2011 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
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The 2011 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
will be a professional tennis
tournament played on hard courts. It will be the tenth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit
. It will take place in Dubai
, United Arab Emirates
between 28 November to 4 December.
Darija Jurak
Conny Perrin
Emily Webley-Smith
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Nigina Abduraimova
Nastja Kolar
Tara Moore
Jasmina Tinjić
Akgul Amanmuradova
/
Alexandra Dulgheru
vs.
Nina Bratchikova
/
Darija Jurak
Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
The Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge is a women's tennis tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit, under the tier of the WTA Tour. It is held yearly since 1999 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The prize money is US$75,000. The 2004 event was cancelled.-Singles:...
will be a professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on hard courts. It will be the tenth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit
2011 ITF Women's Circuit
The 2011 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2011 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour...
. It will take place in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
between 28 November to 4 December.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania |
Simona Halep Simona Halep Simona Halep is a world top-50 tennis player playing on the ITF Women's Circuit and the WTA Tour, and is currently the number-two ranked women's tennis player in Romania.-Career:... |
53 | 1 |
 Belarus |
Anastasiya Yakimova Anastasiya Yakimova Anastasiya Yakimova is a female tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.-2009:... |
62 | 2 |
 Serbia |
Bojana Jovanovski Bojana Jovanovski Bojana Jovanovski is a Serbian tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Jovanovski is ranked World No. 56 and is the third highest ranked Serbian player, after World No. 14 Jelena Janković and No. 26 Ana Ivanović... |
65 | 3 |
| Romania |
Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:... |
70 | 4 |
 France |
Mathilde Johansson Mathilde Johansson Mathilde Johansson is a Swedish-born female tennis player who lives in and competes for France.She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2005 French Open, losing to sixth-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round... |
77 | 5 |
 Netherlands |
Arantxa Rus Arantxa Rus Arantxa Rus is a Dutch female tennis player. In 2008 she won the Australian Open for juniors, defeating Jessica Moore from Australia. Because of this win she went from 35th to 2nd place on the junior tennis list, but soon she became new junior No.1 player... |
84 | 6 |
| Russia |
Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina is a Russian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of #74 on February 28, 2011.-Career summary:Rodina has made strong progress up through the world rankings to reach a career high of World No... |
93 | 7 |
| Romania |
Alexandra Cadanțu Alexandra Cadanţu Alexandra Cadanțu is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On October 3, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 102. Her highest doubles ranking was nr. 207 on October 3, 2011... |
96 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of November 21, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Fatma Al NabhaniFatma Al Nabhani
Fatma Al Nabhani is a professional Omani tennis player and member of the Oman Fed Cup team. On October 4, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 362 whilst her best doubles ranking was 429 on November 1, 2010.-ITF Circuit finals:...
Darija Jurak
Darija Jurak
Darija Jurak is a Croatian professional tennis player. Her career high WTA doubles ranking is 74, set on July 5, 2010...
Conny Perrin
Conny Perrin
Conny Perrin is a Swiss tennis player. She has qualified for the 2011 AEGON Classic. She has won numerous ITF titles.-References:...
Emily Webley-Smith
Emily Webley-Smith
Emily Webley-Smith is an English professional tennis player. She is coached by Jeremy Bates. She is currently the British no. 6 and ranked 242 in the world...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Nigina Abduraimova
Nigina Abduraimova
Nigina Abduraimova is a junior Uzbekistani tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 369, which she reached on August 9, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 426, which she reached on September 21, 2009.-External links:...
Nastja Kolar
Nastja Kolar
Nastja Kolar is a Slovenian tennis player. Her highest ranking is No. 232 in singles and No. 731 in doubles.- 2009 :...
Tara Moore
Tara Moore
Tara Shanice Moore is an English professional tennis player. She is currently the British no. 8 and ranked 321 in the world . So far in her career she has won 3 ITF singles titles, 2 ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no...
Jasmina Tinjić
Jasmina Tinjić
Jasmina Tinjić is a professional Bosnian and Herzegovinian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 4, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 257. On August 8, 2011, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 521. She is coached by Jusuf Tinjić.-External links:...
Singles
TBD vs. TBDDoubles
Akgul AmanmuradovaAkgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Amanmuradova is a professional female tennis player from Uzbekistan.In 2005, she reached her first ever WTA singles final in Tashkent, the capital of her home country. In the final she lost to 16-year old Michaëlla Krajicek of the Netherlands...
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Alexandra DulgheruAlexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:...
vs.
Nina BratchikovaNina Bratchikova
Nina Bratchikova |Zhukovskiy]], Russia) is a professional Russian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 May 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 133. Her current singles ranking is 147 as of 13 November 2010...
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Darija JurakDarija Jurak
Darija Jurak is a Croatian professional tennis player. Her career high WTA doubles ranking is 74, set on July 5, 2010...