title: 2011 American Express – TED Open
text: # 2011 American Express – TED Open
  
  The 2011 American Express – TED open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey between 12 and 18 September 2011.
  
  ## ATP entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 47 | 1 |
  | KAZ | Mikhail Kukushkin | 61 | 2 |
  | GER | Matthias Bachinger | 86 | 3 |
  | GER | Tobias Kamke | 92 | 4 |
  | UZB | Denis Istomin | 95 | 5 |
  | TUR | Marsel İlhan | 101 | 6 |
  | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 110 | 7 |
  | RUS | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 128 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of August 29, 2011.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Haluk Akkoyun
  * Filip Horanský
  * Philipp Kohlschreiber
  * Efe Yurtacan
  
  The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:
  
  * Evgeny Kirillov
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
  * Dimitar Kutrovsky
  * Mikhail Ledovskikh (Lucky loser)
  * James McGee
  * Simon Stadler
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  Denis Istomin def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, $7–6^{(8–6)},$ 6–4
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Carsten Ball / Andre Begemann def. Grégoire Burquier / Yannick Mertens, 6–2, 6–4
  
  