The 2011 Gastein Ladies was a professional women's

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor

clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. ...

s. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the

2011 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments (sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier t ...

. It took place in Bad Gastein,

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

between 11 and 18 July 2011. María José Martínez Sánchez won the singles title.

WTA entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of July 4, 2011.

Other entrants

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

Nikola Hofmanova Nikola Hofmanova (born 3 February 1991, as Nikola Hofmanová) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Hofmanova was born in Chomutov, Czechoslovakia. She won three singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 1 ...

Melanie Klaffner Melanie Klaffner (; born 22 May 1990) is an Austrian tennis player. Klaffner has won 15 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 January 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 175 in the world. On 25 May 2009, she pea ...

* Patricia Mayr-Achleitner The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Dia Evtimova *

Nastja Kolar Nastja Kolar (born 15 July 1994) is a Slovenian tennis player. She was a talented junior, her highest ranking was fourth. Her highest WTA rankings are 178 in singles and 140 in doubles. Tennis career In July 2009, Kolar performed her first WTA ...

* Paula Ormaechea * Sofia Shapatava

Finals

Singles

María José Martínez Sánchez defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, 6–0, 7–5 *It was her first title of the year and fourth of her career.

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 ...

Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in ...

defeated Jarmila Gajdošová /

Julia Görges Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No ...

, 4–6, 6–2, 2–10

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gastein Ladies,2011 2011 WTA Tour

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

2011 in Austrian women's sport July 2011 sports events in Europe 2011 in Austrian tennis