2011 Soweto Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2011|Soweto Open|

| date= 11–17 April

| edition=3rd

| location=Johannesburg, South Africa

| champms={{flagicon|RSA}} Izak van der Merwe

| champws={{flagicon|RUS}} Valeria Savinykh

| champmd={{flagicon|GER}} Michael Kohlmann / {{flagicon|AUT}} Alexander Peya

| champwd=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.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|GER}} \|Dustin Brown \|102 \|1
{{flag\|LUX}} \|Gilles Müller \|109 \|2
{{flag\|POL}} \|Michał Przysiężny \|146 \|3
{{flag\|RSA}} \|Izak van der Merwe \|150 \|4
{{flag\|BEL}} \|Ruben Bemelmans \|171 \|5
{{flag\|RSA}} \|Rik de Voest \|185 \|6
{{flag\|SVK}} \|Andrej Martin \|187 \|7
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Matthew Ebden \|198 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|102

|109

|146

|150

|171

|185

|187

|198

Rankings are as of 4 April 2011.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|RSA}} Warren Kuhn
{{flagicon|RSA}} Renier Moolman
{{flagicon|RSA}} Ruan Roelofse
{{flagicon|RSA}} Nikala Scholtz

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Eaton
{{flagicon|JPN}} Toshihide Matsui
{{flagicon|UKR}} Denys Molchanov
{{flagicon|RUS}} Stanislav Vovk

WTA main draw singles entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|GBR}} \|Anne Keothavong \|107 \|1
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Petra Cetkovská \|125 \|2
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Nina Bratchikova \|129 \|3
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Eva Birnerová \|133 \|4
{{flag\|LUX}} \|Mandy Minella \|137 \|5
{{flag\|LUX}} \|Anne Kremer \|148 \|6
{{flag\|ITA}} \|Corinna Dentoni \|149 \|7
{{flag\|GER}} \|Kathrin Wörle \|153 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|107

|125

|129

|133

|137

|148

|149

|153

Rankings are as of 4 April 2011.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|RSA}} Natasha Fourouclas
{{flagicon|RSA}} Lynn Kiro
{{flagicon|MAD}} Zarah Razafimahatratra
{{flagicon|RSA}} Madrie Le Roux

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|BEL}} Gally de Wael
{{flagicon|GER}} Kim Grajdek
{{flagicon|SRB}} Teodora Mirčić
{{flagicon|USA}} Asia Muhammad

Champions

=Singles=

{{flagicon|RSA}} Izak van der Merwe def. {{flagicon|RSA}} Rik de Voest, 6–7(2), 7–5, 6–3

{{flagicon|RUS}} Valeria Savinykh def. {{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Cetkovská, 6–1, 6–3

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|GER}} Michael Kohlmann / {{flagicon|AUT}} Alexander Peya def. {{flagicon|GER}} Andre Begemann / {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Ebden 6–2, 6–2

Cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding{{cite web

| url = http://www.facebook.com/pages/Soweto-Open-2011/107552669325516

| title = Still raining in Soweto, Doubles is cancelled for the tournament, announcement for singles matches will be made at 14:00 local time

| author = 2011 Soweto Open

| author-link = 2011 Soweto Open

| date = 16 April 2011

| work = Official Facebook page of Soweto Open

| publisher = South African Tennis Association

| location = Johannesburg, South africa

| format = post

| access-date = 16 April 2011

}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100105064100/http://www.satennis.co.za/ Official Website]
[http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/tournamentSearch.asp ITF Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212204958/http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/tournamentSearch.asp |date=2010-02-12 }}
[http://www.atpworldtour.com/ ATP official site]