The 2011

American Express – TED open The Istanbul Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard court. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Istanbul, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, T ...

was a professional tennis tournament played on

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. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the

2011 ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2011 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and approximately 150 regul ...

. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey between 12 and 18 September 2011.

ATP entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of August 29, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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* Philipp Kohlschreiber * Efe Yurtacan The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw: * Evgeny Kirillov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Mikhail Ledovskikh (Lucky loser) * James McGee *

Simon Stadler Simon Stadler (; born 20 July 1983 in Heidelberg, West Germany) is a German retired professional left-handed tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of world ...

Champions

Singles

Denis Istomin def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4

Doubles

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def. Grégoire Burquier /

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, 6–2, 6–4

External links

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