The 2011 Baku Cup was a professional tennis

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 first edition of the Baku Cup

Baku Cup

The Baku Cup is a tennis tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It made its debut on the 2011 WTA Tour and as one of the international tier of events. This WTA Tour event is an international tournament and is played at the Baku Tennis Academy on outdoor hardcourts.-History:Baku Cup is the first WTA...

 which was part of the 2011 WTA Tour

2011 WTA Tour

The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, and the WTA...

. It took place in Baku

Baku

Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

 between 18 and 24 July 2011.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
Russia	Vera Zvonareva Vera Zvonareva Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...	3	1
Russia	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France...	13	2
Russia	Elena Vesnina Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeevna Vesnina is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on 12 October 2009...	33	3
Russia	Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...	40	4
Romania	Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu is a Romanian tennis player. As of October 24, 2011 she is ranked No. 29 at the WTA Tour Singles Ranking. Her highest WTA ranking is currently her present ranking in singles, reached on 24 Oct 2011, and No. 24 in doubles, reached on June 7, 2010.Niculescu was born in Slatina,...	52	5
United Kingdom	Elena Baltacha Elena Baltacha Elena Baltacha is a British professional tennis player of Ukrainian background. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Award, she is also the long standing British number 1, a position she has held intermittently since 2002. As of 24 November 2011 she holds a current world ranking of No. 50. Her...	58	6
Russia	Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011...	65	7
Russia	Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina is a Russian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of #74 on February 28, 2011.-Career summary:Rodina has made strong progress up through the world rankings to reach a career high of World No...	77	8

• Rankings are as of July 11, 2011.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Nigina Abduraimova

Nigina Abduraimova

Nigina Abduraimova is a junior Uzbekistani tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 369, which she reached on August 9, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 426, which she reached on September 21, 2009.-External links:...

 Kamilla Farhad

Kamilla Farhad

-2011:She played at the 2011 Baku Cup as the home crowd favourite where she lost to Aravane Rezaï in the First Round 6-0, 6-2. She partnered Nigina Abduraimova for doubles and reached the quarterfinals before falling to Monica Niculescu and Galina Voskoboeva....

 Nina Khrisanova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Elena Bovina

Elena Bovina

Elena Olegovna Bovina is a Russian professional female tennis player. On April 4, 2005 Bovina reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 14....

 Yana Buchina

Yana Buchina

Yana Alexandrovna Buchina is a junior Russian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 337, which she reached on October 17, 2011.-Personal life:...

 Eirini Georgatou Valeria Solovieva

Valeria Solovieva

Valeria Alexandrovna Solovieva is a professional Russian tennis player. On May 23, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 252, whilst her best doubles ranking was 261 on June 6, 2011.- Junior Grand Slam tournament womens' doubles final :...

The following players received entry from a lucky loser

Lucky Loser

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 spot: Tatia Mikadze

Tatia Mikadze

Tatia Mikadze is a professional tennis player. Tatia is from Georgia and reached a highest ranking of 281. Tatia qualified for the main draw at the 2011 Baku Cup as a lucky loser and defeated first-round opponent Nina Khrisanova 6-0, 6-0, to advance to the second round.- References :...

Singles

  Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...

def.   Ksenia Pervak

Ksenia Pervak

Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011...

, 6–1, 6–4.

• It was Zvonareva's second title of the year and 12th of her career.

Doubles

  Mariya Koryttseva

Mariya Koryttseva

Mariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008....

/   Tatiana Poutchek

Tatiana Poutchek

Tatiana Poutchek is a tennis player from Belarus. Her career high ranking is No. 55 in the world, achieved on July 22, 2002.Many of Poutchek's greatest career results have come in Tashkent reaching 1 singles final and 7 doubles finals winning 5. ....

def.   Monica Niculescu

Monica Niculescu

Monica Niculescu is a Romanian tennis player. As of October 24, 2011 she is ranked No. 29 at the WTA Tour Singles Ranking. Her highest WTA ranking is currently her present ranking in singles, reached on 24 Oct 2011, and No. 24 in doubles, reached on June 7, 2010.Niculescu was born in Slatina,...

 /   Galina Voskoboeva

Galina Voskoboeva

Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached her career-high singles rank of World No. 56 on October 10, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 31st, set at January 29, 2007.-Early life:...

, 6–3, 2–6, [10–8].