The 2011 Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte will be 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 clay courts. It will be the 12th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit

2011 ITF Women's Circuit

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. It will take place in Biella

Biella

Biella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...

, Italy

Italy

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 between 5 and 11 September 2011.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
Estonia	Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....	34	1
Spain	Laura Pous Tió Laura Pous Tio Laura Pous Tio is a professional female tennis player from Spain. She won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games by defeating compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives. Pous Tio reached her career high of No. 73 on the WTA tour in July 2011.-Grand Slam Singles performance timeline:-External links:...	75	2
Austria	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	93	3
France	Alizé Cornet Alizé Cornet Alizé Cornet is a French professional tennis player and the current French number three . She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of 4 July 2011 she is ranked World No. 69...	95	4
Italy	Maria Elena Camerin Maria Elena Camerin Maria Elena Camerin is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On 11 October 2004, Camerin reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...	119	5
Czech Republic	Renata Voráčová Renata Vorácová Renata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No...	128	6
Austria	Yvonne Meusburger Yvonne Meusburger Yvonne Meusburger is a tennis player from Austria. She is currently the country's third highest ranked female player. Her career high ranking is No. 60, a ranking she achieved on 19 November 2007.-Tennis career:...	130	7
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:...	131	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 29, 2011.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Sara Eccel Giulia Gatto-Monticone

Giulia Gatto-Monticone

Giulia Gatto-Monticone is a professional Italian tennis player. On July 25, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 231 whilst her best doubles ranking was 262 on August 2, 2010.-External links:...

 Kaia Kanepi

Kaia Kanepi

Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....

 Laura Thorpe

Laura Thorpe

Laura Thorpe is a French professional tennis player. As of September 13, 2010, she reached her highest single rankings of World number 165.-External links:...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Margalita Chakhnashvili

Margalita Chakhnashvili

Margalita Chakhnashvili is a professional Georgian tennis player, who is, as of July 24, 2007, the top-ranked female Georgian tennis player. In her career, she has never won a singles nor doubles title on the WTA Tour, but has won 8 singles titles and 3 doubles titles on the ITF circuit...

 Mariana Duque Nastja Kolar

Nastja Kolar

Nastja Kolar is a Slovenian tennis player. Her highest ranking is No. 232 in singles and No. 731 in doubles.- 2009 :...

 Tadeja Majerič

Tadeja Majerič

Tadeja Majerič is a professional Slovenian tennis player. On April 12, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 251 whilst her best doubles ranking was 324 on August 18, 2008.-ITF Circuit finals:-Singles finals: 5 :...

Singles

  Alexandra Cadanțu

Alexandra Cadanţu

Alexandra Cadanțu is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On October 3, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 102. Her highest doubles ranking was nr. 207 on October 3, 2011...

def.   Mariana Duque, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

  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 :...

/   Ekaterina Ivanova

Ekaterina Ivanova (tennis)

Ekaterina Ivanova is a professional Russian tennis player.Ivanova's highest WTA singles ranking is No. 142, which she reached on June 8, 2009. Her career high in doubles was at No. 145 set at May 21, 2007...

def.   Janette Husárová

Janette Husárová

Janette Husárová is a professional female tennis player from Slovakia. She is probably best remembered for winning the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002 partenering Russian Elena Dementieva...

 /   Renata Voráčová

Renata Vorácová

Renata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No...

, 6–3, 0–6, [10–3]

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