2011 Sicilia Classic
Encyclopedia
The 2011 Sicilia Classic was a professional tennis
tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Palermo
, Italy
between 3 and 9 October 2011.
Gianluca Naso
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: Alessandro Giannessi
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Pavol Červenák
Javier Martí
Andrés Molteni
Diego Schwartzman
Carlos Berlocq
def.
Adrian Ungur
, 6–1, 6–1
Tomasz Bednarek
/ Mateusz Kowalczyk
def.
Alexander Bury / Andrei Vasilevski, 6–2, 6–4
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 third 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 Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
between 3 and 9 October 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 Portugal |
Rui Machado Rui Machado Rui Machado is a Portuguese professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In October 2011, he achieved he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 59, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held.- Early life :At the age of six, Machado was first introduced to... |
62 | 1 |
| Argentina |
Carlos Berlocq Carlos Berlocq Carlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed Charly. Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi.-Career:... |
69 | 2 |
 Italy |
Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri is an Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high ranking of 25 on July 23, 2007. He turned pro in 1997, and as of January 2006, had earned over $1,300,000 in prize money... |
70 | 3 |
 Spain |
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... |
71 | 4 |
 Austria |
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.... |
81 | 5 |
| Spain |
Daniel Gimeno-Traver | 87 | 6 |
 Slovenia |
Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič Blaž Kavčič is a Slovenian professional tennis player, turned professional in 2005. He considers clay his favourite surface... |
94 | 7 |
| Argentina |
Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina... |
97 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of September 26, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marco Cecchinato Antonio Comporto Thomas MusterThomas Muster
Thomas Muster is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Austria. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, Muster won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 series titles, placing him sixth on the all-time list...
Gianluca Naso
Gianluca Naso
Gianluca Naso is an Italian professional tennis player. He was born in Trapani, Italy.-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 4 :-External links:...
The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: Alessandro Giannessi
Alessandro Giannessi
Alessandro Giannessi is a professional Italian tennis player. On October 31, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 140 whilst his best doubles ranking was 232 on January 31, 2011.-Singles Finals: 1 :...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Pavol Červenák
Pavol Červenák
Pavol Červenák is a professional tennis player from Slovak Republic.-Titles :-External links:*...
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....
Andrés Molteni
Andrés Molteni
Andrés Molteni is a professional tennis player from Argentina. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 185 on March 7, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...
Diego Schwartzman
Singles
Carlos BerlocqCarlos Berlocq
Carlos Alberto Berlocq is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed Charly. Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi.-Career:...
def.
Adrian UngurAdrian Ungur
Adrian Ungur is a Romanian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and member of the Romania Davis Cup Team. On August 23, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 122...
, 6–1, 6–1
Doubles
Tomasz BednarekTomasz Bednarek
Tomasz Bednarek born November 12, 1981 in Pabianice, Poland) is a professional tennis player from Poland.-Career:He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of 81 on April 19, 2010...
/
Mateusz KowalczykMateusz Kowalczyk
-Career:He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 82 on July 19, 2010. His current partner is Tomasz Bednarek, but he played with Błażej Koniusz and Marcin Gawron in the long term too.-ATP World Tour Doubles finals :...
def.
Alexander Bury / Andrei Vasilevski, 6–2, 6–4