2011 Aegon International Explained

The 2011 Aegon International was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 37th edition of the event for the women and the 3rd edition for the men. It was classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250 series on the 2011 ATP World Tour. The event took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom from June 11 through June 18, 2011. The men's doubles final was originally scheduled to take place on June 17, but due to rain delays it was eventually played on June 19 at Roehampton instead.[1]

ATP entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank* Seed
FranceJo-Wilfried Tsonga191
UkraineAlexandr Dolgopolov212
SerbiaJanko Tipsarević313
SpainGuillermo García López334
UkraineSergiy Stakhovsky365
Kevin Anderson396
SpainPablo Andújar487
Philipp Kohlschreiber498

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player(s) were promoted into the main draw as special exempts:

The following qualified for the main draw:

See main article: 2011 Aegon International – Men's singles qualifying.

The following player(s) were promoted into the main draw as lucky losers:

WTA entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank* Seed
Russian FederationVera Zvonareva31
ChinaLi Na42
BelarusVictoria Azarenka53
ItalyFrancesca Schiavone74
Czech RepublicPetra Kvitová85
FranceMarion Bartoli96
AustraliaSamantha Stosur107
Andrea Petkovic118

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following qualified for the main draw:

See main article: 2011 Aegon International – Women's singles qualifying.

Champions

Men's singles

See main article: 2011 Aegon International – Men's singles. Andreas Seppi defeated Janko Tipsarević, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 5–3 ret.

Women's singles

See main article: 2011 Aegon International – Women's singles. Marion Bartoli defeated Petra Kvitová, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5

Men's doubles

See main article: 2011 Aegon International – Men's doubles.

Women's doubles

See main article: 2011 Aegon International – Women's doubles. Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond, 6–3, 6–0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erlich/Ram Win First Title Since 2008. 19 June 2011. 19 June 2011. atpworldtour.com.
  2. News: British No1 Elena Baltacha handed Eastbourne wild card . London . The Guardian . June 9, 2011.
  3. Web site: Major UK & Worldwide Tennis Events. 2011-06-10. 2011-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20110814001153/http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-International/News/2011/Heather-Watson-awarded-wild-card-for-AEGON-International/. dead.
  4. Web site: Serena Williams awarded wild card for AEGON International . 2011-06-07 . 2011-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609051856/http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-International/News/2011/Serena-Williams-awarded-wild-card-for-AEGON-International/ . dead .