2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup
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The 2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup
was an ATP World Tour and WTA Tour event held at the hardcourts of the Racquet Club of Memphis
in Memphis, Tennessee
, USA. It was the 35th edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the 25th edition of the Cellular South Cup. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series
on the 2011 ATP World Tour
, and the Cellular South Cup was an International-level tournament
on the 2011 WTA Tour
. The event took place from February 13 to February 20.
into the main draw: Beatrice Capra
Catherine Harrison Ajla Tomljanović
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Alexa Glatch
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Heather Watson
The following player received the Lucky loser
spot: Alexandra Stevenson
into the main draw: James Blake
Juan Martín del Potro
Milos Raonic
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Jan Hájek
Robert Kendrick
Michael Russell
Ryan Sweeting
Andy Roddick
def.
Milos Raonic
, 7–6(6), 6–7(11), 7–5
Magdaléna Rybáriková
def. Rebecca Marino
, 6–2, ret.
Max Mirnyi
/ Daniel Nestor
def. Eric Butorac
/
Jean-Julien Rojer
, 6–2, 6–7(6), [10–3]
Olga Govortsova
/
Alla Kudryavtseva
def.
Andrea Hlaváčková
/ Lucie Hradecká
, 6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup
The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup are tennis tournaments held in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships is a men's ATP Tour event that has been held since 1976. In previous years it has been known as the U.S. Indoor Championships, the...
was an ATP World Tour and WTA Tour event held at the hardcourts of the Racquet Club of Memphis
Racquet Club of Memphis
The Racquet Club of Memphis is a private tennis club in Memphis, Tennessee. The club was formed in 1974 as an expansion of the Memphis Athletic Club. An ATP Tour tournament, today called the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships came to the Club in 1976 and was given an elevated "500" status in 2008...
in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, USA. It was the 35th edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the 25th edition of the Cellular South Cup. The Regions Morgan Keegan Championships was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series
ATP World Tour 500 series
The ATP World Tour 500 series is the third highest tier of men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments, and the ATP World Tour Masters 1000.The series includes 11 tournaments, with a number of 500 rankings points to win for the events' singles...
on the 2011 ATP World Tour
2011 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...
, and the Cellular South Cup was an International-level tournament
WTA International tournaments
The International Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier III and Tier IV events...
on 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...
. The event took place from February 13 to February 20.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic |
56 | 1 | |
 Sweden |
Sofia Arvidsson Sofia Arvidsson Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson is a Swedish tennis player. As of May 9, 2011, she is ranked World No. 77. Her highest career ranking is World No. 29.-Biography:... |
60 | 2 |
| United States |
Melanie Oudin Melanie Oudin Melanie Oudin is an American tennis player and former World Junior No. 2. Her career high rank is World No. 31, which she achieved on April 19, 2010... |
61 | 3 |
| Russia |
Alla Kudryavtseva Alla Kudryavtseva Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She currently lives in Moscow, where she is coached by Nick Rybakov... |
71 | 4 |
| Belarus |
Olga Govortsova Olga Govortsova Olga Govortsova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. As of May 10, 2010 her highest singles ranking on the WTA is World Number 35, which she achieved on June 23, 2008.-Career:... |
73 | 5 |
| Canada |
Rebecca Marino Rebecca Marino Rebecca Marino is a Canadian professional tennis player. On July 11, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38... |
84 | 6 |
| Czech Republic |
Renata Voráčová Renata Vorácová Renata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No... |
85 | 7 |
| United States |
Vania King Vania King Vania King is a Taiwanese American female tennis player. King won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's Doubles titles with Kazakh partner Yaroslava Shvedova.... |
86 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of February 7, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcardsWild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
into the main draw: Beatrice Capra
Beatrice Capra
Beatrice "Trice" Capra is an amateur American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 201, which she reached on September 20, 2010...
Catherine Harrison Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović is a Croatian professional tennis player. She is former junior World No. 4. Partnering with Christina McHale, she won the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles. Tomljanović won her first ITF singles event in January 2010....
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Alexa Glatch
Alexa Glatch
-Junior career:She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls 14s and Girls 18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls 16s division in 2004. She achieved a World Junior Ranking of #5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US...
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in April 2003.As of September 2011, Grönefeld is the No. 12 tennis player from Germany. She was coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona until 2006...
Heather Watson
Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson is a British female tennis player. Born in Guernsey, she trains and resides at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, USA. Watson has won one major title at the 2009 US Open Juniors, two senior ITF titles and won gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has...
The following player received the Lucky loser
Lucky Loser
Lucky Loser is a 2006 Thai sports-comedy about a small, fictional Southeast Asian country's bid to play in the World Cup...
spot: Alexandra Stevenson
Alexandra Stevenson
Alexandra Winfield Stevenson is a professional tennis player. She made her professional debut in 1999 at Wimbledon, two weeks following graduation from La Jolla Country Day School. At the Wimbledon Championships, Stevenson became the first woman qualifier in the Tennis Open Era to reach the...
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
Andy Roddick Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish.... |
8 | 1 |
 Spain |
Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight... |
9 | 2 |
 France |
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... |
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| United States |
Mardy Fish Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist... |
16 | 4 |
| United States |
Sam Querrey Sam Querrey Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong... |
17 | 5 |
| United States |
John Isner John Isner John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick... |
23 | 6 |
 Chinese Taipei |
Lu Yen-hsun Lu Yen-hsun Lu Yen-hsun is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He goes by the nickname Rendy. As of November 1, 2010, Lu is ranked #33 in the world and #1 in Asia. His favorite surface is hardcourt.- Junior career:... |
38 | 7 |
 South Africa |
Kevin Anderson Kevin Anderson (tennis) Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas... |
40 | 8 |
 Belgium |
Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man".... |
45 | 9 |
- Rankings as of as of February 7, 2011
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcardsWild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
into the main draw: James Blake
James Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martin Del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player. Del Potro achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of world no. 4...
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Jan Hájek
Jan Hájek (tennis)
Jan Hájek is a male professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is right-handed with a double handed backhand. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on November 6, 2006, when he reached world number 71....
Robert Kendrick
Robert Kendrick
Robert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
Michael Russell
Michael Russell (tennis)
Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...
Ryan Sweeting
Ryan Sweeting
Ryan Sweeting is a Bahamian-born American professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas, and has lived and trained in Ft. Lauderdale since the age of 12...
Men's singles
Andy RoddickAndy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....
def.
Milos RaonicMilos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
, 7–6(6), 6–7(11), 7–5
- It was Roddick's 1st title of the year and 30th of his career. It was his 3rd win at the event, also winning in 2002 and 2009.
Women's singles
Magdaléna RybárikováMagdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková is a Slovak professional tennis player. On June 22, 2009, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of 40th.-Biography:...
def.
Rebecca MarinoRebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino is a Canadian professional tennis player. On July 11, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38...
, 6–2, ret.
- It was Rybarikova's first title of the year and 2nd of her career.
Men's doubles
Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
/
Daniel NestorDaniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
def.
Eric ButoracEric Butorac
Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray...
/
Jean-Julien RojerJean-Julien Rojer
Jean-Julien Rojer is a professional Curaçao tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 218th, which he reached on August 15, 2005. A doubles specialist, his career high in doubles is 18th, which he reached on July 4, 2011. His current doubles partner is Eric Butorac.-Doubles: 13...
, 6–2, 6–7(6), [10–3]
Women's doubles
Olga GovortsovaOlga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. As of May 10, 2010 her highest singles ranking on the WTA is World Number 35, which she achieved on June 23, 2008.-Career:...
/
Alla KudryavtsevaAlla Kudryavtseva
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She currently lives in Moscow, where she is coached by Nick Rybakov...
def.
Andrea HlaváčkováAndrea Hlavácková
Andrea Hlaváčková is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is World No.87, which she reached on 31 January 2011, and her highest doubles ranking is World No.17, reached on 15 August 2011...
/
Lucie HradeckáLucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won ten WTA doubles titles. This total includes the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.-Career:...
, 6–3, 4–6, [10–8]