title: 2011 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
text: # 2011 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
  
  The 2011 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and the 12th edition for the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States between 18 and 24 July 2011.
  
  ## ATP singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | GBR | James Ward | 202 | 1 |
  | USA | Wayne Odesnik | 218 | 2 |
  | AUS | Chris Guccione | 221 | 3 |
  | RSA | Fritz Wolmarans | 222 | 4 |
  | AUS | Carsten Ball | 230 | 5 |
  | USA | Michael Yani | 234 | 6 |
  | SRB | Ilija Bozoljac | 239 | 7 |
  | BIH | Amer Delić | 246 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of July 11, 2011.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Alexis Musialek
  * Eric Quigley
  * Jack Sock
  * Rhyne Williams
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Devin Britton
  * Chase Buchanan
  * Michael McClune
  * Blake Strode
  
  The following players received entry as a lucky loser into the singles main draw:
  
  * Jordan Cox
  
  ## WTA singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Melanie Oudin | 100 | 1 |
  | USA | Alison Riske | 117 | 2 |
  | USA | Sloane Stephens | 131 | 3 |
  | UKR | Tetiana Luzhanska | 157 | 4 |
  | USA | Julia Cohen | 165 | 5 |
  | HUN | Melinda Czink | 167 | 6 |
  | CAN | Heidi El Tabakh | 185 | 7 |
  | HKG | Zhang Ling | 194 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of July 11, 2011.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Robin Anderson
  * Nicole Gibbs
  * Melanie Oudin
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Hilary Barte
  * Lauren Embree
  * Amanda Fink
  * Grace Min
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Men's singles
  
  Wayne Odesnik def. James Ward, 7–5, 6–4
  
  ### Women's singles
  
  Chichi Scholl def. Amanda Fink, 6–1, 6–1
  
  ### Men's doubles
  
  Jordan Kerr / David Martin def. James Ward / Michael Yani, 6–3, 6–4
  
  ### Women's doubles
  
  Tamaryn Hendler / Chichi Scholl def. Lindsay Lee-Waters / Megan Moulton-Levy, $7–6^{(11–9)},$ 3–6, [10–7]
  
  