# 2009 Soweto Open – Singles

Fabrice Santoro won in the final of first edition of this tournament. He defeated Rik de Voest 7–5, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Fabrice Santoro (champion)
* Gilles Müller (first round)
* Michael Berrer (withdrew)
* Thiago Alves (semifinals)
* Mikhail Elgin (first round)
* Nicolas Mahut (quarterfinals)
* Chris Guccione (first round)
* Karol Beck (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 |
| 1/WC | Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 4 | Thiago Alves | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| 4 | Thiago Alves | 3 | 6$^2$ | 1/WC | Fabrice Santoro | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | Rik de Voest | 5 | 4 |
| | Rik de Voest | 6 | 7 | | Rik de Voest | 5 | 4 |
| WC | Fritz Wolmarans | 4 | 5 | | | | |

### 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/WC | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtsev | 2 | 4 | | 1/WC | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Klaasen | 6 | 7 | | WC | R Klaasen | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Okun | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | 1/WC | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Rehnquist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | N Mahut | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Checa-Calvo | 2 | 1 | | | B Rehnquist | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Bastl | 6$^8$ | 6$^2$ | | 6 | N Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Mahut | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1/WC | F Santoro | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | T Alves | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | T Alves | 3 | 6$^2$ |
| Q | D Molchanov | 6$^3$ | 1 | | 4 | T Alves | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I van der Merwe | 6 | 2 | 6$^5$ | | É Roger-Vasselin | 1 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| | É Roger-Vasselin | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | T Alves | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Koubek | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | H Levy | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | W-S Jun | 3 | 7 | 3 | | S Koubek | 5 | 7 | 6$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | |
| | H Levy | 7 | 7 | | | H Levy | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | C Guccione | 5 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 8 | K Beck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Koning | 4 | 4 | | 8 | K Beck | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lindahl | 3 | 7 | 6 | | N Lindahl | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | 8 | K Beck | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | C Eaton | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | R de Voest | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R de Voest | 6 | 4 | 6 | | R de Voest | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Poch-Gradin | 6 | 6 | | | C Poch-Gradin | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | B J van Rensburg | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | R de Voest | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | M Elgin | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | F Wolmarans | 4 | 5 |
| | M Chiudinelli | 2 | 6 | 6 | | M Chiudinelli | 6 | 3 | 6$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sirianni | 6 | 7 | | | J Sirianni | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bubka | 3 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | J Sirianni | 7 | 5 | 6$^0$ | | | | |
| WC | F Wolmarans | 6$^3$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | WC | F Wolmarans | 6$^3$ | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | A Anderson | 7 | 3 | 6$^5$ | WC | F Wolmarans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | F Vicente | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Müller | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |