The 2011 Ningbo Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and the second edition for the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Ningbo, China between 12 and 18 September 2011.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lu Yen-hsun | 82 | 1 | ||
| Rainer Schüttler | 111 | 2 | ||
 Russian Federation | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 145 | 3 | |
| Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 151 | 4 | ||
 Estonia | Jürgen Zopp | 204 | 5 | |
| Michael Yani | 206 | 6 | ||
| Dominik Meffert | 211 | 7 | ||
| Fritz Wolmarans | 212 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Wang Chuhan Feng He Ma Yanan Zhou ZhuoqingThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arantxa Rus | 82 | 1 | ||
 Belarus | Anastasiya Yakimova | 84 | 2 | |
 France | Stéphanie Foretz Gacon | 116 | 3 | |
| Chang Kai-chen | 140 | 4 | ||
 Japan | Erika Sema | 145 | 5 | |
 Ukraine | Tetiana Luzhanska | 147 | 6 | |
 Thailand | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | 156 | 7 | |
| China | Han Xinyun | 169 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Duan Yingying Liu Wanting Tian Ran Zhao DiThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
See main article: 2011 Ningbo Challenger – Men's singles. Lu Yen-hsun def. Jürgen Zopp, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
See main article: 2011 Ningbo Challenger – Women's singles. Anastasiya Yakimova def. Erika Sema, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
See main article: 2011 Ningbo Challenger – Men's doubles. 
Karan Rastogi / Divij Sharan def. 
Jan Hernych / Jürgen Zopp, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [13–11]
See main article: 2011 Ningbo Challenger – Women's doubles. Tetiana Luzhanska / Zheng Saisai def. Chan Chin-wei / Han Xinyun, 6–4, 5–7, [10–4]
