2011 Proton Malaysian Open

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2011 Proton Malaysian Open
Date26 September – 2 October
Edition3rd
Category ATP World Tour 250 Series
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$850,000
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Champions
Singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac / Flag of Curacao.svg Jean-Julien Rojer [2]
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The 2011 Malaysian Open (also known as the 2011 Proton Malaysian Open' for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Proton Malaysian Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Janko Tipsarević won the singles title.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević defeated Flag of Cyprus.svg Marcos Baghdatis, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Eric Butorac / Flag of Curacao.svg Jean-Julien Rojer defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák / Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek, 6–1, 6–3

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nicolás Almagro 121
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Viktor Troicki 162
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Janko Tipsarević 173
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Jürgen Melzer 214
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nikolay Davydenko 365
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alex Bogomolov Jr. 406
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Dmitry Tursunov 417
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Nishikori 548

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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References

  1. "2011 Kuala Lumpur – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "2011 Kuala Lumpur – Doublesdraw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).