The 2011 Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Johannesburg, South Africa between 11 and 17 April 2011. All women's doubles semifinal matches had been cancelled by the supervisor, due to heavy rain and flooding.
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of 4 April 2011.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Warren Kuhn Renier Moolman Ruan Roelofse Nikala Scholtz
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Chris Eaton Toshihide Matsui Denys Molchanov Stanislav Vovk
WTA main draw singles entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of 4 April 2011.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Natasha Fourouclas Lynn Kiro Zarah Razafimahatratra Madrie Le Roux
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Gally de Wael Kim Grajdek Teodora Mirčić Asia Muhammad
Champions
Singles
Izak van der Merwe def. Rik de Voest, 6–7(2), 7–5, 6–3
Valeria Savinykh def. Petra Cetkovská, 6–1, 6–3
Doubles
Michael Kohlmann / Alexander Peya def. Andre Begemann / Matthew Ebden 6–2, 6–2