2011 Aegon International

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.[1]

2011 Aegon International
DateJune 11 – June 18
Edition3rd (men)
37th (women)
SurfaceGrass
LocationEastbourne, England
VenueDevonshire Park LTC
Champions
Men's Singles
Andreas Seppi
Women's Singles
Marion Bartoli
Men's Doubles
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Women's Doubles
Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik

ATP entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank* Seed
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 19 1
 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 21 2
 SRB Janko Tipsarević 31 3
 ESP Guillermo García-López 33 4
 UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky 36 5
 RSA Kevin Anderson 39 6
 ESP Pablo Andújar 48 7
 GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 49 8
  • Seedings are based on the rankings as of June 6, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

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

The following qualified for the main draw:

Main article: 2011 Aegon International – Men's Singles Qualifying

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

WTA entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank* Seed
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 1
 CHN Li Na 4 2
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 5 3
 ITA Francesca Schiavone 7 4
 CZE Petra Kvitová 8 5
 FRA Marion Bartoli 9 6
 AUS Samantha Stosur 10 7
 GER Andrea Petkovic 11 8
  • Seedings are based on the rankings as of June 6, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following qualified for the main draw:

Main article: 2011 Aegon International – Women's Singles Qualifying

Champions

Men's singles
Main article: 2011 Aegon International – 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
Main article: 2011 Aegon International – 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
Main article: 2011 Aegon International – Men's Doubles

Women's doubles
Main article: 2011 Aegon International – Women's Doubles

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

References
  1. "Erlich/Ram Win First Title Since 2008". atpworldtour.com. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. "British No1 Elena Baltacha handed Eastbourne wild card". The Guardian. London. June 9, 2011.
  3. http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-International/News/2011/Heather-Watson-awarded-wild-card-for-AEGON-International/
  4. Serena Williams awarded wild card for AEGON International
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