title: 2011 Saransk Cup
text: # 2011 Saransk Cup
  
  The 2011 Saransk Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Saransk, Russia between 5 and 11 September 2011.
  
  ## WTA entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | RUS | Anastasia Pivovarova | 132 | 1 |
  | RUS | Alexandra Panova | 154 | 2 |
  | ROU | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 194 | 3 |
  | TUR | Çağla Büyükakçay | 223 | 4 |
  | RUS | Valeria Solovieva | 255 | 5 |
  | UKR | Veronika Kapshay | 269 | 6 |
  | UKR | Valentyna Ivakhnenko | 270 | 7 |
  | SRB | Teodora Mirčić | 328 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of August 29, 2011.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Anastasia Frolova
  * Margarita Gasparyan
  * Ksenia Lykina
  * Marina Melnikova
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Nadezda Gorbachkova
  * Victoria Kan
  * Daria Mironova
  * Polina Rodionova
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  Alexandra Panova def. Marina Melnikova, 6–0, 6–2
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Mihaela Buzărnescu / Teodora Mirčić def. Eva Hrdinová / Veronika Kapshay, 6–3, 6–1
  
  