2011 Aegon International

{{TennisEventInfo|2011|Aegon International| | date=June 11–18 | edition=3rd (men) 37th (women) | surface = [[Grass court|Grass]] | location=[[Eastbourne]], United Kingdom

| venue=[[Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club|Devonshire Park LTC]] | champms={{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andreas Seppi]] | champws={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marion Bartoli]] | champmd={{flagicon|ISR}} [[Jonathan Erlich]] / {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Andy Ram]] | champwd={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] / {{flagicon|SVN}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] }}

The '''2011 [[Aegon International]]''' was a combined men's and women's [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[grass court]]s. 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 tournaments|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/06/24/Doubles-Sunday-Eastbourne.aspx|date=19 June 2011|access-date=19 June 2011|title=Erlich/Ram Win First Title Since 2008|publisher=atpworldtour.com}}</ref>

==ATP entrants==

===Seeds=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank* ! Seed |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] |19 |1 |- |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Alexandr Dolgopolov]] |21 |2 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Janko Tipsarević]] |31 |3 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Guillermo García López]] |33 |4 |- |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] |36 |5 |- |{{flag|RSA}} |[[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] |39 |6 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Pablo Andújar]] |48 |7 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] |49 |8 |}

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

===Other entrants=== The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]s into the main draw: * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Daniel Cox]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Daniel Evans (tennis)|Daniel Evans]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Colin Fleming]] The following player(s) were promoted into the main draw as [[special exempt]]s: * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Ward (tennis)|James Ward]] The following qualified for the main draw: {{Main|2011 Aegon International – Men's singles qualifying}} * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rainer Schüttler]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Alexander Slabinsky]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Donald Young (tennis)|Donald Young]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Kirillov]] The following player(s) were promoted into the main draw as [[lucky loser]]s: * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Illya Marchenko]]

==WTA entrants==

===Seeds=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank* ! Seed |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Vera Zvonareva]] |3 |1 |- |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Li Na]] |4 |2 |- |{{flag|BLR}} |[[Victoria Azarenka]] |5 |3 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Francesca Schiavone]] |7 |4 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Petra Kvitová]] |8 |5 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Marion Bartoli]] |9 |6 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Samantha Stosur]] |10 |7 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Andrea Petkovic]] |11 |8 |} * Seedings are based on the rankings as of June 6, 2011.

===Other entrants=== The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]s into the main draw: * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Elena Baltacha]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/09/elena-baltacha-wild-card-eastbourne | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=British No1 Elena Baltacha handed Eastbourne wild card | date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-International/News/2011/Heather-Watson-awarded-wild-card-for-AEGON-International/|title=Major UK & Worldwide Tennis Events|access-date=2011-06-10|archive-date=2011-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814001153/http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-International/News/2011/Heather-Watson-awarded-wild-card-for-AEGON-International/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-International/News/2011/Serena-Williams-awarded-wild-card-for-AEGON-International/ |title=Serena Williams awarded wild card for AEGON International |access-date=2011-06-07 |archive-date=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609051856/http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-International/News/2011/Serena-Williams-awarded-wild-card-for-AEGON-International/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The following qualified for the main draw: {{Main|2011 Aegon International – Women's singles qualifying}} * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]] * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Bojana Jovanovski]] * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mirjana Lučić]] * {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Tamira Paszek]]

==Champions==

===Men's singles=== {{Main|2011 Aegon International – Men's singles}} {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Andreas Seppi]]''' defeated {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Janko Tipsarević]], 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 5–3 ret. *It was Seppi's 1st career title.

===Women's singles=== {{Main|2011 Aegon International – Women's singles}} {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Marion Bartoli]]''' defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[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|2011 Aegon International – Men's doubles}} *{{flagicon|ISR}} '''[[Jonathan Erlich]]''' / {{flagicon|ISR}} '''[[Andy Ram]]''' defeated {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Grigor Dimitrov]] / {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andreas Seppi]], 6–3, 6–3

===Women's doubles=== {{Main|2011 Aegon International – Women's doubles}} {{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Květa Peschke]]''' / {{flagicon|SVN}} '''[[Katarina Srebotnik]]''' defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Liezel Huber]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]], 6–3, 6–0

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-International Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306033400/http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-British-Tennis-Series/AEGON-International/ |date=2015-03-06 }}

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