# 2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Somdev Devvarman was the defending champion, but he decided not to start this year. Harel Levy defeated 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 Alex Kuznetsov in the final.

## Seeds

* Brendan Evans (second round)
* Chris Guccione (first round)
* Kevin Anderson (first round)
* Ryan Sweeting (second round)
* Harel Levy (champion)
* Carsten Ball (first round)
* Marinko Matosevic (semifinals)
* Im Kyu-tae (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 |
| | Daniel Evans | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | Alex Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Alex Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 | Q | Alex Kuznetsov | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | 5 | Harel Levy | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Harel Levy | 6 | 7 | 5 | Harel Levy | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Marinko Matosevic | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |

### 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 | B Evans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Harrison | 2 | 4 | | 1 | B Evans | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Evans | 6 | 6 | | | D Evans | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Cox | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | D Evans | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Yani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | K-t Im | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | T Martirosyan | 2 | 4 | | | M Yani | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Kudla | 4 | 3 | | 8 | K-t Im | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | K-t Im | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Evans | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | K Anderson | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 |
| Q | A Kuznetsov | 7 | 6 | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P-L Duclos | 4 | 6 | 0 | | I van der Merwe | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I van der Merwe | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | T Smyczek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | T Smyczek | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | |
| Q | A Krajicek | 3 | 4 | | Q | T Smyczek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Agostinelli | 6 | 6 | | WC | B Agostinelli | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | C Ball | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | H Levy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Suzuki | 4 | 0 | | 5 | H Levy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lindahl | 6 | 6 | | | N Lindahl | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Monroe | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | H Levy | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | S Stadler | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | T Kamke | 6 | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | |
| | T Kamke | 7 | 6 | | | T Kamke | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Sandgren | 2 | 1 | | 4 | R Sweeting | 6$^1$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | R Sweeting | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | H Levy | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | M Matosevic | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Matosevic | 3 | 6$^5$ |
| | P Simmonds | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | M Matosevic | 6$^4$ | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Jenkins | 4 | 0 | r | | L Cook | 7 | 6$^7$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Cook | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | M Matosevic | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Y Sugita | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | A Bogdanovic | 4 | 2 | r | | | | |
| | A Bogdanovic | 6 | 3 | 6 | | A Bogdanovic | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R DeHeart | 7 | 6 | | | R DeHeart | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Guccione | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |