Kyoto challenger qualifying
March 9-15, 2009

Singles
Seeds: (cut: none)
1. Tim Smyczek
2. Eric Nunez
3. Sebastian Rieschick
4. Toshihide Matsui
5. Hiroki Kondo
6. Kento Takeuchi
7. Oh-Hee Kwon
8. Sadik Kadir

First Round
(1)Tim Smyczek (USA) bye
(WC)Sho Aida (JPN) d. Yuki Matsuo (JPN) 6-1 6-4
Hiroyasu Sato (JPN) d. Bumpei Sato (JPN) 7-6(5) 6-1
(6)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) d. Yaoki Ishii (JPN) 4-6 7-5 4-1 ret.
(2)Eric Nunez (USA) bye
Arata Onozawa (JPN) d. Katsushi Fukuda (JPN) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-0
Takuto Niki (JPN) d. (WC)Sho Katayama (JPN) 6-3 6-4
(5)Hiroki Kondo (JPN) d. Akito Higa (JPN) 6-3 6-3
(3)Sebastian Rieschick (GER) bye
Masato Hatanaka (JPN) d. Kosuke Naruse (JPN) 6-1 6-2
Masatoshi Miyazaki (JPN) d. Hiromasa Oku (JPN) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2
Baptiste Dupuy (FRA) d. (7)Oh-Hee Kwon (KOR) 6-2 6-2
(4)Toshihide Matsui (JPN) bye
Tetsuya Chaen (JPN) d. (WC)Fumiaki Kita (JPN) 6-2 6-2
(WC)Koki Matsunaga (JPN) d. (WC)Hikaru Sano (JPN) 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2
(8)Sadik Kadir (AUS) d. Hirokazu Yagi (JPN) 7-5 6-2

Second Round
(1)Tim Smyczek (USA) d. (WC)Sho Aida (JPN) 6-3 4-6 6-3
(6)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) d. Hiroyasu Sato (JPN) 6-1 6-2
(2)Eric Nunez (USA) d. Arata Onozawa (JPN) 6-7(4) 6-2 7-6(4)
(5)Hiroki Kondo (JPN) d. Takuto Niki (JPN) 6-1 6-3
Masato Hatanaka (JPN) d. (3)Sebastian Rieschick (GER) 2-6 6-3 7-6(4)
Baptiste Dupuy (FRA) d. Masatoshi Miyazaki (JPN) 6-3 6-2
(4)Toshihide Matsui (JPN) d. Tetsuya Chaen (JPN) 6-4 6-2
(8)Sadik Kadir (AUS) d. (WC)Koki Matsunaga (JPN) 7-6(3) 6-3

Qualifying Round
(1)Tim Smyczek (USA) d. (6)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) 1-6 7-5 6-3
(2)Eric Nunez (USA) d. (5)Hiroki Kondo (JPN) 1-6 6-3 6-4
Baptiste Dupuy (FRA) d. Masato Hatanaka (JPN) 6-4 7-5
(4)Toshihide Matsui (JPN) d. (8)Sadik Kadir (AUS) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: none)
1. Masato Hatanaka/Masatosh Miyazaki
2. Akito Higa/Hiroyasu Sato

First Round
(1)Masato Hatanaka/Masatosh Miyazaki (JPN) bye
(2)Akito Higa/Hiroyasu Sato (JPN) d. Baptiste Dupuy/Hiroki Moriya (FRA/JPN) 6-4 4-6 (11-9)

Qualifying Round
(2)Akito Higa/Hiroyasu Sato (JPN) d. (1)Masato Hatanaka/Masatosh Miyazaki (JPN) 1-6 7-6(2) (11-9)