title: 2009 Sporting Challenger
text: # 2009 Sporting Challenger
  
  The 2009 Sporting Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the Tretorn SERIE+ of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Turin, Italy between 29 June and 5 July 2009.
  
  ## Singles entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Nationality | Player | Ranking* | Seeding |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ARG | Máximo González | 62 | 1 |
  | ITA | Potito Starace | 80 | 2 |
  | POR | Frederico Gil | 83 | 3 |
  | ARG | Diego Junqueira | 85 | 4 |
  | USA | Kevin Kim | 86 | 5 |
  | AUT | Daniel Köllerer | 91 | 6 |
  | BRA | Marcos Daniel | 103 | 7 |
  | GER | Simon Greul | 106 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings are as of June 22, 2009.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Andrea Arnaboldi
  * Alessio di Mauro
  * Thomas Fabbiano
  * Matteo Trevisan
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Sergio Gutiérrez-Ferrol
  * Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
  * Cristian Villagrán
  * Mariano Zabaleta
  
  The following players received lucky loser spots:
  
  * Joseph Sirianni
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  Potito Starace def. Máximo González, 7–6(4), 6–3
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace def. Santiago Giraldo / Pere Riba, 6–3, 6–4
  
  