless | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Mayer | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | B Becker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Russell | 7 | 6 |
| | R Mello | 2 | 4 | | 3 | B Becker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Nunez | 4 | 2 | | | I Miranda | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Miranda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | B Becker | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | H Zeballos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Russell | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Felder | 4 | 2 | | | H Zeballos | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Russell | 3 | 6 | 6 | | M Russell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R Hocevar | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | S Giraldo | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Silva | 2 | 5 | | 6 | S Giraldo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Widom | 6 | 6 | | | T Widom | 1 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Avellán | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | S Giraldo | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Souza | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | A Falla | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Alejo Apud | 6 | 2 | 1 | | J Souza | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | |
| | A Falla | 6 | 7 | | | A Falla | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Cuevas | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | S Giraldo | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | JP Brzezicki | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | C Berlocq | 2 | 2 |
| Q | I van der Merwe | 3 | 6 | 3 | Q | I van der Merwe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M González | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | M González | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | Q | I van der Merwe | 6$^{10}$ | 3 | | | | |
| | C Berlocq | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | C Berlocq | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Miele | 6 | 3 | 2 | | C Berlocq | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dutra da Silva | 3 | 4 | | 2 | T Alves | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Alves | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |