The 2011 Nottingham Challenge (known for sponsorship reasons as Aegon Nottingham Challenge) was a professional

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was part of the

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and the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in

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, Great Britain between June 6 and June 12, 2011.

ATP entrants

Seeds

*Rankings are as of May 23, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Daniel Evans * Richard Gabb * Daniel Smethurst * Alexander Ward The following players received entry into the singles main draw as a special exemption: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Carsten Ball *

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ITF entrants

Seeds

*Rankings are as of June 6, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Anna Fitzpatrick * Katie O'Brien * Lucy Brown * Jade Windley The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Tetiana Luzhanska *

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* Zhang Ling

Champions

Men's singles

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Jérémy Chardy Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French inactive professional tennis player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 Austral ...

, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Women's singles

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Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Mar ...

, 7–5, 6–3

Men's doubles

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Adil Shamasdin Adil Shamasdin ( ; born May 23, 1982) is a Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 41 on June 26, 2017. Tennis career Shamasdin's junior career saw him finish ranked No. ...

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Treat Conrad Huey Treat Conrad Huey (; born August 28, 1985) is a Filipino-American tennis player who represents the Philippines in international competitions. He turned professional in 2008 and he started representing the Philippines in the Davis Cup and the ...

Izak van der Merwe Izak van der Merwe (born 26 January 1984) is a retired South African tennis player. Van der Merwe had a career high ATP singles ranking of 113 achieved on 1 August 2011. Van der Merwe represented South Africa at the Davis Cup. He says he tri ...

, 6–3, 7–6^(11–9)

Women's doubles

Eva Birnerová Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her be ...

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Regina Kulikova Regina Aleksandrovna Kulikova ( Russian: Регина Александровна Куликова; born 30 January 1989) is a former professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 65, which she reached in May 2010. Her ...

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, 6–3, 6–2

References

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