title: 2009 Tashkent Challenger
text: # 2009 Tashkent Challenger
  
  The 2009 Tashkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 12 and 18 October 2009.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | TPE | Lu Yen-hsun | 76 | 1 |
  | UZB | Denis Istomin | 89 | 2 |
  | CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | 90 | 3 |
  | BEL | Christophe Rochus | 93 | 4 |
  | RUS | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 102 | 5 |
  | USA | Rajeev Ram | 103 | 6 |
  | IND | Somdev Devvarman | 129 | 7 |
  | UKR | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 133 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings are as of October 5, 2009.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Rifat Biktyakov
  * Rohan Bopanna
  * Murad Inoyatov
  * Vaja Uzakov
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Arsen Asanov (as a Lucky loser)
  * Andrei Gorban
  * Sarvar Ikramov
  * Konstantin Kravchuk
  * Jiří Krkoška
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  Marcos Baghdatis def. Denis Istomin, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Murad Inoyatov / Denis Istomin def. Jiří Krkoška / Lukáš Lacko, 7–6(4), 6–4
  
  