title: 2009 Karshi Challenger – Singles
text: # 2009 Karshi Challenger – Singles
  
  Denis Istomin was the champion in 2007 and 2008, but he chose to not compete this year. Rainer Eitzinger won in the final 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(3), against Ivan Sergeyev.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Mikhail Elgin (first round)
  * Illya Marchenko (second round)
  * Kamil Čapkovič (second round)
  * Carles Poch Gradin (semifinals)
  * Andis Juška (second round)
  * Ivan Sergeyev (final)
  * Deniss Pavlovs (second round)
  * Valery Rudnev (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 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rainer Eitzinger | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | 4 | Carles Poch Gradin | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
  | 4 | Carles Poch Gradin | 3 | 5 | | Rainer Eitzinger | 6 | 1 | 7 |
  | | | | | 6 | Ivan Sergeyev | 3 | 6 | $6^3$ |
  | Q | Ričardas Berankis | 2 | $1^r$ | 6 | Ivan Sergeyev | 3 | 6 | $6^3$ |
  | 6 | Ivan Sergeyev | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | M Elgin | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Rodrigues | 7 | 7 | | | M Rodrigues | 0 | 6 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Sančić | 3 | $0^r$ | | | R Eitzinger | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Eitzinger | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | R Eitzinger | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | A Kedryuk | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | G Jones | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
  | | G Jones | 6 | 4 | 6 | | G Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Shipilov | 1 | 1 | | 7 | D Pavlovs | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | D Pavlovs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Eitzinger | 6 | 7 |
  | 4 | C Poch Gradin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | C Poch Gradin | 3 | 5 |
  | WC | V Uzakov | $6^1$ | 3 | | 4 | C Poch Gradin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Mitsuhashi | 6 | 1 | 6 | | J Mitsuhashi | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T-h Yang | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | C Poch Gradin | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | M Ledovskikh | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | N Ćirić | $6^4$ | 6 | 1 | | | | |
  | | N Ćirić | 7 | 6 | | | N Ćirić | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Jalalov | 0 | 0 | | 5 | A Juška | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | A Juška | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | V Rudnev | $6^6$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Goffin | 7 | 6 | | | D Goffin | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Chen | $6^3$ | 3 | | | D Brown | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Brown | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Brown | $6^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | LL | P Taubert | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | R Berankis | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
  | | R Berankis | 7 | 6 | | | R Berankis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | R Biktyakov | 2 | 3 | | 3 | K Čapkovič | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | K Čapkovič | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Berankis | 2 | $1^r$ |
  | 6 | I Sergeyev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | I Sergeyev | 6 | 4 |
  | Q | M Inoyatov | 3 | 4 | | 6 | I Sergeyev | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Alcaide | $6^4$ | $6^2$ | | | M Semjan | $6^0$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Semjan | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 6 | I Sergeyev | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | | J Statham | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | S Kadir | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
  | Q | S Kadir | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Kadir | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P-L Duclos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | I Marchenko | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | I Marchenko | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  