The 2011

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tournament played on

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

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. It took place in

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, United States between May 2 and May 8, 2011.

ATP entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of April 25, 2011.

Other entrants

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

Andrea Collarini Andrea Collarini (; born 31 January 1992) is an Argentine-American tennis player, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 177 achieved on 24 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranki ...

Denis Kudla Denis Kudla ( ; born August 17, 1992) is an American tennis coach and former professional player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved in May 2016. He had a career-high doubles ranking of No. 133, achieved in Aug ...

* Mark Oljaca *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Amer Delić Amer Delić (; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugosla ...

Luka Gregorc Luka Gregorc (born 14 February 1984) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player, who achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 172 in August 2009. Career Junior career Gregorc's highest junior ranking was No. 9 in singles and No. 14 ...

Wayne Odesnik Wayne Odesnik (born November 21, 1985) is a South African-born American retired professional left-handed tennis player, with a two-handed backhand. His highest singles ranking was No. 77 in 2009. Among his biggest upsets were a 2007 win over ...

* Morgan Phillips

Champions

Singles

def. Donald Young, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Rik de Voest Rik de Voest (born 5 June 1980) is a former professional South African tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 110 in August 2006. Rik resides in Vancouver, Canada where he pursues a career in real estate. De V ...

Izak van der Merwe Izak van der Merwe (born 26 January 1984) is a retired South African tennis player. Van der Merwe had a career-high ATP singles ranking of 113 achieved on 1 August 2011. Van der Merwe represented South Africa at the Davis Cup. He says he tri ...

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Sekou Bangoura Sekou Bangoura Jr. (born November 18, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. Bangoura partnered with Nathan Pasha to win the 2010 Kalamazoo Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship, defeating Jack Sock and Matthew Kandath 7–5, 6� ...

Jesse Witten Jesse Witten (born October 15, 1982, in Naples, Florida) is an American professional tennis player. He is a graduate of Lely High School and the University of Kentucky, where he majored in kinesiology. College career Witten had a highly succes ...

, 6–3, 6–3

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2011 ATP Challenger Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Georgia (U.S. state) May 2011 sports events in the United States