2009 Abierto Internacional de Salinas
| 2009 Abierto Internacional de Salinas | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 12 – January 18 |
| Edition | 14 |
| Location | Salinas, Ecuador |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Santiago Giraldo | |
| Doubles | |
 Sonchat Ratiwatana / Sanchai Ratiwatana | |
The 2009 Challenger Salinas Diario Expreso, also known as 2009 Abierto Internacional de Salinas, was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Salinas, Ecuador between January 12 and January 18, 2009.
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 ARG
|
Leonardo Mayer | 113 | 1 |
 BRA
|
Thiago Alves | 126 | 2 |
 GER
|
Benjamin Becker | 135 | 3 |
 URU
|
Pablo Cuevas | 141 | 4 |
 DEN
|
Kristian Pless | 156 | 5 |
| COL
|
Santiago Giraldo | 160 | 6 |
| BRA
|
Ricardo Hocevar | 166 | 7 |
| ARG
|
Juan Pablo Brzezicki | 175 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of January 5, 2009.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Alejo Apud
Carlos Avellán- Júlio César Campozano
Eric Nunez
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Champions
[edit]Men's singles
[edit] Santiago Giraldo def. 
Michael Russell, 6–3, 6–2
Men's doubles
[edit] Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana def. Juan Pablo Brzezicki / 
Iván Miranda, 6–3, 7–6(4)