The 2011 Baku Cup was a professional

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tournament played on

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. It was the first edition of the

Baku Cup The Baku Cup was a professional women's tennis tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It made its debut on the 2011 WTA Tour and as one of the international tier of events. This WTA Tour event is an international tournament and was played at the ...

which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 18 and 24 July 2011.

WTA entrants

Seeds

*Rankings are as of July 11, 2011.

Other entrants

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

Nigina Abduraimova Nigina Abduraimova (; born 7 July 1994) is an Uzbekistani professional tennis player. On 29 September 2014, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 144, and on 25 September 2017, she reached world No. 175 in doubles. Abduraimova ha ...

Kamilla Farhad Kamilla Farhad (; born 18 January 1996) is an Azerbaijani tennis player. On 7 November 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 1141. On 10 October 2011, she peaked at world number 539 in the doubles rankings. Farhad made her ...

Nina Khrisanova Nina Khrisanova (born December 9, 1994) is a Russian tennis player. Nina gained entry to the main draw of the 2011 Baku Cup, an event of the 2011 WTA Tour, as a wildcard and was defeated in the first-round by Tatia Mikadze Tatia Mikadze ( ka, ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Elena Bovina Elena Olegovna Bovina ( rus, Елена Олеговна Бовина, , ɪ̯ɪˈlʲenə ˈbovʲɪnə, links=no; born 10 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 i ...

Yana Buchina Yana Alexandrovna Buchina (; born 7 February 1992) is a former Russian tennis player. She won two singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 334, achieved on 12 Aug ...

Eirini Georgatou Eirini Georgatou (; born 1 February 1990) is a Greek former tennis player. On 16 May 2011, she reached her career-high singles ranking of 176. Her highest doubles ranking of 171 she achieved on 31 January 2011. Most of her success came in tourn ...

Valeria Solovieva Valeriya Alexandrovna Solovyeva (; born 3 November 1992) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Solovyeva won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and in addition three singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 27 May ...

The following players received entry from a

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spot: *

Tatia Mikadze Tatia Mikadze ( ka, თათია მიქაძე; born 27 March 1988) is a Georgian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 281, achieved on 13 September 2010. On 6 June 2011, she peaked at No. 255 ...

Champions

Singles

Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲerə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ran ...

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Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (; born 27 May 1991) is a former tennis player from Russia. Pervak won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best si ...

, 6–1, 6–4. *It was Zvonareva's second title of the year and 12th of her career.

Doubles

Mariya Koryttseva Mariya Serhiyivna Koryttseva (; born 25 May 1985) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. On 18 August 2008, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 50. On 23 June 2008, she peaked at No. 39 in the doubles rankings. Career Kory ...

Tatiana Poutchek Tatiana Poutchek (; ; born 9 January 1979) is a retired tennis player and current captain of the Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team. Her career-high ranking is No. 55 in the world, achieved on 22 July 2002. Many of Poutchek's greatest career res ...

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Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA as high as No. 28 in singles and No. 11 in doubles. She has won three singles and 10 dou ...

Galina Voskoboeva Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (; born 18 December 1984) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani former tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 42 in singles and No. 26 in doubles. Career Born in Moscow, Voskoboeva turned pro in 2002. Du ...

, 6–3, 2–6, 0–8

References

External links

Official Website
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Baku Cup