# 2009 Tashkent Challenger – Singles

Lu Yen-hsun tried to defend his 2008 title, but he was eliminated by Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. in the second round. Marcos Baghdatis defeated Denis Istomin 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Lu Yen-hsun (second round)
* Denis Istomin (final)
* Marcos Baghdatis (champion)
* Christophe Rochus (quarterfinals)
* Teymuraz Gabashvili (first round)
* Rajeev Ram (first round, retired due to a lower back)
* Somdev Devvarman (second round)
* Sergiy Stakhovsky (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

### Final four

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Marcos Baghdatis | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Marcos Baghdatis | 7 | 6 | 3 | Marcos Baghdatis | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Denis Istomin | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| | Lukáš Lacko | 5 | 3 | 2 | Denis Istomin | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Denis Istomin | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Bopanna | 4 | 2 | | 1 | Y-h Lu | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Cervantes-Huegun | 4 | 6 | 3 | | O Dolgopolov Jr. | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | O Dolgopolov Jr. | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | O Dolgopolov Jr. | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Pavlovs | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Kudryavtsev | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | | | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Olaso | 3 | 2 | | 7 | S Devvarman | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Devvarman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | O Dolgopolov Jr. | 6$^3$ | 4 |
| 3 | M Baghdatis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Baghdatis | 7 | 6 |
| | S Bubka | 1 | 3 | | 3 | M Baghdatis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Vaja Uzakov | 1 | 5 | | | E Kirillov | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Kirillov | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | M Baghdatis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Kumantsov | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | A Kumantsov | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | J Krkoška | 6$^0$ | 5 | | | A Kumantsov | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ito | 6 | | | | T Ito | 6$^1$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | R Ram | 5 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | T Gabashvili | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lacko | 7 | 6 | | | L Lacko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | Arsen Asanov | 6 | 1 | 6 | LL | A Asanov | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Rifat Biktyakov | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | L Lacko | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Elgin | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | C Rochus | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | A Gorban | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Gorban | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Sergeyev | 2 | 1 | | 4 | C Rochus | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | C Rochus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | L Lacko | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | S Stakhovsky | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | D Istomin | 7 | 6 |
| | M Middelkoop | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Ikramov | 6$^3$ | 3 | | Q | K Kravchuk | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Kravchuk | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | S Stakhovsky | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | Y Schukin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | D Istomin | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | M Inoyatov | 4 | 2 | | | Y Schukin | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kližan | 0 | r | | 2 | D Istomin | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | D Istomin | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |