Tennis at the 2011 Games of the Small States of Europe | |
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Date | 1–4 June |
Location | Tenniscenter Bannholz, Vaduz |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Stefano Galvani (SMR) | |
Women's singles | |
Stephanie Vogt (LIE) | |
Men's doubles | |
Guillaume Couillard / Thomas Oger (MON) | |
Women's doubles | |
Stephanie Vogt / Kathinka von Deichmann (LIE) | |
Mixed doubles | |
Stephanie Vogt / Jirka Lokaj (LIE) |
Tennis competitions at the 2011 Games of the Small States of Europe were held from June 1 to June 4 at the Tenniscenter Bannholz in Vaduz. The tournament was played on clay courts. [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Liechtenstein | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Monaco | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
3 | San Marino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Luxembourg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Malta | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
7 | Iceland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles [2] | Stefano Galvani (SMR) | Benjamin Balleret (MON) | Mike Vermeer (LUX) |
Guillaume Couillard (MON) | |||
Women's singles [3] | Stephanie Vogt (LIE) | Kathinka von Deichmann (LIE) | Mara Argyriou (CYP) |
Claudine Schaul (LUX) | |||
Men's doubles [4] | Guillaume Couillard (MON) Thomas Oger (MON) | Stefano Galvani (SMR) Domenico Vicini (SMR) | Matthew Asciak (MLT) Nick Camilleri (MLT) |
Timo Kranz (LIE) Jirka Lokaj (LIE) | |||
Women's doubles [5] | Stephanie Vogt (LIE) Kathinka von Deichmann (LIE) | Kimberley Cassar (MLT) Elena Jetcheva (MLT) | Mara Argyriou (CYP) Ioanna-Nena Savva (CYP) |
Sandra Dis Kristansdottir (ISL) Iris Staub (ISL) | |||
Mixed doubles [6] | Jirka Lokaj (LIE) Stephanie Vogt (LIE) | Claudine Schaul (LUX) Mike Vermeer (LUX) | Ioanna-Nena Savva Filippos Tsangaridis |
Louise-Alice Gambarini Benjamin Balleret |
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