2011 Comerica Bank Challenger
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The 2011 Comerica Bank Challenger
Comerica Bank Challenger
The Comerica Bank Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos, California, USA, since 1988.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:**...

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 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 Aptos
Aptos, California
Aptos is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 6,220 at the 2010 census.Aptos is an unincorporated area of Santa Cruz county, consisting of several small communities...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 between 11 and 17 July 2011.

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 Russia Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Kunitsyn is a professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006, and reached a career-high singles ranking of 35 on July 6, 2009.-Early life:...

62 1
 United States Donald Young 66 2
 Australia Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden is an Australian professional tennis player who is currently ranked the World No. 80, making him the second highest ranked Australian behind Bernard Tomic...

157 3
 United States Wayne Odesnik
Wayne Odesnik
Wayne Odesnik is a professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.His career-high in singles was # 77, as of April 13, 2009...

214 4
 Australia Chris Guccione
Chris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....

217 5
 Australia Carsten Ball
Carsten 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:...

225 6
 Serbia Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac or Ilia Bozoljac is a professional male tennis player from Serbia....

235 7
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Amer Delić
Amer Delic
Amer Delić is a Bosnian tennis player. Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he now represents the country of his birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is a member of its Davis Cup team....

238 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of July 4, 2011.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson (tennis)
Steve Johnson is an American amateur tennis player. He has won on ATP Challenger Tour title and competed in a handful of ATP World Tour-level main draw matches, including at the 2011 U.S. Open...

 Bradley Klahn
Bradley Klahn
Bradley Klahn is an American tennis player from Poway, California.Bradley played at the 2010 US Open, taking a set from 20th seed Sam Querrey before being defeated in four sets.Bradley received a wild card into the 2011 SAP Open....

 Jack Sock
Jack Sock
Jack Sock is an American tennis player. The men's junior US Open champion in 2010, he is best known for winning the 2011 US Open mixed doubles title with fellow American Melanie Oudin.-Junior Career:...



The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Andre Dome Alexander Domijan David Martin
David Martin (tennis)
David Martin is a professional American tennis player.He teamed with Scott Lipsky to win his first ATP doubles title in February 2008 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan.-Tennis career:Before attending Stanford, David was a US...

 Phillip Simmonds

The following players received entry as an Lucky Loser into the singles main draw: Jimmy Wang Rhyne Williams

Singles

  Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis is a Lithuanian professional tennis player.Grigelis reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on November 14, 2011, when he became World number 196...

def.   Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac
Ilija Bozoljac or Ilia Bozoljac is a professional male tennis player from Serbia....

, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

  Carsten Ball
Carsten 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:...

/   Chris Guccione
Chris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....

def.   John Paul Fruttero
John Paul Fruttero
John Paul Fruttero is a American professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 183 on 21 November 2005, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 135, on 26 September...

 /   Raven Klaasen
Raven Klaasen
Raven Klaasen born October 16, 1982 in King William's Town, South Africa is a professional South African player on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Klaasen's career-high ranking was World Number 208, which he achieved on October 24, 2011...

, 7–6(7–5), 6–4

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