# 2009 Israel Open – Singles

Marsel İlhan was the defender of championship title, however he lost to Simon Stadler in the quarterfinal. In the final Benjamin Becker retired when the result was 6–3, 3–1 and Lu Yen-hsun became the new champion.

## Seeds

* Dudi Sela (quarterfinals)
* Lu Yen-hsun (champion)
* Bobby Reynolds (first round)
* Michael Berrer (first round)
* Thiago Alves (first round)
* Benjamin Becker (final, retired)
* Nicolas Mahut (first round)
* Michail Elgin (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 |
| 6 | Benjamin Becker | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | Marinko Matosevic | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | Marinko Matosevic | 6 | 5 | 6 | Benjamin Becker | 3 | 1$^r$ |
| | | | | 2 | Lu Yen-hsun | 6 | 3 |
| | Simon Stadler | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lu Yen-hsun | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Lu Yen-hsun | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top 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 |
| 1 | D Sela | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Okun | 1 | 1 | | 1 | D Sela | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Pless | 3 | 4 | | | B Klein | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Klein | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | D Sela | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Bastl | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | 6 | B Becker | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | C Guccione | 6 | 6 | 3 | | G Bastl | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Mashiach | 1 | 1 | | 6 | B Becker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | B Becker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | B Becker | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | M Berrer | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | M Matosevic | 6 | 5 |
| | H Levy | 6 | 6 | | | H Levy | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Dimitrov | 6 | 1 | | | P Amritraj | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Amritraj | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | H Levy | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Matosevic | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | M Matosevic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Goodall | 6 | 4 | | | M Matosevic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Evans | 6 | 6 | | | B Evans | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Elgin | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | T Alves | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M İlhan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | M İlhan | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Hadad | 4 | 4 | | Q | E Kirillov | 5 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Kirillov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M İlhan | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Stadler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Stadler | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | P-L Duclos | 3 | 2 | | | S Stadler | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Rieschick | 7 | 7 | | Q | S Rieschick | 1 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Reynolds | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Stadler | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | N Mahut | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 6 |
| | B Dorsch | 7 | 6 | | | B Dorsch | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | É Roger-Vasselin | 2 | 5 | | | A Kudryavtsev | 4 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | B Dorsch | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | C Eaton | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Ram | 5 | 3 | | Q | C Eaton | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Widom | 3 | 2 | | 2 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |