2011 Soweto Open
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The 2011 Soweto Open
was a professional tennis
tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Johannesburg
, South Africa
between 11 and 17 April 2011. All women's doubles semifinal matches had been cancelled by the supervisor, due to heavy rain and flooding.
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Chris Eaton
Toshihide Matsui
Denys Molchanov
Stanislav Vovk
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Gally de Wael Kim Grajdek Teodora Mirčić
Asia Muhammed
Izak van der Merwe
def. Rik de Voest
, 6–7(2), 7–5, 6–3
Valeria Savinykh
def.
Petra Cetkovská
, 6–1, 6–3
Michael Kohlmann
/
Alexander Peya
def. Andre Begemann
/
Matthew Ebden
6–2, 6–2
Cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding
Soweto Open
The Soweto Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's tour as a 100K event...
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 third edition of the tournament which is 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 Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
between 11 and 17 April 2011. All women's doubles semifinal matches had been cancelled by the supervisor, due to heavy rain and flooding.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
Dustin Brown Dustin Brown (tennis) Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No... |
102 | 1 |
 Luxembourg |
Gilles Müller Gilles Müller Gilles Müller is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player. He was a US Open junior champion and is the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country... |
109 | 2 |
 Poland |
Michał Przysiężny | 146 | 3 |
| 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... |
150 | 4 |
 Belgium |
Ruben Bemelmans Ruben Bemelmans Ruben Bemelmans , is a Belgian male professional tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking was No. 172 reached on October 26, 2009. His best doubles rank is No. 245.... |
171 | 5 |
| South Africa |
Rik de Voest Rik 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.... |
185 | 6 |
 Slovakia |
Andrej Martin Andrej Martin Andrej Martin is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On January 31, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 160.-Singles: 1 :-External links:... |
187 | 7 |
| Australia |
Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden Matthew Ebden is an Australian professional tennis player who is currently ranked the World No. 80, making him the second highest ranked Australian behind Bernard Tomic... |
198 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of April 4, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Warren Kuhn Renier Moolman Ruan Roelofse Nikala ScholtzNikala Scholtz
Nicolaas Scholtz is a professional tennis player from Caledon, South Africa. Nikala qualified for the 2011 SA Tennis Open.-References:*http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Sc/N/Nicolaas-Scholtz.aspx...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Chris Eaton
Chris Eaton (tennis)
Christopher Philip Eaton is an English tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of #319 in June, 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of #365 in February, 2009 and is the current British #9...
Toshihide Matsui
Toshihide Matsui
Toshihide Matsui is a Japanese tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On June 12, 2006, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 261 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 231 achieved on June 7, 2004....
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...
Stanislav Vovk
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom |
Anne Keothavong Anne Keothavong Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world... |
107 | 1 |
| Czech Republic |
Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic and is of ethnic Macedonian origin. She reached her career high singles ranking No.30 on 24 October 2011.-Career:... |
125 | 2 |
| Russia |
Nina Bratchikova Nina Bratchikova Nina Bratchikova |Zhukovskiy]], Russia) is a professional Russian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 May 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 133. Her current singles ranking is 147 as of 13 November 2010... |
129 | 3 |
| Czech Republic |
Eva Birnerová Eva Birnerová Eva Birnerová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Coached by Tim Sommer since October 2005, an all-court player who prefers playing on grass... |
133 | 4 |
| Luxembourg |
Mandy Minella Mandy Minella Mandy Minella is a professional Luxembourgian tennis player. Her highest singles ranking to date is World Number 125 on July 25, 2011, and World Number 250 for doubles on July 17, 2006... |
137 | 5 |
| Luxembourg |
Anne Kremer Anne Kremer Anne Kremer is a professional female tennis player from Luxembourg. Her highest WTA Ranking has been World No... |
148 | 6 |
 Italy |
Corinna Dentoni Corinna Dentoni Corinna Dentoni is a professional Italian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 132, which she reached on June 22, 2009. Her career-high in doubles is 151, which she reached on May 25, 2009.... |
149 | 7 |
| Germany |
Kathrin Wörle | 153 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of April 4, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Natasha Fourouclas Lynn Kiro Zarah Razafimahatratra Madri Le RouxThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Gally de Wael Kim Grajdek Teodora Mirčić
Teodora Mircic
Teodora Mirčić is a Serbian professional tennis player. Ranked No. 316 as of 11 July 2011, she won one ITF Circuit title in single and 22 titles in doubles, partnering mostly with Mervana Jugić-Salkić, and also played for Serbia Fed Cup team.- Personal life :Teodora Mirčić was born to Miomir and...
Asia Muhammed
Singles
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.
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....
, 6–7(2), 7–5, 6–3
Valeria SavinykhValeria Savinykh
Valeria Savinykh is a Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 133, which she reached on September 12, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 124, achieved on September 12, 2011.-External links:...
def.
Petra CetkovskáPetra Cetkovská
Petra Cetkovská is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic and is of ethnic Macedonian origin. She reached her career high singles ranking No.30 on 24 October 2011.-Career:...
, 6–1, 6–3
Doubles
Michael KohlmannMichael Kohlmann
Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No...
/
Alexander PeyaAlexander Peya
Alexander Peya is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of No. 92 on April 30, 2007. His career high doubles ranking was No. 48 on January 15, 2007. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and currently resides there.In September 2008 Peya helped Austria to a Davis Cup...
def.
Andre BegemannAndre Begemann
Andre Begemann is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 166 .-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 11 :-External links:* *...
/
Matthew EbdenMatthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden is an Australian professional tennis player who is currently ranked the World No. 80, making him the second highest ranked Australian behind Bernard Tomic...
6–2, 6–2
Cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding