Tennis Europe has revealed the names of the winners of the European Seniors Players of the Year titles for 2011.
Five men (Manfred Hundsdorter, Paul French, Jorge Camina Borda, Petr Kolacek and Peter Pokorny) and five women (Lucie Schwab-Zelinka, Klaartje van Baarle, Renata Tomanova, Brigitte Jung and Erzsebet Szentirmay) successfully defended their titles from 2010. Men's 40s winner Marko Por (pictured) became the first player from Slovenia ever to win a Player of the Year title, while Men's 70s winner Peter Pokorny maintains his incredible streak of having won a title almost every year since the introduction of the award in 2000, missing out only once (2009).
The complete list can be found below or on our special gallery of the winners.
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Category |
Men |
Women |
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35 & Over |
Gerhard Fahlke (GER) |
Susi Fortun Lohrmann (GER) |
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40 & Over |
Marko Por (SLO) (pictured) |
Lucie Schwab-Zelinka (AUT) |
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45 & Over |
Manfred Hundstorfer (AUT) |
Klaartje Van Baarle (BEL) |
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50 & Over |
Norbert Henn (GER) |
Ingrid Gutmann-Resch (AUT) |
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55 & Over |
Paul French (GBR) |
Renata Tomanova (GER) |
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60 & Over |
Jorge Camina Borda (ESP) |
Nicole Hesse Cazaux (FRA) |
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65 & Over |
Petr Kolacek (SUI) |
Gail Benedetti (FRA) |
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70 & Over |
Peter Pokorny (AUT) |
Sofia Garaguly (AUT) |
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75 & Over |
Gerhard Coldewey (GER) |
Brigitte Jung (GER) |
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80 & Over |
Bo Hemborg (SWE) |
Erzsebet Szentirmay (HUN) |
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85 & Over |
Angelo Sala (ITA) |
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Former Players of the Year
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