2011 BNP Paribas Open

Tournament

Events

Men's singles

Main article: 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

The semifinals were a repeat of the 2009 US Open semis. It was also the first time since 1995 that all four players to reach this stage were Grand Slam champions. En route to the semifinal stage Djokovic broke the record of his Final opponent Nadal for the fewest games lost in the history of Indian Wells Masters as well as in the masters series based on four matches. He lost only 12 games to Golubev, Gulbis, Troicki, Gasquet respectively while Nadal lost 13 in the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. In Indian Wells Stefan Edberg held the previous record with 17 lost games while reaching the 1990 final. The results of the matches were a reverse of the US Open as Djokovic and Nadal won.

Championship match result

SRB Novak Djokovic defeated ESP Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

Main article: 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles

Before their quarter final match, Azarenka and Wozniacki led the crowd in a spontaneous tribute to the people of Japan, leading a period of silence as they came out on court with a Japanese flag. The players wrote on the flag a message for Japan; 'Our Thoughts Are With You.' The match itself only lasted three games as Azaerenka had to retire with a hip injury.

In the semifinals Bartoli created history as she became the first French woman to reach the final in Indian Wells. Bartoli reached the final losing just four games against Wickmayer. In the other half of the draw Wozniacki was equally dominant losing three games to Sharapova.

Championship match result

DEN Caroline Wozniacki defeated FRA Marion Bartoli, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3

Men's doubles

Main article: 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles

Championship match result

UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov / BEL Xavier Malisse defeated SUI Roger Federer / SUI Stanislas Wawrinka, 6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

In the first round all the seeds made it safely through apart from second seeds Peschke and Srebotnik, who lost 10–5 in a match tiebreaker. To make it worse, Srebotnik took a hit to the eye leaving her with impaired vision for the rest of the match. While King and Shevdova won their first match back as a pairing and Bethanie Mattek–Sands pulled off a spectacular 'tweener' for a winner. The second round saw the World Number Ones, Dulko and Pennetta, exit the tournament. Also exiting in the second round was the Chang and Zheng; and number seven seeds Benesova and Strycova, who lost to Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina.

The quarterfinals witnessed Hantuchová and Radwańska losing just one game against the reigning Wimbledon and US Open champions, while the third seeds Huber and Petrova exited in straight sets to Mettek–Sands and Shaughnessy. Azarenka and Kirilenko were responsible for sending home the wild card team of Jankovic and Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. Mirza and Vesnina lost just four games against Hantuchová and Radwańska in the semifinals, whilst Mattek–Sands and Shaughnessy received a walkover against Azarenka and Kirilenko, due to a hip injury sustained by Azarenka. In the final Mirza and Vesnina lost just five games to win the title without dropping a set throughout the tournament.

Championship match result

IND Sania Mirza / RUS Elena Vesnina defeated USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands / USA Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–0, 7–5

Hawkeye

The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to have hawkeye technology used on more than three courts. Many tournaments before have had the technology on their show courts (usually only three courts at the Grand Slams) but the Indian Wells Tennis Garden had hawkeye on all eight of its courts.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

All money is in US dollars

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

• Rankings are as of March 7, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• LTU Ričardas Berankis
• USA James Blake
• USA Ryan Harrison
• CAN Milos Raonic
• AUS Bernard Tomic

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• ARG Juan Martín del Potro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Main article: 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles qualifying

• USA Alex Bogomolov Jr.
• IND Rohan Bopanna
• ITA Flavio Cipolla
• RSA Rik de Voest
• IND Somdev Devvarman
• AUS Matthew Ebden
• AUS Chris Guccione
• AUS Marinko Matosevic
• USA Michael Russell
• USA Tim Smyczek
• USA Ryan Sweeting
• USA Donald Young

Withdrawals

• ARG Carlos Berlocq → replaced by GER Rainer Schüttler
• ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili
• CHI Fernando González → replaced by JPN Kei Nishikori
• GER Tommy Haas → replaced by GER Dustin Brown
• FRA Gaël Monfils (wrist) → replaced by UKR Illya Marchenko
• ARG David Nalbandian (torn hamstring & hernia) → replaced by TUR Marsel İlhan
• UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky → replaced by GER Björn Phau
• RUS Mikhail Youzhny (back) → replaced by GER Mischa Zverev

Women's singles

Seeds

• Rankings are as of February 28, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• USA Jill Craybas
• USA Lauren Davis
• USA Vania King
• USA Christina McHale
• IND Sania Mirza
• USA Alison Riske
• USA Sloane Stephens
• USA Coco Vandeweghe

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• POL Urszula Radwańska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Main article: 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles qualifying

• ROU Sorana Cîrstea
• FRA Alizé Cornet
• JPN Misaki Doi
• BEL Kirsten Flipkens
• USA Jamie Hampton
• CZE Lucie Hradecká
• ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives
• CAN Rebecca Marino
• ROU Monica Niculescu
• AUT Tamira Paszek
• ESP Laura Pous Tió
• CHN Zhang Shuai

Withdrawals

• UKR Alona Bondarenko → replaced by GER Kristina Barrois
• BEL Justine Henin (retired from tennis) → replaced by CZE Renata Voráčová
• ESP Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by SVK Zuzana Ondrášková
• THA Tamarine Tanasugarn → replaced by ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues
• USA Serena Williams (foot & continue to boycott event since 2001) → replaced by ROU Simona Halep
• USA Venus Williams (stomach muscle & continue to boycott event since 2001) → replaced by ROU Edina Gallovits-Hall

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