Cincinnati qualifying
August 17-23, 2009

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Brendan Evans - 130)
1. Ivan Ljubicic
2. Julien Benneteau
3. Yen-Hsun Lu
4. Mikhail Youzhny
5. Andrei Goloubev
6. Simone Bolelli
7. Denis Istomin
8. Robert Kendrick
9. Teimuraz Gabashvili
10. Jan Hernych
11. Rainer Schuettler
12. Adrian Mannarino
13. Ernesta Gulbis
14. Kevin Kim

First Round
(1)Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. (ALT)Jesse Levine (USA) 6-1 7-6(4) [Levine replaces Florent Serra]
Rajeev Ram (USA) d. (13)Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 3-6 6-3 6-4
(2)Julien Benneteau (FRA) d. Michael Russell (USA) 7-6(1) 7-5
(ALT)Lukasz Kubot (POL) d. (9)Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-1 6-2 [Kubot replaces Paul Capdeville]
(3)Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d. Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) 7-5 3-6 6-3
(11)Rainer Schuettler (GER) d. Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 6-3 7-5
(4)Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) 4-6 6-4 7-6(3)
(12)Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. (WC)Donald Young (USA) 6-4 7-6(6)
Chris Guccione (AUS) d. (5)Andrei Goloubev (KAZ) 7-6(5) 6-4
(8)Robert Kendrick (USA) d. (WC)Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 4-6 6-3 6-4
(6)Simone Bolelli (ITA) d. (WC)Devin Britton (USA) 6-4 6-3
(14)Kevin Kim (USA) d. Brendan Evans (USA) 7-6(2) 6-2
(7)Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-3 7-6(5)
(10)Jan Hernych (CZE) d. (WC)Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-3 6-3

Qualifying Round
(1)Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) d. Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-4 4-6 6-3
(ALT)Lukasz Kubot (POL) d. (2)Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-2 7-5
(3)Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d. (11)Rainer Schuettler (GER) 4-6 6-4 6-1
(4)Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. (12)Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-2 6-1
Chris Guccione (AUS) d. (8)Robert Kendrick (USA) 7-6(10) 7-5
(6)Simone Bolelli (ITA) d. (14)Kevin Kim (USA) 6-3 7-6(3)
(10)Jan Hernych (CZE) d. (7)Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-2 4-6 6-2