2009 Knoxville Challenger
# 2009 Knoxville Challenger

The 2009 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 9 and 15 November 2009.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | Wayne Odesnik | 83 | 1 |
| USA | Michael Russell | 86 | 2 |
| USA | Taylor Dent | 104 | 3 |
| USA | Kevin Kim | 105 | 4 |
| USA | Jesse Levine | 109 | 5 |
| IND | Somdev Devvarman | 116 | 6 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 120 | 7 |
| USA | Ryan Sweeting | 147 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of November 2, 2009.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Ryan Harrison
* Kaden Hensel
* Dénes Lukács
* Rhyne Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Jamie Baker
* Ričardas Berankis
* Richard Bloomfield
* Raven Klaasen
* Michael McClune (LL)

## Champions

### Singles

Taylor Dent def. Ilija Bozoljac, 6–3, 7–6(6)

### Doubles

Martin Emmrich / Andreas Siljeström def. Raven Klaasen / Izak van der Merwe, 7–5, 6–4

