2011 Nottingham Challenge – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2011 Nottingham Challenge
Final
Champion	Elena Baltacha
Runner-up	Petra Cetkovská
Score	7–5, 6–3
Events

Last updated June 26, 2023

This was the first edition of the tournament.

Elena Baltacha won the final defeating Petra Cetkovská 7–5, 6–3.

Seeds

Monica Niculescu (quarterfinals)
Lucie Hradecká (quarterfinals)
Mathilde Johansson (quarterfinals)
Evgeniya Rodina (quarterfinals)
Elena Baltacha (champion)
Petra Cetkovská (final)
Anne Keothavong (second round)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

6	Petra Cetkovská	6	6

8	Tamarine Tanasugarn	3	3
				6	Petra Cetkovská	5	3

				5	Elena Baltacha	7	6
	Stéphanie Dubois	2	2

5	Elena Baltacha	6	6

Top half

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	M Niculescu	6	6
	S Vögele	1	4		1	M Niculescu	6	6
	M Brengle	4	6	6		M Brengle	1	2
	S Peers	6	1	2					1	M Niculescu	4	4
	Y Meusburger	2	6	7					6	P Cetkovská	6	6
Q	M Czink	6	2	5		Y Meusburger	4	1
	J Lu	4	7⁷	5	6	P Cetkovská	6	6
6	P Cetkovská	6	6⁴	7									6	P Cetkovská	6	6
3	M Johansson	7	6										8	T Tanasugarn	3	3
Q	L Zhang	5	1		3	M Johansson	6	6
WC	K O'Brien	6	4	1		R Voráčová	4	2
	R Voráčová	2	6	6					3	M Johansson	6⁵	2
	E Daniilidou	5	6	2					8	T Tanasugarn	7⁷	6
	E Birnerová	7	4	6		E Birnerová	6⁶	1
WC	J Windley	2	1		8	T Tanasugarn	7⁸	6
8	T Tanasugarn	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

7	A Keothavong	6	7⁷
	R Kulikova	0	6²		7	A Keothavong	3	4
	S Dubois	6	6			S Dubois	6	6
	J Namigata	4	2								S Dubois	6	6³	6
Q	K Plíšková	7	6⁷							4	E Rodina	2	7⁷	3
	I Brémond	6⁵	2		Q	K Plíšková	2	6²
	L Tsurenko	5	6	3	4	E Rodina	6	7⁷
4	E Rodina	7	1	6												S Dubois	2	2
5	E Baltacha	6	6												5	E Baltacha	6	6
Q	T Luzhanska	3	4		5	E Baltacha	6	6
	A Kremer	7⁷	6			A Kremer	3	1
WC	A Fitzpatrick	6³	3							5	E Baltacha	6	6
WC	L Brown	2	1							2	L Hradecká	1	3
	V Savinykh	6	6			V Savinykh	6³	6	3
	S Foretz Gacon	1	7⁷	4	2	L Hradecká	7⁷	4	6
2	L Hradecká	6	6⁰	6

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Elena Sergeevna Baltacha was a Ukrainian-born British professional tennis player. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Awards, she was also a long-term British No. 1, a position she held intermittently from 2002 to 2012. However, as a result of her absence from competition due to knee surgery, she dropped down the world rankings and at the time of her retirement on 18 November 2013, she was ranked as the world No. 221 and British No. 6. Her career-high ranking of world No. 49 was achieved in September 2010.

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Valeria Savinykh defeated Petra Cetkovská in the final, 6–1, 6–3.

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Kaia Kanepi was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.

Mathilde Johansson was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Petra Cetkovská in the final, 7–5, 6–3.

Nadia Petrova won the first edition of this tournament, defeating Shahar Pe'er 7–5, 6–2 in the final.

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Roberta Vinci was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Simona Halep 6–1, 6–3. Sara Errani won the tournament, beating Dominika Cibulková 6–2, 6–2 in the final.

Marion Bartoli was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinal to Tamira Paszek.

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Tímea Babos and Mandy Minella won the title, defeating Petra Martić and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 6–3, 6–1.

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Defending champion Serena Williams defeated Li Na in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 Miami Open. It was Williams' record-extending seventh Miami Open title, and was Li's last tournament final before her retirement later in 2014.

Polona Hercog was the defending champion, but chose to participate at the Swedish Open instead. Petra Cetkovská won the all-Czech final, defeating Denisa Allertová 3–6, 6–1, 6–4.

References

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