The 2011 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur was a tennis

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 tournament play on outdoor clay courts

Clay court

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. It was the 27th edition of the Open de Nice Côte d’Azur and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series

ATP World Tour 250 series

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 of the 2011 ATP World Tour

2011 ATP World Tour

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. It took place at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club

Nice Lawn Tennis Club

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 in Nice

Nice

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, France

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, from May 16 through May 21, 2011.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
Spain	David Ferrer David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish professional tennis player who lives in Valencia, Spain who is currently no. 5 in the ATP Rankings and the second-highest ranked Spaniard behind world no. 2 Rafael Nadal. He turned professional in 2000...	6	1
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His most notable achievements are reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and the semifinals of the 2010 French Open. He defeated the Croatian player Ivan Ljubičić in five sets to win the Paris Masters in 2005...	7	2
Spain	Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...	10	3
United States	Andy Roddick Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....	12	4
Ukraine	Alexandr Dolgopolov	20	5
Cyprus	Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1...	27	6
Ukraine	Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Stakhovsky is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008. His career high in singles of #31 and his high of #86 in doubles...	36	7
Italy	Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini is a professional tennis player.He is the current Italian No. 1. He achieved his career high rank of No. 32 in the world on 20 June 2011 as a result of his success at the 2011French Open...	48	8

• Seedings as of May 9, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcard

Wild card (sports)

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s into the main draw: Julien Benneteau

Julien Benneteau

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 Ernest Gulbis Édouard Roger-Vasselin

Édouard Roger-Vasselin

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Andreas Haider-Maurer

Andreas Haider-Maurer

Andreas Haider-Maurer is an Austrian professional tennis player. In the first round of 2010 US Open he forced world no. 5 Robin Söderling to a fifth set before losing the match....

 Benoît Paire

Benoît Paire

Benoît Paire is a French tennis player. He reached a career high-ranking of 94 . He reached the 1st round of a Grand Slam event for the first time at Roland Garros in 2010...

 Pere Riba

Pere Riba

Pere Riba Madrid is a Spanish professional tennis player. Riba competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 65, on May 16, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 81, on June 7, 2010...

 Guillaume Rufin

Guillaume Rufin

Guillaume Rufin is a professional French tennis player. His highest ranking so far has been World Number 139, which he achieved on February 8, 2010. He received a wildcard into the 2009 French Open, his ATP-tier debut...

The following players received entry from a lucky loser

Lucky Loser

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 spot: Robin Haase

Robin Haase

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 Michael Russell

Singles

  Nicolás Almagro

Nicolás Almagro

Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...

def.   Victor Hănescu

Victor Hanescu

Victor Hănescu is a Romanian tennis player. He achieved his career high rank of no. 26 on July 6, 2009.- Professional career :...

, 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–3

It was the 10th ATP Tournament won by Nicolás Almagro

Nicolás Almagro

Nicolas Almagro Sanchez Rolle is a professional Spanish tennis player, ranked 10 on the ATP World Tour.-2005:...

 in his career.

Doubles

  Eric Butorac

Eric Butorac

Eric "Booty" Butorac is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Britain's Jamie Murray, a fellow left-hander known as "Stretch". He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray...

/   Jean-Julien Rojer

Jean-Julien Rojer

Jean-Julien Rojer is a professional Curaçao tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 218th, which he reached on August 15, 2005. A doubles specialist, his career high in doubles is 18th, which he reached on July 4, 2011. His current doubles partner is Eric Butorac.-Doubles: 13...

def.   Santiago González /   David Marrero

David Marrero

David Marrero Santana is a professional tennis player from Spain.He is the older brother of retired WTA player Marta Marrero.- 2000 to 2007 :...

, 6–3, 6–4

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