2011 Women's Pro Tennis Classic
Encyclopedia
The 2011 Women's Pro Tennis Classic will be a professional tennis
tournament played on hard courts. It will be the third edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit
. It will take place in Kansas City, Missouri
, between 3 and 9 October 2011.
Lauren Davis
(Withdrew) Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack Olivia Sneed
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Eugénie Bouchard
Alexandra Mueller
Asia Muhammed
(Withdrew) Marie-Ève Pelletier
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot: Brianna Morgan Piia Suomalainen Romana Tedjakusuma
Varvara Lepchenko
def.
Romina Oprandi
, 6–4, 6–1
Maria Abramović
/
Eva Hrdinová
def. Jamie Hampton
/ Ajla Tomljanović
, 2–6, 6–2, [10–4]
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 hard courts. It will be the third 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 Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, between 3 and 9 October 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
Varvara Lepchenko Varvara Lepchenko Varvara Lepchenko is an American female professional tennis player. She reached her singles career high of no. 74 on November 15, 2010. She has won six ITF titles during her career.-Early life and junior career:... |
109 | 1 |
| Italy |
Romina Oprandi Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi is an Italian female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2005 and has been ranked as high as 46 in the world .-Tennis career:... |
114 | 2 |
| United States |
Jamie Hampton Jamie Hampton Jamie Lee Hampton is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 4, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of World No. 116. Hampton lived in Enterprise, Alabama until she was 13, when she moved to Auburn, Alabama... |
135 | 3 |
 Russia |
Regina Kulikova Regina Kulikova is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 65th, which she reached on May 3, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 417th, which she reached on September 28, 2009... |
||
 Canada |
Sharon Fichman Sharon Fichman Sharon Fichman is a Canadian professional tennis player. Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the junior circuit in December 2006. Since turning pro, so far her career highs are No. 114 in singles and No. 83 in doubles. Fichman is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's doubles player.-Early life:Fichman... |
162 | 5 |
| Croatia |
Ajla Tomljanović Ajla Tomljanović Ajla Tomljanović is a Croatian professional tennis player. She is former junior World No. 4. Partnering with Christina McHale, she won the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles. Tomljanović won her first ITF singles event in January 2010.... |
165 | 6 |
| United States |
Alexa Glatch Alexa Glatch -Junior career:She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls 14s and Girls 18s divisions and the Orange Bowl in the Girls 16s division in 2004. She achieved a World Junior Ranking of #5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US... |
167 | 7 |
| United States |
Chichi Scholl Chichi Scholl Chichi Scholl is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 25, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 185. On August 1, 2011, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 385.-External links:... |
171 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of September 26, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:Lauren Davis
Lauren Davis is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 328, which she reached on August 1, 2011.-Personal life:...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Eugénie Bouchard
Eugénie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard is a Canadian professional tennis player. On November 21, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 301. She is currently playing on the Junior Circuit and on the ITF Circuit.-Early life:...
Alexandra Mueller
Alexandra Mueller
Alexandra Mueller is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 6, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 280. On July 18, 2011, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 190. She is coached by Scott Lambdin.-External links:...
Asia Muhammed
Asia Muhammed is a professional American tennis player. On October 5, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 348 whilst her best doubles ranking was 179 on August 15, 2011.-External links:...
Marie-Ève Pelletier
Marie-Ève Pelletier is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career high ranking of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and a career high of 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.-1998–present:...
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot: Brianna Morgan Piia Suomalainen Romana Tedjakusuma
Romana Tedjakusuma
Romana Tedjakusuma is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She made her debut in professional competition in January 1990, aged 13, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta....
Singles
Varvara LepchenkoVarvara Lepchenko
Varvara Lepchenko is an American female professional tennis player. She reached her singles career high of no. 74 on November 15, 2010. She has won six ITF titles during her career.-Early life and junior career:...
def.
Romina OprandiRomina Oprandi
Romina Sarina Oprandi is an Italian female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2005 and has been ranked as high as 46 in the world .-Tennis career:...
, 6–4, 6–1
Doubles
Maria AbramovićMaria Abramović
Maria Abramović is an Croatian tennis player.Abramović took part in the 2006 Bangalore Open but lost in the second round to Tatiana Poutchek. She has won numerous ITF titles. Her favourite court is hard...
/
Eva HrdinováEva Hrdinová
Eva Hrdinová is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Hrdinova is now the tallest player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour standing at 1.91m. This beats the previous record of Akgul Amanmuradova, who stands just one centimetre shorter.Hrdinová's highest singles ranking yet has been...
def.
Jamie HamptonJamie Hampton
Jamie Lee Hampton is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 4, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of World No. 116. Hampton lived in Enterprise, Alabama until she was 13, when she moved to Auburn, Alabama...
/
Ajla TomljanovićAjla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović is a Croatian professional tennis player. She is former junior World No. 4. Partnering with Christina McHale, she won the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles. Tomljanović won her first ITF singles event in January 2010....
, 2–6, 6–2, [10–4]