Open de Nice Côte d'Azur 2011

ATP World Tour
Open de Nice Côte d'Azur 2011

date	May 14, 2011 - May 21, 2011
Edition	26th
navigation	2010 ◄ 2011 ► 2012
venue	Nice France France
Tournament number	6120
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	28E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 398,250
Financial. Obligation	€ 450,000
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	France Richard Gasquet
Last year's winner (double)	Brazil Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares Brazil

Winner (singles)	Spain Nicolás Almagro
Winner (doubles)	United States Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer Curacao

Tournament director	Jean-François Caujolle
Tournament supervisor	Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Russia Teimuras Gabashvili (77)

As of May 18, 2016

The Open de Nice Côte d'Azur 2011 was a tennis tournament that took place from May 15th to 21st, 2011 in Nice . It was part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and was played outdoors on clay. In the same week, the World Team Cup was played in Düsseldorf , which, like the tournament in Nice, was part of the ATP World Tour 250 category .

Defending champion in the singles was Richard Gasquet , who did not participate this year. The individual competition was won by the Spaniard Nicolás Almagro , who was able to prevail in the final against Victor Hănescu . This was Almagro's first title in Nice, his third tournament win of the season and his tenth career title overall. Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares defended their title in doubles, but this time they were eliminated in the semi-finals. The doubles competition won Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer , in the final they defeated Santiago González and David Marrero . For Butorac / Rojer this was the second tournament win of the season and their fourth joint title.

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the double competition consisted of 16 pairs. The four top seeded players in the singles each got a bye into the second round. The total prize money was 398,250 euros; the total financial liabilities were 450,000 euros.

qualification

The qualification took place from May 13th to 15th, 2011. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There were also two lucky losers.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Austria Andreas Haider-Maurer	Netherlands Robin Haase
France Benoît Paire	United States Michael Russell
Spain Pere Riba
France Guillaume Rufin

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who moved into the main draw via qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition applies per team.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	€ 72,600
final	150	€ 38,200
Semifinals	90	€ 20,700
Quarter finals	45	€ 11,800
Round of 16	20th	€ 6,940
First round	0	€ 4,120

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	6th	670 €
Second round	0	€ 320
First round	0	0 €

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	€ 22,000
final	150	€ 11,600
Semifinals	90	€ 6,300
Quarter finals	45	€ 3,600
First round	0	€ 2,100

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain David Ferrer	Quarter finals
02.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	Semifinals
03.	Spain Nicolás Almagro	victory
04th	United States Andy Roddick	retreat

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Ukraine Oleksandr Dolhopolov	Semifinals
06th	Cyprus Republic Marcos Baghdatis	1 round
07th	Ukraine Serhiy Stachowskyj	Round of 16
08th.	Italy Fabio Fognini	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Spain D. Ferrer

6th

WC

É. Roger Vasselin

6th

3

2

A. Seppi

3

2

Italy A. Seppi

3

6th

1

D. Ferrer

4th

6th

5

Q

Spain P. Riba

6th

5

Ukraine O. Dolhopolov

6th

1

7th

Q

G. Rufin

2

Q

P. Riba

6 ⁵

OLD

F. Volandri

5

3

5

Ukraine O. Dolhopolov

7th

5

Ukraine O. Dolhopolov

7th

6th

5

O. Dolhopolov

3

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

LL

M. Russell

5

2

Q

B. Paire

0

1

Romania V. Hănescu

7th

6th

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

Romania V. Hănescu

6th

2

Y.-h. Lu

3

4th

LL

R. Haase

2

0

r

LL

Netherlands R. Haase

6th

LL

Netherlands R. Haase

6th

OLD

T. Gabashvili

6 ⁵

3

7th

S. Stachowskyj

2

4th

7th

Ukraine S. Stachowskyj

7th

6th

V. Hănescu

7th

3

6th

M. Baghdatis

6 ³

2

3

Spain N. Almagro

6 ⁵

6th

WC

France J. Benneteau

7th

6th

WC

J. Benneteau

3

4th

Spain P. Andújar

5

Spain P. Andújar

6th

G. Dimitrov

0

r

P. Andújar

1

4th

Q

A. Haider-Maurer

7th

3

0

3

Spain N. Almagro

6th

OLD

Argentina C. Berlocq

5

6th

OLD

C. Berlocq

7th

4th

3

Spain N. Almagro

6 ⁵

6th

3

Spain N. Almagro

6th

8th

F. Fognini

6th

3

2

T. Berdych

4th

WC

Latvia E. Gulbis

3

6th

WC

Latvia E. Gulbis

6th

4th

6th

OLD

O. Rochus

2

6 ⁵

D. Istomin

3

6th

3

Uzbekistan D. Istomin

6th

7th

WC

E. Gulbis

1

4th

OLD

S. Devvarman

3

6 ⁷

2

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

France A. Mannarino

6th

7th

A. Mannarino

1

4th

2

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Brazil Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares Brazil	Semifinals
02.	United States Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer Curacao	victory
03.	Czech Republic František Čermák Filip Polášek Slovakia	Semifinals
04th	Mexico Santiago González David Marrero Spain	final