St. Petersburg Open Tennis Championship 2011

Open Championship of St. Petersburg 2011
Open Championship of St. Petersburg 2011
A place; holding	St. Petersburg; Russia
Coating	Hard (i)
Site	spbopen.ru
ATP World Tour
Category	ATP 250
Prizes	663 750 dollars

St. Petersburg Open Championship 2011 ^[1] - the 17th draw of the annual professional tennis tournament among men, held in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on hard courts and part of the ATP tour as part of the ATP 250 series .

In 2011, the tournament was held from 24 to 30 October . The competition continued the series of hall tournaments in the region, located between the US Open and the Final tournament .

Last year's winners:

in singles - Mikhail Kukushkin
in doubles - Daniele Bracci and Potito Starace

Content

General Information

Sowing in the single-player competition was headed by Gilles Simon (No. 12 in the world at the time). The Frenchman left the tournament after the start of the match, and the title went to the fourth seeded Marina Cilic , who beat the second racket of the seeding Janko Tipsarevic in the final. Last year's champion, Mikhail Kukushkin , defended his title, but also left the prize in the first round. The strongest neseyanny competitors lost in the quarterfinals.

The list of participants in the doubles tournament was headed by a team of Frantisek Chermak / Philip Polashek (then the 18th and 25th racket of the world). The title also went to the British Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins , in the final replayed Michael Elgin and Alexander Kudryavtsev , and for the match before that, they beat the first sesyannyh Czechoslovaks out of the net. Last year's champions - Daniele Brachchali and Potito Starace - defended their title, but lost in the quarterfinals.

Competitions

Single Tournament

Marin Cilic beat Yanko Tipsarevich with a score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Cilic wins his 1st title of the season and 6th of his career in the main tour of the association.
Tipsarevic concedes his 3rd final of the season and 5th in his career in the main tour of the association.

Main tournament progress

First rounds

Section 1

First round					Second round					Quarter finals					Semi final

one	J. Simon	6	four	four
	A. Mannarino	2	6	6		A. Mannarino	6	7
WC	E. Gulbis	3	four			L. Rosol	2	6 ⁵
	L. Rosol	6	6								A. Mannarino	2	3
	P. Riba	2	one							five	M. Yuzhny	6	6
	J. Benneto	6	6			J. Benneto	four	6	2
	S. Stakhovsky	3	6 ⁷		five	M. Yuzhny	6	3	6
five	M. Yuzhny	6	7												five	M. Yuzhny	3	four
four	M. Cilic	6	7												four	M. Cilic	6	6
Q	S. Bubka	four	6 ¹		four	M. Cilic	five	6	6
	S. Devvarman	6	6			S. Devvarman	7	one	3
	K. Beck	2	3							four	M. Cilic	four	7	6
Q	V. Pospishil	five	6 ⁴								A. Seppi	6	6 ⁸	four
	A. Seppi	7	7			A. Seppi	3	6	6
	I. Andreev	3	6	7		I. Andreev	6	2	four
6	M. Granollers	6	four	6 ⁴

Section 2

First round					Second round					Quarter finals					Semi final

7	A. Bogomolov, ml.	6	6
	I. Kunitsyn	3	one		7	A. Bogomolov, ml.	6	3	7
	K. Berlok	7	3	one		F. Kolshrayber	four	6	five
	F. Kolshrayber	6 ⁴	6	6						7	A. Bogomolov, ml.	6	6
SE	J. Shardi	four	four							Q	D. Layovich	2	one
Q	D. Layovich	6	6		Q	D. Layovich	2	6	6
WC	D. Sela	6	6		WC	D. Sela	6	2	one
3	A. Dolgopolov	2	2												7	A. Bogomolov, ml.	2	one
eight	D. Tursunov	7	6												2	J. Tipsarevich	6	6
Q	T. Gabashvili	five	3		eight	D. Tursunov	2	four
	P. Starace	6	6			P. Starace	6	6
WC	I. Nedelko	0	one								P. Starace	7	2	one
	M. Kukushkin	one	6	four						2	J. Tipsarevich	6 ⁶	6	6
	M. Berrer	6	four	6		M. Berrer	3	0	r
	O. Rochus	2	five		2	J. Tipsarevich	6	2
2	J. Tipsarevich	6	7

Final

The final

four	Marin Cilic	6	3	6
2	Janko Tipsarevic	3	6	2

Pair tournament

Colin Fleming / Ross hutchins beat Mikhail Yelgin / Alexandra Kudryavtseva with the score 6-3, 6-7 (5), [10-8].
Fleming wins 1st title in a season and 3rd in a career in the main association round.
Hutchins wins 1st title in a season and 3rd in a career in the main association round.

Tournament

First round					Quarter finals					Semifinals					The final

one	F.Chermak F. Polašek	6	6
WC	D.Sela S.Stele	2	3		one	F.Chermak F. Polašek	6	6
	M.Granollers P.Riba	6	6			M.Granollers P.Riba	2	2
	U. Knoul D.Norman	3	3							one	F.Chermak F. Polašek	four	four
3	C. Fleming R. Hutchins	7	6							3	C. Fleming R. Hutchins	6	6
	A. Bogomolov L. Dlougi	6 ⁵	2		3	C. Fleming R. Hutchins	6	3	[ten]
	J. Serretani F.Marks	four	6	[ten]		J. Serretani F.Marks	3	6	[four]
	J. Benneto J.Marrey	6	3	[five]											3	C. Fleming R. Hutchins	6	6 ⁵	[ten]
	M. Kolman A. Vaska	7	6													M.Elgin A. Kudryavtsev	3	7	[eight]
WC	I.Kunitsyn D.Tursunov	five	four			M. Kolman A. Vaska	7	6
	M. Mertinyak M. Yuzhny	6 ⁵	6	[ten]		M. Mertinyak M. Yuzhny	five	2
four	J. Erlich E.Ram	7	3	[four]							M. Kolman A. Vaska	7	five	[9]
	M.Elgin A. Kudryavtsev	3	6	[ten]							M.Elgin A. Kudryavtsev	6 ²	7	[eleven]
	M. Chilich L. Zovko	6	3	[7]		M.Elgin A. Kudryavtsev	7	7
	A.Seppi I.Green	6 ⁴	3		2	D. Brachali P.Starace	6 ⁴	five
2	D. Brachali P.Starace	7	6

Notes

↑ For advertising purposes, two variations of this name were commonly used - St. Petersburg Open and St. Petersburg Open .

Links

Official site (eng.)

Tournament profile on ATP website (English)

Tournament profile on the ITF website (English)

[1] For advertising purposes, two variations of this name were commonly used - St. Petersburg Open and St. Petersburg Open .