2011 Aegon Classic

2011 Aegon Classic
Date	6–12 June
Edition	30th
Surface	Grass / outdoor
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Sabine Lisicki
Doubles
Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva
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The 2011 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 30th edition of the event.^[1] It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, originally scheduled for 6–12 June 2011, but the final was rescheduled to 13 June 2011 due to rain. Unseeded Sabine Lisicki won the singles title.

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
EST	Kaia Kanepi	16	1
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	21	2
CHN	Peng Shuai	25	3
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	29	4
ITA	Roberta Vinci	31	5
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	33	6
ITA	Sara Errani	39	7
FRA	Aravane Rezaï	41	8
JPN	Ayumi Morita	47	9
SRB	Bojana Jovanovski	50	10
KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	54	11
JPN	Kimiko Date-Krumm	56	12
CAN	Rebecca Marino	60	13
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	62	14
RSA	Chanelle Scheepers	65	15
RUS	Alla Kudryavtseva	71	16

• ¹ Rankings as of 23 May 2011

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Ana Ivanovic
• Samantha Murray
• Melanie South
• Emily Webley-Smith

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Shuko Aoyama
• Naomi Broady
• Rika Fujiwara
• Sarah Gronert
• Conny Perrin
• Arina Rodionova
• Alexandra Stevenson
• Ajla Tomljanović

Withdrawals

• Maria Sharapova (illness)^[2]
• Marion Bartoli (injury)^[2]

Finals

Singles

Sabine Lisicki defeated Daniela Hantuchová 6–3, 6–2

• It was Lisicki's first WTA title of the year and second of her career.

Doubles

Olga Govortsova / Alla Kudryavtseva defeated Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci 1–6, 6–1, [10–5]

References

• Entry list

External links

• Official website