Ixian Grand Aegean Tennis Cup

The Ixian Grand Aegean Tennis Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Rhodes Tennis Club in Rhodes, Greece, since 2009.

Ixian Grand Aegean Tennis Cup
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameRhodes
LocationRhodes, Greece
VenueRhodes Tennis Club
CategoryATP Challenger Tour,
Tretorn SERIE+
SurfaceHard
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money€85,000+H
Websitewww.atcrhodes.com
Benjamin Becker came out the winner of the all-German singles final of the inaugural Rhodes tournament

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
2010   Dudi Sela   Rainer Schüttler 7–6(3), 6–3
2009   Benjamin Becker   Simon Stadler 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2010   Dustin Brown
  Simon Stadler
  Jonathan Marray
  Jamie Murray
7–6(4), 6–7(4), [10–7]
2009   Karol Beck
  Jaroslav Levinský
  Rajeev Ram
  Bobby Reynolds
6–3, 6–3

Singles seeds & wild cards 2010, 2009

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Seeds 2010

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Nationality Player Ranking* Seeding
   SUI Marco Chiudinelli 56 1
  ISR Dudi Sela 70 2
  GER Rainer Schüttler 99 3
  TPE Lu Yen-hsun 102 4
  JAM Dustin Brown 105 5
  ISR Harel Levy 124 6
   SUI Stéphane Bohli 132 7
  GER Björn Phau 142 8
  • Rankings are as of April 19, 2010.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Seeds 2009

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Nationality Player Ranking* Seeding
  ISR Dudi Sela 59 1
  USA Bobby Reynolds 78 2
  USA Kevin Kim 104 3
  GER Michael Berrer 111 4
  UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky 115 5
  BRA Thiago Alves 124 6
  GER Benjamin Becker 126 7
  FRA Nicolas Mahut 134 8
  • Rankings are as of April 20, 2009.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Top Greek players

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Year Rhodian players Rest of Greece
2010   Nikos Kontakis   Paris Gemouchidis
  Alexandros Jakupovic
  Theodoros Angelinos
  Konstantinos Economidis
  Charalampos Kapogiannis
2009   Nikos Kontakis   Theodoros Angelinos
  Alexandros Georgoudas
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