2011 American Express – TED Open
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The 2011 American Express – TED Open was a professional tennis
tournament played on hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Istanbul
, Turkey
between 12 and 18 September 2011.
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Efe Yurtacan
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw: Evgeny Kirillov
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
Dimitar Kutrovsky
Mikhail Ledovskikh
(Lucky loser) James McGee
Simon Stadler
Denis Istomin
def.
Philipp Kohlschreiber
, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Carsten Ball
/ Andre Begemann
def.
Grégoire Burquier / 
Yannick Mertens
, 6–2, 6–4
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
2011 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and approximately 150 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from...
. It took place in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
between 12 and 18 September 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22... |
47 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan |
Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Kukushkin is a professional Kazakh tennis player of Russian origin.-History:Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006 and achieved his highest ranking on 1 November 2010.... |
61 | 2 |
| Germany |
Matthias Bachinger Matthias Bachinger Matthias Bachinger is a professional tennis player from Germany who turned professional in 2005. His career high rank was No. 85, achieved on August 15, 2011.-Professional career:... |
86 | 3 |
| Germany |
Tobias Kamke Tobias Kamke Tobias Kamke is a German tennis player. He reached his career high ranking in singles at No. 64 on 31 January 2011 and in doubles at No. 419 on 17 October 2011.-2008:... |
92 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan |
Denis Istomin Denis Istomin Denis Istomin is a professional Uzbek tennis player. His career high rank is #39, achieved on August 30, 2010. He is coached by his mother.- 2006 :... |
95 | 5 |
 Turkey |
Marsel İlhan Marsel Ilhan Marsel İlhan is a Turkish tennis player, ranked No. 1 in Turkey and No. 109, as of October 10th, 2011, in the world... |
101 | 6 |
| France |
Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:... |
110 | 7 |
 Russia |
Teymuraz Gabashvili | 128 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Haluk Akkoyun Filip HoranskýFilip Horansky
Filip Horansky is a tennis player from Slovakia. Filip, with partner Jiří Veselý, won the 2011 Boys Doubles Australian Open. He is coached by Miloslav Grolmus.-Sources:...
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
Efe Yurtacan
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw: Evgeny Kirillov
Evgeny Kirillov
Evgeny Kirillov is a Russian professional tennis player. On July 26, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 206.-Titles :-External links:...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
Teodor-Dacian Crăciun is a Romanian tennis player. On March 5, 2007, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 218. His current singles ranking is 696 as of February 8, 2010....
Dimitar Kutrovsky
Dimitar Kutrovsky
Dimitar Kutrovsky is a tennis player from Bulgaria. At the moment he is the second best ranked Bulgarian after Grigor Dimitrov. In 2011 he was invited to play for the Bulgarian Davis Cup team and he started with a win over Siarhei Betau....
Mikhail Ledovskikh
Mikhail Ledovskikh
Mikhail Ledovskikh, born August 8, 1986. in Almaty, Kazakhstan, is a professional tennis player.Ledovskikh began playing tennis at age 7, one year after moving to Sochi with his family. He now lives in Sochi, Russia....
(Lucky loser) James McGee
James McGee (tennis)
James McGee is an Irish professional tennis player. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He attended Belvedere College in Dublin, Co. Dublin. He currently is the second highest ranked Irish tennis player and has been playing for the Ireland Davis Cup team since 2009.-Career:McGee has spent most of...
Simon Stadler
Simon Stadler
Simon Stadler is a left-handed, German tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of #144 in October 2011.- Juniors career :...
Singles
Denis IstominDenis Istomin
Denis Istomin is a professional Uzbek tennis player. His career high rank is #39, achieved on August 30, 2010. He is coached by his mother.- 2006 :...
def.
Philipp KohlschreiberPhilipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Doubles
Carsten BallCarsten Ball
Carsten Thomas Ball is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.-Tennis career:...
/
Andre BegemannAndre Begemann
Andre Begemann is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 166 .-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 11 :-External links:* *...
def.
Grégoire Burquier / Yannick MertensYannick Mertens
Yannick Mertens is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Anderlecht, Belgium and currently resides in Lennik, Belgium.-Career:...
, 6–2, 6–4