2011 Soweto Open

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]

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

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 April 4, 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 April 4, 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

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

Main article: 2011 Soweto Open – Women's Singles

Valeria Savinykh def. Petra Cetkovská, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles
Main article: 2011 Soweto Open – Men's Doubles

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

Main article: 2011 Soweto Open – Women's Doubles

Cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding[1]

References
  1. 2011 Soweto Open (April 16, 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 April 16, 2011.
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