title: 2009 Comerica Bank Challenger – Singles
text: # 2009 Comerica Bank Challenger – Singles
  
  Kevin Kim was the defending champion; however, he was eliminated by Takao Suzuki already in the first round. Chris Guccione defeated Nick Lindahl in the final 6–3, 6–4.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Kevin Kim (first round)
  * Flavio Cipolla (first round)
  * Wayne Odesnik (quarterfinals)
  * Danai Udomchoke (first round)
  * Arnaud Clément (first round)
  * Somdev Devvarman (semifinals)
  * Chris Guccione (champion)
  * Donald Young (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 four
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Q | Nick Lindahl | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Michael Yani | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  | | Michael Yani | 3 | 2 | Q | Nick Lindahl | 3 | 4 |
  | | | | | 7 | Chris Guccione | 6 | 6 |
  | 7 | Chris Guccione | 6 | 6 | 7 | Chris Guccione | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | Somdev Devvarman | 2 | 1 | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | K Kim | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Suzuki | 7 | 6 | | Q | T Suzuki | $6^1$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | P Simmonds | $6^{10}$ | 5 | | | KT Im | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | KT Im | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | KT Im | 3 | 3 | | | | |
  | Q | N Lindahl | $6^4$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | Q | N Lindahl | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | R Sweeting | 7 | 4 | $6^7$ | Q | N Lindahl | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Stoppini | 6 | 6 | | | A Stoppini | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | D Young | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | N Lindahl | 6 | 6 |
  | 4 | D Udomchoke | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | M Yani | 3 | 2 |
  | | M Yani | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Yani | 6 | $6^1$ | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | | R DeHeart | 3 | 6 | 6 | | R DeHeart | 3 | 7 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Ball | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | M Yani | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | M Matosevic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Matosevic | 4 | 4 | | | | |
  | WC | B Weston | 4 | 4 | | | M Matosevic | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Bogomolov Jr. | 6 | 3 | 7 | | A Bogomolov Jr. | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | A Clément | 4 | 6 | $6^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | C Guccione | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Soeda | 4 | $6^5$ | | 7 | C Guccione | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Groth | 7 | 3 | $6^2$ | Q | Y Sugita | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Y Sugita | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 7 | C Guccione | 7 | 2 | 7 | | | | |
  | | X Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | W Odesnik | $6^5$ | 6 | $6^2$ | | | | |
  | | T Widom | 3 | 2 | | | X Malisse | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | T Kamke | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | W Odesnik | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | W Odesnik | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | C Guccione | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | S Devvarman | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | S Devvarman | 2 | 1 |
  | WC | L Cook | $6^7$ | 2 | | 6 | S Devvarman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Jenkins | 4 | 6 | $6^1$ | WC | A Kuznetsov | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | 6 | S Devvarman | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | R de Voest | $6^6$ | 3 | r | | | | | | | I van der Merwe | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | I van der Merwe | 7 | 4 | | | I van der Merwe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Stadler | 7 | 7 | | | S Stadler | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | F Cipolla | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  