Ramat Hasharon challenger qualifying May 4-10, 2009 Singles Seeds: (cut: NR) 1. Samuel Groth 2. Ilia Marchenko 3. Pierre-Ludovic Duclos 4. Chris Eaton 5. Evgeni Kirillov 6. Toshihide Matsui 7. Jonathan Marray 8. Sebastian Rieschick First Round (1)Samuel Groth (AUS) d. (WC)Dor Belfer (ISR) 6-1 6-2 (WC)Ofir Ginat (ISR) d. (WC)Jonathan Hefetz (ISR) 7-5 7-6(5) (WC)Tal Eros (ISR) d. (WC)Gleb Sklyr (ISR) 7-5 6-4 (8)Sebastian Rieschick (GER) d. (WC)Liron Strauss (ISR) 6-2 6-2 (2)Ilia Marchenko (UKR) d. (WC)Genia Gamazov (ISR) 6-2 6-4 (WC)Matan Shitrit (ISR) d. (WC)Guy Goren (ISR) 6-0 6-1 Dekel Valtzer (ISR) d. (WC)Amir Zari (ISR) 7-6(4) 6-1 (5)Evgeni Kirillov (RUS) d. (WC)Michael Trebykov (ISR) 6-1 6-4 (3)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. Noam Yitzhaki (ISR) 6-0 6-1 Amir Weintraub (ISR) d. Saar Steele (ISR) 6-1 6-4 Gilad Berman (ISR) d. (WC)Guy Michelevitz (ISR) 6-4 3-6 6-3 (6)Toshihide Matsui (JPN) d. (WC)Eran Hecht (ISR) 6-1 6-2 (4)Chris Eaton (GBR) d. Artem Sitak (RUS) 7-5 6-4 (WC)Bar Botzer (ISR) d. (WC)Asi Stein (ISR) 6-3 6-3 Noam Behr (ISR) d. (WC)Alon Faiman (ISR) 6-0 6-1 (7)Jonathan Marray (GBR) d. Gilad Ben Zvi (ISR) 6-1 6-4 Second Round (1)Samuel Groth (AUS) d. (WC)Ofir Ginat (ISR) 6-0 6-2 (8)Sebastian Rieschick (GER) d. (WC)Tal Eros (ISR) 6-1 6-2 (2)Ilia Marchenko (UKR) d. (WC)Matan Shitrit (ISR) 6-0 6-0 (5)Evgeni Kirillov (RUS) d. Dekel Valtzer (ISR) 6-4 6-1 (3)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. Amir Weintraub (ISR) 6- 7-5 (6)Toshihide Matsui (JPN) d. Gilad Berman (ISR) 6-3 6-4 (4)Chris Eaton (GBR) d. (WC)Bar Botzer (ISR) 6-4 6-2 Noam Behr (ISR) d. (7)Jonathan Marray (GBR) 7-6(1) 6-4 Qualifying Round (8)Sebastian Rieschick (GER) d. (1)Samuel Groth (AUS) 3-6 6-3 6-4 (5)Evgeni Kirillov (RUS) d. (2)Ilia Marchenko (UKR) 6-3 5-7 7-6(8) (3)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. (6)Toshihide Matsui (JPN) 6-4 6-2 (4)Chris Eaton (GBR) d. Noam Behr (ISR) 6-4 ret.