# 2009 Ethias Trophy – Singles

Teymuraz Gabashvili tried to defend his 2008 title but he was eliminated by Xavier Malisse in the second round. Number 1 seed Janko Tipsarević won this tournament, defeating unseeded Sergiy Stakhovsky in the final, 7–6(4), 6–3.

## Seeds

* Janko Tipsarević (champion)
* Simone Bolelli (first round)
* Evgeny Korolev (quarterfinals)
* Marc Gicquel (first round)
* Teymuraz Gabashvili (second round)
* Olivier Rochus (first round)
* Florent Serra (second round)
* Christophe Rochus (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 eight

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Janko Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Steve Darcis | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Steve Darcis | 4 | 3 | | 1 | Janko Tipsarević | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6$^4$ | 3 |
| | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 2 | 6 | | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6$^4$ | 3 |
| Q | Illya Marchenko | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |

### 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 | Janko Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Sergei Bubka | 4 | 4 | | 1 | J Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alejandro Falla | 3 | | | | A Falla | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Nicolas Kiefer | 2 | r | | | | | | 1 | J Tipsarević | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Michael Berrer | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | X Malisse | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | Xavier Malisse | 7 | 4 | 6 | | X Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Ruben Bemelmans | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | T Gabashvili | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Tipsarević | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Marc Gicquel | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | S Darcis | 4 | 3 |
| | Denis Istomin | 2 | 6 | 6 | | D Istomin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Yannick Vandenbulcke | 4 | 4 | | | S Darcis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Steve Darcis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Darcis | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | Thiago Alves | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | J Ouanna | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| WC | Arthur de Greef | 1 | 4 | | | T Alves | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Josselin Ouanna | 6 | 4 | 6 | | J Ouanna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Olivier Rochus | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 7 | Florent Serra | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Arnaud Clément | 3 | 0 | | 7 | F Serra | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 6$^1$ | 6 | | S Stakhovsky | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Dominik Hrbatý | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Q | Jérôme Haehnel | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | E Korolev | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | Stéphane Bohli | 6 | 2 | r | Q | J Haehnel | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Björn Phau | 3 | 2 | | 3 | E Korolev | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Evgeny Korolev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Christophe Rochus | 6$^1$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | I Marchenko | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| WC | David Goffin | 7 | 4 | 6 | WC | D Goffin | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Stefan Koubek | 6$^1$ | 6$^5$ | | | L Lacko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lukáš Lacko | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | L Lacko | 1 | 7 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Carsten Ball | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | I Marchenko | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Illya Marchenko | 6 | 6 | | Q | I Marchenko | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Karol Beck | 5 | 6 | 6 | | K Beck | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Simone Bolelli | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |