2011 AON Open Challenger
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The 2011 AON Open Challenger was a professional tennis
tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Genoa
, Italy
between 5 and 11 September 2011.
Andea Basso Edoardo Eremin Francesco Picco
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Benjamin Balleret
Guillermo Durán Thomas Fabbiano
Michael Linzer
The following players received entry as an Lucky Loser into the singles main draw: Enrico Burzi Renzo Olivo
Martin Kližan
def.
Leonardo Mayer
, 6–3, 6–1
Dustin Brown
/ Horacio Zeballos def. 
Jordan Kerr
/
Travis Parrott
, 6–2, 7–5
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 ninth 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 Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, 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 5 and 11 September 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spain |
Pablo Andújar Pablo Andújar Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,... |
45 | 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:... |
74 | 2 |
 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... |
79 | 3 |
 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... |
85 | 4 |
 Kazakhstan |
Andrey Golubev Andrey Golubev Andrey Golubev is a Kazakhstani professional tennis playercurrently living in Italy. His career high rank is #33, achieved on October 4, 2010. He has participated in all Grand Slam tournaments, the first being the 2008 US Open, as well in the main draw of ATP Masters Series and ATP International... |
98 | 5 |
| Slovakia |
Martin Kližan Martin Kližan Martin Kližan is a Slovak tennis player. In 2005 he won European Junior Championship in the Under 16 category, in both, singles and doubles... |
103 | 6 |
| Argentina |
Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina... |
104 | 7 |
| Portugal |
Frederico Gil Frederico Gil Frederico Gil is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In April 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 62, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held until September when Rui Machado placed 61st in the rankings... |
106 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Pablo AndújarPablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,...
Andea Basso Edoardo Eremin Francesco Picco
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret is a professional tennis player on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour.-Career:...
Guillermo Durán Thomas Fabbiano
Thomas Fabbiano
Thomas Fabbiano is an Italian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 15, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 305 whilst his highest doubles ranking was No. 208 on July 20, 2009.-Doubles finals: 1 :...
Michael Linzer
The following players received entry as an Lucky Loser into the singles main draw: Enrico Burzi Renzo Olivo
Renzo Olivo
Renzo Olivo is a Argentine professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 510 on 19 September 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 316, on 12 September 2011.-Doubles...
Singles
Martin KližanMartin Kližan
Martin Kližan is a Slovak tennis player. In 2005 he won European Junior Championship in the Under 16 category, in both, singles and doubles...
def.
Leonardo MayerLeonardo 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...
, 6–3, 6–1
Doubles
Dustin BrownDustin Brown (tennis)
Dustin Brown is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 89, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...
/
Horacio Zeballos def. Jordan KerrJordan Kerr
Jordan Kerr is an Australian professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 356th, which he reached on 7 August 2000. His career high in doubles was at 23rd, which he reached on 18 August 2008...
/
Travis ParrottTravis Parrott
Travis Parrott is an American professional ATP tennis doubles player. He is primarily a doubles specialist...
, 6–2, 7–5