2011 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
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The 2011 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a professional tennis
tournament played on clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 WTA Tour
. It took place in Palermo
, Italy
between 11 and 18 July 2011.
Anna Floris
Anastasia Grymalska
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Elena Bovina
Sesil Karatantcheva
Karin Knapp
Ani Mijačika
The following player received entry from a lucky loser
spot: Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino
Anabel Medina Garrigues
def.
Polona Hercog
, 6–3, 6–2.
Sara Errani
/ Roberta Vinci
def.
Andrea Hlaváčková
/ Klára Zakopalová, 7–5, 6–1.
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 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 WTA Tour
2011 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, and the WTA...
. 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 11 and 18 July 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and... |
21 | 1 |
| Italy |
Roberta Vinci Roberta Vinci Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player. As of 29 August 2011, Vinci is ranked World No. 20, on the WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won thirteen WTA Tour titles, six in singles and seven in doubles.... |
25 | 2 |
| Italy |
Sara Errani Sara Errani Sara Errani , nicknamed "Poco Gigante", is a professional female tennis player from Italy. On February 23, 2009, she reached a new career high of No. 31 on the Tour rankings... |
35 | 3 |
| Czech Republic |
Klára Zakopalová | 36 | 4 |
| Spain |
Anabel Medina Garrigues Anabel Medina Garrigues Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual... |
43 | 5 |
 Bulgaria |
Tsvetana Pironkova Tsvetana Pironkova Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova is a female Bulgarian tennis player. She was born and lives in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Pironkova is right-handed and plays with a two-handed backhand.... |
48 | 6 |
| Slovenia |
Polona Hercog Polona Hercog Polona Hercog is a Slovenian tennis player. Her highest ranking is No. 35 in singles and No. 56 in doubles. Hercog has won two WTA Tour doubles title and one singles title. She also enjoyed success on the ITF Circuit, winning nine singles and five doubles titles... |
53 | 7 |
| Czech Republic |
Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic and is of ethnic Macedonian origin. She reached her career high singles ranking No.30 on 24 October 2011.-Career:... |
55 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 4, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Silvia AlbanoSilvia Albano
Silvia Albano is a professional Italian tennis player. On October 25, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 954 whilst her best doubles ranking was 941 on August 30, 2010.-External links:...
Anna Floris
Anna Floris
Anna Floris , is an professional tennis player from Italy. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 129, which she reached on August 16, 2010...
Anastasia Grymalska
Anastasia Grymalska
Anastasia Grymalska is a professional Italian tennis player of Ukrainian origin. On June 20, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 365 whilst her best doubles ranking was 335 on April 4, 2011.-ITF Circuit finals:...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Elena Bovina
Elena Bovina
Elena Olegovna Bovina is a Russian professional female tennis player. On April 4, 2005 Bovina reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 14....
Sesil Karatantcheva
Sesil Karatantcheva
Sesil Karatantcheva is a Bulgarian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Karatantcheva played for Bulgaria until February 2, 2009, when she changed nationality. She will play for Kazakhstan until at least 2012....
Karin Knapp
Karin Knapp
Karin Knapp is an Italian female tennis player. She was ranked World No. 35 on 25 February 2008.-Career:...
Ani Mijačika
Ani Mijačika
Ani Mijačika is a professional Croatian tennis player. On July 5, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 224 whilst her best doubles ranking was 319 on the same date.-ITF Circuit finals:-Singles finals: 12 :...
The following player received entry from a lucky loser
Lucky Loser
Lucky Loser is a 2006 Thai sports-comedy about a small, fictional Southeast Asian country's bid to play in the World Cup...
spot: Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino is a professional Spanish tennis player. On April 4, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 253 while her best doubles ranking was 288 on April 4, 2011.- Junior Grand Slam doubles finals :...
Singles
Anabel Medina GarriguesAnabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...
def.
Polona HercogPolona Hercog
Polona Hercog is a Slovenian tennis player. Her highest ranking is No. 35 in singles and No. 56 in doubles. Hercog has won two WTA Tour doubles title and one singles title. She also enjoyed success on the ITF Circuit, winning nine singles and five doubles titles...
, 6–3, 6–2.
- It was Medina Garrigues' second title of the year and 11th of her career. It was her fifth win at Palermo, also winning in 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Doubles
Sara ErraniSara Errani
Sara Errani , nicknamed "Poco Gigante", is a professional female tennis player from Italy. On February 23, 2009, she reached a new career high of No. 31 on the Tour rankings...
/
Roberta VinciRoberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player. As of 29 August 2011, Vinci is ranked World No. 20, on the WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won thirteen WTA Tour titles, six in singles and seven in doubles....
def.
Andrea HlaváčkováAndrea Hlavácková
Andrea Hlaváčková is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is World No.87, which she reached on 31 January 2011, and her highest doubles ranking is World No.17, reached on 15 August 2011...
/
Klára Zakopalová, 7–5, 6–1.