The 2011 Penza Cup

Penza Cup

The Penza Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Penza, Russia, since 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*...

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 hard courts. It was the sixth 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...

 tour. It took place in Penza

Penza

-Honors:A minor planet, 3189 Penza, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978, is named after the city.-Notable residents:...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 between 18 and 24 July 2011.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
Kazakhstan	Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Kukushkin Mikhail Kukushkin is a professional Kazakh tennis player of Russian origin.-History:Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006 and achieved his highest ranking on 1 November 2010....	67	1
Russia	Alexandre Kudryavtsev Alexandre Kudryavtsev Alexandre Kudryavtsev is a Russian professional tennis player who has played professionally since 2003. He made his breakthrough in 2008, playing in his first top-level international tournaments on the ATP tour, having spent time playing in "Challenger" and "Futures" events...	145	2
Slovakia	Lukáš Lacko Lukáš Lacko Lukáš Lacko is a professional Slovak tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 60, which he reached on February 22, 2010. His career high doubles ranking was 213 on November 30, 2009.- Tennis career :...	146	3
Russia	Konstantin Kravchuk Konstantin Kravchuk Konstantin Kravchuk is a Russian professional tennis player.Kravchuk competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 129, on November 8, 2010, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No...	148	4
Republic of Ireland	Conor Niland Conor Niland Conor Niland is an Irish professional tennis player. He was born in Birmingham, England, and grew up in Limerick, Ireland. He attended St. Nessan's National School in Mungret, Co. Limerick...	173	5
Switzerland	Marco Chiudinelli Marco Chiudinelli Marco Chiudinelli is a tennis player from Switzerland.-Biography:Marco is the only child of father Lorenzo Chiudinelli and mother Reni, . Marco grew up in Münchenstein in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. He visited schools in Münchenstein and Basel...	208	6
Israel	Amir Weintraub Amir Weintraub Amir Weintraub is an Israeli professional tennis player. He is the current Israeli champion, and is currently ranked No...	211	7
Spain	Arnau Brugués-Davi Arnau Brugués-Davi Arnau Brugués-Davi is a professional tennis player from Spain.He won seventeen ITF Futures tournaments on hard courts in his career, however his the best achievement are singles and doubles titles in 2011 Penza Cup...	214	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 11, 2011.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Timur Alshin Illia Chkonia Anton Manegin Vitali Reshetnikov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Victor Baluda Vitaly Kachanovskiy Dmitri Sitak

Dmitri Sitak

Dmitri Yurievich Sitak is a Russian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On November 17, 2003, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 356, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 138 was reached on March 22, 2010...

 Anton Zaytsev

Singles

  Arnau Brugués-Davi

Arnau Brugués-Davi

Arnau Brugués-Davi is a professional tennis player from Spain.He won seventeen ITF Futures tournaments on hard courts in his career, however his the best achievement are singles and doubles titles in 2011 Penza Cup...

def.   Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin is a professional Kazakh tennis player of Russian origin.-History:Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006 and achieved his highest ranking on 1 November 2010....

 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

  Arnau Brugués-Davi

Arnau Brugués-Davi

Arnau Brugués-Davi is a professional tennis player from Spain.He won seventeen ITF Futures tournaments on hard courts in his career, however his the best achievement are singles and doubles titles in 2011 Penza Cup...

/   Malek Jaziri

Malek Jaziri

Malek Jaziri is a professional Tunisian tennis player.Jaziri reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on November 28, 2011, when he became World number 117. He appeared in the qualifying draw at the 2010 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Michał Przysiężny of Poland...

def.   Sergei Bubka

Sergei Bubka

Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka ; is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. Repeatedly voted the world's best athlete, he represented the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991....

 /   Adrián Menéndez 6–7^(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]

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