2011 Baku Cup Explained

The 2011 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the Baku Cup which was part of the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 18 and 24 July 2011.

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
Russian Federation	Vera Zvonareva	3	1
Russian Federation	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	13	2
Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	33	3
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	40	4
Romania	Monica Niculescu	52	5
United Kingdom	Elena Baltacha	58	6
Russian Federation	Ksenia Pervak	65	7
Russian Federation	Evgeniya Rodina	77	8

• Rankings are as of July 11, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Nigina Abduraimova
  • Kamilla Farhad Nina Khrisanova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

See main article: 2011 Baku Cup – Singles qualifying.

• Elena Bovina
• Yana Buchina
• Eirini Georgatou
• Valeria Solovieva

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

• Tatia Mikadze

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2011 Baku Cup – Singles. Vera Zvonareva def. Ksenia Pervak, 6–1, 6–4.^[1]

• It was Zvonareva's second title of the year and 12th of her career.

Doubles

See main article: 2011 Baku Cup – Doubles. Mariya Koryttseva / Tatiana Poutchek def. Monica Niculescu / Galina Voskoboeva, 6–3, 2–6, [10–8].^[2]

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zvonareva wins in Baku. Sky Sports. 25 July 2011. 20 November 2011.
2. Web site: Vera Zvonareva wins Baku Cup. News.Az. 25 July 2011. 20 November 2011. 11 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811004957/http://www.news.az/articles/sports/41162. dead.