2011 BGL Luxembourg Open

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2011 BGL Luxembourg Open
Date17–23 October
Edition16th
Location Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka
Doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Iveta Benešová /
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
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The 2011 BGL Luxembourg Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg between 17 and 23 October 2011. Victoria Azarenka won the singles title.

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Champions

Singles

Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka defeated Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Iveta Benešová / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká / Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Makarova 7–5, 6–3

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 31
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 152
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 173
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Flavia Pennetta 184
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 205
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 216
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 247
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 258

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:

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