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2011 Aegon International

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Date
  
June 11 – June 18

Surface
  
Grass

Venue
  
Devonshire Park LTC

Edition
  
3rd (men) 37th (women)

Location
  
Eastbourne, England

The 2011 Aegon International was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 37th edition of the event for the women and the 3rd edition for the men. It was classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250 series on the 2011 ATP World Tour. The event took place at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom from June 11 through June 18, 2011. The men's doubles final was originally scheduled to take place on June 17, but due to rain delays it was eventually played on June 19 at Roehampton instead.

Contents

Seeds

  • Seedings are based on the rankings as of June 6, 2011.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Daniel Cox
  • Daniel Evans
  • Colin Fleming

    • The following player(s) were promoted into the main draw as Special Exempts:

  • James Ward

    • The following qualified for the main draw:

  • Rainer Schüttler
  • Alexander Slabinsky
  • Donald Young
  • Evgeny Kirillov

    • The following player(s) were promoted into the main draw as Lucky Losers:

  • Illya Marchenko

    • Seeds

  • Seedings are based on the rankings as of June 6, 2011.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Elena Baltacha
  • Heather Watson
  • Serena Williams

    • The following qualified for the main draw:

  • Zheng Jie
  • Bojana Jovanovski
  • Mirjana Lučić
  • Tamira Paszek

    • Men's singles

    Andreas Seppi defeated Janko Tipsarević, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 5–3 ret.

  • It was Seppi's 1st career title.

    • Women's singles

    Marion Bartoli defeated Petra Kvitová, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5

  • It was Bartoli's 1st title of the year and 6th of her career. It was her 2nd career Premier-level title. It was her first grass title.

    • Men's doubles

  • Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram defeated Grigor Dimitrov / Andreas Seppi, 6–3, 6–3

    • Women's doubles

    Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond, 6–3, 6–0

    References

    2011 Aegon International Wikipedia
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