2011 Royal Bank of Scotland Challenger
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The 2011 Royal Bank of Scotland Challenger
was a professional tennis
tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in Tiburon
, United States
between 10 and 16 October 2011.
Daniel Kosakowski Denis Kudla
Jack Sock
The following players received entry as an special exempt into the singles main draw: Alex Kuznetsov
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alex Bogdanovic
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Alejandro González
Artem Sitak
Ivo Karlović
def.
Sam Querrey
, 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–4
Carsten Ball
/ Chris Guccione
def. Steve Johnson
/ Sam Querrey
, 6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
Royal Bank of Scotland Challenger
The Royal Bank of Scotland Challenger 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 Tiburon, California, United States, since 2003.-Singles:-Doubles:...
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 fifth 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 Tiburon
Tiburon, California
Tiburon is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. It occupies most of the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. The smaller city of Belvedere occupies the south-east part of the peninsula and is contiguous with Tiburon...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
between 10 and 16 October 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
Ryan Sweeting Ryan Sweeting Ryan Sweeting is a Bahamian-born American professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Sweeting was born in Nassau, Bahamas, and has lived and trained in Ft. Lauderdale since the age of 12... |
67 | 1 |
| Croatia |
Ivo Karlović Ivo Karlovic Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ... |
76 | 2 |
| United States |
Sam Querrey Sam Querrey Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong... |
120 | 3 |
| United States |
Bobby Reynolds Bobby Reynolds ----Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player who resides in Acworth, Georgia.-Professional career:... |
121 | 4 |
 Canada |
Vasek Pospisil Vasek Pospisil Vasek Pospisil is a Canadian professional tennis player. Pospisil is currently ranked World No. 124 in singles and No. 115 in doubles, both career highs. As Canada's No. 2 in singles and No... |
129 | 5 |
 South Africa |
Izak van der Merwe Izak van der Merwe - Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer... |
136 | 6 |
| United States |
Wayne Odesnik Wayne Odesnik Wayne Odesnik is a professional left-handed American tennis player, with a two-handed backhand.His career-high in singles was # 77, as of April 13, 2009... |
147 | 7 |
 Germany |
Björn Phau Bjorn Phau Björn Phau is a German tennis player and the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father. He reached a singles ranking of 59 in the world on 19 June 2006. He defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis... |
149 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 3, 2011.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Steve JohnsonSteve Johnson (tennis)
Steve Johnson is an American amateur tennis player. He has won on ATP Challenger Tour title and competed in a handful of ATP World Tour-level main draw matches, including at the 2011 U.S. Open...
Daniel Kosakowski Denis Kudla
Denis Kudla
Denis Kudla is a professional tennis player. Representing the United States, he is a former World No. 3 junior player who has, still early in his career, appeared in a handful of ATP World Tour main draw matches....
Jack Sock
Jack Sock
Jack Sock is an American tennis player. The men's junior US Open champion in 2010, he is best known for winning the 2011 US Open mixed doubles title with fellow American Melanie Oudin.-Junior Career:...
The following players received entry as an special exempt into the singles main draw: Alex Kuznetsov
Alex Kuznetsov
----Alex Kuznetsov is an American tennis player, accomplished in junior tennis. He moved from Ukraine to the US when he was 3 years old...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alex Bogdanovic
Alex Bogdanovic
Aleksa Bogdanovic , also known as his British nickname Alex, is a Serbian-British tennis player born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends.Bogdanovic turned professional in 2002...
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos-Lasnier, commonly referred to as Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, is a Canadian professional tennis player...
Alejandro González
Alejandro González (tennis)
Alejandro González is a Colombian professional tennis player. His coach is Ricardo Acioly.-Doubles Titles :-External links:**...
Artem Sitak
Artem Sitak
Artem Yurievich Sitak is a Russian-born New Zealand tennis player. On August 11, 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 299, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 155 was reached on August 30, 2010...
Singles
Ivo KarlovićIvo Karlovic
Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...
def.
Sam QuerreySam Querrey
Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...
, 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–4
Doubles
Carsten BallCarsten Ball
Carsten Thomas Ball is a professional Australian tennis player. Although born and based in the U.S., Carsten has continued to compete as an Australian player.-Tennis career:...
/
Chris GuccioneChris Guccione
Christopher "Chris" Luke Guccione , is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria; his father is Italian and his mother is Australian....
def.
Steve JohnsonSteve Johnson (tennis)
Steve Johnson is an American amateur tennis player. He has won on ATP Challenger Tour title and competed in a handful of ATP World Tour-level main draw matches, including at the 2011 U.S. Open...
/
Sam QuerreySam Querrey
Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of August 2010, he is the fourth-highest ranked American. His career high rank was #17, achieved on January 31, 2011. His height allows him to play with a strong...
, 6–1, 5–7, [10–6]