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2011 Aegon Classic

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2011 Aegon Classic
Date6–12 June
Edition30th
SurfaceGrass / outdoor
LocationBirmingham, United Kingdom
VenueEdgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Germany Sabine Lisicki
Doubles
Belarus Olga Govortsova
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
← 2010 · Birmingham Classic · 2012 →

The 2011 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 30th edition of the event.[1] It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in 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 won the singles title.

Entrants

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Seeds

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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

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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Finals

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Singles

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Germany Sabine Lisicki defeated Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 6–3, 6–2

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

Doubles

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Belarus Olga Govortsova / Russia Alla Kudryavtseva defeated Italy Sara Errani / Italy Roberta Vinci 1–6, 6–1, [10–5]

References

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  1. ^ "AEGON Classic celebrates its 30th year". lta.org.uk. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Sharapova and Bartoli withdrawn". Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
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