title: 2009 Tatra Banka Slovak Open
text: # 2009 Tatra Banka Slovak Open
  
  The 2009 Ritro Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of Tretorn Serie+ of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 16 and 22 November 2009.
  
  ## ATP entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | UZB | Denis Istomin | 89 | 1 |
  | SVK | Lukáš Lacko | 91 | 2 |
  | CZE | Jan Hájek | 102 | 3 |
  | GER | Björn Phau | 107 | 4 |
  | FIN | Jarkko Nieminen | 109 | 5 |
  | FRA | Stéphane Robert | 115 | 6 |
  | AUT | Stefan Koubek | 119 | 7 |
  | ISR | Harel Levy | 122 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings are as of November 9, 2009.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Kamil Čapkovič
  * Filip Horanský
  * Jerzy Janowicz
  * Andrej Martin
  
  The following player received a Special Exempt into the singles main draw:
  
  * Tobias Kamke
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Rameez Junaid
  * Ivo Klec
  * Jan Minář
  * Juho Paukku
  * Michał Przysiężny (LL)
  * Marek Semjan (LL)
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  Michael Berrer def. Dominik Hrbatý, 6–7(6), 6–4, 7–6(3)
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Philipp Marx / Igor Zelenay def. Leoš Friedl / David Škoch, 6–4, 6–4
  
  