The 2011 Sarasota Open was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor green clay courts. It was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour

2011 ATP Challenger Tour

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. It took place in Longboat Key, Florida

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, United States

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 between April 23 and May 1, 2011.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
United States	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...	67	1
United States	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...	90	2
Japan	Go Soeda Go Soeda Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...	91	3
United States	Donald Young	98	4
Argentina	Brian Dabul Brian Dabul Brian Dabul is a professional tennis player.-Juniors career:Dabul was an outstanding player in juniors tennis, reaching #1 in the world in January, 2002.-2003 to 2007:...	106	5
United States	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	108	6
France	Éric Prodon Eric Prodon - Juniors career :Prodon had a long career in Juniors, playing from 1997 to 1999 and reaching year-end #28 in 1998.In matches against future top pros, he beat Mikhail Youzhny and Julien Benneteau in 1997....	119	7
United States	Ryan Harrison	129	8

• Rankings are as of April 18, 2011.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Vamsee Chappidi Andrea Collarini

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 Lester Cook

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 Mac Styslinger

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Philip Bester

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 Pierre-Ludovic Duclos

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 Wayne Odesnik

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 Morgan Phillips

Singles

  James Blake

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def.   Alex Bogomolov Jr., 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

  Ashley Fisher

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/   Stephen Huss

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def.   Alex Bogomolov Jr. /   Alex Kuznetsov

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, 6–3, 6–4