# 2009 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil – Singles

Sergio Roitman, the defending champion, lost to Martín Alund already in the first round. Nicolás Lapentti defeated Santiago Giraldo 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(4) in the final match.

## Seeds

* Santiago Giraldo (final)
* Nicolás Lapentti (champion)
* Rui Machado (quarterfinals)
* Nicolás Massú (first round)
* Sebastián Decoud (first round)
* Sergio Roitman (first round)
* Júlio Silva (quarterfinals)
* Brian Dabul (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Final |
| 1 | Santiago Giraldo | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Eduardo Schwank | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Eduardo Schwank | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | Santiago Giraldo | 2 | 6 | 6$^4$ |
| | | | | | 2 | Nicolás Lapentti | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Q | Lars Pörschke | 1 | 6$^5$ | | 2 | Nicolás Lapentti | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Nicolás Lapentti | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | S Giraldo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Gómez | 2 | 2 | | 1 | S Giraldo | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Lapentti | 4 | 6 | 6 | | G Lapentti | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Dutra da Silva | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | S Giraldo | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Berlocq | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | J Silva | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Haider-Maurer | 6 | 6 | | | A Haider-Maurer | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Balleret | 0 | 1 | | 7 | J Silva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Silva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Giraldo | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 |
| 4 | N Massú | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Schwank | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Q | G Pella | 6 | 6 | | Q | G Pella | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Rufin | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | E Schwank | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Schwank | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | E Schwank | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | P Sousa | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | P Sousa | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | D Junqueira | 5 | 1 | | Q | P Sousa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Felder | 6$^5$ | 6 | 7 | | M Felder | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S Decoud | 7 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 6 | S Roitman | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Alund | 6 | 6 | | | M Alund | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Pörschke | 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | L Pörschke | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Salamanca | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | Q | L Pörschke | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | M Zabaleta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | R Machado | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | |
| WC | R Quiroz | 3 | 0 | | WC | M Zabaleta | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-M Aranguren | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | R Machado | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Machado | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Q | L Pörschke | 1 | 6$^5$ |
| 8 | B Dabul | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Lapentti | 6 | 7 |
| | G Gaudio | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | B Dabul | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hocevar | 6 | 6 | | | R Hocevar | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Aguilar | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | B Dabul | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | C Poch-Gradin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | D Sirota | 0 | 0 | | | C Poch-Gradin | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Souza | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Lapentti | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |