The 2011 Gastein Ladies was a professional women's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the WTA International series of the

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. It took place in

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between 11 and 18 July 2011. Unseeded

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won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (née Mayr; born 8 November 1986) is a retired Austrian tennis player. Mayr-Achleitner won 17 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 4 May 2009, she reached her best singles r ...

, 6–0, 7–5 *It was her first title of the year and fourth of her career.

Doubles

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defeated

Jarmila Gajdošová Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on ...

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, 4–6, 6–2, 2–10

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 Chomutov (; ) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 in ...

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Dia Evtimova Dia Evtimova (; born 30 April 1987) is a Bulgarian tennis player. On 31 October 2011, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 145 whilst her best doubles ranking was 228 on 23 June 2014. She has more than 600 match wins on the ITF cir ...

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Paula Ormaechea Paula Ormaechea (; born 28 September 1992) is an Argentine tennis player based in Italy. She has won sixteen singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.World ...

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External links

Official website

WTA tournament draws
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