2011 President's Cup (tennis)
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The 2011 President's Cup
President's Cup (tennis)
The President's Cup 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 in Astana, Kazakhstan, since 2007.-Singles:-Doubles:...

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 fifth 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...

 and the third edition for the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit
2011 ITF Women's Circuit
The 2011 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2011 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour...

. It took place in Astana
Astana
Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...

, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 between 25 and 31 July 2011.

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...

46 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....

67 2
 Israel Dudi Sela
Dudi Sela
David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub.As a 17-year-old junior, he won the 2003 French Open boys' doubles championship with his doubles...

79 3
 Slovakia Karol Beck
Karol Beck
Karol Beck is a male tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. He has been ranked as high as 36th in the world .- Career :On October 25, 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St...

98 4
 Slovakia Lukáš Lacko
Lukáš Lacko
Lukáš Lacko is a professional Slovak tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 60, which he reached on February 22, 2010. His career high doubles ranking was 213 on November 30, 2009.- Tennis career :...

144 5
 Russia Konstantin Kravchuk
Konstantin Kravchuk
Konstantin Kravchuk is a Russian professional tennis player.Kravchuk competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 129, on November 8, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

147 6
 Spain Arnau Brugués-Davi
Arnau Brugués-Davi
Arnau Brugués-Davi is a professional tennis player from Spain.He won seventeen ITF Futures tournaments on hard courts in his career, however his the best achievement are singles and doubles titles in 2011 Penza Cup...

213 7
 Russia Denis Matsukevich 237 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of July 18, 2011.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev
Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International...

 Vaja Uzakov Serizhan Yessenbekov Denis Yevseyev

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Danjil Braun Sergei Krotiouk Dmitriy Makeyev Lars Übel

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 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...

55 1
 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...

78 2
 Netherlands Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus is a Dutch female tennis player. In 2008 she won the Australian Open for juniors, defeating Jessica Moore from Australia. Because of this win she went from 35th to 2nd place on the junior tennis list, but soon she became new junior No.1 player...

81 3
 Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova is a female tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.-2009:...

88 4
 Russia Vesna Dolonts 91 5
 Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova is a professional female tennis player from Uzbekistan.In 2005, she reached her first ever WTA singles final in Tashkent, the capital of her home country. In the final she lost to 16-year old Michaëlla Krajicek of the Netherlands...

97 6
 Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko 128 7
 Japan Junri Namigata
Junri Namigata
Junri Namigata is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached on February 28, 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 109, set on April 14, 2008. U- Singles 12 :- Doubles 22 :...

135 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of July 18, 2011.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Aselya Arginbayeva Ekaterina Klyueva Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Putintseva is a junior Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 230, which she reached on October 24, 2011.- Personal life :...

 Anastasiya Yepisheva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: 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:...

 Yuliya Lysa Polina Pekhova
Polina Pekhova
Polina Pekhova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking was 457, which she reached on November 22, 2010. Her career high in doubles was 386 set on December 20, 2010.-ITF Circuit finals:...

 Maria Zharkova

The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot: Prerna Bhambri
Prerna Bhambri
Prerna Bhambri  is an Indian tennis player. She took part in the 2007 Sunfeast Open but lost in the first round. She has won numerous ITF titles. Her sisters Sanaa Bhambri & Ankita Bhambri and brother Yuki Bhambri are all also tennis players.-References:...

 Ekaterina Yashina
Ekaterina Yashina
Ekaterina Yashina is a professional Russian tennis player. On August 15, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 443 whilst her best doubles ranking was 288 on August 29, 2011.-External links:...


Men's Singles

  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....

def.   Sergei Bubka
Sergei Bubka (tennis)
Sergei Bubka is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. He is a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team and is coached by Tibor Toth, who is also the coach of Sergiy Stakhovsky...

, 6–3, 6–4

Women's Singles

  Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 105, which she reached on July 27, 2009. Her career high in doubles is No. 60, which she reached on February 21, 2011.-Career highlights:...

def.   Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova is a professional female tennis player from Uzbekistan.In 2005, she reached her first ever WTA singles final in Tashkent, the capital of her home country. In the final she lost to 16-year old Michaëlla Krajicek of the Netherlands...

, 6–4, 6–1

Men's Doubles

  Konstantin Kravchuk
Konstantin Kravchuk
Konstantin Kravchuk is a Russian professional tennis player.Kravchuk competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 129, on November 8, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...

/   Denys Molchanov
Denys Molchanov
Denys Molchanov is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 29, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 287, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 156 was reached on September 19, 2011. He also played for the Ukraine Davis Cup team.-Challenger...

def.   Arnau Brugués-Davi
Arnau Brugués-Davi
Arnau Brugués-Davi is a professional tennis player from Spain.He won seventeen ITF Futures tournaments on hard courts in his career, however his the best achievement are singles and doubles titles in 2011 Penza Cup...

 /   Malek Jaziri
Malek Jaziri
Malek Jaziri is a professional Tunisian tennis player.Jaziri reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on November 28, 2011, when he became World number 117. He appeared in the qualifying draw at the 2010 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Michał Przysiężny of Poland...

, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(1–7), [10–3]

Women's Doubles

  Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Diatchenko is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 105, which she reached on July 27, 2009. Her career high in doubles is No. 60, which she reached on February 21, 2011.-Career highlights:...

/   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:...

def.   Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova is a professional female tennis player from Uzbekistan.In 2005, she reached her first ever WTA singles final in Tashkent, the capital of her home country. In the final she lost to 16-year old Michaëlla Krajicek of the Netherlands...

 /   Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Panova is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 134, which she reached on 23 August 2010. Her career high in doubles is 131, which she reached on 27 April 2009.-2009:...

, 6–3, 6–4

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