2011 Savannah Challenger
Encyclopedia
The 2011 Savannah 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
. It took place in Savannah
, United States
between 2 and 8 May 2011.
Denis Kudla
Mark Oljaca Wesley Whitehouse
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Amer Delić
Luka Gregorc
Wayne Odesnik
Morgan Phillips
Wayne Odesnik
def. Donald Young, 6–4, 6–4
Rik de Voest
/ Izak van der Merwe
def. Sekou Bangoura / Jesse Witten
, 6–3, 6–3
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...
. It took place in Savannah
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
between 2 and 8 May 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
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... |
84 | 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... |
89 | 2 |
| United States |
Donald Young | 95 | 3 |
| United States |
Ryan Harrison | 128 | 4 |
| South Africa |
Izak van der Merwe Izak van der Merwe - Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer... |
134 | 5 |
 Australia |
Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic is a professional Croatian-Australian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 144, which he reached on October 25, 2010. His career high ranking in doubles was No. 541, set on September 28, 2009.-Tennis career and background:Matosevic was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia... |
145 | 6 |
| United States |
Bobby Reynolds Bobby Reynolds ----Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player who resides in Acworth, Georgia.-Professional career:... |
146 | 7 |
| United States |
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... |
149 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of April 25, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Andrea CollariniAndrea Collarini
Andrea Ricardo Collarini is an American-born tennis player who returned to his parents' native Argentina at age three and lived there until he accepted a scholarship from USTA in March 2010. Collarini now represents the United States...
Denis Kudla
Denis Kudla
Denis Kudla is a professional tennis player. Representing the United States, he is a former World No. 3 junior player who has, still early in his career, appeared in a handful of ATP World Tour main draw matches....
Mark Oljaca Wesley Whitehouse
Wesley Whitehouse
Wesley Whitehouse is a tennis player, born 13 March 1979 in Durban, South Africa.- Biography :Whitehouse resides or has resided in between Pretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona.- Career :...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Amer Delić
Amer Delic
Amer Delić is a Bosnian tennis player. Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he now represents the country of his birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is a member of its Davis Cup team....
Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc
Luka Gregorc is a tennis player from Slovenia. Gregorc reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 172 on August 3, 2009, and highest doubles ranking on September 12, 2005, reaching World Number 557...
Wayne Odesnik
Wayne Odesnik
Wayne Odesnik is a professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.His career-high in singles was # 77, as of April 13, 2009...
Morgan Phillips
Singles
Wayne OdesnikWayne Odesnik
Wayne Odesnik is a professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.His career-high in singles was # 77, as of April 13, 2009...
def.
Donald Young, 6–4, 6–4Doubles
Rik de VoestRik de Voest
Rik de Voest is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006....
/
Izak van der MerweIzak van der Merwe
- Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer...
def.
Sekou Bangoura / Jesse WittenJesse Witten
Jesse Witten is an American professional tennis player. He is a graduate of Lely High School and the University of Kentucky, where he majored in Kinesiology.- College career :...
, 6–3, 6–3