2011 Soweto Open

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2011 Soweto Open
Date11–17 April
Edition3rd
Location Johannesburg, South Africa
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe
Women's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Savinykh
Men's doubles
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann / Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya
Women's doubles
none
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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]

Contents

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dustin Brown 1021
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Gilles Müller 1092
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Michał Przysiężny 1463
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Izak van der Merwe 1504
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Ruben Bemelmans 1715
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Rik de Voest 1856
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Andrej Martin 1877
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Ebden 1988

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA main draw singles entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Anne Keothavong 1071
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Cetkovská 1252
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nina Bratchikova 1293
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Eva Birnerová 1334
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Mandy Minella 1375
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Anne Kremer 1486
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Corinna Dentoni 1497
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kathrin Wörle 1538

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles

Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe def. Flag of South Africa.svg Rik de Voest, 6–7(2), 7–5, 6–3

Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Savinykh def. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Cetkovská, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann / Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya def. Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden 6–2, 6–2

Cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 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.