The 2011 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger

Tallahassee Tennis Challenger

The Tallahassee Tennis Challenger 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 at the Forestmeadows Tennis Complex in Tallahasee, Florida, USA, since...

was a professional tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor hard 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 the Forestmeadows Tennis Complex in Tallahassee, United States

United States

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 between 11 and 16 April 2011.

Seeds

Nationality	Player	Ranking*	Seeding
Germany	Rainer Schüttler Rainer Schüttler Rainer Schüttler is a German professional tennis player, ranked World No. 113 in the ATP rankings. He is the last German player who reached a final in a grand slam tournament....	87	1
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	2
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...	92	3
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...	93	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:...	104	5
United States	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	107	6
United States	Donald Young	120	7
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...	139	8

• Rankings are as of April 4, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: James Blake

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 Andrea Collarini

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 Denis Kudla

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 Michael Shabaz

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Wayne Odesnik

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 Greg Ouellette Vasek Pospisil

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 Daniel Yoo
Nicholas Monroe (as a Lucky Loser

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) Joseph Sirianni

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 (as a Lucky Loser)

Singles

  Donald Young def.   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...

, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

  Vasek Pospisil

Vasek Pospisil

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/   Bobby Reynolds

Bobby Reynolds

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def.   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 :...

 /   James Ward

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James Ward is a British tennis player, and British no. 2 behind Andy Murray. As of 22 August 2011 he is ranked 139 in the ATP singles rankings and 234 in doubles...

, 6–2, 6–4