2011 Aegon International

The 2011 Aegon International was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 37th edition of the event for the women and the 3rd edition for the men. It was classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250 series on the 2011 ATP World Tour. The event took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom from June 11 through June 18, 2011. The men's doubles final was originally scheduled to take place on June 17, but due to rain delays it was eventually played on June 19 at Roehampton instead.[1]

2011 Aegon International
DateJune 11–18
Edition3rd (men)
37th (women)
SurfaceGrass
LocationEastbourne, United Kingdom
VenueDevonshire Park LTC
Champions
Men's singles
Italy Andreas Seppi
Women's singles
France Marion Bartoli
Men's doubles
Israel Jonathan Erlich / Israel Andy Ram
Women's doubles
Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
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ATP entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank* Seed
  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 19 1
  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 21 2
  SRB Janko Tipsarević 31 3
  ESP Guillermo García López 33 4
  UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky 36 5
  RSA Kevin Anderson 39 6
  ESP Pablo Andújar 48 7
  GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 49 8
  • Seedings are based on the rankings as of June 6, 2011.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player(s) were promoted into the main draw as special exempts:

The following qualified for the main draw:

The following player(s) were promoted into the main draw as lucky losers:

WTA entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank* Seed
  RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 1
  CHN Li Na 4 2
  BLR Victoria Azarenka 5 3
  ITA Francesca Schiavone 7 4
  CZE Petra Kvitová 8 5
  FRA Marion Bartoli 9 6
  AUS Samantha Stosur 10 7
  GER Andrea Petkovic 11 8
  • Seedings are based on the rankings as of June 6, 2011.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following qualified for the main draw:

Champions

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Men's singles

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  Andreas Seppi defeated   Janko Tipsarević, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 5–3 ret.

  • It was Seppi's 1st career title.

Women's singles

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  Marion Bartoli defeated   Petra Kvitová, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5

  • It was Bartoli's 1st title of the year and 6th of her career. It was her 2nd career Premier-level title. It was her first grass title.

Men's doubles

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Women's doubles

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  Květa Peschke /   Katarina Srebotnik defeated   Liezel Huber /   Lisa Raymond, 6–3, 6–0

References

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  1. ^ "Erlich/Ram Win First Title Since 2008". atpworldtour.com. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. ^ "British No1 Elena Baltacha handed Eastbourne wild card". The Guardian. London. June 9, 2011.
  3. ^ "Major UK & Worldwide Tennis Events". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  4. ^ "Serena Williams awarded wild card for AEGON International". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
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