2011 Soweto Open
2011 Soweto Open | |
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Date | 11–17 April |
Edition | 3rd |
Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Izak van der Merwe | |
Women's singles | |
Valeria Savinykh | |
Men's doubles | |
Michael Kohlmann / Alexander Peya | |
Women's doubles | |
none |
The 2011 Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Johannesburg, South Africa between 11 and 17 April 2011. All women's doubles semifinal matches had been cancelled by the supervisor, due to heavy rain and flooding.[1]
ATP singles main draw entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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GER | Dustin Brown | 102 | 1 |
LUX | Gilles Müller | 109 | 2 |
POL | Michał Przysiężny | 146 | 3 |
RSA | Izak van der Merwe | 150 | 4 |
BEL | Ruben Bemelmans | 171 | 5 |
RSA | Rik de Voest | 185 | 6 |
SVK | Andrej Martin | 187 | 7 |
AUS | Matthew Ebden | 198 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of April 4, 2011.
Other entrants[]
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- Warren Kuhn
- Renier Moolman
- Ruan Roelofse
- Nikala Scholtz
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Chris Eaton
- Toshihide Matsui
- Denys Molchanov
- Stanislav Vovk
WTA main draw singles entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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GBR | Anne Keothavong | 107 | 1 |
CZE | Petra Cetkovská | 125 | 2 |
RUS | Nina Bratchikova | 129 | 3 |
CZE | Eva Birnerová | 133 | 4 |
LUX | Mandy Minella | 137 | 5 |
LUX | Anne Kremer | 148 | 6 |
ITA | Corinna Dentoni | 149 | 7 |
GER | Kathrin Wörle | 153 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of April 4, 2011.
Other entrants[]
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- Natasha Fourouclas
- Lynn Kiro
- Zarah Razafimahatratra
- Madrie Le Roux
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Kim Grajdek
- Teodora Mirčić
- Asia Muhammed
Champions[]
Singles[]
Izak van der Merwe def. Rik de Voest, 6–7(2), 7–5, 6–3
Valeria Savinykh def. Petra Cetkovská, 6–1, 6–3
Doubles[]
Michael Kohlmann / Alexander Peya def. Andre Begemann / Matthew Ebden 6–2, 6–2
Cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding[1]
References[]
- ^ a b 2011 Soweto Open (April 16, 2011). "Still raining in Soweto, Doubles is cancelled for the tournament, announcement for singles matches will be made at 14:00 local time" (post). Official Facebook page of Soweto Open. Johannesburg, South africa: South African Tennis Association. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
External links[]
- 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
- 2011 ITF Women's Circuit
- 2011 in South African tennis
- Soweto Open