The 2011

BVA Open The BVA Open is a tennis tournament held in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil since 2011. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport o ...

was a professional tennis tournament played on

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s. It was the first edition of the tournament which is 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 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil between 24 and 30 October 2011.

ATP entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of October 17, 2011.

Other entrants

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

Augusto Laranja Augusto Laranja (born 15 April 1992) is a Brazilian tennis player. Laranja has a career high ATP singles ranking of 584 achieved on 17 December 2012. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 327 achieved on 6 May 2013. Laranja made his ...

* Carlos Oliveira * Bruno Semenzato The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Martín Alund Martín Alund (; sv, Ålund; born 26 December 1985) is a retired Argentine professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of the 2013 Brasil Open; has won seven ATP Challenger events in doubles; and achieved a career-high singles ranking ...

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* Pablo Galdón * José Pereira

Champions

Singles

Ricardo Mello def. Eduardo Schwank, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Frederico Gil João Frederico Limpo Franco Gil (born 24 March 1985), known as Fred Gil (), is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player, who currently competes in the ITF Men's Circuit. He is ranked no. 432 in the world by the Association of Tennis Prof ...

Jaroslav Pospíšil Jaroslav Pospíšil (; born 9 February 1981) is a Czech tennis player playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. On 23 May 2011 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 103. The following year, on 1 October 2012, h ...

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Franco Ferreiro Franco Ferreiro (born July 1, 1984) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He qualified for the 2009 French Open, but lost to Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tenni ...

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, 6–4, 6–4

External links

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