The 2009

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s. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, Japan between 16 and 22 November 2009.

ATP entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of November 9, 2009.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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* Junn Mitsuhashi The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Champions

Singles

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def. Martin Fischer, 6–4, 7–6(5)

Doubles

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/ Junn Mitsuhashi, 6–7(9), 6–3, 2–10

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