2011 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles

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Doubles
2011 St. Petersburg Open
Champions Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Fleming
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins
Runners-up Flag of Russia.svg Michail Elgin
Flag of Russia.svg Alexandre Kudryavtsev
Final score6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Events
Singles Doubles
  2010  · St. Petersburg Open ·  2012  

Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Contents

Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins won the tournament, defeating Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8] in the final.

Seeds

  1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák / Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek (semifinals)
  2. Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali / Flag of Italy.svg Potito Starace (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Fleming / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins (champions)
  4. Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich / Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram (first round)

Draw

Key

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg F Čermák
Flag of Slovakia.svg F Polášek
66 
WC Flag of Israel.svg D Sela
Flag of Israel.svg S Steele
2 3  1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg F Čermák
Flag of Slovakia.svg F Polášek
66 
  Flag of Spain.svg M Granollers
Flag of Spain.svg P Riba
66   Flag of Spain.svg M Granollers
Flag of Spain.svg P Riba
2 2  
  Flag of Austria.svg J Knowle
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg D Norman
3 3  1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg F Čermák
Flag of Slovakia.svg F Polášek
4 4  
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C Fleming
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R Hutchins
776 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C Fleming
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R Hutchins
66 
  Flag of the United States.svg A Bogomolov Jr.
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Dlouhý
652  3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C Fleming
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R Hutchins
63 [10]
  Flag of the United States.svg J Cerretani
Flag of Germany.svg P Marx
4 6[10]  Flag of the United States.svg J Cerretani
Flag of Germany.svg P Marx
3 6[4]
  Flag of France.svg J Benneteau
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Murray
63 [5] 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C Fleming
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R Hutchins
665[10]
  Flag of Germany.svg M Kohlmann
Flag of Germany.svg A Waske
76   Flag of Russia.svg M Elgin
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtsev
3 77[8]
WC Flag of Russia.svg I Kunitsyn
Flag of Russia.svg D Tursunov
5 4    Flag of Germany.svg M Kohlmann
Flag of Germany.svg A Waske
76 
  Flag of Slovakia.svg M Mertiňák
Flag of Russia.svg M Youzhny
656[10]  Flag of Slovakia.svg M Mertiňák
Flag of Russia.svg M Youzhny
5 2  
4 Flag of Israel.svg J Erlich
Flag of Israel.svg A Ram
773 [4]   Flag of Germany.svg M Kohlmann
Flag of Germany.svg A Waske
775 [9]
  Flag of Russia.svg M Elgin
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtsev
3 6[10]  Flag of Russia.svg M Elgin
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtsev
627[11]
  Flag of Croatia.svg M Čilić
Flag of Croatia.svg L Zovko
63 [7]   Flag of Russia.svg M Elgin
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtsev
777 
  Flag of Italy.svg A Seppi
Flag of Slovakia.svg I Zelenay
643  2 Flag of Italy.svg D Bracciali
Flag of Italy.svg P Starace
645  
2 Flag of Italy.svg D Bracciali
Flag of Italy.svg P Starace
776 

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