# 2011 Aegon Classic

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2011 Aegon Classic Date 6–12 June Edition 30th Surface Grass / outdoor Location Birmingham, United Kingdom Venue Edgbaston Priory Club Champions Singles Sabine Lisicki Doubles Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva ← 2010 · Birmingham Classic · 2012 →

The **2011 Aegon Classic** was a women's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [grass courts](/source/Grass_court). It was the 30th edition of the [event](/source/Birmingham_Classic_(tennis)).[1] It took place at the [Edgbaston Priory Club](/source/Edgbaston_Priory_Club) in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), United Kingdom, originally scheduled for 6–12 June 2011, but the final was rescheduled to 13 June 2011 due to rain. Unseeded [Sabine Lisicki](/source/Sabine_Lisicki) won the singles title.

## Entrants

### Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed EST Kaia Kanepi 16 1 SRB Ana Ivanovic 21 2 CHN Peng Shuai 25 3 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 29 4 ITA Roberta Vinci 31 5 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 33 6 ITA Sara Errani 39 7 FRA Aravane Rezaï 41 8 JPN Ayumi Morita 47 9 SRB Bojana Jovanovski 50 10 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 54 11 JPN Kimiko Date-Krumm 56 12 CAN Rebecca Marino 60 13 SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková 62 14 RSA Chanelle Scheepers 65 15 RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 71 16

- 1 Rankings as of 23 May 2011

### Other entrants

The following players received [wildcards](/source/Wild_card_(sports)) into the main draw:

- [Ana Ivanovic](/source/Ana_Ivanovic)

- [Samantha Murray](/source/Samantha_Murray_(tennis))

- [Melanie South](/source/Melanie_South)

- [Emily Webley-Smith](/source/Emily_Webley-Smith)

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

- [Shuko Aoyama](/source/Shuko_Aoyama)

- [Naomi Broady](/source/Naomi_Broady)

- [Rika Fujiwara](/source/Rika_Fujiwara)

- [Sarah Gronert](/source/Sarah_Gronert)

- [Conny Perrin](/source/Conny_Perrin)

- [Arina Rodionova](/source/Arina_Rodionova)

- [Alexandra Stevenson](/source/Alexandra_Stevenson)

- [Ajla Tomljanović](/source/Ajla_Tomljanovi%C4%87)

### Withdrawals

- [Maria Sharapova](/source/Maria_Sharapova) (illness)[2]

- [Marion Bartoli](/source/Marion_Bartoli) (injury)[2]

## Finals

### Singles

Main article: [2011 Aegon Classic – Singles](/source/2011_Aegon_Classic_%E2%80%93_Singles)

[Sabine Lisicki](/source/Sabine_Lisicki) defeated [Daniela Hantuchová](/source/Daniela_Hantuchov%C3%A1) 6–3, 6–2

- It was Lisicki's first WTA title of the year and second of her career.

### Doubles

Main article: [2011 Aegon Classic – Doubles](/source/2011_Aegon_Classic_%E2%80%93_Doubles)

[Olga Govortsova](/source/Olga_Govortsova) / [Alla Kudryavtseva](/source/Alla_Kudryavtseva) defeated [Sara Errani](/source/Sara_Errani) / [Roberta Vinci](/source/Roberta_Vinci) 1–6, 6–1, [10–5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["AEGON Classic celebrates its 30th year"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110918004027/http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-Classic/News/2011/AEGON-Classic-celebrates-its-30th-year/). *lta.org.uk*. 9 May 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-Classic/News/2011/AEGON-Classic-celebrates-its-30th-year/) on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-withdrew_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-withdrew_2-1) ["Sharapova and Bartoli withdrawn"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110917210908/http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-Classic/News/2011/Sharapova-and-Bartoli-withdraw-from-AEGON-Classic/). Archived from [the original](http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-Classic/News/2011/Sharapova-and-Bartoli-withdraw-from-AEGON-Classic/) on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

- [Entry list](http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-Classic/News/2011/Main-Draw-entry-lists-revealed-for-the-AEGON-Classic/)

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.aegonclassic.co.uk/)

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