The tournament line-up was announced on 26 October 2011,[3] based on the 2011 ATP Year-To-Date Challenger Rankings up to that date.

Rui Machado, Martin Kližan, Andreas Beck and Matthias Bachinger qualified directly to the tournament, whereas Dudi Sela, Bobby Reynolds and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe were given their berths after Éric Prodon, Lukáš Rosol, Denis Istomin, Adrian Ungur and Stéphane Robert chose not to participate.

He has also finished as runner-up in Rome and San Marino and reached the semifinals in Manerbio, Cordeons, Zagreb and Rabat.

Mathias Bachinger was another of the 3 German players who qualified for the ATP Challenger Tour Finals.

During the 2011 season, he won the Athens title, was runner-up in Pingguo, Nottingham and Granby, and reached the semifinals at Courmayuer and Guangzhou.

Bobby Reynolds has earned a place in the tournament following his 2 titles in Leon and Tulsa, runner-up showings in Rimouski and Winnetka, plus semi-final efforts in Tallahassee and Vancouver.

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe completed the line-up of seven qualified players and appeared in the tournament shortly after attaining career-high ranks of World No.

In the 2011 season, he has reached three finals, winning the titles an Bangkok and Shanghai and finishing runner-up in Kyoto.

Still, he was present at the ATP Challenger Tour Finals after being awarded the wildcard entry reserved to a player from the host country.

Green Group: Thomaz Bellucci [1], Martin Kližan [3], Andreas Beck [6], Bobby Reynolds [8].

Yellow Group: Rui Machado [2], Dudi Sela [4], Cedrik-Marcel Stebe [5], Matthias Bachinger [7].