The 2011
Zagreb Open
The Zagreb Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. It was held a ...
(Also known as the Pliva Zagreb Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
red clay court
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T ...
s. This event was the 16th edition of the tournament and was part of the
2011 ATP Challenger Tour
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and
2011 ITF Women's Circuit The 2011 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2011 edition of the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with priz ...
. It took place in
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Sl ...
,
Croatia
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May 9–16, 2011.
ATP singles main draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of May 2, 2010.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Kristijan Mesaroš
Kristijan Mesaroš (; hu, Mészáros Krisztián; born 2 July 1988) is a Croatian tennis player playing on the ITF Futures Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, i ...
*
Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster (born 2 October 1967) is an Austrian former world No. 1 tennis player. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, he won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was called "The King of Clay". In addition, he won eig ...
*
Borut Puc
Borut Puc (born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian–Slovenian tennis player.
Puc has a career high ATP singles ranking of 466 achieved on 25 July 2011. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 699 achieved on 14 September 2009.
Puc made hi ...
*
Antonio Veić
Antonio Veić (born 18 February 1988) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. His highest singles ranking is 119, which was reached on 14 May 2012.
Tennis career
2009
Veić received a wild card for Zagreb Indoors a ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Guillermo Alcaide
Guillermo Alcaide Justel (born 27 May 1986) is a Spanish professional 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 ...
* Andrea Arnaboldi
*
Andrey Kuznetsov
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Nikola Mektić
Nikola Mektić (born 24 December 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles partnering compatriot M ...
WTA entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of May 2, 2010.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Mateja Kraljevic
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Tereza Mrdeža
Tereza Mrdeža (born 14 November 1990) is a Croatian tennis player.
She has won eight singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of pro ...
*
Silvia Njirić
Silvia Njirić (born 9 July 1993) is a Croatian tennis player.
Having already played in Fed Cup for Croatia, Njirić made semifinals at the 2010 Junior French Open, losing to Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina ( uk, Еліна М ...
*
Donna Vekić
Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player and businesswoman. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, and the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open. S ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Tamara Čurović
Tamara Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамара Чуровић; born 31 October 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player.
Čurović was an official member of Serbia Fed Cup team in 2011, 2011 Fed Cup World Group IISerbia vs. Canada Tie D ...
*
Doroteja Erić
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Inés Ferrer-Suárez
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Michaela Hončová
Michaela Hončová (; born 22 December 1992) is an inactive Slovak tennis player.
Hončová has won five singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. ...
*
Réka-Luca Jani
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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 W ...
*
Katalin Marosi
Katalin Marosi (born 12 November 1979) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player.
In her career, Marosi won 15 singles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 May 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. ...
* Barbara Sobaszkiewicz
Champions
Men's singles
Diego Junqueira
Diego Junqueira (; born December 28, 1980) is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed (with a double-handed backhand) from Argentina. His highest rank was world no.68, achieved on March 9, 2009.
Junior career
Diego "Chuky" Junqueira d ...
def.
João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his hi ...
, 6–3, 6–4
Women's singles
Nathalie Piquion
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Notable people with the name include:
* Nathalie, Italian singer
...
def.
Doroteja Erić, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Men's doubles
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava (; born 29 January 1982 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish professional tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two playe ...
/
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. His favourite surface is clay, where he ...
def. Mate Pavić /
Franko Škugor
Franko Škugor (; born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian professional tennis player who mainly competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and specialized in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 17 achieved on 22 April 2019. He ...
, 6–2, 7–6(10)
Women's doubles
Elitsa Kostova
Elitsa Kostova ( bg, Елица Костова) (born 10 April 1990) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player.
On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 130, achieved on 12 September 2016, her best doubles ...
/ Barbara Sobaszkiewicz def.
Ani Mijačika
Ani Mijačika (; born 15 June 1987) is a Croatian former tennis player. On 17 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 193 whilst her best doubles ranking was 222 in September 2011.
Mijačika retired from professional tenn ...
/
Ana Vrljić
Ana Vrljić (; born 1 August 1984) is an inactive professional Croatia tennis player.
Vrljić has won four singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 June 2013, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 180. ...
, 1–6, 6–3,
2–10
External links
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Zagreb Open
The Zagreb Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. It was held a ...
Zagreb Open
The Zagreb Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. It was held a ...
Zagreb Open
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