The 2011 MercedesCup was a tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 34th edition of the MercedesCup, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series

ATP World Tour 250 series

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 of the 2011 ATP World Tour

2011 ATP World Tour

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. It was held in Stuttgart

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, Germany

Germany

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, from July 11 through July 18, 2011.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
France	Gaël Monfils Gaël Monfils Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. he was the highest-ranked French tennis player, ranked no. 7 in the world ATP rankings. He was the runner-up at the Paris Masters in 2009 and 2010 and a semifinalist at the 2008 French Open.-2002:In 2002, Monfils finished 24th at the...	7	1
Austria	Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...	12	2
Russia	Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....	17	3
France	Gilles Simon Gilles Simon Gilles Simon is a French professional tennis player and former world no. 6. He is a nine-time winner on the ATP World Tour...	18	4
Germany	Florian Mayer Florian Mayer Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....	20	5
Russia	Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...	30	6
Italy	Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi is a professional tennis player from South Tyrol, northern Italy, who turned professional in 2000. He considers clay and hard courts his favourite surfaces. and is coached by Massimo Sartori....	36	7
Spain	Guillermo García-López	37	8

• Seedings are based on the rankings of July 4, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcard

Wild card (sports)

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s into the singles main draw: Robin Kern Łukasz Kubot Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career high No. 81 on November 21, 2011.-2011:...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Pavol Červenák

Pavol Červenák

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 Victor Crivoi

Victor Crivoi

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 Federico del Bonis

Federico del Bonis

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 Evgeny Donskoy

The following players received entry to the main draw as lucky loser: Bastian Knittel

Bastian Knittel

Bastian Knittel is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On February 28, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 157.-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 3 :-External links:...

Singles

  Juan Carlos Ferrero

Juan Carlos Ferrero

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def.   Pablo Andújar

Pablo Andújar

Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...

, 6–4, 6–0.

• It was Ferrero's first title of the year and 16th of his career.

Doubles

  Jürgen Melzer

Jürgen Melzer

Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...

/   Philipp Petzschner

Philipp Petzschner

Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...

def.   Marcel Granollers

Marcel Granollers

Marcel Granollers i Pujol is a professional tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 33 on August 1, 2011, and his highest doubles ranking of World Number 5.-2006:Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in...

 /   Marc López

Marc López

Marc López i Tarrés is a professional male tennis player from Spain, who started playing tennis at the age of 8 years old and became professional in 1999...

, 6–3, 6–4.