title: 2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Men's singles
text: # 2009 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships – Men's singles
  
  Somdev Devvarman was the defending champion, but he decided not to start this year. Harel Levy defeated 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 Alex Kuznetsov in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Brendan Evans (second round)
  * Chris Guccione (first round)
  * Kevin Anderson (first round)
  * Ryan Sweeting (second round)
  * Harel Levy (champion)
  * Carsten Ball (first round)
  * Marinko Matosevic (semifinals)
  * Im Kyu-tae (quarterfinals)
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Daniel Evans | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
  | Q | Alex Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Q | Alex Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 | Q | Alex Kuznetsov | 4 | 6 | 2 |
  | | | | | 5 | Harel Levy | 6 | 4 | 6 |
  | 5 | Harel Levy | 6 | 7 | 5 | Harel Levy | 6 | 4 | 6 |
  | 7 | Marinko Matosevic | 3 | $6^5$ | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | B Evans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Harrison | 2 | 4 | | 1 | B Evans | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Evans | 6 | 6 | | | D Evans | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Cox | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | D Evans | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | M Yani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | K-t Im | 2 | 4 | | | | |
  | | T Martirosyan | 2 | 4 | | | M Yani | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | D Kudla | 4 | 3 | | 8 | K-t Im | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | K-t Im | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Evans | 3 | 1 |
  | 3 | K Anderson | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 6 |
  | Q | A Kuznetsov | 7 | 6 | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P-L Duclos | 4 | 6 | 0 | | I van der Merwe | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I van der Merwe | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | T Smyczek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | T Smyczek | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | |
  | Q | A Krajicek | 3 | 4 | | Q | T Smyczek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | B Agostinelli | 6 | 6 | | WC | B Agostinelli | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | C Ball | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | H Levy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Suzuki | 4 | 0 | | 5 | H Levy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Lindahl | 6 | 6 | | | N Lindahl | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Monroe | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | H Levy | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | S Stadler | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | T Kamke | 6 | 2 | $6^6$ | | | | |
  | | T Kamke | 7 | 6 | | | T Kamke | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | T Sandgren | 2 | 1 | | 4 | R Sweeting | $6^1$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | R Sweeting | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | H Levy | 6 | 7 |
  | 7 | M Matosevic | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Matosevic | 3 | $6^5$ |
  | | P Simmonds | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | M Matosevic | $6^4$ | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Jenkins | 4 | 0 | r | | L Cook | 7 | $6^7$ | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Cook | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | M Matosevic | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | Y Sugita | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | A Bogdanovic | 4 | 2 | r | | | | |
  | | A Bogdanovic | 6 | 3 | 6 | | A Bogdanovic | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R DeHeart | 7 | 6 | | | R DeHeart | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | C Guccione | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  