2011 Farmers Classic

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2011 Farmers Classic
DateJuly 25–31
Edition85th
Category ATP World Tour 250
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$619,500
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationLos Angeles, United States
Venue Los Angeles Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Latvia.svg Ernests Gulbis [1]
Doubles
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xavier Malisse [2]
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The 2011 Farmers Classic, presented by Mercedes-Benz, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Los Angeles. It was the 85th edition of the Los Angeles Open, and was part of the Olympus US Open Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on the campus of UCLA, from July 25 through July 31, 2011, with total player compensation in excess of $1 million. The events were televised by ESPN2 and the Tennis Channel. Following the tournament, a Coldplay concert was held on August 3 and broadcast a portion on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! . [3]

Contents

Juan Martín del Potro, who won the 2008 Countrywide Classic and 2009 US Open was one of the first players signed on to play in the tournament. The Argentinean reached a career high of No. 4 in 2010. [4]

Unseeded Ernests Gulbis won the singles title and the accompanying first-prize money of $113,000. [5] [6] [7]

ATP entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRanking*Seeding
Flag of the United States.svg USA Mardy Fish 91
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Juan Martín del Potro 192
Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Marcos Baghdatis 263
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Thomaz Bellucci 334
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Xavier Malisse 405
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Dmitry Tursunov 486
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Grigor Dimitrov 597
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Igor Kunitsyn 618

*Seedings based on the July 18, 2011 rankings.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

Flag of Latvia.svg Ernests Gulbis defeated Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xavier Malisse defeated Flag of India.svg Somdev Devvarman / Flag of the Philippines.svg Treat Conrad Huey, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(12–10)

Notes

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