2011 Orbetello Challenger
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The 2011 Orbetello Challenger was a professional tennis
tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
tour. It took place in Orbetello
, Italy
between 18 and 24 July 2011.
Matteo Trevisan
Filippo Volandri
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Maxime Authom Benjamin Balleret
Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun
Max Raditschnigg
The following players received entry as a lucky loser: Gerard Granollers
Filippo Volandri
def. Matteo Viola
, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Julian Knowle
/
Igor Zelenay
def.
Benoît Paire
/ Romain Jouan
, 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
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 clay courts. It was the third 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...
tour. It took place in Orbetello
Orbetello
Orbetello is a town and comune in the province of Grosseto , Italy. It is located c. 35 km south of Grosseto, on the eponymous lagoon, which is home to an important Natural Reserve.-History:...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
between 18 and 24 July 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money... |
87 | 1 |
 Netherlands |
Thiemo de Bakker Thiemo de Bakker Thiemo de Bakker is a Dutch tennis player, who is currently ranked 99th in the world, and is the second ranked Dutch tennis player... |
99 | 2 |
 Argentina |
Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina... |
101 | 3 |
 Germany |
Mischa Zverev Mischa Zverev Mikhail "Mischa" Zverev is a German professional tennis player. He is the son of former Russian tennis player Alexander Zverev, who is also his coach. He now resides in Monte-Carlo, Monaco and represents Germany internationally... |
104 | 4 |
| Italy |
Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi Paolo Lorenzi is an Italian professional tennis player. Lorenzi competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 83, on November 9, 2009, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 241, on January 12, 2009... |
119 | 5 |
| 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:... |
122 | 6 |
| France |
Benoît Paire Benoît Paire Benoît Paire is a French tennis player. He reached a career high-ranking of 94 . He reached the 1st round of a Grand Slam event for the first time at Roland Garros in 2010... |
126 | 7 |
| France |
Florent Serra Florent Serra Florent Lucien Serra is a French male tennis player. A right-hander, he has won two ATP titles during his career and is coached by Pierre Cherret.-Early life and junior career:... |
136 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 11, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marco Cecchinato Thiemo de BakkerThiemo de Bakker
Thiemo de Bakker is a Dutch tennis player, who is currently ranked 99th in the world, and is the second ranked Dutch tennis player...
Matteo Trevisan
Matteo Trevisan
Matteo Trevisan is an Italian professional tennis player.-External links:*...
Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Maxime Authom Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret is a professional tennis player on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour.-Career:...
Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun
Iñigo Cervantes-Huegun
Iñigo Cervantes Huegun is a Spanish professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-External links:*...
Max Raditschnigg
The following players received entry as a lucky loser: Gerard Granollers
Singles
Filippo VolandriFilippo Volandri
Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money...
def.
Matteo ViolaMatteo Viola
Matteo Viola is a Italian 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. 155 on 25 July 2005, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 282, on 7 November 2011.-Singles :-Doubles...
, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Doubles
Julian KnowleJulian Knowle
----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no...
/
Igor ZelenayIgor Zelenay
Igor Zelenay is a professional tennis player. He mainly plays doubles, and his career high rank is 74, achieved on 2 February 2009. His career high in singles is 279, achieved on August 1, 2005.-Doubles:...
def.
Benoît PaireBenoît Paire
Benoît Paire is a French tennis player. He reached a career high-ranking of 94 . He reached the 1st round of a Grand Slam event for the first time at Roland Garros in 2010...
/
Romain JouanRomain Jouan
Romain Jouan is a French professional tennis player.-2008:On September 29, Jouan qualified for the first ATP tournament of his career in Metz after beating Fabio Fognini 7–5, 7–6 Prakash Amritraj 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 and Tobias Kamke 6–1, 7–6...
, 6–1, 7–6(7–2)