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2011 Australian Open – Women's singles

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Kim Clijsters defeated Li Na in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2011 Australian Open. It was her first Australian Open title and her fourth and last major overall, as well as the 41st and last singles title of her career.

Li was the first Asian player to reach a major singles final, and would go on to win the French Open a few months later. This was the first major where Caroline Wozniacki competed as the world No. 1; she lost to Li in the semifinals, despite having a match point in the second set.

Serena Williams was the two-time reigning champion, but did not participate due to a long-term foot injury.

The fourth-round match between Svetlana Kuznetsova and Francesca Schiavone, which lasted 4 hours and 44 minutes, was the longest women's singles major match, with Schiavone winning in the third set, 16–14.

This marked the last major for two former world No. 1's: Justine Henin and Dinara Safina, who both retired due to injury (Henin's elbow and Safina's back).

Seeds

DEN Caroline Wozniacki (semifinals) RUS Vera Zvonareva (semifinals) BEL Kim Clijsters (champion) USA Venus Williams (third round, retired because of a hip injury) AUS Samantha Stosur (third round) ITA Francesca Schiavone (quarterfinals) SRB Jelena Janković (second round) BLR Victoria Azarenka (fourth round) CHN Li Na (final) ISR Shahar Pe'er (third round) BEL Justine Henin (third round) POL Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals) RUS Nadia Petrova (third round) RUS Maria Sharapova (fourth round) FRA Marion Bartoli (second round) RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)

FRA Aravane Rezaï (first round) RUS Maria Kirilenko (second round) SRB Ana Ivanovic (first round) EST Kaia Kanepi (second round) BEL Yanina Wickmayer (second round) ITA Flavia Pennetta (fourth round) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round) RUS Alisa Kleybanova (second round) CZE Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals) ESP María José Martínez Sánchez (second round) ROU Alexandra Dulgheru (first round) SVK Daniela Hantuchová (first round) SVK Dominika Cibulková (third round) GER Andrea Petkovic (quarterfinals) CZE Lucie Šafářová (third round) BUL Tsvetana Pironkova (second round)

Qualifying

Main article: 2011 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

Draw

Finals

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Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Championship match statistics

Category	BEL Clijsters	CHN Li
1st serve %	56/86 (65%)	69/96 (72%)
1st serve points won	37 of 56 = 66%	36 of 69 = 52%
2nd serve points won	12 of 30 = 40%	11 of 27 = 41%
Total service points won	49 of 86 = 56.98%	47 of 96 = 48.96%
Aces	1	1
Double faults	3	4
Winners	22	24
Unforced errors	26	40
Net points won	8 of 14 = 57%	13 of 23 = 57%
Break points converted	7 of 17 = 41%	6 of 12 = 50%
Return points won	49 of 96 = 51%	37 of 86 = 43%
Total points won	98	84

References

"Kim Clijsters wins Australian Open". ESPN.
(26 January 2011). "Henin says she is retiring for good with elbow injury".

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