2011 Santos Brasil Tennis Open
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The 2011 Santos Brasil Tennis Open
was a professional tennis
tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Santos, Brazil
between 18 and 24 April 2011.
Christian Lindell
José Pereira
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as a special exemption: Aljaž Bedene
Marcelo Demoliner
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: André Ghem
Javier Martí
Iván Miranda
Yang Tsung-hua
João Souza
def.
Diego Junqueira
, 6–4, 6–2
Franco Ferreiro
/ André Sá
def.
Gerald Melzer
/ José Pereira, 6–3, 6–3
Santos Brasil Tennis Open
The Santos Brasil Tennis Open is a tennis tournament held in Santos, Brazil since 2011. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:...
was 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 clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
2011 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and approximately 150 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from...
. It took place in Santos, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
between 18 and 24 April 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
Ricardo Mello Ricardo Mello Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005... |
89 | 1 |
| Brazil |
Marcos Daniel Marcos Daniel Marcos Diniz Daniel is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 14, 2009, when he became World No. 56... |
105 | 2 |
 France |
Éric Prodon Eric Prodon - Juniors career :Prodon had a long career in Juniors, playing from 1997 to 1999 and reaching year-end #28 in 1998.In matches against future top pros, he beat Mikhail Youzhny and Julien Benneteau in 1997.... |
125 | 3 |
 Japan |
Tatsuma Ito Tatsuma Ito is a Japanese professional tennis player.-Singles: 4 :-Doubles: 1 :-External links:*... |
135 | 4 |
| Argentina |
Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina... |
142 | 5 |
| Argentina |
Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Martin Mayer is an Argentine professional tennis player.Mayer achieved a singles career high of world no. 51 on June 7, 2010. His career high in doubles was world no. 94 on March 1, 2010.http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=100049039 He is coached by Emiliano Redondi... |
161 | 6 |
| Brazil |
João Souza João Souza João Olavo Soares de Souza is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Souza competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 90 August 7, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171, on September 21, 2009... |
174 | 7 |
| Argentina |
Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Brzezicki Juan Pablo Brzezicki is a professional tennis player from Buenos Aires, Argentina.In 2007, Brzezicki was the Argentine surprise at the French Open, one of the four tennis Grand Slams, by reaching the third round before losing to his idol Carlos Moyà of Spain... |
176 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of April 11, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Daniel Bustamante Daniel Dutra da SilvaDaniel Dutra da Silva
Daniel Dutra da Silva is a professional tennis player from Brazil. Daniel Silva is the brother of the Brazilian tennis player Rogerio Dutra da Silva....
Christian Lindell
Christian Lindell
Christian Lindell is a professional tennis player from Sweden.Despite living his whole life in Brazil, Christian Lindell plays for Sweden after a curious event: In 2007, he already was one of the three best tennis player in Brazil for his age...
José Pereira
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as a special exemption: Aljaž Bedene
Aljaž Bedene
Aljaž Bedene is a Slovenian tennis player.He won five Futures and one Challenger singles titles . In doubles he won one Challenger title and two Futures titles. Aljaž plays with right hand and two-handed backhand. He is a member of the Slovenia Davis Cup team. His highest ranking is No...
Marcelo Demoliner
Marcelo Demoliner
Marcelo Demoliner is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Demoliner competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles.-Singles: 5 :-Doubles: 16 :...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: André Ghem
André Ghem
André Ghem is a professional Brazilian tennis player.- Career :He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 14, 2006, when he became the World No. 181....
Javier Martí
Javier Martí
Javier Martí Hernanz is a professional tennis player from Spain. Javier qualified for the 2011 French Open by defeating Andrej Martin, Jaroslav Pospíšil, and Ryan Harrison.His career high rank is #182, achieved on October 31, 2011....
Iván Miranda
Ivan Miranda
Iván Miranda Chang , is a professional tennis player from Peru. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 104 in 2003....
Yang Tsung-hua
Yang Tsung-hua
Yang Tsung-hua is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Yang reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 1 in 2008, when he won the French Open singles title against polish player Jerzy Janowicz in two sets, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles titles alongside...
Singles
João SouzaJoão Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Souza competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 90 August 7, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171, on September 21, 2009...
def.
Diego JunqueiraDiego Junqueira
Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina...
, 6–4, 6–2
Doubles
Franco FerreiroFranco Ferreiro
Franco Ferreiro is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He qualified for the 2009 French Open, but lost to Feliciano López in five sets in the first round after leading two sets to love.-Doubles: 2 :...
/
André SáAndré Sá
André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:...
def.
Gerald MelzerGerald Melzer
Gerald Melzer is a professional Austrian tennis player. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He is the younger brother of top Austrian tennis player Jürgen Melzer...
/
José Pereira, 6–3, 6–3