2011 Soweto Open

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2011 Soweto Open
Date11–17 April
Edition3rd
LocationJohannesburg, South Africa
Champions
Men's singles
South Africa Izak van der Merwe
Women's singles
Russia Valeria Savinykh
Men's doubles
Germany Michael Kohlmann / Austria Alexander Peya
Women's doubles
none

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.[1]

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 GER Dustin Brown 102 1
 LUX Gilles Müller 109 2
 POL Michał Przysiężny 146 3
 RSA Izak van der Merwe 150 4
 BEL Ruben Bemelmans 171 5
 RSA Rik de Voest 185 6
 SVK Andrej Martin 187 7
 AUS Matthew Ebden 198 8
  • Rankings are as of 4 April 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

WTA main draw singles entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 GBR Anne Keothavong 107 1
 CZE Petra Cetkovská 125 2
 RUS Nina Bratchikova 129 3
 CZE Eva Birnerová 133 4
 LUX Mandy Minella 137 5
 LUX Anne Kremer 148 6
 ITA Corinna Dentoni 149 7
 GER Kathrin Wörle 153 8
  • Rankings are as of 4 April 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2011 Soweto Open – Men's singles

South Africa Izak van der Merwe def. South Africa Rik de Voest, 6–7(2), 7–5, 6–3

Main article: 2011 Soweto Open – Women's singles

Russia Valeria Savinykh def. Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles

Main article: 2011 Soweto Open – Men's doubles

Germany Michael Kohlmann / Austria Alexander Peya def. Germany Andre Begemann / Australia Matthew Ebden 6–2, 6–2

Main article: 2011 Soweto Open – Women's doubles

Cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 2011 Soweto Open (16 April 2011). "Still raining in Soweto, Doubles is cancelled for the tournament, announcement for singles matches will be made at 14:00 local time" (post). Official Facebook page of Soweto Open. Johannesburg, South africa: South African Tennis Association. Retrieved 16 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)